This is probably going to fucking kill me.
Okay, so we went to Zine-A-Palooza yesterday, and had ourselves a fine old time. Photos will follow, but I totally forgot the camera, so you're going to have to wait. Here's the thing, though. We got home at like 6:00 or maybe 6:30, and I was totally going to do some stuff last night (like maybe washing some dishes, since our dirty dish pile is reaching critical mass at this point), but what I did was lie down in bed, thinking I'd just maybe take a little nap or something. So essentially we went to sleep at like 6:30 and then I woke up utterly confused at around 4:45 AM. Oops.

So, foe Zine-A-Palooza, I made this stupid little zine called Corning Vanderhooven Presents: Waste of a Dollar, which was described by one Zine-A-Palooza attendee as "good idea, poor execution". Anyway, if you want one, you totally have to send me a dollar. I think the execution is just fine, thank you very much, but that's up to you. Want one? Sure you do. Send a dollar to PO Box 948 Athens, GA 30603 and you'll get one of your very own so you can see for yourself just how poor the execution is.

Anyway, I threw that 'zine together in less than 24 hours, which got me to thinkin' about 'zine production and the ridiculous creative slump I've been in and how forcing myself to get shit done with some ridiculous proclamation and deadline is the best way to get me working on stuff, so here's the ridiculous proclamation that I'm totally going to regret in about 2 days.

I am going to produce one 'zine a week for the next year.

I am serious. Now, these aren't going to be issues of Cometbus or anything. I've pretty much locked myself into the "classic" mini-comic format of an 8-page 4.25" X 5.5" publication, but other than that it's pretty much anything fucking goes. I'm not sure how limited the print run will be, but I know that they will be for sale at Bizarro Wuxtry and I'm also offering introductory subscriptions. $20 gets you the first 30 issues. I'm so serious about this. If you're interested at all, leave me a comment. This is going to be fun, I guess. The first issue should be out on maybe August 9th or 10th, since I have both of those days off from work. Honestly, issue #1 won't do too much other than explain the concept and list some of the subjects of future issues, but your collection won't be complete without it so you'll probably want to go ahead and get it. All I haveto do now is think of a title for this. I don't want to re-use any of my existing titles for this, but I need all 52 issues (!) to have a unifying title and then I can get all pedantic and give each issue a subtitle.

Also, according to Martin Jallad, former editor of Cracked Magazine, the Kuwaiti company that bought Cracked is planning on re-launching it in a year as a "Maxim-type" magazine. They also own all the rights to the art going back to issue #1 except for Don Martin's stuff because that's the way Martin's contract was written when he left Mad, and they don't seem to keen on reprinting anything. Way to go Cracked.