Neither Josh or Andrew are in this picture. The recent Zine Symposium at Much Ado About Books
Josh Jubinsky and Andrew Coulon from the Main Library’s Zine collection will be on Urban Jacksonville Weekly tomorrow. I going to grill them with some hard hitting questions so tune in at 9:30 on the show page: Urban Jacksonville Weekly show page.
Question number one: Why do all zine creators where black?
Photo from a recent zine outreach event
Much Ado About Books is Jacksonville’s premier book festival including a writer’s workshop, children’s chapter, author panel discussions, book sales and signings.
This year, in association with The Zine Collection, Much Ado About Books will feature two zine related panels. Before we go any further, zines are simply self-published pamphlets of all sizes and shapes, often covering subjects overlooked in larger scale publications.
Note: I was not able to find these panel events listed on the website. I expect them to be added soon.
What are zines and why are they important? Why are they thriving in an increasingly digitized popular culture?
Saturday, February 27th 10:45-11:30
Featuring the wide range of content that goes into zines.
Saturday, February 27th 12:00-12:45
The Zine Collection at the Main Library is one of the first in the Southeast and one of the largest public zine collections in the country.
The mission of the Jacksonville Public Library Zine Collection is to circulate and preserve alternative media resources that inspire readers to re-examine and learn from alternative and under-served voices that represent our community.
Jaxscene has posted issues 1-3 of The Hum zine on their Flickr account. There aren’t any dates on the covers or or pages, but looking through them I’d have to guess they are at least 4-5 years old. The pages of The Hum are a great window into the Jacksonville street art scene from that time. I saw a lot of familiar faces and some who don’t get up any more, at least not around here.
A few years ago a friend of mine gave me Issue #3. Looking back on it now I see a lot of similarities between when I am doing now with Urban Jacksonville and what The Hum was doing back then. It appears to have been a huge inspiration to me, even if it was subconcious.
