Denver Zine Fest 2007 & the new MH project...
So its been a few days, So here is what is new.
I have right about $400 in the bank for the new Mostly Harmless Project. $150 came from a DONATION from my wonderful friend Adam. He said he owed it to me for all the dinners, beers, and loans i have loaned him over the last few years. What a great fucking friend..... Anyone else want to donate? iamdamian (at) shrevepunx (dot) com. Paypal me there!! I'm going to go camera shopping real soon, but i am not near my goal of $1000 yet.
The Mostly Harmless project has a new name, It will not be Damian Vs. The World, nor Mostly Harmless, nor Smert nor anything else i have come up with. I'm checking with a few other people before i finally "unveil" it. I want to make sure more than the 2 people who have been very enthusiastic, will like it.
Saturday i went up to Denver to the second annual Zine Fest. It was a good time, and in the 2+ hours we were there, I handed out about 75-100 copies of Mostly Harmless 2, (i still have like 50 of them if anyone wants one..) I had my business card taped to the cover of each one. I met some cool people and hopefully made some cool contacts. Hopefully they will pan out with this new project.
I met Don from Soft Skull press and Newspeak. He was one of the founders of the illustrious Soft Skull press(out of New York) who have published some cool stuff. I know because i spent 30 bucks purchasing stuff from him. He also lives in Manitou and works with the guys from NEWSPEAK. They are looking to do some video stuff in the future, and we talked about me coming in and volunteering/interning and learning some stuff. I'm going to email him later about it...
I also met Jeff who ran Colorado Springs La Mala Manzana, a punk zine that died just as i moved to Colorado. Mostly Harmless was going to replace it, but that was 5.5 years ago and it took me 4 years to get my shit in gear.
I met some other cool kids here and there that do some cool comics and zines. Most of the zines were of the more personal nature, but still very cool I got a very nice stack of free stuff and trades. my favorites were HOT LUNCH out of fort Collins, and Chanimal Planet, both of which i got at the last moment, before we left.
I also met Lonnie Allen who I knew from Livejournal. He even wanted to do some comic strip stuff for Mostly Harmless, but i was too damned lazy to actually go ahead with it. It was nice to put a face to the online name. I joked with one kid, that i didnt know how to interact with people outside of the idiot box of the computer...
I'd say i did well, I've very much come out of my shell, and i owe a lot of it to, umm, i dunno. Just coming out of my shell and utilizing my mutant power of bullshitting and being charming. Actually, I would probably blame these last few months of working the register and truly interacting with People again.
But last, but not least, I have to thank my new friend Jason of Hybrid Magazine for driving my sorry ass up to Denver and back. He's been hounding me for a while now to do stuff for Hybrid Magazine, a webzine based out of denver. I've been too lazy to actually DO anything. heh. He's been wanting to meet up, but selfish me, the first time we meet up, is when i need something from him. A Ride. Thanks again to Jason and his wonderful girlfriend Noell, for the ride! I owe them big time!!!
Here are a few terrible ninja photos from the event!
There was probably about 150-200 people there. But then again i'm bad at estimates. heh.
Jason taking photos.
Lonnie Allen!
Channing Henson maker of Chanimal Planet and the Lovely ladies who names i forgot who make Hot Lunch from Fort collins.
Don from Soft Skull Press.
It was rainy, but gorgeous on the way home.
Jason and Noell, why i didn't take a shot of their faces, i dunno. This is almost cooler.
So, I would have taken more photos, but i was kind of busy talking to strangers... next year I'll get a booth and talk take photos of everyone.
I was very very charged upon leaving the show and really really Jazzed up to do another zine, or restart Mostly Harmless. We'll see what happens with the Video project. It may just spawn a new print zine...
I have right about $400 in the bank for the new Mostly Harmless Project. $150 came from a DONATION from my wonderful friend Adam. He said he owed it to me for all the dinners, beers, and loans i have loaned him over the last few years. What a great fucking friend..... Anyone else want to donate? iamdamian (at) shrevepunx (dot) com. Paypal me there!! I'm going to go camera shopping real soon, but i am not near my goal of $1000 yet.
The Mostly Harmless project has a new name, It will not be Damian Vs. The World, nor Mostly Harmless, nor Smert nor anything else i have come up with. I'm checking with a few other people before i finally "unveil" it. I want to make sure more than the 2 people who have been very enthusiastic, will like it.
Saturday i went up to Denver to the second annual Zine Fest. It was a good time, and in the 2+ hours we were there, I handed out about 75-100 copies of Mostly Harmless 2, (i still have like 50 of them if anyone wants one..) I had my business card taped to the cover of each one. I met some cool people and hopefully made some cool contacts. Hopefully they will pan out with this new project.
I met Don from Soft Skull press and Newspeak. He was one of the founders of the illustrious Soft Skull press(out of New York) who have published some cool stuff. I know because i spent 30 bucks purchasing stuff from him. He also lives in Manitou and works with the guys from NEWSPEAK. They are looking to do some video stuff in the future, and we talked about me coming in and volunteering/interning and learning some stuff. I'm going to email him later about it...
I also met Jeff who ran Colorado Springs La Mala Manzana, a punk zine that died just as i moved to Colorado. Mostly Harmless was going to replace it, but that was 5.5 years ago and it took me 4 years to get my shit in gear.
I met some other cool kids here and there that do some cool comics and zines. Most of the zines were of the more personal nature, but still very cool I got a very nice stack of free stuff and trades. my favorites were HOT LUNCH out of fort Collins, and Chanimal Planet, both of which i got at the last moment, before we left.
I also met Lonnie Allen who I knew from Livejournal. He even wanted to do some comic strip stuff for Mostly Harmless, but i was too damned lazy to actually go ahead with it. It was nice to put a face to the online name. I joked with one kid, that i didnt know how to interact with people outside of the idiot box of the computer...
I'd say i did well, I've very much come out of my shell, and i owe a lot of it to, umm, i dunno. Just coming out of my shell and utilizing my mutant power of bullshitting and being charming. Actually, I would probably blame these last few months of working the register and truly interacting with People again.
But last, but not least, I have to thank my new friend Jason of Hybrid Magazine for driving my sorry ass up to Denver and back. He's been hounding me for a while now to do stuff for Hybrid Magazine, a webzine based out of denver. I've been too lazy to actually DO anything. heh. He's been wanting to meet up, but selfish me, the first time we meet up, is when i need something from him. A Ride. Thanks again to Jason and his wonderful girlfriend Noell, for the ride! I owe them big time!!!
There was probably about 150-200 people there. But then again i'm bad at estimates. heh.
Jason taking photos.
Lonnie Allen!
Channing Henson maker of Chanimal Planet and the Lovely ladies who names i forgot who make Hot Lunch from Fort collins.
Don from Soft Skull Press.
It was rainy, but gorgeous on the way home.
Jason and Noell, why i didn't take a shot of their faces, i dunno. This is almost cooler.
So, I would have taken more photos, but i was kind of busy talking to strangers... next year I'll get a booth and talk take photos of everyone.
I was very very charged upon leaving the show and really really Jazzed up to do another zine, or restart Mostly Harmless. We'll see what happens with the Video project. It may just spawn a new print zine...
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