“Writer, community worker and gobshite” Phil Thornton will present a talk charting the zine culture of the North West of England in the 1980s and 1990s.
Grand Hall
Examples
- Pulp magazine
- Loaded copy - fanzine style
- Faith Fanzine
- Phil is a fanzine obsessive but not in the traditional sense
- Probe Records wall of fanzines e.g. Sniffing glue
- Time for action fanzine by Phil Jones
- The end fanzine - target audience considered with content
- Awareness can be associated with tongue and cheek views (likes and dislikes)
- Not using traditional methods of distribution
- Social change
- Different perspectives
- Comedy persona
- Being mentioned - talked about content
- How can it engage with surroundings/life?
- Focus on the purpose why is it for the selected audience?
- Think where and how you find out about the book?
- Are there any divides between content or production?
- Not everything is as it seems
- Are there any stereotypes with the context?
- What are generic associations? e.g. 1st edition of Arena
- Is there a process considered to find out information?
- Is the book recognisable to be informative?
- Can you play on reality vs a person's reality?
- Can it be made iconic
- Is it pretentious & classic
- Is there any hostility surrounding the context e.g. location
- Is the quality style and format considered?
- Is it mass produced?
- Consider handmade production before digital existed
- Internet is a contributing factor to the death of fanzines
- Why are you making it? - Passion no money in it
Book Fair
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