Basically a massive amount of work went into the project, and then our layout guy just fucking abandoned us. This led to a large amount of depression on my part because I was going to delegate layout work but didn't because this guy offered. As a result we managed to get over an issue's worth of content in one month, but couldn't publish it.
As we waited for emails from this guy whose hard drive had apparently failed, the news got gradually out of date.
I still have all of the issue 4 stuff on my hard drive. I toyed with the idea of relaunching it on the web instead because PDF generally sucks. I thought most of it was professional but there are mistakes in issue 3 still, for fuck's sake the intro is still the issue 2 intro.
Anyways zimba, your idea is surprising to say the least, and fairly suspicious. I mean that ipod link on the main page... I don't think I want that kind of stuff on my server. I remember the lik-sang banners and the paypal requests. It's depressing.
I can send you out the issue 4 stuff and, if you want, bobson's new designs (which replaced the other layout guy's stuff) or you can fly solo. You never did get around to sending me all the content I asked for...
mattmagoo: you could say that. The Lik-Sang dead ended and shortly after zimba left. I make no connection, so I'll argue that the zine could have kept going without the lik-sang deal. There was just a general lack of enthusiasm involved.
Finally: Zimba, make yourself clear. "If I decide to go through with this"... you can't just post a thread about something you might possibly get around to thinking about starting. If you aren't committed this zine will die like the last one. I obviously support a new issue because it deserves one.
BTW You can also see the preliminary (unstyled)
Zine homepage v2.
) could make for great magazine material.
