Zine, A.L and Chelsea, issue 1, [email protected]
The Sads sounds like a cute affliction that can be cured by sunbeams and candy, but this split zine is “about anxiety, sadness, and depression, but mostly sadness.” I think it’s important that people express themselves, and learn from past relationships, awkwardness, and heartbreaks, but this zine isn’t engrossing enough to encourage empathy. A few pages of anxiety, introspection and one short story, and I wonder if the author is content to wallow in her proclaimed state. I hope A.L. overcomes her sadness and creates something else, because the drawings are nice and the layout is interesting. This zine made me sad because it seems like stalled potential. Chelsea’s contributions are some typewritten pages of tepid angst attached to the back. It’s too bad she filled the space with disconnected thoughts and sentences instead of telling one coherent story. (Rodney Dickinson)