By Alex Wrekk
Genre: Art, Graphic Design, How-To
Since 2002, Stolen Sharpie Revolution: a DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture has been the go-to guide for all things zine-related. This little red book is stuffed with information about zines. Things you may know, stuff you don't know and even stuff you didn’t know you didn’t know!
Stolen Sharpie Revolution contains a cornucopia of information about zines and zine culture for everyone from the zine newbie to the experienced zinester to the academic researcher. Stolen Sharpie Revolution consists of thoughtful lists and step-by-step how-to guides on everything from definitions of a “zine,” where to find zines, why they are important, how to make them and how to participate in zine culture.
This book has everything you need to get started creating your own zine, or to figure out what to do with the zine you just made. Stolen Sharpie Revolution serves as both an introduction into the wide world of zine culture and as a guide to taking the next step to become a part of it.
My Review
I love this little book! Being relatively new to the world of zines, I wasn't aware that there was such an incredibly developed and diverse community of creative people making these self-published works of art. This book is an unbelievably complete guide that'll teach you everything you need to know to create your own home-grown DIY masterpiece, on any subject you want. and I guarantee it also includes many things that you would never think of. Alex has compiled all this into one easy to navigate guidebook, featuring articles from a whole bevy of the zine communities heavy hitters. The complexity of folding and cutting a 1/4 page size zine absolutely defied logic for me, but a quick consult of Alex's STOLEN SHARPIE REVOLUTION and I had a concise diagram on this subject right at my fingertips. And this invaluable book is even travel size! With this book in hand, you are only limited by your imagination in creating and sharing any DIY book project and no library is complete without it! thanks Alex!
Bio
Alex Wrekk’s life revolves around making things; primarily zines, custom pinback buttons(badges), vegan food, travel plans, and space for a cat in her bed.
Alex Wrekk has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1999 and has been creating the zine Brainscan since 1997. Brainscan zine has grown and changed with Alex over the years with stories ranging from travel, reproductive health, love and loss, emotional abuse recovery, zine culture, and even fiction all wrapped up in text and photocopier art. She also wrote the book Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY guide for zines and zine culture that is now entering its 5th edition.
When Alex isn't doing zine things she is doing other zine things like organizing the Portland Zine Symposium, establishing July as International Zine Month, commiserating with Zine Event Organizers around the world, updating the zine event listings on StolenSharpieRevolution.org, hosting the podcast Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Zine Podcast, fidgeting with her Risograph printer, reading from her zines out loud on zine tours or singing in a zine themed pop-punk band called The Copy Scams.
Alex has been making custom pinback buttons since 2000 under various business names. In 2012 Alex opened Portland Button Works and zine distro, an online and brick and mortar shop in Portland, Oregon selling zines and books and making custom buttons, bottle openers, and magnets in 4 different sizes. She also maintains an Etsy shop with the same name.
Links
Alex Wrekk twitter http://twitter.com/alexwrekk
Stolen Sharpie Revolution Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stolensharpierevolution
Stolen Sharpie Revolution.org http://www.stolensharpierevolution.org
Portland Button Works Website www.portlandbuttonworks.com
GIVEAWAY INFO:
Alex is giving away 5 print copies of Stolen Sharpie Revolution + a Custom Stolen Sharpie with each one. This is an international giveaway!
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