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Check out this sweet article from the latest issue of Broken Pencil:

"Despite What You've Heard, Zines Aren't Dead" by Liz Worth

If you're reading this blog, you probably know pretty well that zines ain't dead. You should read this article anyway for its discussion of zines vs internet and its brief history of zines in Canada from the 80s to today. Zines forever!!

Collage Party!!

Hey all!

Things have been pretty quiet on the OCAD Zine front lately. We've gotten a few great zines in the mail. Thanks so much and keep 'em coming!!!!

We do have an event on the horizon which will be a MASSIVE collage party!!

Date: Wednesday June 15th 2011

Place: Learning Zone, 122 St. Patrick Street, 1st floor (Home of the OCAD Zine Library)

Time: 10am to 6pm

All day long we'll be collage-ing it up! Come by and contribute to a massive collaborative collage or just come do your own thing. We may have some movies or music going too.

~~~~ PRISM index ~~~~

The next issue of PRISM index, a handmade, mixed-media art book, through a website called kickstarter is in need of funding!! Nifty rewards are offered to funders, like PRISM index #2, original art from the compilation, metal plates from printing, etc. and if people want to help fund the project they pick a reward, or can opt to pick none. The project features 60 artists including Chris Johanson, Su Friedrich, Jo Jackson, Mel Kadel, Aimee Bender, Matt Furie, Phosphorescent, Guitar Slim, and many more. The first issue features Bill Plympton, Luke Ramsey, Michael Hurley, Lisa Hanawalt, Diane Cluck, Theo Ellsworth, Jeffrey Brown, and many more.

$7,200 is needed by June 10. You can see more information about it here, including a trailer for PRISM index:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1103692945/prism-index-handmade-mixed-media-art-book

The whole book is completed, compiled, edited, and ready for publication. It features 60 artists in film, writing, poetry, music, art, and comics. The compilation includes an 88 page book printed offset, a 95 minute DVD of award-winning short films, an 80 minute CD of unreleased and rare music, and a mini-comic, all in a handmade, silkscreened cover.


SOUNDS AWESOMEEE - - see if you can help this guy out. His name is Jeffrey Bowers.

YEAR END!

THANK YOU to everyone who helped out this year with the Zine Library. As the year comes to a close, I can only look back with fond memories. Thank you again everybody. We won't be having any zine events over the summer, but keep a look out for upcoming events in the city:
TCAF - - May 7 & 8 at the Toronto Reference Library
Free Comic Book Day - - May 7th 2011 at shops around town
Zine Dream - - August at the Tranzac

Hooray!
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COLLAGE PARTY

The last zine event of the semester!


The OCAD Zine Collective is putting together one last hands-on, DIY fun-fest before the spring semester comes to an end. We will be visiting some of Toronto's wonderful thrift stores beforehand to amass a wild amount of colourful ephemera for you to cut up, destroy and re-create into beautiful artwork and zines. We will also be watching the documentary Beautiful Losers, which will lift your spirits and make you feel good about making art. Join us!

2011 OCAD Zine Fair in photos

Hooray! Zine Fair Participants

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Marta Ryczko's sticker 'staches

Sasha Foster

Andrea Manica's goods!

It's Eunice Luk!

***all photos brought to you by Myra Phan***

Hooray!

THANK YOU! To everyone who participated in the zine fair, and those who came! It was a lovely, fun and button-making-filled day. More pictures to come shortly.....

Success!! :) :)