...for anyone who watched Masterchef in 2009 who stood up and yelled at the TV as that panel of Professional Chefs and Eaters crunched into burnt macarons and called them macaroons. This zine is kind of like an amalgamation of the story of how macarons have irreversibly damaged my life and bank account, impressed my friends, made me seem more cultured at parties, and an instructional//cook book guide to making your own macarons and macaroons and how not to ruin your life in the process.

becksley.felix@gmail.com

A cartoon adventure of Mang!

(A New Reality feature presentation)

Greetings from the Last Sunset Aged Care Facility (Hostel Wing, Room 17A), where I am confined to my room, a comfortable 3m x 4m area with a 51cm television (on an elevated stand), a bar fridge, some tea and coffee and plenty of crocheted rugs to keep me warm as I settle into my orthopedic chair to watch returns of Ellen Degeneres. She's a hoot, that woman! I love her audience particpation, and her dancing.

If only I could rose out of my chair to dance along with her, but since this so-called 'swine flu' hit the nursing home I've been quarantined. I blame Florence Bungle...

June 2009

21 cm x 15 cm, 24 pages

PO Box 222 East Brunswick VIC 3057

warmhorlicks@gmail.com

Megahex issue 1 is a rainy day funny, drawn and photocopied complete with: He-Man, Boner jokes, Metal songs to sing along with friends and face-melting abstract drawing puke and a full cover colour. Made by Cougar Flashy (Suck my scab, Radical morning) and Girl Mountain (Girl Mountain paper television megasaga and Meg and Mogg mini-comic). This is a handmade comic book, not a zine.

14 cm x 10 cm, 24 pages, brilliance.

melbourne HCC representative: Cougar Flashy, 2/60 Shepparson ave, Carnegie, Melb VIC 3163

london HCC representative: Girl Mountain nitetimepowr@gmail.com

www.myspace.com/hypercolorcastle

The idea behind Mini Majellen was to create a visual piece within certain creative boundaries...black-only print, able to be photocopied; printed on a single A3 sheet, cut and concertina folded into a small paged book; created purely from found things.

The paper, the binding, the source material - all are found.

Objects and scraps of paper picked off city streets, imagery found in secondhand books from charity book sales, items and ideas found within my own personal collection of emphemera and arty bits. These come together to encapsulate a single idea.

11 cm x 10 cm, 14 pages. Each cover has it's own added found object.

http://shelbyville.typepad.com/

Here is a pocket full of giggles, cheer-me-ups and mini zines. They are written and drawn by Sydney zinemaker the fetus and include Barry the Hermit Crab, Peach Man in 'The Exciting Adventures of Peach Man', two Newdel mini zines, Be Mine/Break Up twin set and the Robots in Love comic.

all within this innocent envelope

tinypaperhearts.wordpress.com

PO Box 392 Newtown NSW 2042

Puppies are the new kittens! At least that's what Amanda thinks. Miss Muddy Paws is the handdrawn, true life story of Bella the dog and describes her life up until coming to live with Amanda.

Suitable for all ages, this mini-zine is so cute (complete with it's own hand-printed brown paper envelope) you will want to nibble the corners. Read the story then follow the online updates: twitter.com/msmuddypaws

16 pages, 11 cm x 7.5 cm

meiow.meiow@gmail.com

PO Box U360 Wollongong University NSW 2500

A collection of street posters alerting the public about lost animals, missing people and for the safe return of a vespa scooter stolen from Paddington.

15 cm x 10.5 cm, 40 pages 

www.667u.com

Mote is a crispy treat that staggers around your brain as it slowly deteriorates and is dissolved into your consciousness. Filled with interviews, memories, ideas, reviews, suggestions, art and articles, it should give you something to think about as you pass through your day.

It's a little like the most interesting piece of driftwood of the mind gathered together and spectacularly set alight. Hopefully it can make you smile, or think, or laugh. I guarantee that, at the very least, you'll end up with a free, miniature, customised post-it note.

15 cm x 11 cm, 20 pages. Includes free miniature customised post-it note.

cameronbaker@live.com.au

Something which is perfect:

Chuck Palahniuk was once asked how he dealt with writers' block and he said that writers' block should never occur because you shouldn't be writing unless you have an idea so great, and so perfect, and that you're so horrified you might lose that you start writing out of sheer terror of forgetting.

Isn't that the perfect answer?

15 cm x 11 cm, 24 pages. Includes complete fragments of humanity from New York.

Beautiful loose leaf illustrated narrative about the life cycle of a tree.

11 cm x 7 cm, 17 loose leaf pages with adorable fold outs.

www.lashna.com

Issue 1 October 2008

20 arresting images, but none of them of speedboats or fire.

newreality@gmail.com