So, after months of laying down plans in emails and on blogs, we finally released some zines on sunday at the London Zine Symposium. Since October we've been writing of our upcoming publications, ideas, lots of details that have been delayed and delayed and now, we are pleased to announce, Dans Le Matin is launched!
The symposium was really excellent. The amount of stalls, people, magazines, pieces of art was amazing. Apparently 750-1000 people made it through the doors and we're not suprised. It was packed all day. It was very interesting to watch people browsing, buying, viewing our hard work and appreciating it. Thank you to everyone that stopped by our stall, picked something up, said hello. We were between Corndog and What They Could Do They Did who were really awesome. The whole day was reason to believe in zines/self publishing/DIY culture. A whole range of people turned up to enjoy the day, and as someone said on Collective Zine, it really was nice to see art kids and punk kids in the same space, sharing ideas and proving that there is a thriving zine scene in the uk.
Wine N Zines Mobile Distro also made its first appearance, getting through four bottles of fine sparshop white, many beers from the awesome little pub up the road and many bagels. We were joined by the excellent Heather and Owen, which was a pleasure and an eye opener as they bought some good zines to the table!
We've got three zines out. You can see pictures of them up here and on our myspace. They will be available to buy via paypal and in stockists up and down the country very, very soon.
More zines and news soon!
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