estrangedtwat Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Remember zines? Homemade magazines made with a copier and distributed to friends or suckers that would pay a few bucks for an issue? Apparently someone was making a GNR zine for a while. Just found this listing for sale in Japan.... https://item.mercari.com/jp/m18161103549/?_s=U2FsdGVkX19BShvGfli0fhZMzY8aACyFwXrmZu7aBM8nHNEDN-3SbkmxRpEQ0oM7ZVN5QLG5jitDpDplmqQP5dCfgjPGm9s922-TWF-f-qHbWml49MWLhqAqpKCguFIj Is this something anyone would be interested in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildStar Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, estrangedtwat said: Remember zines? Homemade magazines made with a copier and distributed to friends or suckers that would pay a few bucks for an issue? Apparently someone was making a GNR zine for a while. Just found this listing for sale in Japan.... https://item.mercari.com/jp/m18161103549/?_s=U2FsdGVkX19BShvGfli0fhZMzY8aACyFwXrmZu7aBM8nHNEDN-3SbkmxRpEQ0oM7ZVN5QLG5jitDpDplmqQP5dCfgjPGm9s922-TWF-f-qHbWml49MWLhqAqpKCguFIj Is this something anyone would be interested in? I was a sucker that bought at least 1 copy. It was a UK version I got. I still have it. My edition is from the Chinese era and mentions VR too. 2500 Yen is about £17.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 In the days before the internet, these were essential - you never made any money from these so I don't understand the ''sucker' remark. They were usually a ''labour of love''. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 The "sucker" remark was just for the zines I remember being foisted on ME back in high school and college. Some kid with a smudgy black inked manifesto about communism and punk rock and stuff like that....stuff I had no interest in. I'm sure I'd have picked these up back in the day since there was ZERO news from the Guns camp from about 1993 to 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powderfinger Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) On 2020-02-15 at 6:54 AM, estrangedtwat said: Some kid with a smudgy black inked manifesto about communism and punk rock and stuff like that....stuff I had no interest in. These were usually the people who made fanzines. And as mentioned, essential reading for news on some regions back in the day and usually a labour of love. Edited March 4, 2020 by Powderfinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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