Butch was regularly taken out of his cage. he spent more time out of it than in it when I was around. whenever the tv was on in the lounge, he would be up on the ledge inside that ran along the top of the window, running up and down, chattering excitedly...

15 cm x 10 cm, 8 pages of rizzo pink and green wonderland, in an edition of 65.

butchthebudgie@gmail.com

Original hate mail: the sequel, due to popular demand.

...In the het cis world I'm a hairy female-bodied freak and I'm kind of OK with that. I'm representing a life worth living. I am for femme beards, butch beards, trans* beards, genderqueer beards, transvestite beards, drag beards, post-menopausal beards, PCOS beards, and female beards of all varieties. I think that the beard, as an attribute of that unmarked identity - the white cisgender male - needs to be displaced. We need to make visible those other beards that have been erased from history, depilated into oblivion, yearned for, induced, born of artiface, and set free after years of repression.

15 cm x 11 cm, 20 pages.

bastian.fox.phelan@gmail.com

Based on the adventures of Mechelle B. Illustrations and actual dialogue.

29 cm x 21 cm, 16 rizzo pages

...The rest of the Melbourne trip was bitter and depressing. Most visits interstate are marked by severe anxiety and stomach pain, and this was no exception. I decided to not book a return ticket and float around town until I either ran out of money or would hang myself by my underpants...

62 Washington Ave, Tingalpa QLD 4173, dirtyalley@msn.com

This is an indie zine about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the haze of anxiety and rituals that tag alongside it. All the illustrations in this book are by artists that suffer from either O.C.D. or crippling anxiety.

wowphilip@gmail.com www.boobookittyfuck.deviantart.com philipdearest.etsy.com

21 cm x 15 cm 

What's WLIO about? What's this paper being used for? This zine is about noticing the little things, it's about things that inspire me, and some reviews of things which might inspire you -? It's not about art of love, or health or life - but a partially sensical, frag.ment(ed) poreli speld anedotal jot in the spine of all these things. A sidenote scrawled in the margins. Unfinished, and hard to read...

21 cm x 15 cm, 20 pages

mizbamflash@gmail.com

This zine is something of a legend. 'You' is a free, anonymous, weekly zine from Melbourne Australia, made and distributed since 2001. It involves a letter addressed to you from various writers, usually handwritten, often sealed in a paper bag and signed off 'from Luke' but may be also written by different people. This zine has been known to be typed in Braille, appear inside cigarette boxes, cassette tapes, noodle boxes, and has assumed the form of a CD and an hour long DVD. The zine usually appears in English but issues have included Spanish, French, Greek, Norwegian and Hungarian. Every week there's a different issue - see what issues you score through the magic of mail order! And if you're super keen, check out the anthology of the first five years.

variable dimensions.

The free, anonymous, weekly zine from Melbourne Australia comes in various dimensions and packaging, and here's the anthology of the first five years published by Breakdown Press. You started appearing on the streets of Melbourne in November 2001 and since then appears weekly internationally.

 YOU involves a letter addressed to you from various writers, usually handwritten, often sealed in a paper bag and signed off 'from Luke' but may be also written by different people. This zine has been known to be typed in Braille, appear inside cigarette boxes, cassette tapes, noodle boxes, and has assumed the form of a CD and an hour long DVD. The zine usually appears in English but issues have included Spanish, French, Greek, Norwegian and Hungarian. Every week there's a different issue - don't forget to add some to your order.

a lot of pages, 24 cm x 18.3 cm Breakdown Press www.breakdownpress.org