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500 Friends of Reading Frenzy Membership

Annual membership

Membership benefits include a letterpressed membership card which entitles you to a 10% in store or online discount good for one year and a Reading Frenzy button. You will also receive a 25% discount on Reading Frenzy exclusive merchandise (such as prints, t-shirts, totes, etc.), and discounted admission to any of our rare but spectacular, ticketed events! It's quite possible that in the course of a year you will receive more than $25 back in discounts and perks!

Daily Drawing of 500 Friends of Reading Frenzy membership by Kate Bingaman-Burt!

$25.00

Alien Boy

32pp, 8.5x7, saddle stapled, silkscreen cover, cd incuded

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

Anathema #3

77 pp., 9x6, perfect bound, color

Anathema Journal carefully curates photography,writing, art, and irreverent interviews into each sleek volume. Issue #3 includes stories from Starlee Kline and Trinie Dalton, the Anathema-patented "One Question" for Bill Callahan and Panda Bear, and ephemera inventories of modern artists.

$6.00

Anorak Autumn 2011: Happy Issue

Anorak is a beautifully designed and illustrated full-color kid's magazine, full of activities, games and stories, with limited advertising from the UK. Every issue of Anorak makes us happy but this one is special -- it's their 5th anniversary issue and it's 100% made by kids!

$9.95

Anorak Summer 2011: Vikings & Pirates

Anorak is a beautifully designed and illustrated full-color kid's magazine, full of activities, games and stories from the UK. Recommended for ages 7-12 but we know lots of grown ups who buy it for themselves!

From the publisher: Come on board the HMS Anorak, a magnificent & magical ship that you will not only take you on a journey across the seas but through time too. You are setting sail on a voyage where you will hear riveting stories of lady pirates, fascinating Vikings and daring Tudor adventurers. Hurry along, grab hold of your duffle and walk this way! We have a jolly journey ahead of us that will require courage and plenty of imagination. Are you ready? Our drawing friends in this issue include: Tsz Wan, Alice Gabb, Rob Hodgson, Theresa Rowe, Jim Stoten, Mogu Takahashi and Amy Walters.

$9.95

Anorak Winter 2011:Toys!

68 pp., perfect bound, color

Anorak is a beautifully designed and illustrated full-color kid's magazine, full of activities, games and stories from the UK. Recommended for ages 7-12 but we know lots of grown ups who buy it for themselves! Toys is all about TOYS! Hooray! Favorite toys, dream toys, old toys and new toys. Toy makers and ugly toys. What is your favorite toy?

$9.95

Avow 24

48 pp., half size, color cover

From the publisher: The cover of veteran zinester Keith Rosson's latest zine is an homage to Milwaukee drivers' disdain for the common pedestrian: thus sets the dark, humorous tone for Avow #24. A perzine in a seemingly post-perzine age, Avow sets the formula for solid writing and smart design, this time about Keith's past year in his new home of Milwaukee. This issue is dedicated to music reviews and comics about the search for employment, including writing about one of his favorite teachers, quitting cigarettes, the death of his father, and an interview with Joe Lachut (of Seven Inches to Freedom zine). Keith continues his tradition of classic storytelling and we're happy to release Microcosm's first collaboration with him since The Best of Intentions: The Avow Anthology. Check it out! Spoiler alert: Dave Roche (On Subbing, About My Disappearance) drops by to talk about unsolicited business and dating advice.

$3.00

B is For Beard-An Alphabetic Exploration of Facial Hair

By BT Livermore

26pp., 13.5x7, 4 color silkscreen cover, saddle stapled

B is for Beard is an illustrated rhyming compendium of all the wonderful varieties of facial hair this world has to offer. Each letter of the alphabet is covered, and is represented by either a style of facial hair, or someone who is famous for having theirs, real or fake. From Dali to Neck Beard to X-rated Porn Star 'Stache, there's tons of inspiration for your precious little hairs.

$18.00

Beach 90th

By Justin Hocking

limited edition. handmade. letterpress cover. perfect bound. 33 pages

An excerpt from Justin's memoir-in-progress entitled The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld

$5.00

Bear Fight!

82 pp., 6.75x8, perfect bound, 3 color silkscreen cover

Have you ever wondered who would win in a fight between a bear and an astronaut? What about Mecha-Bear? 76 artists envision their own bear fight, ranging from cute to terrifying to deeply, deeply disturbing (crazed grizzly vs. dachshunds?). There's even a prize at the end for you: 5 bloodthirsty bear paper dolls to stage your own bloody scenes!  

$12.00