At eleven years running, Ker-bloom! has got to be one of the most resilient personal zines out there. Each issue is letter-pressed and limited to a couple hundred copies. Number 82 is out now, and the theme is Cyberpunk Apocalypse. Rad? Rad.
-Molly
We're giving away these awesome Drugs Roll & Sex Rock totes to a few lucky music lovers over the next couple of days. Keep in touch via Facebook and Twitter to find out how!
Smile, Hon You're in Flagrante is a 78-page multi-contributor zine opus on the subjects of Baltimore and sex. Or, more accurately, sex in Baltimore. All kinds of sex. All kinds of Baltimore. Benjamin Franklin and John Waters also come into it, but you'll have to dive in to find out how.
-Molly
Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie is exactly what it sounds like: miles and miles of vintage book plates— some of them hand-colored and hand-lettered, all of them exquisite. This is one tradition worth reviving.
-Molly
For the latest covetable collection of Penguin Classics, the publisher teams up with (RED) to raise money for AIDS awareness. With powerful quotes from the text emblazoned across the cover, they're enough to make a bibliophile's heart beat faster. (Via Creative Review.)
Corporate tricksters, poets, conspiracy theorists, nutjobs and cult members all figure into Owen Hill's mystery novel The Incredible Double, released by the tiny (but well-regarded) PM Press. The book's description is its own endorsement.
-Molly
How you know spring really is just right around the corner. (Via Serious Eats.)
Cult artist Eduardo Paolozzi's collected works for the British magazine Ambit have been assembled for posterity between day-glo plastic covers. Pretty punk.
-Molly
Misaki Kawai is a steadfast producer of amazing candy-colored zines. Problem is, they sell out so fast you have to watch the online store like a hawk in order to avoid missing out. Our advice: keep your eyes peeled.
-Molly
Dab the crumpet crumbs and drops of Earl Grey from your lips with this phantasmagorical tea towel by Carolyn Alexander. Form, function, and fancy: all the essentials combined into one.
-Molly
Independent publisher Seems has released Mark DeLong's Cold Pop, a book of panel cartoons and graphite drawings about raisins, cats and romantic rejection. All the world in one book.
-Molly
I'm Here is a short film by Spike Jonze about robots in love. The accompanying book published by Nieves is the film's hand-held analogue.
-Molly
We are really loving these cute, girly sweaters reminiscent of Princess Diana. With details like puff sleeves, all-over prints and shoulder buttons, you can throw on a blouse with lacy collar detail and your favorite pair of jeans, and you are set!—UO Renewal
We're totally late on posting about the A Continuous Lean Shop (and with no good reason), but here are a few of the awesome goods up for offer: fitted caps from Mr. Mort, waxed canvas zipper bags, and Field Notes calendars. Nice.
Chinga Whatever is a limited-edition zine of drawings by Mexico City-based duo Café con Leche. Fact #1: There's an ice cream cone on the cover. Fact #2: Every single drawing is frame-worthy.
-Molly
Artist Laurie Simmons' dessert plates are made of bone china and decked with desserts organized, naturally, by flavor. Each plate comes packaged in a cake box. Lemon, mint, chocolate or strawberry: It's always so hard to choose!
-Molly
As we're a bunch of closet book nerds over here, we're excited to be involved with The Morning News' annual Tournament of Books. They just released their long list of contenders, to be narrowed down to a sweet 16 come January. That means you've got about three weeks to get your read on. More to come...
Equate and hydrate concurrently with Craig Damrauer's mugs for It's Nice That, available in two formulas. Sometimes math ain't so bad.
-Molly
While 7-11 hasn't won any awards for cleanliness (at least not the one by us), they do get props for their new Domo-themed accoutrement. Mmmm, slurpees... (Via Lovely Package.)
