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The Untold History of Zines… Sean Tejaratchi on Crap Hound

By Mark | March 17, 2019

When I first started my “History of Zines” oral history project back in 2013, one of the first people I reached out to was Sean Tejaratchi, the man behind the incredibly ambitious clip art zine Crap Hound. [As someone with OCD, the obsessiveness of Crap Hound really resonated with me, and I wanted to find […]

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The Untold History of Zines… John Marr on Murder Can Be Fun

By Mark | September 14, 2017

In an attempt to better understand the sharp, rusty sliver of the American underground that worked its way into my cold and slowly-beating heart about a quarter century ago, I’ve given myself the task of tracking down and interviewing all of my heros in the world of zines. Today’s interview is with John Marr, the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged accidents, Al Hoff, Alfred Hitchcock, Annalee Newitz, BART, Berkeley, Billy Graham, black humor, Bluebeard, books, Boston Molasses Flood, Brooklyn Bridge, Brothers Grimm, California, Charles “Junior” Jackson, Charlie Anders, childhood memories, Chuck Sperry, Cometbus, creeps, cribs, Crimewave USA, Daryl King, disasters, Disneyland, Doggie Diner, douches, Edgar Rice Burroughs, eight inches, Erin Smith, Factsheet Five, fanzines, Flipper, Fredric Brown, gentrification, ghosts, hamburgers, Hans Christian Anderson, Hardy Boys, Heinrich Hoffman, Holmes Book Company, homicide, Ira Lunan Ferguson, Jack Boulware, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jim Thompson, John Marr, John Waters, John Wayne Gacy, Kwik Way, Lynn Peril, Mabuhay Gardens, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Maxwell Malice, Mike Gunderloy, Mormon, mufti, murder, Murder Can Be Fun, murder junkies, murder suicide, natural disasters, Oakland, Paul Lukas, personalized license plates, Phillip Hughes, Phoebe Gloeckner, podcasts, Pogo the Clown, punk rock, rashes, reading, research, Roman Mars, SALT, San Francisco, Search and Destroy, self-publishing, serial killers, Sex Bomb, sex tips, shit work, Shock Value, Slovenly Peter, Sound Choice, Space Burgers, Spot the Hooker, Sylvia Likens, Tarzan, The Brooklyn Bridge Bulletin, The Nose, The Untold History of Zines, Thrift Score, Tim Yohannan, true crime, used books, V. Vale, zines, zodiac killer, zoo deaths | 10 Comments

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