An Undead Persona
Mae Undead
Yourinsanehoney@gmail.com

I was about to partake in pure laziness and just say that if you don’t read this zine then you suck, but I figured I may as well get into the reasons why I love this zine.

Mae has a way of being open about herself. I’ve admired her for having that ability, especially since I lack any degree of it. Mae addresses her amazing super-power of honesty in the very beginning, and this zine goes up-hill from there. And I’m not kidding when I say Mae talks about everything in her life. Everything from death of one of her family members, plans she would like to carry-out, moving away from her family, race, acid, body-image, her persona and she even manages to squeeze in zine reviews. Mind you, this is all within a 55 page QUARTER ZINE. There is a lot to be said about being able not only to be so open about your life, but so much of it for so long.

While I was reading this I couldn’t help but think “Now THIS is zine”. The cut out text over clip-art, the courier new type writer text, the hand drawn images; they all seem to scream “Screw perfection, this is ME! I did all of this becasue I wanted to.” It’s hard to describe to people who have never seen a zine before, but for those of you out there may know what I’m talking about.

There are so many parts of this zine that I would like to go into detail discussion, but I’m sure that would bore everyone and/or keep your from getting your hands on a copy of this. Really, go now, get a copy from her. This is a highly personal zine. Mae has printed only 99 of them and she gives each of them a personal touch with numbering each of them and cutting out a heart on the front.