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The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel was a copper-nickel five-cent piece struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed bysculptor James Earle Fraser. These Indian Head coins have been re-sculpted and hand-carved by Mr. Tony Bones to give the appearance of a skull faced Indian warrior.
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| Chris Ware talked with Berlin based Mono.Kultur about writing versus storytelling, the death of irony and our collective refusal to grow up. This issue comes with a beautiful concertina for an overview of Chris Ware’s artwork, folding and unfolding in ever so many ways - an interview and artwork. • 8" x 6" • 28 pages |
| Sixty two letters from a nameless protagonist to a woman he saw at a party. The letters form the seduction, in sifting the loose, disparate details of his day-to-day the desires, the frustrations, the joys. The self as depicted through emotional weather updates, social observations, anecdotes, advice, and well-timed punchlines. Fiction. Paperbound, 79 page • 5" x 6" |
| State of Craft features interviews and contributions from all the hottest international craft megastars including Tatty Devine, Urban Cross Stitch and DIY Couture. Clearly explained, step-by-step craft ideas range from homemade underwear to pompom necklaces and angle poise lamps made with jars. • 8.5" x 6.5" • 224 page paperback |
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Accompanied by photographer Brigitte Sire, Miranda July crisscrossed Los Angeles to meet a random selection of PennySaver sellers, glimpsing thirteen surprisingly moving and profoundly specific realities, along the way shaping her film, and herself, in unexpected ways. Elegantly blending narrative, interviews, and photographs with July's off-kilter honesty and deadpan humor, this is a story of procrastination and inspiration, isolation and connection, and grabbing hold of the invisible world. • 8.25" x 16" • Color • 224 pages
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Craphound #8
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The long awaited edition of the zine cult classic Crap Hound #8 is here! This pressing clocks in at 96 pages of SUPERSTITION! Black cats, ladders, horse shoes, etc... The 1st edition of this zine was released over a decade ago & with a print run of only a couple thousand! Hoarded by tattoo artists and graphic designers alike, the original issues are serious ebay fodder. Get this now. • 8" x 11" • 96 pages offset |
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The classic 176 page pocket planner (4.25 inches X 5.5 inches) with radical dates for every day of the year, space to write your phone numbers, a contact list of radical groups around the globe, menstrual calendar, info on police repression, extra note pages, with a tough layflat binding and a laminated cover plus much more
* Also available in larger size 5.5" X 8.5" (not pictured) |
| The first collection of the ongoing “Pages From Books” series by artist/illustrator Jay Howell features all of the skinny guys with boners, naked chicks on skateboards, dogs, beer, rockers, and endless good times we’ve come to expect from his whimsical-yet-crude artwork. His zine Punks Git Cut and animated series called "The Forest City Rockers”, the apex in punk rock cartoons, have deservingly earned him a devoted following of wingnuts, wastoids, fuck ups and shredders. • 4” x 7”, 4 color, 48 pages, perfect bound limited to 500 copies |
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MORPH TRAITS is a collection of 44 drawings that are the result of a collaborative exercise between Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs. Consummated in 1991 and set aside, this back and forth practice continued intermittently over the next 16 years through brief encounters and the postal system. In 2007, the two geographically separated artists reinitiated the game and it was decided to create a volume of these works. Three years in the making, this assemblage evolved into what became known as the Morph Traits. The Morph Traits Book, published by Needles & Pens, is a 4-color, 60 page book, with letter press-style covers, now in it's 2nd edition of 1000 copies |
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Our Portland pal Nathan from makes hand-drawn protraits of his favorite r+b artists and turns them into these rad 1" button packs for you. There are 6 different varieties - collect them all!
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| The Mental Health Cookbook, is an illustrated 52 page zine about creating a connection to the natural world through an engagement with plants, nutrients and microorganisms. It’s not a traditional cookbook, but a How-To D.I.Y Guide covering: nutritional basics, sprouting, fermenting (making yogurt), gardening, foraging wild edible plants, medinical herbal remedies, flower essences and more! • 5.5" x 8.5" • 52 pages, off-set printed in Oakland • 4-Color Card Stock Cover. Published by AND PENS PRESS (N&P's imprint). Email for wholesale distribution rates. |
| "In the Wilds is a collection of artist Nigel Peake's hand-drawn observations of rural life. From the trees, fields, lakes, and rolling hills that define the country landscape, to the farm houses, tractors, fences, and telegraph poles that build it, Peake's obsessively detailed pencil and ink drawings and beautifully muted watercolors capture the slow moving rhythm of his surroundings..." • 6 x 8 in • 144 pages, 80 color and 18 b/w • Hardcover |
| "...a cutting-edge selection of international zines & examines their role as a catalyst in the evolution of media and graphic design today. The book presents the broad range of existing zines that combine thought-provoking content with compelling design: from project-oriented portfolios and (pseudo) scientific treatises to playrooms where creatives can run riot & publications in which the printing process significantly influences aesthetics." • 240 pages, • full color • softcover |
| From the uber talented 6-person North London artist's collective by the same name, comes Le Gun #5 - a beautiful oversized art mag. Highly Recommended! "164 pages B/W, 4 colour sections, two colour section and special pull-our careers advice! Published in Hackney by LE GUN Publishing 2011. Printed in Holland by Lecturis on 'Cyclus' 100% recycled paper, foil-blocked front cover with flap + lay-flat binding" |
| "The expatriated Al Burian reflects on a year spent living in Berlin, Germany. His wildly free-range topics include: freedom, happiness, animal liberty, Aristotle, modern dentistry, riots as rituals, uncomfortable proximity to drunken teenagers, and how to best color coordinate an outfit that includes a Black Flag T-shirt and a baby stroller. Plus: “when you realize the freedom,” an illustrated essay by Anne Elizabeth Moore. • 68 pages • Measures 5.5” x 8.5” • B&W Offset Printed |
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Matt Furie teamed up with pal Sam Gaskin to create a new line of potential t-shirts to be sold at goth rocker life-style outlets in malls across America. Sam wrote phrases for the t-shirts such as, I Only Smoke Weed on Days That End in Day and Furie illustrated them. The end result of the catchy phrases and drawings are captured in this hilarious 16 page zine entitled HOT TOPIK. Measures 4" x 5.5," Offset Printed with Soy Ink on Recycled Paper.
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| "This issue, Aaron travels with old friends, Green Day, on their Asian tour. His mantra is, "Don't be judgmental, don't be difficult, don't be self-righteous. Just go with the flow and enjoy the ride. Don't be judgmental, don't be difficult..." We can't wait to see how it turns out. What Kerouac was to the Beat Generation, Aaron Cometbus is to the East Bay punk scene. Treat yourself to a great read." |
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Scam Anthology by Erick Lyle The first four issues of the classic zine, SCAM, conveniently collected in one 8.5" x 11," 292 page, soft covered book. "If SCAM doesn't inspire you to sieze the day and live a more exhilarating life, read it again!" LA Weekly |
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Boy's Club #4
by Matt Furie ![]() |
"Furie´s wildly popular teenage weirdoes are back! Boy´s Club 4 serves up the hi-jinx of best friends Andy, Brett, Landwolf, and Pepe. BC 4 mixes child-like enchantment, hedonism, and "adult" scenarios into a bucket of mischief that overflows with laffs." • 7.5 x 6 in. • 40 pages, B&W, 4 Color Cover |
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Released in conjunction with her Needles & Pens solo show - Advice Portraits, Long View is a zine project by Maria Forde that similarly deals with the concept of giving advice. Longview is comprised of portraits and words of wisdom from the residents of Forde's Grandmother's retirement home.
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The Alaskan
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A cool limited edition art zine (only 600 made) by Decathlon Books in New york. Misaki Kawai was born in 1978 and grew up in Osaka, Japan. Her Father was an architect and Sunday painter, and her mother made clothing and puppets by hand. Although her mothers needlework was impeccable, Misaki favored a more haphazard handmade look. • 8.5" x 11" • glossy cover, newsprint insides • offset |
| "Zack writes absurd letters to Taco Bell, Hulk Hogan, The Oakland Police Department, Tom Cruise, Canada, and many others. Each letter also includes one gracious & "complimentary" vampire drawing. All corporations, countries, & celebrities write zack back and the results are side-splittingly hilarious. I swear this zine is the funniest thing you'll read all month. • 5" x 7" • 74 page perfect bound book |
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Edition 07 in the ongoing Artist Music Journals series features the work of the legendary Baltimore based design team Post Typography, who also happen to moonlight as two thirds of the wonderful rock band Double Dagger. For their AMJ, Bruce and Nolen chose to archive a large collection of their flyer and poster work for Double Dagger, while adding notes, stories and drawings about each work pictured. |
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How Bluegrass Destroyed my Life
by John Fahey $19.98 "Facts and fictions from one of our nation’s foremost fingerpickers! It sounds gross, but looks great on paper. Fahey on Fahey, if you will. His life is now an open book." • Paperback • 291 pges Vampire Vultures by John Fahey $17.98 A book that's one part-biography and another part-a bizaare sci-fi world filled with cat people and secret powers. The book is filled with metaphors and soulfully spun in Fahey's own prolific way.• Paperback • 129 pages |

| "The best of the groundbreaking website learning to love you more.com, which asks ordinary people to complete out-of-the-ordinary assignments - with extraordinary results. In a world obsessed with "reality" programming, the collaborative public art project known as "Learning to Love You More" offers a refreshing take on how actual people think, act, and love... " |
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Alphabet Buttons (Hand-made in the N&P sweat shop) Hand-stamped, 1" alphabet buttons. Perfect for spelling things like, |
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| Heart 101 Pop-Up Book & Sara Thustra Art Lybrary (left) Heart 101/ Sara Thustra Art Lybrary is 100 page black and white hand-made home published book (on newsprint) by legendary and notorious SF artist Sara Thustra that chronicles nearly everything the artist has done for the last 15 years. Highly Recommended! |




