Zine Street
Remember zines? We do. We’re happy to launch Smudge Relocation Press by reprising a zine by Stronger Than Dirt Pete Moss called THAT LONG NEWSPAPER SPOON, which he originally produced in the 1990s. From his description of the new and improved version:
I’ve dumped the convoluted plot and dispensed with the slick computerized production values of the late ‘90s (volume II) numbers. I picked up the scissors and glue stick again. And I fired the entire cast, except for John Kitchener and Cole Stoma, who get us caught up on how and what they’ve been doing for the last dozen years.
At 16 action-packed pages, it is the biggest THAT LONG NEWSPAPER SPOON, ever. Heavily illustrated, to boot, with tons of mystifying yet amusing visual flashbacks to that innocent time before blogs, Googles, Facebooks, and Tweets, the 1990s.
The issue costs only 99 cents ($1.08 with taxes, shipping included). Click here to purchase.
I am interested in that Long Newspaper Spoon zine reprising the ’90s vibe (my identity), but wish I could see a few pages to decide on the hefty price. Stronger Than Dirt Pete Moss, is this a possibility?
Hi, J. It seems like a reasonable request.
I don’t know that it reprises the ’90s vibe in a larger sense as much as it’s a throwback to stuff I used to make in ’90, ’91, thereabouts. I was still doing hand-made stuff; for all practical purposes had no computer.
Anyway … I made more or less medium-resolution scans of the first two inside pages and the back cover, which you can view at the following urls:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72206742@N00/8486344379/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72206742@N00/8486344283/
Incidentally, by way of some background, this link goes to the catalog page on TLNS at the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection:
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/jfabc/id/4751/rec/1
Thanks for the interest,
STDPM