An anarchist journal of dangerous living! International reports from last Mayday’s pro-immigrant rallies! Analysis of the Bush regime’s strategy to promote terrorism worldwide! Discussion of the latest wave of federal repression! Testimony from a convicted anti-war arsonist! Anarchist perspectives on and reports from the struggle against domestic violence! A tell-all interview with notorious graffiti artist(s) BORF! A shocking exposé on German pro-Zionist lunatics! A how-to guide to funneling resources out of universities! A spy’s-eye-view of immigrant labor in factory farming! A narrow escape from the flaming Pentagon on September 11, 2001! A history of direct action and rioting in queer liberation struggles! A cartoon recounting the riots at the canceled World Bank conference in Barcelona! A mad-lib for radicals with poor social skills! A satirical guide to writing reviews! Visionary storytelling, technical advice on computer security, eulogies and poster designs and more, more, more!

This issue is about travel with little bits of stories and images that go along with them. A documentation of Sarah living on a small, organic farm in Nova Scotia. It talks in journal styled musings about self sustainability, seclusion, simplicity, and finding out how little she knows about rural living. She talks about farmers and cared for food being unappreciated and while I'm writing this I'm eating home grown spinach and thinking about the exact same sentiments.

An unearthing of Ross Winn, an anarchist from Texas and Tennessee in the late 19th century who printed a series of newspapers, most notably Ross Winn's Firebrand and corresponded with Emma Goldman. Shaun and company seek out his history and find a good deal of it in the process. We get to learn about their trip to Ross' grave, his upbringing, and friction from his partner's family, his conservative environment, and his own family (thanks to McKinley's assassination, supposedly inspired by anarchists.) As anyone who knows me can testify this is exactly the kind of zine I eat up, and this one is no exception. I respect the dedication with which the information was pursued and the result is impressive. Additional artwork by Erik Ruin.

Shelley created this as a little take home instruction guide for her bike repair workshop at the Portland Zine Symposium. It goes over the basics of fixing a flat tire, working with wheels, the parts of a bike, bearings, doing a tune-up, tools, and dealing with bike shops as a woman but most of all what shines through is Shelley's character and personality in the way that she describes things and her utter passion for cycling. Well worth any price for the information alone. * Now includes additional pages of material about working on brakes!!

Rum Lad is written and illustrated by Steve, our new buddy in England. As evidenced by the cover, Steve is immensely talented, and is even helping us design our new 2008 catalog cover! His work alternates between intimate landscapes, and portraits, portraying his world of shows, family, his living quarters, and his friends in heartfelt detail. Sometimes humorous, but always earnest, Steve's work keeps getting better and better.

Here's a new collection of recipes from Nova Scotia! This one's really diverse with instructions on making your own dog food, canning fruit, and even how to cook a chicken! There's also curry, birthday cake, cornbread, and baked beans, to name a few. This zine will definitely keep you warm and well.

Debut novel about the underground in L.A., as well as a search for a road (hence the title) from filmmaker and the zinester, Bill Brown, the genius that brings us Dream Whip. There are human characters in Saugus to the Sea, but they play the barest of supporting roles; the primary focus being the relationship between the narrator and the American urban complex of underground Los Angeles. Less of a novel and more of a collection of short stories or personal essays linked by consistent themes. Additionally it's a madcap mystery about an introverted underground-sprinkler repairman who discovers pieces of a grand conspiracy involving Arbor Day insurrectionists, underground irrigation systems, earthquakes and the flashing light on top of the Capitol Records building.

Its elements don't demand to be taken too literally; as metaphors, they form an elegant network of signification. Water, fault lines, maps, flora and architecture are symbols that present urban life and urban history as an interplay of tensions between order and disorder, deliberateness and chance. This is a mystery story (kind of) but the riddle at hand is the whole, vast life of a city. Brown got his start in travel zines and it shows: His genuine love for and knowledge of his subject saves this book from the cynicism and archness that characterize many other chronicles of alienation in the surreal City of Quartz. Illustrations from Brad Young, the cartoonist who draws and writes the comic strip Stay As You Are. (Willamette Week Review)

Combining Jesus worship with mutant bike construction is probably one of the most unlikely marriages of all time but it's most probable in zine-land and this zine is your source. From an anthropologist's (albeit even one like myself who is quite skeptical of Christianity) perspective, this is one of the most fascinating zines of all time! A Minneapolis tall bike crew "The Scallywags" demonstrate their love of Jesus on the back of their sleeveless jean vests which are emblazoned with "Jesus is Lord". They teach you how to build various kinds of freak bikes and mutant bikes including a folding tall bike and wooden bikes that they build in Rwanda on a little missionary trip. All in all, it's hard not to read with your mouth open and questioning the whole time "Are these guys for real?".

Scam was always the zine in which the Miami punk, Erick Lyle, showed us examples of creative resistance and fun in a world run rotten with poverty and war. Whether it was handing out fake starbucks coupons for free coffee, dropping flyers on mall-goer's heads that say "aren't you glad this isn't a bomb?" or having punk shows in laundromats, Erick has shown us over the years that you can resist capitalism and have fun AND have a sense of humour at the same time. It's nine years later and this issue is no exception. This issue finds Erick, more than ever, preoccupied with the passage of time, in the form of obsessing and waxing poetic about the history and demise of one of the Mission's strangest and most beautiful corner stones, Hunt's Donuts. Imagine a place where you always look first when something is stolen from you to find a simple crook pawning it inside the donut shop, where "Open 25 hours" somehow makes sense, where you never imagine that the dream can come to an end. A fun little foray for those of us obsessed (or soon to be) with classic Bay Area history.

Scam was always the zine in which the Miami punk, Iggy, showed us examples of creative resistance and fun in a world run rotten with poverty and war. Whether it was handing out fake starbucks coupons for free coffee, dropping flyers on mall-goer's heads that say "aren't you glad this isn't a bomb?" or having punk shows in laundromats, Iggy has shown us over the years that you can resist capitalism and have fun AND have a sense of humour at the same time. It's almost six years later but this issue is no exception, except he no longer goes by the name Iggy. Instead his real name, Erick, is signed to this cut and paste gem. Now he seems, more than ever, preoccupied with the passage of time and articulating an affirmative vision of the type of society he'd like to live in and fight for. In his piece on reagan's death he writes "...I think my relief came from realizing that by the time reagan had actually died, my teenage rage had quit being the motivating factor in my life,...what keeps me going [now] is the sense of what I wish the world actually looked like." With age comes wisdom and a sense that Erick wants to fight for the things he's for and not just rage at the things he's against. He talks for public art, squats, free breakfast programs, illegal peace demos in san francisco, punk holidays (joey ramone day, in which people gather and do a secret santa exchange of mixtapes), a booklist and various interviews with community activists and artists that round out this hefty issue nicely. Erick asks "How did it happen that we went from non-stop fighting eviction and gentrification to fighting against the new president's vision of perpetual worldwide war, without even a slight break?" While marking the passage of time erick gives us inspiring examples of living defiantly in those times. (Chris Landry)

Scam #6 is a first-person travel essay about stencil art in Argentina! Erick has taken his chapter from the book Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority, and turned it into a zine making it more accessible for those not ready to take the leap of book-ownership. We're treated to the story of Buenos Aires, interviews with radical stencil artists, & the political motivations of street art in Argentina. After a serious economic collapse in 2001, as a result of borrowing from the IMF. Most street rioting ensued from all kinds of people and stencil art was used to spread messages.

A zine dedicated to Scrabble and the freaks who love it! It's more than just a bunch of wistful writing about doubles and triples. Scrabble Freaks actually examines all the tiny sub-phenomenons that Scrabble has spawned. Included are: A woman who's started her own tile bank where people can write in for specific tiles, the practice of constructing the "perfect" highest scoring Scrabble board, letter frequency in the English language vs. in the bag of tiles, and a bunch of other equally interesting stuff. Word nerds rejoice!

Niku rocks our socks again - this time with a zine dedicated to crafting for the scrappy types! We learn how to sew from the ground up then how to do other exciting things like cardigan reconstruction, embellishments, making an elastic a-line skirt, making a zine cozy or fake fur toilet paper cozy(!), pillowcases, curtains, aprons, x-mas stockings, a headband, lunch bag, and much more! You know that you are already drooling over the idea of making all of these fun accessories for your home and life. Go ahead, indulge.

"Scribble Faster #3 is stories of escape. Escapes taken and escapes deferred. Escapes planned and escapes we never expected. Escapes still to come. It is a love letter and a goodbye note to New York. It is also stories of why we need to leave sometimes and the people we wish had stayed."

Megan tells us of about adolescence and growing up and adulthood and how all three are kinda the same in perspective, except you tend to think that once you read the next stage it will all make sense - even though it never does. Holding on to the spirit of DIY even though she never identified as a punk. We are blessed because she really knows how to write. This is no hack job. The stories are comical and serious; I was genuinely impressed by this work and feel like this is something almost all of us can relate to.

A complete beginner's guide to taking pictures with a manual camera. Some illustrations guide us through the parts of the camera before we move on to understanding techniques, goals, and technical knowledge. We also learn how to develop photos, learn some photo history, and leave with some additional tips. I felt infinitely wiser and more qualified to take photos after reading this. A very thorough and easy to follow guide.

This is a collection of Moe Bowstern's (Xtra Tuf) writing that has appeared in other people's zines over the last ten years. She's a commercial fisherwoman and adventurer with plenty of stories and life experience to talk about. Beautiful linocut cover and introduction by Ursula K Leguin. This is a reprinted offset version with a new color scheme on the cover!

"Blessed with a wonderful gift for storytelling, Moe waxes poetic about the varied experiences she’s had over the years of fishing for Kodiak salmon. It’s a collection that, despite not being written as a whole, flows seamlessly, perhaps because of the common thread of fishing that runs through most of it, even in the stories where the fishing itself doesn’t take center stage. Highly recommended!" -Sean Stewart

This issue of Andy's zine would be one of my highest recommendations in the distro. It is manifesto after manifesto just dripping with passion and information. He has amazing abilities in the use of language. His ability to articulate thoughts I've had for years is amazing. He tackles issues he's handled like carpentry unions, women's issues, punk as a subculture, the Columbine shootings (best take on this I've read), combining background of punk rocker with academic, self image/sexuality/gender issues, and tons more. No ads, no filler, just information. Andy is brilliant and we just can't get enough from him. Two of my friends are actually sending this to their parents as a way of explaining their lives.

Andy Cornell's new issue is a little bit of a departure from his style but still building upon and critiquing the punk community in a very necessary way. This issue tackles relevant issues through his own stories including skateboarding injuries from not wearing a helmet, student racial and anti-sweatshop activism, working for the Steelworkers Union, a couple weeks on the road with Mobilivre Bookmobile, thoughts on freedom fries and the PATRIOT act, book reviews of radical autobiographies, and my favorite article of all, a crazed account of the west Philadelphia co-op strike of 2002 where disagreements over one staff person's position and reluctance to work with the group lead to shutting down the co-op, macho intimidation, and putting a pallet of food on the trolley tracks! The tales of working in the steel union were equally fascinating as it challenges punk activism up a notch and tells stories of a queer man working in an industry where many of us do not get an inside look. A fascinating document of his last few years.

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Jae (of Ripe zine) presents an herbal health zine full of potions and concoctions. From oils and salves, tinctures and poultices, to baths, scrubs, and facial masks. Cool instructions for making all types of mixtures, with information of various herbs and their particular uses.

Anyone who has a brain in their head knows that the punk scene lacks involvement from women and people of colour. Say hello to Osa and Shotgun Seamstress, a zine by and for Black Punks. The zine features some heart churning, honest musings in a letter to a former friend and an angry letter she wrote to MRR about how fucked up the scene is (Gawd we need more people to tell it like it is!). There's also a review of the movie AFROPUNK written by puck, interviews with two black punks Adee Licious (who wrote the zine Finger on the Trigger) and Brontez (who dances in the band Gravy Train), and mini profiles on Toni Young, The Gories, Sun Ra, Florynce Kennedy. If you consider yourself a punk you need to pick this up...

Shotgun Seamstress is one helluva zine. It's punk and life through the lens of Osa, a queer woman of color living in Portland, Oregon. It's got a little bit of everything, including a piece on Go-go music in D.C, which is all wrapped up into a story called the "Black Punk Zine That Never Happened". Osa helps us to understand why we shouldn't dis RuPaul, treats us to a Northwest scene report, and lists bands past and present that feature people of color. We'll be the first to acknowledge that unfortunately, punk today attracts few people of color proportionally, but zines like Shotgun Seamstress will certainly aid a change.

This zine is a humorous and handy how-to for what to do, should you encounter a cougar. Whether you're hiking in the woods, or roaming the post-apocalyptic landscape, this handy comic may just save you life! Or at least make you laugh out loud. We're just bummed 'cause it's not called, "Should You Encounter the Coug," which would be a much more relevant zine here in Bloomington, IN. At any rate, this is one of the funniest things to cross our path this year. Like this zine says, "Welcome to the food chain."

SMT$ is a highly under-appreciated gem in the zine world. It's a zine dedicated to increased awareness to the mechanics of economics, and the way they relate authoritarianism, and individual rights! If that sounds complicated, it's really not--it really just means an honest look at how money influences the world around us. That's refreshing since most of the information available is created by CEOs, dictators, and politicians - reflecting their needs, not ours!

This issue: Obituaries for notable deaths, from Pinochet and Paul Avrich, How Money Is Created, a growing list of billionaires, not-so-fun facts about $, a check-in with the labor scoreboard (tracking numbers for different corporation's quarterly employee layoffs) and of course so much more information.

Damien is a fantastic storyteller whether he's talking about biking around Europe in issue #6 or talking about the stupidity of Portland public transportation in issue #4. This zine is mainly bicycle focused, with maintains intelligent points of view and thought out analysis. It goes from practical information (how to fix your bike) to stories (where he went on his bike) and relates practical information in the process.

Look, i'll be up front with you. I don't skate. I had a cheap board growing up that i thought was so cool, but was too scared to do more than ride down the driveway on. But I do love Sidewalk Bump! A comic zine about the love of skateboarding. In #2 we experience the joy of rediscovering skateboarding, the solitude of late night skating, the juxtaposition of big fancy parks with tiny sidewalk bumps, the adoration of shredded skate shoes, and a little look at the squished bugs and nesting birds that take part in the skating ecosystem. This zine has a bunch of content, and hella-gorgeous covers! Skate, destroy, and then when you're done, check out Sidewalk Bump 2!