{"id":7136,"date":"2014-03-04T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:47:20","slug":"eiu-symposium-lets-it-zined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7136","title":{"rendered":"EIU symposium lets it ZINED!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, we began a strange little voyage down your humble editor\u2019s memory lane with a story about newbie television producer Scott Jenkins<\/strong> (CARVERS<\/strong>, premiering tonight on Syfy<\/strong><\/span><\/a>), an acquaintance from his central Illinois<\/strong> college daze. Right now, we continue the serendipitous trend with another<\/em> report about a timely happening almost fated to draw from a particular, peculiar past with a heavy sheen of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 1 p.m.<\/strong> tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, March 5<\/strong>, Eastern Illinois University<\/strong> communications assistant professor David Gracon<\/strong> will host \u201cCut & Paste: EIU Zine Symposium<\/strong>,\u201d taking place in the Witters Conference Room<\/strong> (4440<\/strong>) of the school\u2019s Booth Library<\/strong>. The event will begin with a panel discussion about the history and politics of noncommercial self-publishing, followed by a make-it-yourself \u2018zine workshop at 2:15 p.m.<\/strong> and screening at 4 p.m.<\/strong> of the 1997 half-hour ZINED! A DOCUMENTARY<\/strong>, created by Portland, Oregon<\/strong>, media activist Marc Moscato<\/strong> while living in Buffalo, New York<\/strong>, during the height of the form\u2019s resurgence in the United States<\/strong>. All are free admission to the public and materials will be supplied for the workshop.<\/span><\/a> An accompanying publications display can be viewed on the third floor of Booth through Wednesday, March 12<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Participants in the symposium will include Dr. Gracon, a former \u2018zine publisher, filmmaker of WALLS OF SOUND: A LOOK INSIDE THE HOUSE OF RECORDS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and Hallways Microcinema<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> steward; Dr. Robert S. Peterson<\/strong>, EIU professor of art history and a published author on comics and manga<\/em>; Liz Mason<\/strong>, manager of the fabulous Quimby\u2019s Bookstore<\/strong> in Chicago<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> and publisher of Caboose<\/span><\/strong> \u2018zine<\/span><\/a>; Lainie Duro<\/strong>, a self-professed \u201czinester, hack librarian, mother, and rabble rouser<\/span><\/a>\u201d from Austin, Texas<\/strong>; and your very own C-U Confidential<\/strong> comrade-in-arms, Jason Pankoke<\/strong>. The panelists will talk about their personal experiences with consuming and\/or creating fanzines while also offering instruction during the workshop. Mason and Duro are scheduled to appear long-distance via Skype<\/strong> and conference call, respectively.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ll elaborate in a follow-up post next week, this activity brings about a small flood of recollections beginning with the central involvement of Gracon, to whom your editor was introduced by Moscato through fashionable snail mail nearly 15 years ago. For us at the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong>, Gracon\u2019s surprise presence in the wilds of Champaign County<\/strong> as of four years ago is simply a good omen.<\/p>\n

You can click on the graphic below to access a full-sized, shareable flier for \u201cCut & Paste,\u201d sponsored by Booth Library<\/span><\/a> and the Department of Communication Studies<\/span><\/a>, EIU.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n


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Mr. JaPan goes flashbacking again as he prepares for the “Cut & Paste” ‘zine culture symposium at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL, on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, during which he will participate as panelist, commentator, and cut-and-paste fiend. Hand him that glue, quick!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,53,274,13,31],"tags":[1702,1202,1154,178,331,1205,1204,1203],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-u-confidential","category-educationclasses","category-print-matter-du-c-u","category-public-events","category-the-old-school","tag-c-u-confidential","tag-cut-paste","tag-david-gracon","tag-eastern-illinois-university","tag-jason-pankoke","tag-lainie-duro","tag-liz-mason","tag-zined"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}