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DUMBLUCK #9
(send a stamp to Alan Reynoso / 2902 Cole St. #211 / Austin, TX / 78705 USA.
E-mail)
Taking his cue from Ben White's
Snake Pit, Tim Doyle's
Amazing Adult Fantasy and others, Alan Reynoso's been doing this monthly diary comic for over a year now (this is not the most recent issue). As I read more and more of these diary comics (which I tend to enjoy) I find I've run out of words to describe them. They're diary comics. Alan writes and draws about his daily life: work, recreation, football, the comic, his girlfriend, etc. Along the way are a few funny gags. If you like diary comics, send for it; a stamp is a heck of a deal. If you're feeling lucky send a handful of stamps and get
Dumbluck every month.
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FANZINE FANATIQUE Autumn 2003
(trade from Keith & Rosemary Walker / 6 Vine Street / Lancaster LA1 4UF / ENGLAND)
Keith Walker's
Fanzine Fanatique is a quaint reviewzine of sorts that consists of "[c]omments on fanzines received". The reviews are written in a conversational manner and, in some cases, even include personal remarks for an audience of one (the reviewee). One thing I like about
FF is the variety of stuff discussed. He lists the zines alphabetically but if he were to use categories you'd see SF (and its various sub-categories), poetry, mail art, comics, perzines, lit and more. Some of those categories I rarely get to read about any more – probably since
Factsheet 5 ended and that's been a long time.
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BOG-GOB #27
($3.00 US, $5.00 international from Richard Howell / PO Box 4425 / Chattanooga, TN / 37405 USA. Web:
members.aol.com/boggob.
Adult Content)
Bog-Gob is a Chattanooga-area zine (free locally) that, thankfully, has much more to offer than local content. This issue is horror-themed and in that vein (haha) offers up an interview with creepy local band Needles, one mans' quest for the elusive Mud Monster, knowledgeable reviews (horror-related tv, movies and zines, including a focus on Something Weird Video), trivia, poetry, old ads, Rev. Will's imaginary horror team-ups (some funny stuff in there) and a couple of short stories (one of which is pretty disturbing). Not necessarily in the horror vein are CD reviews, an interview with Hygopian (another local band) and Spoot Lepedus' article on Jesus-like tv characters (funny, and the only bit of his work I enjoyed this issue).
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