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Zines

Collection at Pratt Institute Libraries and general information about Zines
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Little Black Book

A personal navigation through the complex identity of a Ghanaian born and raised in Italy. This project gathers notes taken in moments of black delight found between duty and pleasure, learning and leisure, and the loss and finding of self. The book comes to life with notes, photographs, and sketches weaved together in the most poetic of ways.

Adult Braces

VIDEO: full book
Hand-bound canvas/laser print zine with mixed media additions. Edition of 10, unnumbered.
 

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Bad Boyfriends

Bad Boyfriends is a collection of comics about abusive male partners... Personally, I am not interested in helping men reform or deconstruct themselves. My purpose is to communicate with other women, to help them see the red flags in their own relationships, so they can identify and avoid people who attempt to control or devalue them.

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Crude Intentions

An anthology of women creators addressing sexual harrassment and assault.

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Shutters

Fragmented memories from a past unhealthy relationship are revisited and examined through poetry and collage in this zine. The photographs that paper the background of this zine were taken by the artist; the words and images in the foreground are cut from deaccessioned library books.

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Conditioner

Conditioner considers women's sense of alienation from their bodies, caused by gender norms and beauty ideals, and the ways that the wellness and skincare industries either alleviate or exacerbate that alienation.

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Soil

Poems and collage.

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Bonnie Avenue

Describes growing up in the sixties and the unexplained antics of my siblings.

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A Perfectly Normal Jack-in-the-box

An exploration of the mechanics of the Jack-in-the-box, and how the toy can be seen as a metaphor for trauma-induced anxiety.

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Unprecedented : COVID-19 2020

A series of personal zines documenting the creator's time in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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I love my cat so much!

A zine about Qiqi, the author's pet cat. Includes pictures and text describing Qiqi's likes and dislikes.

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At the Center of It All : Reflecting on David Bowie's impact on my life

Most of the drawings are based on photographs by the following people (listed alphabetically), whom I thank for the inspiration: Brian Duffy, Geoff MacCormack, Terry O'Neill, Mick Rock, Steve Schapiro, and Masayoshi Sukita

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Hop Up Onto the Scale

Going to the doctor when you're fat can be an overwhelmingly terrible experience. Just the phrase 'hop on the scale for me' can cause anxiety, even in people who don't identify as fat or don't have an above-average BMI. These are some of the strategies I've learned to self-advocate over the years.

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Vents

The author discusses keeping chickens as domesticated animals.

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Magical Art Therapy

Magical Art Therapy is an ongoing collection of sigils-or magical images-that use a symbolic visual language inspired by nature, mythology, and occult practices like alchemy and the tarot to address topics related to mental illness, trauma, and surviving in an unkind world.

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Super Sad True Love Story

Cole Lu’s SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY is just that: taking its title from Gary Shteyngart’s 2010 sci-fi novel — composed primarily of an email exchange between its protagonist and his Asian love-object — Lu’s exhibition sees the dissolution of a past relationship as the embodiment of his star-crossed dystopic future.

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Let Meowt! issue 10

A perzine documenting life and times under quarantine in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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I Have a Big Stupid Mouth

A zine about talking too much but having nothing real to say.

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Big Fat Femme no. 2 : Fat in Public

A "queer, fat, white, cis femme with invisible disabilities," shares her experiences with discrimination. She mentions strangers mistaking her as pregnant, feeling uncomfortable in bathroom stalls and church pews, eating in public, using the subway system, and accessibility for fat people.

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Communiqué from an Ex-Cop

This 85-page publication discards the "rambling manifesto" frame advanced by the media and takes up Dorner's challenge to journalists to investigate his claims of an institution rife with corruption, racism, and brutality.

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They Walk

A personal zine touching upon themes of nonbinary transgender identity, physical transition, family rejection, the possibilities of queer community family, and one very important pet cat.

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Internal Monologue

A poetic perzine, with inkject printed color photographs bound with book ring.

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Ugh

A series of drawings accompanying the author's experience consulting a doctor for breast reduction surgery

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Hair Care

A series of drawings with text about the author's experience with stress-related hair loss.

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Hard to Look At

Author writes about her personal journey with acne and skincare, and includes tips and knowledge she's learned along the way.

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Take Me to the Groomers

A series of drawings with text about shaving for the first time in a long time.

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Commuter

A comic about unpleasant experiences on the NYC subway. Black and red illustrations printed on neon orange paper.


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