Mishap #32
32 pages / digest / $1 or trade
This issue of Mishap is titled “Mistakes Were Made”. Ryan
delves into his childhood adventures and misadventures, teasing personal
history from memory onto the page. Ryan’s writing is literate, lyrical and
expressive and pulls you into the scene almost immediately. His description of
chasing after the family dog as a young child, and the emotional implications
of that incident, is breathtaking. I also loved his account of lessons learned
from participating in civic “democracy” and how that process can be a
smokescreen for imposed rule. In a chapter titled Monster Club, Ryan writes “The
normal is celebrated and enforced everyday, while the odd things are relegated
to one day a year, or a movie, or a protest. It is however the normal that is
wrong, as you can see by looking at where normalcy has got society”. Amen.
The second half of Mishap #32 lost me thematically – mostly
because it centers around skateboarding and punk music and sports, which are not my
forte. Still, it’s a solid zine and highly recommended by ye olde DJ zine
reviewer.
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