Subliminal White Trash
“TV violence…linked to suicides of 2 boys” goes a familiar proclamation. If only it was that simple. Don’t watch this show, cause if you do you’ll kill yourself (or someone else). Burlington, Ontario’s Kevin Pearce knows better. In his juvenile, grotesque, hilarious zine Subliminal White Trash, he cannily satirizes those who think violence is nothing more than a narcissistic charade – boys acting out cause they want to be action figures or cartoons. The Portrait tells the story of a man who receives a sketched portrait of himself. Delighted with the handsome portrayal, he runs out and makes five copies of the drawing. Then he robs a liquor store and several gas stations, each time handing out the portrait. “Hopefully,” writes Pearce’s manic alter-ego, “my face will grace the cover of the next day’s newspaper. I want to share this beautiful portrait with the world!” (HN)
zine, $1.50, Kevin Pearce, 4476 Concord Place, Burlington, ON, L7L 1J4