Thursday, November 3, 2011

Martha Stewart’s Prison Reader of Blather & Malarkey #1


Martha Stewart’s Prison Reader of Blather & Malarkey #1
$3
Tarnation Collins
pob 4377
Tulsa, OK 74159
msprobam@gmail.com
MSPROBM is Tarnation Collins first attempt at making a zine. He’s married, has three small children, lives in Tulsa Oklahoma, and is often overcome with a profound sense of loneliness, all of which he writes about in a very approachable way in this issue. This is a nice first issue that felt like it was written by someone who needed a creative outlet that probably wasn’t being satisfied from blogs and other sources. I’ve always felt that the simple, physical act of putting a zine together can be profoundly cathartic, MSPROBM felt like it could have been just that for the author. This is a perzine full of perzine stuff: poetry, original stories, opinion pieces, games, and even a parable. I liked this zine a lot and hope Tarnation keeps it going.