Zines Nz: Punk to Present - Paperback

by Bryce Galloway (Author)

Lo-fi, hand-built and produced in small editions by devoted zinesters, zines are an ever-evolving and enduring publishing phenomenon. This lively book tells the Aotearoa zine story, from our first punk-rock music zine in 1980 to the plethora of contemporary zinefests of the early twenty-first century. Zines NZ: From punk to present is written by a zine devotee and is packed with hundreds of images of zine covers and spreads, most of which charm with lopsided collaged energy and all of which possess a singular vision. Zines are so often ephemeral and elusive, and this bookâ (TM) s tribute to so many rich and distinctive voicesâ ensures that their history is not lost.

Author Biography

Bryce Galloway is a PÄ kehÄ artist-academic who was born in Kirikiriroa Hamilton in 1966. He is the author of the long-running quarterly zine Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People, which first hit the streets of Te Whanganui-a-Tara in February 2002. He has been an occasional Wellington Zinefest committee member, and is the co-founder of Kirikiriroa Hamilton Zine Fest (2014) alongside Kim Paton. A cross-media artist, Galloway is also singer-songwriter for the group Wendyhouse and has had group and solo exhibitions throughout Aotearoa, utilising sound, video, zine-making and drawing. Galloway lectures at Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University.Â