Gareth Brooks

All of Gareth Brookes comics are home made and lovingly hand crafted from the finest materials.


The Black Project 1

Follow the adventures of young Richard as he struggles to keep his dark secret hidden in the first instalment of this suburban psychosexual satire. 48 pages, 1 colour risograph plus 4 colour risograph cover


Contribution:
The Black Project 1


appallingnonsense.co.uk/

Henrik Malmström

Henrik Malmström is a self-publishing Photographer based in Hamburg, Germany.


THE RED PLANET
Ltd. edition of 120 / Staple bound booklet / 36 pages / Size 18 x 28 cm /
Printing HP Indigo / Signed and numbered

"This series is a response to how I feel about the society around me. My values, my insecurities, my reaction."

Henrik Malmström

ON BORROWED TIME
Ltd. edition of 500 / White cloth and printed photograph mounted /
Hardback / 80 pages / 19,5 x 22 cm


Contribution:
The Red Planet
On Borrowed Time

www.henrikmalmstrom.com

SALFORD ZINE LIBRARY NOW FILMING!!!

I am out an about this and next week with the help of Luca Rudlin and his camera expertise interviewing for the Salford Zine Library film. If you live in the north west, self publish/make zines and want to participate then please get in contact. If you live further afield then you can still participate by sending a short talking head video of your self explaining why you choose to self publish and what you self publish. 

Videos have been coming in from across the world and I thank all those who have contributed so far. One consideration when making the videos is sound.Your voice needs to come across clearly as possible and not too low in the mix or obscured by back ground noise. Picture is second to sound and if you have a mic then it's worth pluging it in to your computer and using it rather than an inbuilt mic. Camera wise anything will do from a webcam to an SLR. What you have to say is the most important part of this project.

Once again thank you for your help without it there would be no project.

Craig John Barr

salfordzinelibrary@gmail.com

James Downing

James Downing is an illustrator from Leeds producing self-published Comic for the mature readers.


Contribution:
Word Peng #1


www.couk-art.co.uk

Shutterclank!

Shutterclank! Magazine is cooperative of film photographers who find and promote analog photographers  from around the world. They focus on bringing to light the fact that photography is art, and that there are still amazing artist who choose to use traditional processes in their work.


Contribution:
Shutterclank!


www.shutterclank.com

Laura Szumowski

Cycling: A Guide to Menstruation is everything you ever needed to know about menstruation including the history of sanitary products. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout by the author. Cycling is the second book in the Women's Health Chapbook Series, following Tip of the Iceberg also donated by the artist to the library last year.


Contribution:
Cycling


www.zoo-mouse-key.com/

Laura Braun

Laura Braun is a photographer based in London.

Trip

London to Lisbon and back, November 2007 – June 2008.

Laura Braun, 2011

Digitally printed concertina book, hand finished in handmade, screen printed box, 11x9 cm, limited edition of 100, signed and numbered.

Many photographs have been taken on road trips, pictures of the towns and landscapes passed through without the pretence of a deeper analysis of them; images that tell not so much of the places visited as of the experience of being on the road. ’Trip’ is a collection of impressions of a journey, taken on Polaroid.

Knots
Edited by Melissa Castro Duarte and Laura Braun, 2004
Offset printed, A4 pamphlet / A1 poster, perforated
KNOTS was as a platform for the work of artists based around the world. A chain project, - pieces of thread joined by knots – the images are linked to each other by association, each one a trigger for the next, for a memory perhaps or an idea.
The first artist produced a work inspired by a found image. His work then travelled to the next artist to be in turn used as a point of departure for his work. This process was then repeated over and over.
Artists: Ulé Barcelos, Stuttgart/Lisbon Laura Braun, London Melissa Castro Duarte, London Thor Clarke, Fine Art, London Sophia Clarke, London Pedro Paulo De Souza, Sao Paulo Eder Paulo De Oliveira, Sao Paulo Maria Eisl, London Babak Ganje, London Othello De Souza-Hartley, London Eli Sudbrack (AKA Vivid Astro Focus), New York Helena Pessoa, Sao Paulo 

Contribution:

The Trip

Knots

www.laurabraun.net

Laura-Marie Taylor

Laura-Marie Taylor lives in Sacramento, California with her husband
Erik Lundgren.

Laura-Marie started making zines in high school 20 years ago. She now
publishes the free perzine Erik and Laura-Marie Magazine. She also
makes the mental health zine functionally ill.

Contribution:
ELM 51
functionally ill 10

http://functionallyill.blogspot.com

The Microcosmic Orbit of Emix Regulus

Emix Regulus lives and draws in Brighton. She is inspired by esoteric thought, polyhedra and outer space. 

Contribution:
Deadtime Stories by Emix Regulus and Frater Alarph
Strassman Forever by Emix Regulus
Strassman Begins by Emix Regulus


www.microcosmic-orbit.com

Phlegm

Phlegm makes comic and paints walls.

100% hand made book. Postcard size book of illustrated type. Handmade and printed on recycled and unbleached paper. 28 screen printed pages in different shades of blue. The cover is a four colour pattern design with a silver foil embossed 'a' on the front and 'z' on the back, with printed inside cover too.

Contribution:

Alphabet

www.phlegmcomicnews.blogspot.com/

Jenny Song

"Some Cats" is a mini zine with drawings of cats Jenny has met this summer, and cat facts for good measure. The "Borrowed Bicycle" is a mini zine about what happens when a ghost finds a bike.

If you are interested in the Zines you can email Jenny at:  swanloop@yahoo.com

Contribution:

Some Cats

The Borrowed Bicycle

Eleni Kalorkoti

Eleni Kalorkoti is an Illustrator based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Contribution:

Tomboy

www.elenikalorkoti.com

Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Andrea Joseph

Contribution:

How to draw like a nut.

andreajoseph24.blogspot.com

John Broadley

John's latest hand made book of comic strips. He has made an edition of 41 copies and has around 20 left to sell.

Contribution:

Yellow Book

johnbroadley@blueyonder.co.uk

www.johnbroadley.co.uk

Jimi Gherkin

Jimi Gherkin draws and writes his own Comix and Zines and has put books together and organised events since 2008 with a group he started with Comix Artist/ Writer Peter Lally, called Alternative Press. He believes in Self Publishing as being the most accessible arts scene he can imagine!

Contribution:

Electric Baby Zine

jimigherkin.wordpress.com

Salford Zine Library Film.

Hello Self Publishers of the world,
as you may or not know the library has an exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery running from 15th October 2011 to 29th January 2012.

I am looking to show a film at the exhibition made up of short videos that contributers to the library have made of themselves. The video will explain why you personally self publish and talk about the zines you produce.

To submit please email me your short talking head videos no longer than five minutes to salfordzinelibrary@googlemail.com. If you live in the north-west(U.K) we can arrange to come and film you.

I will compile and edit these together and add captions for the finished film. All are welcome to contribute to this project and I would like an eclectic range of zine makers to participate covering all the genres etc. So wherever you are making your zines it would be great to hear from you.

Any further questions just email me.

Thanks

Craig

Good Press

http://www.sponsume.com/project/good-press

Maria and The Gay album launch

Salford Zine Library will be at the Maria and The Gay album launch on Thursday 18th August at KRAAK.

You can find KRAAK behind Fit to Dance shop on Stevenson Square.

kraak.co.uk

mariaandthegay.com

Booklet, Tokyo, Japan.

BOOKLET

IS A SMALL-SCALE INDEPENDENT PRESS & LIBRARY OF ART/CONCEPT BOOKLETS & ZINES BASED IN TOKYO, JAPAN. THE FOCUS IS ON THE DETAILS THAT MAKE IDEAS LEGIBLE. BOOKLET IS RUN BY YOKO

Contribution:

12 Tulips 12 Fertilizers (Gaea Woods)

104 words in private history of a love that failed (Evita Yumul)

Calm Kind (anonymous)

Hey Come here (Clayton Schiff)

Plant Mugshots (Ai Oe)

Unofficial Bulletin (Pepe Medina)

www.bookletpress.org

Lottie Pencheon

Lottie Pencheon is an illustrator and printmaker from Macclesfield.

http://www.lottiepencheon.com

Walford Gazette, a U.S Enders zine!

The Walford Gazette is the only newspaper dedicated to EastEnders, the BBC's long-running dramatic series and is published by editor Larry Jaffee and based in Weehawken, New Jersey,U.S.A.

Contribution:

Walford Gazette Issue 73 - Spring 2011 Edition

Walford State of Mind (Self-published book)

http://www.wgazette.com

walfordgazette@gmail.com

The Hare

The Hare covers debate, news, politic, culture, insight and sport and is published fortnightly.

theharenewspaper@hotmail.co.uk

theharenewspaper.co.uk

Pink Mince

For the confirmed bachelor of exceptional taste.

pinkmince.com

Threads and Letters

The Shrieking Violet

The Shrieking Violet programme for the Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention. Includes information on all the stallholders and speakers, an interview with Joe Biel, director, $100 and A T-Shirt: A Documentary About Zines in the Northwest US, an interview about letterpress with artist Amy Pennington, Deerly Beloved Bakery's recipe for stuffed bread and interviews with Antony Hall and Yu-Chen Wang, artists who are working in the building for Future Everything festival. The zine also features my article on Edwardian swimming pools in Manchester, with annotated illustrations by Daniel Fogarty. Jacky Hall and illustrator Andy Carter have collaborated on a spread commemorating channel swimmer Sunny Lowry who trained at Victoria Baths. Paper copies will be available at the event.

theshriekingviolets.blogspot.com/

Rowan Tedge

Rowan Tedge is an illustrator from Adelaide, South Australia.

Contribution:

Super Busy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedgedrawings/

ZINE STEALERS!

On Thursday, 17th March after an artist talk by Billy Childish there was a sadly theft of 30 - 40 Zines from the Library. I've contacted some of the contributers and many have sent replacements, for which we are very grateful. Jeffrey Brown responded to my email regarding the theft by mailing two mini comics and this strip about my email! Nice work Jeffrey and thank again to every one who has sent replacements.

Craig

jeffreybrowncomics.blogspot.com

jeffreybrowncomics.com

Lowri Evans

"This is a book of words and pictures that I made during a month in Brazil. It started out as a travel journal but I'm pretty sure it turns into a romantic novel at some point! It is me making sense of a new place, a new relationship and maybe myself."
Lowri Evans

lowrievans.blogspot.com

Alex Creep - Nancy a queer zine.

Nancy a queer zine.

"The over ridding theme is girliness in gay boys but hopefully it has an appeal for most people - it also features music, anime, goth stuff and other bits!"

http://www.creepclub.co.uk

The Only Good Cut!

A zine by Chris Bird, Mina Boromond and Leon Kuhn.

Contribution: The only good cut!

mina_boromand@hotmail.com

Jesper Elving - Gilke Menijer

A poetry zine from Denmark by Jesper Elving. A audio version of Jasper reading the poetry feature in the zine is available from the website:

www.zonezono.dk

OWT!

OWT is a creative design collective based in Manchester. Members of the collective are Sarah Stapleton, Ste Beed, Ben Kither, Jon Hannan and Katrina Currie. OWT focus on producing a monthly zine showcasing work from ourselves and other up and coming creative talent in the Northwest, with an aim to hold quarterly exhibitions to run alongside our zine. We are also open to collaboration and any other creative projects.

Contribution:

OWT Issue #1 Beginnings

OWT Issue #2 Reflections

OWT Issue #3 Reality

OWT Issue #4 Direction

OWT Issue #5 Atmosphere

www.owtcreative.com

Salford Zine Library at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, be part of it!

Salford Zine Library will be at Salford Museum and Art Gallery from 15th October 2011 to 29th January 2012 showing the archive along side some original artwork, film showings and workshops.

We are looking for new contributions all the time and If you would like your self-published work be to be featured in this upcoming exhibition then please post your contributions to :48 Landos Court, Manchester M40 7WT United Kingdom

Amy Pennington – A Whistlestop Tour of Letterpress

Amy Pennington is an artist based in Manchester, England.

A Whistlestop Tour of Letterpress is a document of the artists exploration into the world of letterpress and the apprenticeship she undertook after being commissioned by the Manchester Library Theater Craftwork project. The artists taking part in the project looked at traditional crafts and Manchester's industrial heritage.

Contribution: A Whistlestop Tour of Letterpress

http://www.amypennington.co.uk

Mandi Goodier: Call for appropriations.

Mandi Goodier is looking for people to participate in her latest project.

This is a call for appropriations.

How to participate....
I am inviting you to take ownership of the text. To write/mark upon the sheet of paper as you might do with a theoretical or academic writing. Creating a sort of map of your approach to the text. Interrogate it, change it, edit it, define it, critique it, re-write it, empathise with it... do whatever you like as long as you act upon the page. APPROPRIATE IT.

The result will be a rewriting of the original text in order to make it more complete through collective understanding/interpretations, or more flawed text as meaning may have all together deteriorated. The rewritten text will be generated by you, the reader who through reading, understanding and marking the sheet will become a part of the collective author.

The collated responses and rewritten text will then be reproduced in the form of a publication.
To participate simply download the attachment, print, digest the contents, appropriate the text and then return it to me via email/post (preferably post)
Please forward this email/photocopied version of the text (+ instructions) to anyone else who may be interested in participating.
(If emailing please cc usergeneration@gmail.com to help keep track of the project, I will not hound you with emails I promise)

Email: usergeneration@gmail.com for the text.

http://usergenerated-text.tumblr.com/

Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention May 14 — stalls, film screening, tours, food, workshops

The first ever fanzine convention to be held in the beautiful setting of Victoria Baths will explore the past, present and future of self-publishing through stalls featuring self-published books and zines to browse, talks, a film showing and workshops.

Manchester's magnificent Edwardian water palace, which opened to the public in 1906 and closed in 1993, will be packed with events as part of the Future Everything festival.

To have a stall on the day, either as an individual zine or group of friends, costs £10. Apply by emailing Natalie.Rose.Bradbury@googlemail.com.

All events in the building are free to enter, although donations are welcomed.
http://www.victoriabaths.org.uk/