There it is: a whole year of getting DUM! To commemorate the zine that brought strange souls together from the disjointed corners of Los Angeles, gave you Free/Write/Shop and made experimental writing seem more feasible to be, well, writing, we’ve commissioned a gift!
We reached out to designer Bijan Berahimi— creator of Relationshapes zine who’s also designed gorgeous seals for GOOD Mag–to make us a stamp seal. And make he did. Look at that thing, it’s imperial!
You can probably find us stamping random people at a smattering of upcoming events, which we’ll talk some more about later. For now, here’s a mad trip through our first year of baby steps.
Timeline: A year in DUM
August 2011: DUM DUM pre-launch at The Printers Ball
September 2011: DEAD SUMMER [oh fuck yeAH] Issue No. 1 Launch Party by Summer Fun Time Society
Disposable Camera Social Experiment at FYF!
November 2011: Issue No. 2 release at Skylight Books!
February 2012: L.A. ZINE FEST
April 2012: FREE/WRITE/SHOP #1 @ Home Room 101: Kill Yr Babies
May 2012: FWS #2 @ L.A. River: Grow Yr Words
June 2012: FWS #3 @ The Pop Hop: DUM DUM Skillshare 2012 (Share Yr Skill)
July 2012: Press ‘n’ Play Fest
September 17, 2012: DUM DUM’s 1st Birthday!
We end our year-long cycle with a very special announcement: we’re making a third issue! We’ll be wrapping up the month by opening the doors once again for an official call for submissions. Keep your eyes peeled for info about DUM DUM Issue No. 3: PUNKS & SCHOLARS.
Get DUM, Stay DUM.