Reading Frenzy ~ An Independent Press Emporium

Shoppe ~ Magazines & Zines

A selection of hand-picked gems from our downtown Portland store. Minimum order of $8.

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Arts and Crafts Revolution Vol.2 cover

Arts and Crafts Revolution Vol.2

By Terri Anderson

This handy zine is full of quick, easy and helpful guides to sewing, knitting, yarn, stamping, screen printing and many many other things.

$5.00

 
Crap Hound #6: Death, Telephones & Scissors cover

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

 
Xtra Tuf #5 Book cover

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.  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 real passion for fishing and the sea that she shares 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

 
Bitch #41 cover

Bitch #41

$5.95

 
10 Weeds You Can Eat cover

10 Weeds You Can Eat

This is a 13 page mini zine

The title reveals all! Organized alphabetically by common alias, but including scientific name, this guide includes picture identification in addition to description, what to harvest, and food uses for 10 weeds commonly found in our urban environment today.
Bonuses: 2 pages of leaf shapes for identification and a page for notes!

$3.00

 
Crap Hound #7: Church & State cover

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

 
Girls Like Us #6 cover

Girls Like Us #6

79 pages, 6.5" x 9"

$10.00

 
The Duplex Planet #181 cover

The Duplex Planet #181

16 pages, 8.5" x 5.5"

$2.00

 
Chaotique #1 cover

Chaotique #1

"An Obliterary Journal" 
It's new from Spokane and full of comics and literature all printed and bound beautifully.  It's a good read!

$7.00

 
 
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