Congratulations to the first participants to complete this year’s challenge!

1. Food Issue by Rachel
2. On A Sugar High one point five by Kirsty
3. Missouri Jam Bomb by Michelle
4. Pixelated issue 1.5 by Brandy
5. Undestructable number one by Hannah

There are over 70 participants signed up, viagra 60mg and there is still plenty of time to get started with making your zine!

The Toronto Zine Library 24 Hour Zine Challenge is currently happening at the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Ave). Check the Calendar tab for more information, look and the Toronto Zine Library blog.

Speaking of events, have you organized or attended a 24 hour zine event? I’m looking to put together a resource for anyone interested in hosting/organizing a 24 hour zine event and would love to hear some stories about what worked, what didn’t, and any ideas on how to organize a great event! Feel free to post them in the comments on this post, on the Facebook page, or e-mail them to me at 24hourzines[at]gmail.com .

For the second week of the 2011 24 Hour Zine Thing, treatment we will be featuring a variety of zine reviews each day from past years. Hopefully the reviews and cover/inside scans will inspire you on your own 24 hour zine-making journey!

We will start off today’s review post with a wonderful zine completed during the 2007 24 Hour Zine Thing by Amber. Amber has written her perzine Culture Slut since 2004, visit this site and created a compilation zine called Fight Boredom in 2007, medicine dedicated to featuring ideas on how to fight boredom and appreciate the wonderful aspects of living in a small town. She also runs Fight Boredom Distro, and maintains her blog, Hello Amber!

Name: Amber Farthing
City: Lindsay, Ontario
Zine Goal: Just to write a good zine, I guess. I write a perzine
called Culture Slut and I currently have nine issues out. Issue ten
will be done in 24 hours.

I’m still amazed that Amber was able to conquer the 2007 24 Hour Zine Thing challenge by creating the 10th issue of her zine, Culture Slut, within only 24 hours. Neatly handwritten capitalized letters fill the light blue pages of her zine, along with torn scrap paper pasted underneath stickers, stamps and clip arts. The text itself reads a lot like a letter from a good friend, with one topic leading to another, and then another, such as Amber’s fondness of lists, the “art parties” she throws, pop culture, and feelings about life, the future, and a little bit of everything in between.

An additional 5 participants have been added to the Participants page, online making for a total of 58 participants signed up this year so far! The Flickr set had been set up so that you may view larger scans of all the submitted zines. Interviews and tutorials are in the works for later this week, there so in the meantime check out this review of Jo Cook’s artsy zine “Double Never”.

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The month of July is quickly approaching, sildenafil which means the 2010 24 Hour Zine Thing Event is almost here! The Participants page has been updated to include a link to the 2009 participants, as well as a list of all the 2010 participants that have signed up so far. If you haven’t signed up for this years event, get to it!

Also, if you know anyone that is planning on hosting a 24 Hour Zine Thing event, or if you are interested in planning one, drop an email with some details at 24hourzines[at]gmail.com and I will post the details on the site.

Check back for more details and other event news coming soon!