ZAPP 11/18/09

I encountered a number of oddities today. The front door to the Hugo House was locked when I arrived and although it was only seconds before the young lady running the front desk came to open it, I found that ZAPP hadn't even been opened either. Once gaining entry and getting myself generally situated, I began looking for the Mark Campos zine collection as it was my duty to finish cataloging these - They weren't in their usual place. Right behind where i was sitting though, was a box coincidentally about the same size as the one I was looking for - if my memory serves me. It had been tagged "Kamili's Do not touch!" with a religious statuette (which looks almost like a smoking pipe) standing on top of it. I chose to ignore this attempt to ward off potential evil doers and opened the box. Sure enough, it was the Mark Campos Colleciton. So I wondered who is Kamili and why has she taken offense to my work?

So finally, after a plethora of technical issues trying to get access to the catalog on the laptop, Nora arrived and explained to me the situation. Apparently, Kamili is another intern who had been assigned to work on the Mark Campos Collection, but was away at school and had not been made privy to its disposition in her absence. It was not until 12:45 that I could actual start cataloging. Phew, what a mess.

I started with the tenth issue of a comic zine called Lovely Ugly Cruel World by Amanda Rehagen. I thought the description on her website says it pretty well its basically "a rambling rumination on death, change, and growing up, told with biting humor and sensitivity." In this issue the main character, Amelia, eventually goes to hang out in a cemetery later met by friend and vague romantic interest Francis, an aspiring writer. It is here that she decides she wants to write a zine. I thought it was a pretty cute moment. I posted an image of it below.

Summary:

12:00PM - In the Archives

*Cataloging

-Lovely Ugly Cruel World #10 by Amanda Rehagen, see description above.

-Double Woodwork by John Bagnall, a slice of life comic from the UK that focuses a lot on education.

-Media Whore by various authors published by Randie Farmelant, a feminist literature review exploring gender, sexuality, and fashion

-Retreads #9 by Steve Willis, a collection of comics about Seattle history, other random subjects, Morty the Dog, and "Willisland" - a fictional idealogy outlawing urban culture and populous cities.

-Draw or Die by Jon Chandler, two goofy comics one about a machine that perfects the creative outputs of its user, and the other about two demons making idle chatter and telling jokes