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Cover art by Justin Duerr
Now that we're pretty much up and running at triczine.com, this issue is mostly filled with art, comics, and commentary. The reviews were placed on-line. Again it took a while to release a new issue since we're all over the place, doing everything from performing, DJing, event hosting, sound reinforcement, etc. Don't worry, kids, the zine is not going to stop...
Cover art by Ed Wilcox
Took us a while to do a new issue, took some time off to do some background stuff and upgrade. This issue is again filled with comics, commentary, and music reviews.
Cover art by Gentle Jones
Music Review Issue: Tons of reviews and the normal goofing to pass the time.
Cover art by Markus "Splatt" Rosenblatt.
Skate Issue: Wilmington Skate project, Philly Rollergirls, and more
Cover art by Todd Purse.
Cover art by Bob Campbell.
Cover art by Steve Archer.
Featuring cover art by Mike Saga. There are lots of graphics and visual art as opposed to all the reviews and ads in previous issues. I took a dive and lost money, but I think the outcome is worth it. This issue is more honest, and it's gotten the most compliments that we've had in a while. The print place messed it up some, but it still looks good.
ISSUE 16: Released April 2003
Featuring cover art by Bruce Orr. New Comics plus all the old fun stuff
like The TINK, Rudy, Zine reviews, Professor Ouch. We have a new addition
to the family, "Money Shots" by Bullette, which features snapshots
of local bands (good local bands, not crappy fake-me-out corporate rock
shit). DVD reviews. Local artist and label spotlights. Lots of music reviews
as usual.
Featuring cover art by Andre Williams. Music Review Overload, Comics Galore, Crippled Ninja, Eye Patches, Local reviews, The TINK, Professor Ouch, DJ top tens
Featuring Cover art by Mark Price, a Huge Interview with Brian Miller of the record label Deathbomb Arc, A focus on Local Artists, including a big review section, Spotlight on "Elvis Chicken", The TINK, Zine reviews, comics, commentary and even letters.
Featuring Cover art by Jenny Ross, Lots of interviews in this issue, including: Rob Mall of tbtmo, The Misfits' Jerry Only, The Murder City Devils' Spencer Moody, hip-hop artists Vordul and Eyedea
Featuring Cover art by Casey Grabowski. The cover is supposed to be a mockup of Issue 5 (see below). Interview with the creator of the World's Largest Rubber Band Ball (in German, of course), a write-up about Twilo closing, an article on the Cecil County Drag Strip, lots of music and zine reviews, columns, commentary and rants, a Short Story by Greg Schauer, The TINK's metal page, DJ top tens, and Rudy's page.
Featuring: Cover art by Douglas Pope Wilson, an Interview with Sean Pierce of the Toilet Boys, writing by Kitty Kowalski, tons of music and zine reviews, plus all the columns and crazy rants, including The TINK's metal page, DJ top tens, and Rudy's self-help page.
Featuring cover art by iishi. This issue received the most responses per issue to date. This issue, including the cover, actually looks like a magazine, instead of going for our usual haphazard kiddie style. In fact, we took our first shot at politics, hitting several different viewpoints. We covered the Philly 2000 RNC, talked about police, and used creative writing to help get a point across. The on-going columns and pages like The TINK’s Ink, Monster Mix, and On the One and Two are more defined, as well as the new ones. Comics were started, and there’s an interview with Philly’s Tapping the Vein. There are tons of new reviews, advertisements, contests, and writing, including a new "Featured Label" section.
Featuring cover art bt Miz Money. "Le Tric!" As you can tell by the cover, this issue is fairly light and humorous. I don't think the punks and metalheads liked the cover too much, but I think it's pretty fuckin' funny. The printers accidentally switched two pages, and we had font problems. There’s a super-long interview with DE punk producer Nick Rotundo, a load of reviews, some rants about society, short stories, "On the One and Two"- a new DJ top ten section, a Burning Man article, and a really funny mock "Man On the Street" article. It’s 28 pages, and I ran 3500 copies, which becomes the comfort zone for a while.
Featuring cover art by Sarah Tweddle. The previous issue's layout went well, so I decided to stick with it. The number of copies stayed the same (3000), as did the number of pages (24). Some features include an atombombpocketknife interview, return of the TINK's Ink, and Rich vs. Scott continues. There are many new writers in addition to the old ones including new album reviewers, and some stories begin to run over a course of several issues.
Featuring cover art by Mark Rosenblatt. Distribution was brought up to 3000, and the content was 24 pages. People didn't get the "Renaissance" joke, so we changed the name to "tric", which is just a buzzword that doesn't mean anything. Hey, it sticks... I started getting promos and ads from record labels like Sub Pop, Fat Wreck Chords, Victory, Dischord, and others were interested. I was able to get an interview with Marcus of Zen Guerrilla, and the poetry, art, and ad submissions were flowing in.
Cover collage by Casey Grabowski. This was again a turning point for me. The response to issue 5 made me more inclined to play with detail, and I increased my copies to 1500, and pages to 20. The sad cover gave an air of honesty, and I began getting more submissions, and was able to actually start giving assignments.
This was the first issue produced on newsprint. It ran 1000 copies, and consists mostly of poetry and short stories. The contributors were ecstatic, though many outsiders were a little dissatisfied with the layout, and didn't think it flowed fast enough. I agree, but that's how you learn, right? I still look back at it, and the quirky, unprofessional set-up charms me.
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Unless you are my friend, you did not and will not ever see these embarrasing pieces of dork evidence.