Today’s challenge for IZM is all about spreading the zine
distro love! A distro is a zine distributor; generally this means a catalogue of
issues by different zinemakers. Distros are fantastic for finding new
zines, usually in an ‘if-you-like-that-then-try-this’ way. Basically distros like V.S. are an awesome way to support zines old and new and to build a real sense of community, both locally and across the globe.
The site I’ve picked for Distro Appreciation Day is Vampire Sushi, a midlands-based one who specialize in perzines of all kinds and who stock
one of my long-time favourites, Culture Slut (but more about that later in the
month!). They also have a tumblr where they post regular zine news updates and
calls for submissions, and in August they’re holding a bit of a zine party in
Birmingham which I'm all kinds of excited about. But for now, it's just waiting for the zines I ordered to arrive...
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