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Anime Magazines

Patlabor the Fanzine

My buddy Matt Schley brings to my attention a fantastic zine (3rd issue) that he’s produced with a group of people — under the Colony Drop monicker — that is dedicated to one of those classic anime series you should watch if you haven’t (or as they describe it, “the one giant robot show that’s most likely to bore the shit out of your friends if you force them to watch it”), Mobile Police Patlabor — probably most famous for its Mamoru Oshii-directed films. I’ve had a look inside, and it’s beautifully produced, with plenty of engaging essays to make you want to spend even more time with the series. Patlabor the Fanzine is only available in print, and can be ordered online through MagCloud.

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Magazines Technology

LineRead on iPad

At the end of my post on the first issue of Longshot, I was complaining about how I was having trouble finding some good things to read on the MagCloud iPad app, and it’s only now I find out that both issues of Michael Bojkowski‘s excellent self-published LineRead magazine — through his Press Publish imprint — are available as free downloads. If you prefer the print copies, you can of course purchase those as well, they’re even on sale right now (issue one and two).

Michael has also been teasing issue three of late, so looks like we might be getting that in the not too distant future.

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Magazines Technology

Longshot, the 48 Hours Magazine

You may remember the experiment earlier this year that saw contributors from all over the world get together over a 2-day period to produce a magazine, appropriately called 48HRS. The issue was then released through the MagCloud print-on-demand service, but at the time it was still limited to orders from the US and UK. A week or two ago a follow-up was produced using the same method — gathering content and creating the entire thing in a 48-hour period — as the first issue of Longshot (the name had to change due to pressure from CBS, because of the similarity with the name of its news program).

It’s still available for order as a print product on MagCloud, but because of recent changes with the service, you can now order from anywhere in the world, and even better, a digital version is available as a free download through MagCloud’s iPad app.

And speaking of MagCloud on iPad, although I’ve been very happy to see it come out, I’ve had trouble finding digital releases that I want to read. Maybe I’m just not looking properly, so if you know of some great magazines to check out on the app, do let me know.