Doris #23 / $1.50 / 1:00 / 36M / Cindy, POB 1734, Asheville, NC 28802 / http://www.microcosmpublishing.com /Â
This is the first issue of Doris that I’ve ever been able to read. I’ve heard so many things about the zine, and it ranked really high when I put together the zine ranking system a fewyears back. I can understand why so many individuals liked it. Doris is a blend of personal and political, although I’m not sure if you could successfully remove one from the other. While some of the pieces in the personal section are a little bit fluffy for my taste (just describing going out on a lake in a canoe), when Cindy gets into some form of politics the magazine becomes my only care until I get done wit the piece. Of particular import has to be something I was not familiar with in “Menstrual Extractionâ€, where (I hope I do this justice), it vacuums out all the material (fertilized egg, lining, ertc) in the uterus. The machine is pretty simple yet ingeniously complex; the interview that ey is able to find from an old zine works well by providing background information about the device. While the topic again becomes something that is personally-oriented, the discussion about the aerodynamics of the different forms of tents is enlightening, and so is the ingenuity that is shown by the inmates at a prison in regards to dying their clothes. The little drawings that break up the typewritten text are also a nice little flourish put in by Cindy. Regardless of whether I like the personal segments of the zine, Cindy has made sure that there is something for everyone in this issue of Doris.
Rating: 7.8/10
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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