Expozine 2009

Yesterday I went to Expozine with Caroline, my pure and good friend. We started out the day with an epic brunch at The Sparrow. Frodo and company had nothing on us as we bravely attacked banana and chocolate doughnuts and then a full English breakfast. From the black pudding to the homemade baked beans and crusty bread, I ate every single thing on my plate. There wasn't a crumb left, because I needed them all to mop up the tomato sauce and bacon grease. By the end, my fingers were shining with butter and my belly was deliciously full as I washed it all down with the best coffee you'll probably get in this town. The grease must have gone straight to my head, however, because I didn't realize I had just dropped all of my cash as well.

To be fair, neither did Caroline. Which is a problem with zinesters. They're not a group traditionally noted for their ability to support all major credit card companies and both swipe and chip debit cards. So we decided to just to check out the tables, make a note of what we liked, and then come back once we got cash. That lasted about one row before I turned to Caroline. "You know what," I said, "let's get money now. I'm tired of seeing things that I want and then walking by them." And since we're young, lady professionals on the way up and out on the town - or rather, postgrads just barely covering our debts and obligations - that's just what we did.

Two prints, one book and four zines later, I'm down a decent chunk of my paycheque and pretty goddamn happy about it. Here's the zine part of the damage:
From left to right, we've got a huge tribute to Roger Corman, old horror comics with re-written captions, a film zine's love letter to cheap horror movies and a wordless comic about a cat's day out.

Trashy movies, trashy comics and cats. I'm not about to surprise you.

One of the best parts of Expozine was running into one of my favorite professors. She's still kicking ass and taking names and it turns out she reads my blog sometimes. So, if she happens to be reading it right now, a big electronic wave to her. Woo!