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Speak of the Devil A zine by Richard Perkins

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We love looking at magazines, making them, smelling them, getting new issues in the mail, standing at the newsstand until our feet hurt and the coffee buzz has our hands shaking as we flip the pages. It’s part of who we are and how we grew up. It’s why we make What Youth. And it’s also why we collect print.

And that’s why we thought we would start to share our collection with you. In this new department The Newsstand, we will share a new piece of print every week. This weeks entry is Speak of the Devil by Richard Perkins and was put out by Hamburger Eyes in 2012.

Zines have a certain stigma around them. Everyone wants to make one, but few people actually tackle the project. Zines are as great as they are daunting. They can be about anything, and it’s often that fact that keeps people from diving in. Where to start? A zine about building a go-cart with your ex-landlord? Why not!

It’s the rawness, the unpolished, the disregard for what the viewers and reviewers might think that gets us excited. Not over-thinking something, making it out of a reaction (first thought best thought!), making it for no other reason than it’s fun. We picked up this one at Family Books in Los Angeles for $5.

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Newsstand: Chippa. by Respondek A Series

As you may have seen, legendary photographer John Repondek has been churning out a book series featuring some of surfing’s brightest stars like Taj, Dion, and Craig. Simply, “Sponnas” has extensive personal relationships with many of today’s rippers that allows him a unique insight, as well as full access. Not to mention the guy’s a…

Newsstand: Justin Jay’s HI 1K A North Shore Study

A few years back photographer Justin Jay touched down in Honolulu intent on capturing the eclectic North Shore surf scene. Not your typical surf photog, Justin had been based in New York and was earning a nice living shooting the likes of Jay Z, Sean Combs, Outkast, and The Foo Fighters, while also working for…

Craig. by Respondek Get One Now

Craig is the third installment of a book series shot by John Respondek. The pages are dressed in mustard ink and feature stunning photos of blue slabbing canvases that Ando drew his unique lines on. Traveling the regions of Oz, Indo, and beyond, John and Craig were able to create some memorable images. The book also possesses anecdotes that are…

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Dion. by Respondek Photographer John Respondek released part one of a new photographic essay series featuring Dion Agius. You should grab one.

Spon and Dion travel the world together a lot. And they end up with a lot of material worthy of your eyes. And now it sounds like they’ve bound it up in a book with a pastel pink cover. With glimpses at travels to Panama, Indo and Australia and commentary by Dion, should be a…

Book Review: Kraag New limited edition photo book by Cole Barash starring Craig Anderson

Well this will get your friend’s attention. A new photography book by Cole Barash featuring the floating one himself: Craig Anderson. The book is debuting this weekend at the New York Art Book Fair at MOMA and is published by Deadbeat Club. We’ve long been huge fans of Cole’s work — you might remember his zine…

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The Districts and Sun Club tour photos A new zine called CAKE by Caitlin McCann

I hopped onto the last three weeks of a full US tour with The Districts and Sun Club, catching up with them in Texas and making our way back up to the northeast. The District’s are from Philly (where I also currently reside) and Sun Club are some colorful boys from Baltimore. Neither band sounds…

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Look at “Vixens on Vacation” Imperial Pictures Publishing release new zine

We love Amy Hood. We met her in Woodstock earlier this year and followed her around her home and studio at the Woodstock School of the Arts. She’s an art director, print maker, photographer, cook, model, actress and all around inspiration. Tomorrow we will be releasing our What Youth Artist Series on Amy and you…

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We went to the Long Beach Zine Fest Books, Art, Collage’s and tons of inspiration

The 2016 Long Beach Zine Fest went down Sunday afternoon under sunny skies and great live performances from Avi Buffalo, Bootleg Orchestra, The Potential Lunatics and our personal favorite the all girl surf punk band from San Pedro Bombon. A Date with Bombón by Bombón It was a packed house with lots of great work…

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Let’s Talk About the F Word Zine swapping at PS1 MOMA in a new “Newsstand”

I grabbed this zine at the New York Art Book Fair at PS1 Moma in 2011. There’s no crazy story attached to it. I don’t even remember who the artist was and the site listed in the zine doesn’t work. It was just a nice reminder that things can be simple and fun to make.

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The Newsstand: Dekka Vol. 1 Derek Dunfee on his first zine and the release of Vol. 2

Derek Dunfee is probably most known for chasing waves that would scare the shit out of you. And us. And with all that chasing comes some incredible imagery and stories that he’s begun to share by printing them on paper in his zine Dekka. Vol. 1 came out last summer and with the release of Vol….

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The Newsstand: Junkzine 1 For Junkies and Crumblers: A zine by Gregory Siff

I got this zine in the mail when I worked at Surfing Magazine. We did a zine submission contest for a RVCA prize kit and I forget what happened but we never got the goods so we never announced a winner (full disclosure!).  This zine Junkzine 1 was the clear winner in my eyes. The hand…

Corners Zine: Maxed Out U.S. Tour Presented by Lolipop Records & CRAP Eyewear

If you’re really lucky you’ll be good at one thing. Then there’s the rare breed of people who are exceptionally good at many things. One of those people is our good friend, Jeff Fribourg. Originally rooted in shooting photos and filming skateboarding, Jeff has expanded his repertoire far beyond that. He worked under Patrick O’Dell…

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