What do you the day after the Festival of the Photocopier zine
fair when you're all tuckered and zined-out (but in a good way)? Why, make up
more zines, of course. These mini-zines, Homo-insecta and its sequel, Homo-insecta 2, are two of several Moth Woman Press publications destined for the
permanent collection of the State Library of Victoria.
Pictured below is another mini-zine for the State
Library of Victoria: Mae West - Moth Woman Vigilante (2013). This
one was something of an experiment; it was made primarily with iPad apps Strip
Design and Half-Tone 2. The garish primary colours, halftone
dots, faux creases and price (the zine is actually $4) imitate a vintage comic
book imitating a 1930s women's magazine.
I've always loved Mae West, a sassy,
larger than life, multi-gifted actor/writer/performer decades ahead of her
time. No stranger to controversy herself, she is an entirely worthy
Honorary Member of the infamous Moth Women Vigilantes.
