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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Between the ages of 25 and 31, fictioneer Kennedy (Stripping & Other Stories) published her own personal fanzine, Pagan's Head. Why? "[T]o procrastinate, to trick people into liking me, to get dates, to turn myself into a star, and to transform my boring life into an epic story. And the scary thing was, it worked." It even got her this book, which reproduces parts of the not-so-immortal Pagan's Head with the author's interpolative commentary. Pagan's Head suggests a puckish, post-college creativity: the author mixes personal essays, cartoons, photos and advertisements, covering such topics as roommates, books, dating and pop culture. In "The 12 Stations of the Cross My Career," Kennedy amusingly annotates the friezes of the incidents in Christ's Passion. Her report on a noted historian is headlined "Henry Adams: hot, single and dead." But much of the 'zine, however well written, is truly ephemera?unless you're a '70s fanatic who obsesses about The Partridge Family. As a whole, the book serves as a growing-up story; the author reflects that her fanzine voice was "a camped-up version of myself." Later, the 'zine became a refuge from the real-life trauma of her father's illness; and finally, she notes, a more mature, grounded voice has emerged. While this book won't convert those outside the author's demographic, it might go down well, say, during a long lounge at a coffee bar.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
If you enjoyed Platforms , Kennedy's read of the 1970s, you'll want to peruse her report on life as publisher of a 'zine (i.e., a magazine on nonslick paper with, often, an underground orientation) devoted to a topic she knew well--herself. Kennedy emerged from a graduate writing program with more creativity than employability. As she explains with the insight and humor that distinguished Platforms, she solved the problem that situation posed via her 'zine. She inserts plenty of delightful comic strips, fumati, and prose from the 'zine into the narrative, and she offers a look at the slacker generation sans the usual belittling and reproof. Her stated affinity for the work of cartoonist Aline Kominski-Crumb is strongly evident; 'Zine is reminiscent of Kominski-Crumb and her husband R. Crumb's autobiographical comics--for many, that constitutes a strong recommendation all by itself. Mike Tribby
Between the ages of 25 and 31, fictioneer Kennedy (Stripping & Other Stories) published her own personal fanzine, Pagan's Head. Why? "[T]o procrastinate, to trick people into liking me, to get dates, to turn myself into a star, and to transform my boring life into an epic story. And the scary thing was, it worked." It even got her this book, which reproduces parts of the not-so-immortal Pagan's Head with the author's interpolative commentary. Pagan's Head suggests a puckish, post-college creativity: the author mixes personal essays, cartoons, photos and advertisements, covering such topics as roommates, books, dating and pop culture. In "The 12 Stations of the Cross My Career," Kennedy amusingly annotates the friezes of the incidents in Christ's Passion. Her report on a noted historian is headlined "Henry Adams: hot, single and dead." But much of the 'zine, however well written, is truly ephemera?unless you're a '70s fanatic who obsesses about The Partridge Family. As a whole, the book serves as a growing-up story; the author reflects that her fanzine voice was "a camped-up version of myself." Later, the 'zine became a refuge from the real-life trauma of her father's illness; and finally, she notes, a more mature, grounded voice has emerged. While this book won't convert those outside the author's demographic, it might go down well, say, during a long lounge at a coffee bar.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
If you enjoyed Platforms , Kennedy's read of the 1970s, you'll want to peruse her report on life as publisher of a 'zine (i.e., a magazine on nonslick paper with, often, an underground orientation) devoted to a topic she knew well--herself. Kennedy emerged from a graduate writing program with more creativity than employability. As she explains with the insight and humor that distinguished Platforms, she solved the problem that situation posed via her 'zine. She inserts plenty of delightful comic strips, fumati, and prose from the 'zine into the narrative, and she offers a look at the slacker generation sans the usual belittling and reproof. Her stated affinity for the work of cartoonist Aline Kominski-Crumb is strongly evident; 'Zine is reminiscent of Kominski-Crumb and her husband R. Crumb's autobiographical comics--for many, that constitutes a strong recommendation all by itself. Mike Tribby
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