Difference between revisions of "Main Page"

From ZineWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(May's monthly article)
(updating featured article)
(64 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;color:#000" |
 
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;color:#000" |
−
<div style="font-size:162%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to '''[[ZineWiki:About|ZineWiki]]!''',</div>
+
<div style="font-size:162%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to '''[[ZineWiki:About|ZineWiki]]!'''</div>
−
<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%">the zine encyclopedia that [[ZineWiki:Introduction|anyone can edit]]</div>
+
<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%">ZineWiki: the zine encyclopedia that [[ZineWiki:Introduction|anyone can edit]]</div>
 
<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:85%;">currently with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] original articles</div>
 
<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:85%;">currently with [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] original articles</div>
 
|}<!-- Portals Follow -->
 
|}<!-- Portals Follow -->
Line 20: Line 20:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|style="color:#000|
 
|style="color:#000|
−
[[Image:Dishwasherpete.jpg|thumb|125px|Dishwasher Pete]] '''[[Dishwasher Pete]]''' is the pen name for Pete Jordan, the writer and publisher of the now defunct [[Dishwasher]] [[perzine]]. He's also the author of the book ''DISHWASHER: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States'' that was published May 1st, 2007 by Harper.
 
  
−
For twelve years Pete moved from state to state with the goal of washing dishes in all 50 states of the US and writing about it. When Dishwasher Pete's story reached the mainstream, he was invited to appear on ''Late Night with David Letterman''. As a joke he sent an imposter in his place who Letterman believed to be Pete, making for one of the more infamous moments in zining. The story was retold in issue #12 of Dishwasher.  
+
[[Image:Medusa.jpg|thumb|right|Artwork by Cristy Road]]
 +
'''Cristy Road''' is a Cuban-American [[zinester]] and graphic artist originally from Miami and living in [[New York]]. She wrote the [[perzine]] [[Greenzine]] and has published a series of books and [[graphic novel|graphic novels]].
  
−
Pete has also contributed to the NPR radio show ''This American Life''.
+
In 2012 she released [[Spit and Passion]] (Feminist Press), a graphic novel about surviving the pre-teen closet amidst a homophobic society. Road's prior books include [[Indestructible]] ([[Microcosm Publishing]], 2006), [[Bad Habits]] (Microcosm Publishing, 2008), and [[Distance Makes The Heart Grow Sick]] (Microcosm Publishing, 2007).
 +
 
 +
''Greenzine'' began in 1997 as a Green Day [[fanzine]], but gradually became a [[perzine]] about Road's various homes of Miami and Philadelphia, racism in her communities, the strength of her friends, coming to terms with assault, gender, sexuality, and identity and more. The final issue, #14, was published in 2004. [[Cristy_Road|Read More...]]'''
  
−
'''[[Dishwasher Pete|Read More...]]'''
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}<!-- Start of right-column -->
 
|}<!-- Start of right-column -->
Line 38: Line 39:
 
* Need help creating [[My_New_Page|your first new page]]?
 
* Need help creating [[My_New_Page|your first new page]]?
 
* Can't figure out how to [[Help:Editing|format the text or pages]]?
 
* Can't figure out how to [[Help:Editing|format the text or pages]]?
 +
* Find out more by reading the [[ZineWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]].
 
Or maybe you'd prefer to browse:
 
Or maybe you'd prefer to browse:
 
* [[:Category:Distro|List of Distros]]
 
* [[:Category:Distro|List of Distros]]

Revision as of 05:23, 16 January 2013

Welcome to ZineWiki!
ZineWiki: the zine encyclopedia that anyone can edit
currently with 5,220 original articles

ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.

Browse by Zine Title: #-D · E-J · K-O · P-S · T-Z
NOTE: Before adding a project to ZineWiki, please browse the Previously Featured Articles for examples of the best ZineWiki has to offer.
Keep in mind, ZineWiki is not a classifieds section, it is an encyclopedia.
New entries should NOT contain simply a "sample page" and contact information.

This Month's Featured Article!

Artwork by Cristy Road

Cristy Road is a Cuban-American zinester and graphic artist originally from Miami and living in New York. She wrote the perzine Greenzine and has published a series of books and graphic novels.

In 2012 she released Spit and Passion (Feminist Press), a graphic novel about surviving the pre-teen closet amidst a homophobic society. Road's prior books include Indestructible (Microcosm Publishing, 2006), Bad Habits (Microcosm Publishing, 2008), and Distance Makes The Heart Grow Sick (Microcosm Publishing, 2007).

Greenzine began in 1997 as a Green Day fanzine, but gradually became a perzine about Road's various homes of Miami and Philadelphia, racism in her communities, the strength of her friends, coming to terms with assault, gender, sexuality, and identity and more. The final issue, #14, was published in 2004. Read More...

First Time Here?

ZineWiki is open to contributions, additions and editing from anyone, anywhere, at any time. However, we do ask that you register a free account first, so that we can cut down on spam and malicious edits.

Or maybe you'd prefer to browse:

Feel free to add your project, contribute additional information to already existing pages, or to edit what’s already published. Subjects should be explained in terms of their relevance to zines and independent media.

Retrieved from "http://zinewiki.com/zinewiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=74158"