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Review of Hubba Hubba Revue

Alicia Coombes — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:09:08 +0000

Gorgeous corsetry, punk-glamour style, kitschy comedy and daredevil aerial stunts are all on the menu at Hubba Hubba Revue, a neo-burlesque variety show based in San Francisco. Like its mother from the 30s, neo-burlesque dancers prefer to focus on the “tease” portion of a strip-tease, placing emphasis on the art of gradually revealing themselves and often ending [&hellip

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The Animated Life of Grasiela Rodriguez

Julie Davis — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:21:42 +0000

Describing Grasiela Rodriguez as an artist requires more than just a few words: she’s a graphic designer, webmaster, illustrator, painter and gallery manager. She creates chalk art and maintains a blog of her work at festivals, such as the recent Pasadena Chalk Festival. Finally, as founder of Not Your Friend Comic Books, Rodriguez is also [&hellip

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Review of Sister Spit: Writing, Rants & Reminiscence from the Road

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:51:20 +0000

“If my crappy punk band could go on tour, why couldn’t a bunch of poets?” queries award-winning author Michelle Tea in her introduction to Sister Spit: Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road. And so Sister Spit, a traveling group of feminist and queer writers, was born. Writings, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road is the first [&hellip

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Interview with Zine Writer Liz Mayorga

Julie Davis — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:38:54 +0000

“Nothing ever goes away completely, it just changes form,” said Liz Mayorga, one of the current organizers of the small-press exposition, San Francisco Zine Fest. “Zines are important, not just because they’re an empowering outlet, but because they build communities. Though some zines will change into a digital presence, like blogs, you still need face-to-face interactions [&hellip

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Interview with Comic Artist Crystal Gonzalez

Julie Davis — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:16:18 +0000

A wild-eyed character taking an ax to his coffee machine is the opening image of Crystal Gonzalez’s comic book In the Dark. It’s actually one of the calmer moments in the story, which features the demon embodiments of Sin, Gluttony and Death. Toothy monsters burst through floors, worms invade a Starbucks and Sin makes an [&hellip

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