Word: zine
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When a 'zine starts to pay and large profits are made, it becomes a magazine! Why can't Time Warner and other corporate jerks stay out of a thriving hobby that is based on writer-reader trust? I'm going to make sure that in my 'zine people know what's happening, and I'm going to tell them to stay away from corporate 'zines that are more interested in making a buck than preserving the public's last breath of free expression. DAVE NOWAK, age 16 Editor, Potato Blight Baltimore, Maryland...
...zine has pursued that demographic more assiduously than Mr. Showbiz, a breezy, topical webzine catering to folks with a serious addiction to the entertainment industry. Conceived by former Spy publisher Tom Phillips, edited by former New York Post gossip queen Susan Mulcahy and lavishly bankrolled by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Mr. Showbiz dishes up everything from the Scoop of the Day to a daily Hugh Grant poll (Should Elizabeth Hurley dump Hugh? Should prostitution be legal...
Artist Jamie Hewlett and writer Alan Martin were a couple of British blokes who emerged from the subterranean 'zine scene with the chronicles of Tank Girl, whose major pursuits include drinking too much beer, smoking cigarettes and snogging any kangaroo that comes her way. Occasionally in the comic books, she's sent on missions such as delivering colostomy bags to the President, but Hewlett and Martin merely flirt with the concept of plot, reveling instead in irrelevant violence and super-cool style...
Thank you for your article on The Sponge, a new literary/arts publication ("Students Launch Mag for Lesbians, Minority Women," news story, Dec. 8). As a fledgling zine, we appreciate being featured. However, we would like to clarify some confusion that we feel your headline might cause...
Bobby S. Fred also uses an alias to run an independent record label -- which he refuses to name -- and to edit a post-punk zine called Bobby Is Fred. He makes his living stuffing burritos at a Del Taco in Los Angeles. Unlike wannabes who prowl Sunset Plaza looking to get noticed, Bobby craves obscurity. He enjoys saying his favorite activity is eating at such trendy restaurants as Spago -- by serving himself from the Dumpster out back. "Look, this is a nation of disenfranchised kids," says Bobby. "The reason we don't talk to the mainstream media is because...