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Category: Magazines

  • Tokyo Graphic Passport

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    TABlog has a couple of reports on the recent Tokyo Graphic Passport event: first on the state of the art scene, and then on the independent magazine panel.

  • Yuka Is 6%DOKIDOKI

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    Patrick Macias posts a fun gallery of photos featuring Yuka, a 6%DOKIDOKI shop girl. Also check out the latest issue of Japanese gaming bible Weekly Famitsu for a collaborative article with Otaku USA.

  • Lunatic Moon

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    I recently linked to a couple of posts covering the zine scene from TABlog, but somehow missed this one, which has regular PauseTalker Sophie Knight writing about her experience creating a zine, and then selling it at the “Zine’s Mate” event.

  • Wasabi Distro

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    TABlog continues to profile Japan-based zinesters, this time time interviewing expats Andrea Hope, who runs Wasabi Distro, and Stephanie M. Ghadibalo Chinchilla-Kwak.

  • Amusement 5

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    Amusement has put up a few page layouts from its latest issue (5), and it’s looking like another terrific one. I know that Abdel, the magazine’s editor-in-chief, was in town for a bit, working on pieces for the issue, so I’m sure there’s plenty of excellent Tokyo/Japan-related content to enjoy. Above, Katamari Damacy‘s Keita Takahashi,…

  • Commercial Photo

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    Nice to see some of Josh Lieberman‘s photos appear in last month’s issue (July 2009) of Commercial Photo. Josh is an architectural photographer I met earlier this year when he attended an edition of PauseTalk.

  • Zinester Interviewed

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    TABlog covers the zine scene, and also interviews Keisuke Narita, owner of the Irregular Rhythm Asylum “radical info-shop” in Shinjuku.

  • Zine’s Mate Opening

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    TABlog posts a nice round-up of photos from last week’s opening of the “Zine”s Mate” book fair. A few friends pop up, including Ega (above), who was supporting his OK Fred-produced collection of writings.