Where have I been all of Ker-bloom!'s life? artnoose has been making this handset letterpress zine every other month since 1996. I finally got around to reading it when I received several copies in a zine donation at Barnard.
Here's a cover scan from issue 55 and Kelly Wooten's review of it in Library Journal:
Some favorite quotes from issue 32, "Posse of One," September/October 2001:
"I won't change names to protect the sociopathic or hypocritical, but I will spare you the details." (writing about a break-up)
"I was obviously mistaking progressive for ethical."
"With only some exceptions on either side, the people I'd call if in danger are the same ones I'd call for an emergency birthday party."
And a comic that cracked me up from her screenprinted issue, #70:
(Quotes and images reprinted with permission.)
But back to my review, I love that each six page issue contains compact writing on a topic of interest to zinesters, anarchists, crafties, and people interested in random topics like Lucifer and presents it in a meticulously created pretty package.