Early zine reviews this week
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frandroidGet in My Plants - Microzine by brightsidedoodles
So in an unlikely confluence of things, this is the second plants/relationships zine I'm reviewing in a row! This one is about what would tinder profiles of various plants would look like: their name, their age, a description of their watering needs, along with a drawing of each plant. These are likely the artist's plants. Cute zine!
Bad comic - unnamed - This area post-secondary school has probably paid Broken Pencil to include a copy of their students' comics showcase publication in every Canzine order. I feel bad for the students because each student only got 2 pages, which is difficult to write well for for new students, and the comics aren't great. Most of them can draw (and colour) well, but there's little substance. It would not sell me on attending that school.
Didn't I say I wouldn't bother reviewing bad zines? I guess I like bitching too much. In a past life I used to review ANSI art, and I would not hold back on bad art. I wouldn't go out of my way to thrash people, but no one else was giving critical feedback! I'd say a third of the artists liked getting the feedback, a third would complain about getting negative feedback, and another third had other things to worry about.
brightsidedoodlesSo in an unlikely confluence of things, this is the second plants/relationships zine I'm reviewing in a row! This one is about what would tinder profiles of various plants would look like: their name, their age, a description of their watering needs, along with a drawing of each plant. These are likely the artist's plants. Cute zine!
Bad comic - unnamed - This area post-secondary school has probably paid Broken Pencil to include a copy of their students' comics showcase publication in every Canzine order. I feel bad for the students because each student only got 2 pages, which is difficult to write well for for new students, and the comics aren't great. Most of them can draw (and colour) well, but there's little substance. It would not sell me on attending that school.
Didn't I say I wouldn't bother reviewing bad zines? I guess I like bitching too much. In a past life I used to review ANSI art, and I would not hold back on bad art. I wouldn't go out of my way to thrash people, but no one else was giving critical feedback! I'd say a third of the artists liked getting the feedback, a third would complain about getting negative feedback, and another third had other things to worry about.