Grunted Warning #11, July 2011: The world is a strange place and some of the media snippets we absorb every day in the newspapers are even stranger. This is a collection of such strangeness. It is awesome. Awesome and strange. Stratu, PO Box 35, Marrickville, NSW, 2204, AUSTRALIA, sstratu@gmail.com, blackguard23.livejournal.com[AUD$1/trade/cool letter or postcard, 12S, :15] – Dann Lennard
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Word Balloons #12: In this special full-colour issue, Phil interviews three folk working at the coalface of graphic novel publishing in Australia. You think it’s hard to get your shit published in the US? Try doing it in a backwater like Oz. Also, Phil wraps up his fascinating multi-part tale about his involvement in the Aussie comics scene, this time focusing on the rise and fall of the ambitious 80s/90s anthology Fox Comics. Philip Bentley, PO Box 286, Sandringham, Vic, 3191, AUSTRALIA, secondshore@yahoo.com, secondshore.blogspot.com[AUD$10, 32M, :45] – Dann Lennard
Crazed Mazes #1: I’ve never quite come across a zine like this before – it’s a zine full of amazing mazes, a crossword and other picture puzzles devised by Myron. I can safely say that it’s a family-friendly zine and would keep kids of all ages amused on a long car trip. Very quirky indeed. Myron Smith, PO Box 354, Ridgeway, VA, 24148, USA, crazedmazes@yahoo.com [US$2 + SASE, 20M, depends] – Dann Lennard
The Poetry Explosion Newsletter (The Pen), July 2010: 99% of poetry is shit. About 98% of it is to be found in this amateurish publication full of turgid, rancid poems. Avoid unless you really, really, REALLY love poetry zines. PBC, PO Box 4725, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206-0725,USA, wewuvpoetry@hotmail.com, thepoetbandcompany.yolasite.com [US$4 (email for overseas prices), 26M, :20] – Dann Lennard
The Great Stereopticon #1-3, June-Nov. 2010: This got sent to me as one newsletter, even though it’s three very short zines, virtually letters. James is a very smart, Buddhist, vegan, libertarian living in rural Washington. Not much to do here except ride bikes, visit your local library and write zines. I won’t pretend that I understand half of what James is writing about – he completely lost me on philosophy and the like. To be honest, I preferred his writings about being an outsider living in the American heartland. It seems a very lonely existence. James N. Dawson, PO Box 292, Malden, WA, 99149, USA, jamesndawson@yahoo.com [SASE/trade/the usual, FTP, 8M, :25] – Dann Lennard
