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Printed Matter just released Queer Zines 2, a follow-up to the first volume (Queer Zines, Vol. 1). This second edition features a brand new selection of  self-published work and over a dozen new essays, “with comprehensive bibliographies of more than 120 titles…,” containing writing by Bruce LaBruce, Edie Fake, K8 Hardy, Scott Treleaven, and many more. The graphic, fresh and provocative publication includes “both an expanded focus on overlooked ‘historical’ publications dating from the early 70s onward, as well as extensive entries charting a new generation of queer zinesters…” After closer inspection I was happy to find the publication easy to navigate and filled with striking and inspiring images with a common thread of rebellion.

To coincide with the launch of Queer Zines 2, they have created an elegant cardboard two volume boxed set with a screen printed slipcase. So, basically you get the first and second volume together in one box. These two publications have been “published in relation to the exhibition Queer Zines, presented in ‘The Temptation of AA Bronson’ at Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2013, and then at Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair in January 2014.”

If the smell of paper excites you as much as it does me, you’ll be excited to have a copy in your hands. Lets keep print alive. To purchase, click here.