Nancy Kangas moved from Columbus to San Francisco in the early 1980s. By 1983, she’d launched “Nancy’s Magazine.” Over the course of the next 13 years, she’d put out 13 issues, cementing her place in the history of the American underground press. [above: Nancy Kangas in her San Francisco apartment, circa 1984.] MARK: I’m not […]
Tag Archives: Stache’s
The Untold History of Zines… Nancy Kangas on Nancy’s Magazine
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized Also tagged alternative press, Amy Fusselman, archives, carpentry, Chip Rowe, CIty Lights, clothing, Columbus, Doug Biggert, Doug Holland, dresses, fanzines, fashion, Greg Bonnell, interviews, John Hricko, librarians, magazines, Mark Eitzel, muses, Nancy Kangas, Nancy's Magazine, Ohio, Ohio State, Olga Hill, Pathetic Life, polyester, punk, punk bands, punk shopping mall, reviews, San Francisco, The Naked Skinnies, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, Zine Book, zines 3 Comments
The Untold History of Zines… Amy Fusselman on Bunnyrabbit
Before Amy Fusselman made a name for herself in the world of publishing as the author of books like Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space and Risk for Americans Who Are Nervous, Distracted and Afraid to Die (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015), The Pharmacist’s Mate (McSweeney’s, 2013), and 8 (McSweeney’s, 2013), she produced the delightfully […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized Also tagged 8, Ace of Spades, Amy Fusselman, anonymity, anxiety, Bernard Pivot, Big Black, Brooklyn Public Library, Bunnyrabbit, Butthole Surfers, Charles Foster Kane, Columbus, Connecticut, creative writing, cribs, D. Boon, Daniel Clowes, David Robbins, Detroit, Dishwasher Pete, Doug Biggert, Eightball, fear of rejection, Ford, Frightwig, hearing aid, Idiophone, Inside The Actors Studio, James Lipton, JC Penny, Kitty Kelley, Marlon Bundo, McSweeney's, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Cera, Mike Pence, Mike Watt, Minneapolis, minutemen, Monkey Power Trio, Motörhead, New York City, Nicholas Spice, Nyatiti, Ohio, Ohio Edit, Ohio State, Pat the Bunny, Pete Larson, publishing, Pussy Galore, Redd Cross, rejection, resiliency, Rilke, Rosebud, sandpaper, Savage Park, Scrawl, self-publishing, slit gong, Sonic Youth, stuffed animals, The Untold History of Zines, Tower Records, underground press, William Powell, Yaddo, zine friends, zines 4 Comments