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Crap Hound #6: Death, Telephones & Scissors

8.5x11, 104 pgs, offset, saddlestitched

Revised and expanded edition of Crap Hound #6: Death, Telephones and Scissors. Featuring eight brand new pages, and a gorgeous cover by Jordan Crane, it's sure to delight old and new readers alike.

Between a brief introduction and the end credits, Crap Hound is pure imagery. Each page is filled with high-contrast art, carefully taken from vintage catalogs, advertising, obscure books, and found ephemera. Through sheer volume of artfully arranged iconography, Issue No. 6 visually explores popular meaning, cultural ideals and historic symbolism of Death, Telephones and Scissors.

Debuting in 1994, Crap Hound became a favorite of both zine readers and publishers, and has received enthusiastic reviews from sources including The New York Times Magazine, RE/Search Books, the American Institute Graphic Arts, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Edited and designed by Sean Tejaratchi
Published by Show and Tell Press
Cover by Jordan Crane

$12.00

Communicating Vessels #19

This is a 54 page zine.

"This book brings together various essays, parables and poems from the publication Communicating Vessels. At first glance it might appear to be a quirky blend. But taken as a whole this work attempts to recover our ability to historicize, reason and dream. Leskov draws links between the world as it once existed, as it exists today and how it could be potentially different in the future. Interspersed throughout is a searching effort to bring together the best elements of social and political theory, history, literature and poetry. As a lifelong researcher of social history and social movements, Leskov vigorously argues against the absurd "end of history" thesis put forth by the academy and society at large. Leskov suggests we still have the ability to remake our lives and our world with imagination resolve, brainpower and action."

$3.00

Xtra Tuf #5 Book

192 pages, 5x7", paperback

Moe Bowstern has brought us the inside story about being a woman who fishes commercially for years. If that doesn't seem fascinating to you, you have another thing coming. Moe is an amazing storyteller and reveals much about the history of commercial fishing in Alaska through a very descriptive and personable narrative that can be understood by any layperson. She tells great stories of the crews she's been involved with and their dynamics as well being a woman involved in a very male dominated profession. Moe has a passion for fishing and the sea and she shares this with you in her zine. This is her story of being on the job and "how she got xtra tuf" on a few different episodes of labor disagreements that held up work (technically not "strikes") over many years. Fascinating reading as she combines her artistic and DIY sensibilities with the labor tactics in order to achieve the fishermen's goals and get everyone back to work! The book sports a fancy letter pressed cover by Third Termite Press with 30 different colors schemes. Check out the new issue of Smithsonian Magazine for an article about Moe and the Fisher Poets!

$6.00

Crap Hound #7: Church & State

8.5x11, 96 pgs, standard size

The first all new issue of Crap Hound in eight years! Featuring 96 pages of glorious religious and patriotic imagery! Despite the nearly decade stretch between new issues, editor Sean Tejaratchi has been dutifully culling the choicest hight-contrast art, lovingly lifted from vintage catalogs, advertising, obscure books, and found ephemera.

Debuting in 1994, Crap Hound became a favorite of both zine readers and publishers, and has received enthusiastic reviews from sources including The New York Times Magazine, RE/Search Books, the American Institute Graphic Arts, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Here are some interviews with Sean and reviews of various issues:

$12.00