CREATED BY - SHELL [SHELLUFOCATCHER]
GENRE - 90s RETRO VIBES/COLLAGE/MIXED MEDIA/CUT-UPS/CARTOONS/COMICS/HARD TO SAY, REALLY ;)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - UNITED KINGDOM
A5/PAMPHLET/FULL COLOUR/10 PAGES EXCL. COVERS/SERIOUS DIY ZINE VIBES
PRICE - £3.00 + SHIPPING FROM THE SHELLUFOCATCHER ETSY STORE
"Retro Junk" is a zine made up of random funny and quirky bits cut out from old magazines, comics and annuals etc by the creator Shell in the popular A5 format. Arranged in collage format then printed on printer paper and stapled, the DIY-vibe is strong and wonderful.
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| I HAD A STEREO SYSTEM JUST LIKE THAT ONE WITH THE 3-DISC THING |
Hard to categorise but easy to love, "Retro Junk"'s retro-collage vibe is the craziest thing I've seen for a while. Being 80s & 90s-centric, expect snapshots of telephone competitions offering Jason Donovan concert tickets, the Care Bears, the Powerpuff Girls, clips from photo-stories, the Simpsons, Thor sinking in a bog and much more besides. There is neither rhyme nor reason to the images (or is there...?) or their selection, but that doesn't matter as the whole experience is like a fast-cut video montage aimed squarely at your erogenous nostalgia zone. Each image is usually small and tantalisingly brief, but also perfectly self-contained; it's clear Shell chose them for that reason as they are like one-liner jokes or even inspirational quotes. Honest, fun, different and heart-warmingly weird, "Retro Junk" is well worth a punt.
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