Issue No. 7: QUAR + TIME Now available online!
Our first digital issue is designed to print-at-home so that you may display the zine in tiles, unbound, on your stay-at-home wall.
SHHH #4…Rocktober Comix Zach Plague
October 21, 2011
Welcome back to Rocktober Comix, DUM DUM's foray into creepiness featuring "SHHH," a comic series illustrated by Zach Plague of Featherproof Books.
Each week of October leading up to Halloween, we'll be posting a spankin' new strip from his skeletal series, which you might recognize from Plague's contribution to DUM DUM's inaugural issue. Up next is...
Except You Are Not As Good Liska Jacobs
Remember when you first wanted to start writing? Calls for submissions from local literary publications bore the faces of your favorite writers, captioned "This Could Be You." But how--budding, in our 20s, with no fodder to speak of--could we measure up, no matter how hard academia tried to force the greats down our throats?
Waxing Philosophical, L.A. #5: Peter Kolovos New Bodies at FAMILY Christina Gubala
"Waxing Philosophical, L.A." is DUM DUM's Tuesday column written by Christina Gubala, co-founder of L.A.'s premier cassette-tape label, Complicated Dance Steps. A die-hard vinyl collector, you can find her spinning records at local bars near you.
SHHH #3…Rocktober Comix Zach Plague
October 14, 2011
Welcome back to Rocktober Comix, DUM DUM's foray into creepiness featuring "SHHH," a comic series illustrated by Zach Plague of Featherproof Books.
Each week of October leading up to Halloween, we'll be posting a spankin' new strip from his skeletal series, which you might recognize from Plague's contribution to DUM DUM's inaugural issue.
Excorcise Won Suzanne Oshinsky
"Excorcise Won" is filled with poetic visuals about miscommunication in language. It is artist Suzanne Oshinsky's second submission to DUM DUM, a follow-up to her "Notes" series which collects fragments that explore notions of seeing vs. hearing.
Waxing Philosophical, L.A. #4: Ric Ocasek’s Beatitude at Amoeba Hollywood Christina Gubala
"Waxing Philosophical, L.A." is DUM DUM's Tuesday column written by Christina Gubala, co-founder of L.A.'s premier cassette-tape label, Complicated Dance Steps. A die-hard vinyl collector, you can find her spinning records at local bars near you.
L.A.’s Indian Summer just got Dummer
October 11, 2011
So we thought we killed summer, but the festivals keep happening, the bikers keep biking, and this week's heatwave is testament to its resilience in our SoCal fate.
To celebrate this most fortuitous opportunity to keep rockin' our bikini bodies, we invite you to check out Christina "Yo Teach!" Nersesian's fabulous shots from our...
SHHH…Rocktober Comix Zach Plague
Welcome to Rocktober Comix, DUM DUM's foray into creepiness featuring "Shhh," a comic series illustrated by Zach Plague of Featherproof Books.
Each week of October leading up to Halloween, we'll be posting a spankin' new strip from his skeletal series, which you might recognize from Plague's contribution to DUM DUM's inaugural issue. To see...
CicLAvia: Cycling Through Unoccupied Streets Travis Barnes
It’s an eerie feeling--dropping down on your bike into a busy intersection near Wilshire and Vermont midmorning and finding yourself without a car in sight, their honks and screeches replaced by bicycle freewheel ticks and children playing. Recall the end of that Zombie flick, where the abandoned skyscrapers and streets form desolate steel and concrete...
Waxing Philosophical, L.A. #3: Daughters of the Sun Ghost With Chains at Vacation Vinyl Christina Gubala
"Waxing Philosophical, L.A." is DUM DUM's Tuesday column written by Christina Gubala, co-founder of L.A.'s premier cassette-tape label, Complicated Dance Steps. A die-hard vinyl collector, you can find her spinning records at local bars near you.
Eagle Rock(in’): The Pros and Cons of community Music Festivals Monica Hunt
The absence of Silverlake’s annual Sunset Junction Music Fest this year was tangible this past weekend in Eagle Rock, for its rendition of community music festival. A glut of people from surrounding neighborhoods crammed into a blocked off section of Colorado Boulevard as unrelenting summer temperatures were still taunting Angelenos citywide. Even as time passed...
GChatting about Art: 30 minutes with Chad Wys Jana FitzGerald
Illinois artist Chad Wys explores notions of representation, objecthood, and deconstruction in his mixed-media work. We chat with Wys on a Sunday afternoon about his motivations, art, and inspiration–and how he’d title his work if it were a poem. Jana FitzGerald 11:52am: Hi, Chad. Let’s get started. So, where are you in Illinois? Chad Wys 11:53am: I’m...