Crush Zine
Crushzine © J Turner
| Crush Zine Editor: Carrie McNinch Contributors: Vernon Maulsby, Kez Panel, Jessie, Dr Jerry Wayne White Jr, Androo Robinson, Jim Cameron, Simon Mackie, Joel McLemore, Marrisa Falco, Jess ietland, Davida Gypsy Breier, Dave Delahoussaye, Morgan Parducci, Roy, Darline Derry, Al Burian, Alen SalyerJohn Miller, Brad Davis, Joanne Huffe, Fish, Lee Kennedy, Root, Max Traffic, Bonni Moeller, Kelli Wiliams, Shawn Granton, Ray Toczak, Jessica, Gerry Alanguilan, Erin McWilliams |
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I don't really find favour with these sorts of confessional comics, they're whimsical and self-indulgent. If you're going to do confessional comics I think there should be some powerful catharsis going on, if you haven't got anything worth confessing than don't bloody bother. If I were asked to contribute to something like this I would decline on the grounds that I wouldn't really discover anything about myself and neither would the reader, it would be a shallow experience. Having said that lets actually look at the fucker. Well, obviously it suffers from repetition, I'm not going collate statistics but a generous proportion of these strips revolve around the "I thought I loved her/him so much but I never saw her/him again after I found out that he/she was married". What have learned there? That anthology zines need variety and thus to base one around something as typical as a crush can cause problems because everyone's experiences tend to be pretty much the same. The stories I found exceptional dealt with the actual concept of a crush rather than memoirs of a crush, al burians beautiful "I have a crush on you", which is a simple ÔI have a crush on you becauseÉ' add typically idiosyncratic reason and simple illustration. Fish's lush-y illustrated "tales from a broken string" which is an oblique look at two dysfunctional peoples inability to openly acknowledge each other. I also like crushes by marissa because it is sweet and reminds me of my ex-girlfriend(she develops a crush on a boy who, when he was young had a sign in his room that said nintendo is neat and rad). To be honest these strips are exceptions, and yet I think they're worth the entry fee.
Paul
| Crush Zine: 64 22x14cm pages, colour card stock cover. | Received at ZUM! HQ: no details |
$2 (+P+P?). | Carrie McNinch, PO Box 481051, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA |