The
Jellygoose Chronicles, issue #1 (Lisa Stockley, Swanage)
I'm so
thankful I happened upon this new perzine at Autumn Zine Fest in Kingston
recently. You know when you discover a new zine and you want to tell all the
world how ace it is, and end up buying extra copies as presents for friends
because it's just that ace? Well, that's how Jellygoose is. It's the creation of
artist Lisa Stockley, and her sense of exuberance and fun comes through via lots
of whimsical thoughts and drawings. She also includes some serious topics,
delivered with humour and personal thoughts. So everything from depression to
vegan diet to female sizing in clothes to gendered clothing gets mixed in with
more playful stuff (funny cartoons about her life, mentions of Pete Doherty,
random thoughts from dogs, Lush products, an ace article about cider vinegar,
and so much more) . I just love the way she crams so much in, and you have to go
back and read a second or third time around as there are still little bits you
might've missed. You can tell she had a lot of fun making it. I don't often go
for illustrated zines, but Lisa is one of the zines-makers who is changing my
mind. Her art and style is full of so much detail, quite a sense of glee, and is
really amazing. I cannot wait for issue two. I love this zine!
Herbs
for Mental Well-Being
I picked this
zine up at Bradford Baked Zines pop-up zine shop, in the summer. It's a neat
mini zine, hand-drawn, and hand-written about natural antidotes. Even though I
have a bunch of zines on the topic of herbs, this zine still shed more light and
proved invaluable. I found it particularly interesting to read and learn about
adaptogens, which are herbs that 'increase the body's resistence to anxiety,
stress, fatigue, and trauma'. There is also a recipe for medicinal tea. The idea
of food as medicine and any zines about it are great.
Ice
Cream For Quo, issue #17 (Stephen Fall, London)
I was so glad
when this zine came through my letterbox, as I always am. There aren't many
general music zines readily, regularly available in print in the UK that I know
of, so I welcome my fix of ICFQ. There are lots of the usual staples this issue,
such as Concerts I Have Been To, where people trawl their gig tickets and
memories of gigs over the years with many an interesting tale. I love that this
can mean discussing Jessie J, Cud, and Dexys on the same page! Room for Ted
Chippington too! The regular feature Everything I Know about Pop Music Comes
from Radio 4 includes the usual mingle of amusingly related capers. There are
articles on LegoLand, unexpected good reads, items on theatre and cinema, and
zany overheard bits of conversation across London. It's a nice mix that could
only exist outside of the confines of corporate media, and it's all good fun.
There is also a wonderful interview with Sarah Nixey, which you don't readily
get elsewhere. Back issues are available on the Ice Cream For Quo website -
there is so much good stuff involved in each issue, I couldn't recommend this
long-running zine more.
This is a guest post by Fliss, founder of SW London and Surrey Zine Collective - thanks so much! These reviews have been posted a fortnight late due to life stuff getting in the way; forgive me!
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