Slug and Lettuce (fanzine)
Categories | Music magazine, Zine |
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Founder | Christine Boarts |
Founded | 1987 |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York City, Richmond, Virginia |
Language | English |
Website | slugandlettuce |
Slug and Lettuce is a free newsprint punk zine started in State College, Pennsylvania by Christine Boarts in 1987. In 1989 CBL and S&L relocated to New York City where the zine's print run steadily grew and increased to 10,000 with free worldwide distribution. In 1997, CBL and S&L relocated to Richmond, Virginia.[1] Its byline reads "A zine supporting the Do-It-Yourself ethics of the punk community". The print version ended in 2007 with edition #90, and the PO Box was closed in 2016.[2]
History and profile
Slug and Lettuce was started in 1987.
Contents
Each issue contains columns with
Slug and Lettuce has featured the comic
In issue number 89 in autumn 2006, Christine Boarts announces that issue 90 will be the twentieth anniversary issue. It is postponed to May 2007 owing to her pregnancy. The 20th anniversary issue - #90 came out in the fall of 2007.
Archive & Website
In a 2014 Interview, Boarts stated that much of the zine's photography and articles had been archived to the zine's website.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Guide to the Zines and Mini-Comics Collection". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Welcome". Slug and Lettuce.net. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13.
- ^ "Virtual Shelf Browse". CLIO. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-415-34415-9p. 537
- ISBN 978-1-85984-158-7p. 7
- ^ Gary Llama (29 January 2019). "Christine Boarts". variousthings.org (Podcast). Various Things. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Archived issues: https://archive.org/details/slug_and_lettuce