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Review – Apr. 28, 2007

Stu is stuck in limbo and bored out of his skull with no one to talk to, no TV, radio or any other type of entertainment. Out the blue appears a scraggy old ca
called ‘Old Tom’. With out question Stu puts all of his trust in Old Tom and allows him to lead him down an unknown path. A path that ends up being ‘Heaven’
Stu finding his way to heaven been a mistake? I’m not going to let you know, you have to pick up a copy of The Distance Travelled. A Little Slice of Heaven’
find out.

Cleverly written by co-authors Brett Alexander Savory and Gord Zajac, this is a chap book everyone should read. I am a personal fan of other peoples points
view of what they think, heaven, hell and limbo is and this one is exceptional. Written with the same biting humour as ‘Lamb’, The Distance Travelled, takes
down a road to a very different type of adventure, though I wish someone would explain why there are so many rabbits in heaven.

If this is any indication of the quality of chap books, we will be seeing in the future from Burning Effigy Press, then I’m making sure I’m on their mailing list.

About the Authors

Brett Alexander Savory is the Bram Stoker Award-winning Editor-in-Chief of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words, is a Senior Editor at Scholastic C
has had nearly 50 short stories published, written two novels, and writes for Rue Morgue Magazine.

In 2006, Necro Publications released his horror-comedy novel The Distance Travelled. September 2007 will see the release of his dark literary novel In and D
through Brindle & Glass, as well as his first short story collection, No Further Messages, coming in August through Delirium Books. In the works are three m
novels, and a dark comic book series with artist Homeros Gilani. When he's not writing, reading, or editing, he plays drums for the hard rock band Diablo Re

Savory is represented by The Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency. He lives in Toronto with his wife, writer/editor Sandra Kasturi.

as quoted from www.brettsavory.com

Gord Zajac has written over 50 cartoons for The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and its sister show, Evil Con Carne. Gord is also a fiction editor for ChiZ
recently co-wrote the novella, The Distance Travelled: A Little Slice of Heaven, with Brett Alexander Savory, published by Burning Effigy Press.

Gord was the head writer/producer of the sketch comedy show, This is Screaming Halibut. He's currently chronicling the adventures of Major Karnage. When
not writing, you can find him animating cartoon shorts, yelling at various inanimate objects, and tending his garden.

as quoted from www.gordzajac.com

Trash talking, loaded with hilarious horoscopes, season finale spoilers and it’s free. The smart Canadian’s National Enquirer, expect hilarious!!!

We’ve reviewed the Special before and like the last time this free tabloid is a load of fun. This issues #1 scoops is the expose on the ‘Pillow fight League’ and
Secret behind the Secret.’ I love their very witty narrative, when giving their views on the over media hyped DVD, book, multidimensional, money making fra
I’m also thankful that I’m not the only one who is tired of seeing the Brad J. Lamb ads!

My absolute favourite article in this issue is FunnyGal’s Guide to Romance. Nicole Arbour is a gorgeous Comic. Yes I used both gorgeous and Comic in the sa
sentence. Why shouldn’t I? This article is hysterical. Nicole talks about some of the best places to meet men, in person, where you see the colour of their e
How refreshing! You can see/read more about Nicole at www.myspace.com/Nicole Arbour. In the meantime go get your free issue of The Special to read th
entire article!

I also strongly suggest you check out The Special’s website. They always have new articles. http://thespecial.ca/

You can order back issues or subscribe to upcoming new issues at www.thespecial.ca. You can also pick it up free at several location around Toronto (see b
See their website for more information.

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Good Catch 1556 Queen st. W

MITZI'S SISTER 1554 Queen St. W
THE FILM BUFF 73 Roncesvalles
MEZZEROWS 1549 Queen St. W
GLADSTONE HOTEL 1214 Queen St. W
THE DRAKE HOTEL 1150 Queen St. W
EMBASSY BAR 223 Augusta Ave.
RONNIES LOCAL 69 Nassau St
EINSTEIN PUB 229 College St.
CROOKED STAR 202 Ossington
PAGES BOOKS 256 QUEEN ST. W
CIRO'S BAR 1316 Bloor St. W
GOOD FOR HER 175 Harbord St.
Imperial Pub 54 Dundas St. E
REVUE VIDEO 207 Danforth Ave
DONE RIGHT INN 861 Queen St. w
Bad Dog Theatre 138 Danforth Ave
QUEEN VIDEO 680 College St.
SONIC BOOM 512 Bloor St. W.
54 East Shop 2068 Lawrence Ave
Shanghai Cowgirl 538 Queen St. W
Devil's Advocate 655 Bay St

Review – Apr. 1, 2007

Toronto Special Zine

Upon first glance I thought I was about to read a weekly rag. I was easily fooled as Toronto Special is designed to look like the Enquirer. Once I got past the fact
that a Canadian designer has brought back headbands into fashion, say it isn’t so, I was able to read, laugh and thoroughly enjoy my latest new addiction.

It’s refreshing to see that as Canadians we haven’t lost our zing when writing about politicians and celebrities. The NDP’s should be looking over their shoulders
after the cleverly written Expose about the NDP members who got caught with their pants down. I also applaud Clammy J Byner’s for giving us celebrity news as it
should be written.

Into horoscopes? Then read the Special’s Guide to the Stars, they are hilarious. I have to say their February predictions beat out the one I read at
Astrologyzone.com. And the fact that I was called nerdo was much more accurate.

7 things you shouldn’t write in an office greeting card alone is worth reading the zine. It’s too bad I already used ‘Your chair is broken because you gained too
much weight over the summer - fat ass’ Too bad I didn’t get my hands on the Toronto Special sooner.

It’s too bad this wasn’t released weekly. In the meantime you can order back issues or subscribe to upcoming new issues at www.thespecial.ca. You can also
pick it up free at several location around Toronto (see below). See their website for more information.

Good Catch 1556 Queen st. W

MITZI'S SISTER 1554 Queen St. W
THE FILM BUFF 73 Roncesvalles
MEZZEROWS 1549 Queen St. W
GLADSTONE HOTEL 1214 Queen St. W
THE DRAKE HOTEL 1150 Queen St. W
EMBASSY BAR 223 Augusta Ave.
RONNIES LOCAL 69 Nassau St
EINSTEIN PUB 229 College St.
CROOKED STAR 202 Ossington
PAGES BOOKS 256 QUEEN ST. W
CIRO'S BAR 1316 Bloor St. W
GOOD FOR HER 175 Harbord St.
Imperial Pub 54 Dundas St. E
REVUE VIDEO 207 Danforth Ave
DONE RIGHT INN 861 Queen St. w
Bad Dog Theatre 138 Danforth Ave
QUEEN VIDEO 680 College St.
SONIC BOOM 512 Bloor St. W.
54 East Shop 2068 Lawrence Ave
Shanghai Cowgirl 538 Queen St. W
Devil's Advocate 655 Bay St.

Review – Mar. 18, 2007

Life So Far Zine

Cynthia Gould it seems, is a genius. Life So Far is proof of this. Issue three of her zine is filled with stunning photography and art, witty journal entries, poetry and
random thoughts. It’s a fun, quick read and a great way to keep your sanity during a subway ride to work in the morning.

I am madly in love with the poem buddha at the crosswalk and the photo that accompanies it. As with anything I’ve read of Cynthia’s you need to expected the
unexpected and that is exactly what I got with this poem.

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‘one heart stand’ is my other favourite from this zine. Cynthia talks about the one heart stands of her past using humour and emotion to catch our attention. And
catch it she does.

Whether you enjoy clever writing or are an appreciator of beautiful art, I suggest you pick up this zine. After you have read it, put it on your coffee table with your
other coffee table books. This zine deserves to be seen.

Cynthia Gould: Poet, painter, candlestick maker. She puts punch into poetry and slapstick into satire. Her paintings are mystical, magical and modern. She
performs spoken word with a spiked sense of wit and humour . . . . and yet can be as gentle and graceful as eider down quilt. quoted from
cynthiagould.com/bio below is from cynthiagould.com

about cynthia
writing a bio is always a strange task. until i write a more complete blurb for myself, here are a few different versions:

ART
Cynthia Gould is a Toronto painter, performance poet, & coffee junkie, who was voted Best Local Visual Artist in the 2004 NOW Readers Poll, and Best Visual Artist
in the 2004 and 2005 Eye Weekly Readers' Choice Awards. In the four years she has been concentrating on painting, she has sold over 60 pieces, and had over 8
solo shows at various funky venues. Her first book is available at somewordsspoken.com, her paintings are on display at cynthiagould.com, she plans wild parties
at funkless.com, and her mailing list & art diary is at http://cynthiagould.coffeehouse.ca Apparently Cynthia lives online.

WRITING
Cynthia Gould is a performance poet, artist and instigator. Her co-poeted book "Some Words Spoken" and her chapbook/zine "Life So Far" are available online, or
from her knapsack. Cynthia lives in artistic bliss at cynthiagould.com. She's been on two spoken word tours with The Perpetual Motion Roadshow, appeared on TV,
radio, was shortlisted in the 2004 Three Day Novel Contest (she's a nine-time survivor!), and had one of those short funny bits published in the back of Reader's
Digest. She throws wild parties such as Bridesmaidmania and The Tinfoil Hat Contest - check out funkless.com for info & invitations.

Sassy, hand bound and clever. The first three words that come into my head for this zine. The first three things you see when you pull back the cover of Etiquette
is a big lipstick circle where someone has kissed the page, the words ‘this book belongs to’ and the fact that the pages of the book are made up of Kleenex.

Most women I know use Kleenex to blot off excess lipstick after application, I myself have done the same and many times and until now didn’t realized how much
of a contrast their was. Seeing Lipstick kisses on tissue isn’t an unusual site either, I’ve seen many women kiss a piece of paper, napkin or tissue and write their
phone number on it when trying to get someone’s attention. In the case of Etiquette, they aren’t words of flirting, rather words of a broken heart.

Lipstick kisses, type written and angry words on tissue, make this a great zine to pass on to a friend who just had their heart stomped on. In today’s world I am
sure everyone knows someone who is as angry as the creator of this zine. Go out and buy several copies of it and keep them in your bag. You just never know
when you will need to hand them to an angry friend.

If you enjoy freakish, odd things, then the Delete, Flesh and Bone zine is for you. With a macabre feel to the writing, illustrations and photography, you feel like
you have secretly entered one of P. T. Barnum’s tents.

If this was a P. T. Barnum event the first act on the program would definitely be Adam Bradejs Animatronic Flesh Shoe. Even in black and white the flesh shoe had
an eerie presence, clearly getting it’s point across. I will bet this guy always won first place at the science fair.

Next on the roster would Sandro Castelli’s very dark and sinister sketches aptly titled Bone Doll 1 and Bone Doll 2. Seeing these sketches reminded me of the
outstanding art of stef lenk.

Not to be left out of the show, and following steadily along would also be art by Andy 44, photo manipulation by Simon Farrington and articles by Tammy Kenward.

I finished reading Flesh and Bone feeling fulfilled and anticipating Issue 4.

Review – Feb. 18, 2007

Kitschykoo is a Calgary based subcultural lifestyle zine featuring all that is kooky and kitschy in Calgary and beyond and they have made their grand debut and
what a debut it is.

When one thinks of Calgary, you automatically think farmland, Canadian Rockies, The Olympics and The Calgary Stampede. Many of us forget that this is a large,
beautiful city filled with creative, quirky and extremely talented artists. We also forget that it has it’s own subculture of indie artists and performers. Kitschykoo
zine is about to help you remember.

Right away the cover catches your attention. It has a photo of Master Sarah Moaneis in a sexy red corset and fishnets and has a fun Burlesque feel to it. Once

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you open up and start to flip through the pages, more fun ensues.

The premiere issue includes articles written by Andrew Payne, Kirsten Wiebe, Kait Kucy, Munkospeni, Ryan Sadler, and Sean Stewart. I have to say my favourites
are Boom Swagger Boom, I mean who doesn’t love Burlesque, the well written A History of Tattoo, and the fun and quirky column Kitschionary.

I look forward to the next issue, I am hoping they delve even further into the subculture of Calgary and fill the zine with even more articles and photographs as. I
found myself on the last page I yearning for more. But for a debut zine they’ve done a fine job of helping us learn a little bit more about what really goes on in the
Calgary’s subculture.

If you are in Calgary you can find this zine at Plan B Kustom 1520 6th Street SW and Looks Could Kill Art Boutique #11 100 7th Ave Sw or you can order online from
kitschykoomag@hotmail.com

Kitschykoo is looking for submissions for their SUMMER 2007 issue. The deadline is April 15, 2007!!! Please send all submissions to kitschykoomag@hotmail.com.

Review – Feb. 18, 2007

Issue Zine is all about Toronto. Bad Toronto, Zanta Toronto, Weird off beat Toronto. The real Toronto, not the Toronto that people living in Rosedale wish it was.

You ever walk into a wall and promise yourself that the next time you will be more careful, but, you walk into that very same wall again. You have, well then you
are going to love this zine. It is all about the Toronto where helmetless fallen cyclists are picked up by a stranger and then stranger than fiction the stranger tries
to pick them up or how about the Toronto where you move to a ‘safer’ neighbourhood only to get mugged.

Good or bad Issue zine shows us all sides of Toronto through writing and photography. Inside this zine you will find clever stories and realist photography that gets
to the nitty gritty of the side of this city that we need to get to know better.

James Lindsay runs this Toronto based, based on Toronto zine (soon to be renamed Exploding Face) and he has a talent for pulling together the right type of
writers and photographers to make this zine fascinating, fun and filled with folly. Issue zine arts/culture/comedy zine who are always looking for bright ideas. If
you have one that fits the bill emailing them at issuesubmission@yahoo.com.

I’m looking forward to the next issue. Who knows, maybe I will submit one of my tales of woe, I am after all the girl who buys the bookshelf that is missing the
screw that holds it up.

A bit about James Lindsay

ISSUE no. 3 (the Toronto ISSUE) retails for $4 and can be purchased at: Book City Annex (501 Bloor St. W.), Book City Danforth (348 Danforth Ave), Silver Snail
Comics Ltd. (367 Queen St. W.) and Pages Books and Magazines (256 Queen St. W.). All stores are located in Toronto.

James Lindsay is a graduate of The Writers Studio program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His writing has appeared in Quills, Prairie Fire and the Emerge
anthology. Stayed tuned for Exploding Face (the Anti-Magazine) from the people who brought you ISSUE 1-3.
www.exploding-face.com
www.myspace.com/issuezine

Another hip Canadian Vegan Cooking Goddess is Jae Steele, jae is a registered holistic nutritionist who has recently moved to Montreal to start up a practice and
study shiatsu. Her interest in food began six years ago when she was living on an organic farm, fell in love with a vegan and became one herself. With five
cookzines and a herbal healing zine under belt, she's putting it all together to create a cookbook jam-packed with simple and delicious, whole-foods recipes. Her
specialty is vegan baked goods that don't "taste vegan" and she holds a position as a baker at a popular vegan restaurant. jae has written for numerous
publications and currently pens Pulp Kitchen, a bi-weekly column for Concordia University's student newspaper. She regularly posts veg recipes and holistic health
tutorials on her weblog at http://domesticaffair.ca

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