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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

Infiltration #24

The zine about going places you're not supposed to go is always a good read for making me feel like an armchair badass. But with the 'Stadia' issue, I have to ask-is there any less intimidating place to break into than a sports arena? With just one or two sleepy gaurds between you miles of corridors, bathrooms,and concession stands? That sounds like a challenge even I am up to. Thanks, Infiltration!

$2.00

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:

• Crap Hound #5 on Boing Boing
• Crap Hound #5 on PingMag
• Crap Hound #5 on Portland Mercury
• Crap Hound #6 on Powell's Books
• Crap Hound #6 on Low Inertia
• Crap Hound #6 on Boing Boing
• Crap Hound #7 on Boing Boing

$12.00

Second Set Out

By Moe Bowstern

A collection of stories by Moe Bowstern that deal with her life as a commercial fishing woman and her many other adventures all over this country of ours.  You might pick it up with a casual interest in her unique perspective,  but you'll keep reading due to Moe's sheer skill with the english language.  Each story is written with something akin to a classic oral tradition that makes the reader feel as if they're sitting with Moe sharing epic tales in front of a campfire.

$3.00

Xtra Tuf #3

By Moe Bowstern

#3 is Moe's tales of fishing in Alaska during the Salmon Season of 2001.

$3.00

Boneshaker #4

This Issue Includes:
Charles-Albert Cingria's 1938 Essay "In Praise of Cycling"
Samuel Beckett & Flann O'Brien's Confounding Irish Bicycles
Humid, Hellish, But Hopeful: Commuting in Birmingham, AL
Best Advice from Bike Commuter Betty

And much more including Reviews, Moons and Love Letters from the Saddle

$6.00

When Language Runs Dry #1

A zine for people with chronic pain and their allies.

$5.00

Alien Boy

Erin Yanke (Life During Wartime) and Icky Ciccone (Nosedive) made this beautifully designed zine that collects a selection of writing and art by James Chasse, as well as interviews with the filmmakers and information about the case.  It includes a CD with KBOO related radio coverage of the case. Published by Reading Frenzy.

$8.00

East Village Inky # 41

By Ayun Halliday

"In which a fledgling children's book author attempts to move more magazines by splashing her rekindled (strictly non sexual) affair w/ a NYC celebrity all over the cover in a misleading sort of way!"

$3.00

Spunk #5

Quality art and writing from 27 contributors that spans a myriad of different subjects and styles.  From an essay on one artist's affair with De Kooning Paintings to a story of listening to music stoned to a male pin-up in the center, this magazine covers the gambit of youth, sexuality and artistic drive.

$5.00