The Spring issue of TQ75a should be with UK subscribers late March/ early April.
Quite some time has passed since we put a call out for features related to ‘zine culture’. At the time, little did we know that we’d be inundated with suggestions and feature contributions. We were simply hoping to receive sufficient zine related material to commemorate a 64-page landmark issue with TQ75 (The Zine Issue). We received sufficient material to create a 200-page A5 book! Having considered that very notion, we decided to act on the economically cautious side, and having located the office pair of blunt and rusty scissors, we set about on some thoughtful and jagged editing, and voila, TQ75a was created.
In the Summer, we will offer you TQ75b, the second of these Siamese twins commemorating 75 issues of your favourite zine.
In this first instalment of the 128-page behemoth TQ75 pair of twins, we offer, the first part of an interview with Nederpunk founder Michael Kopijn, Simon Dell reveals his world in zines, TQ Crew member Tony Van Dorst reminisces about meeting TQ, there’s a reproduction of an early copy of Lee Stokoe’s Matching Head zine, a look back at Propagation zine by Rory Carr who also reviews the Savage Messiah book, TQ Crew member PMZ interviews the music icon (in our view!) that is Katherine Mohr, Ian Shelley interviews Indestructible Energy’s Julie Kane, the genesis of what became Zinogenesis is contemplated by Mike Tyldesley and Jan Stover, resident cartoonist and TQ Crew member Chris Whitehead interviews Martin X Russian of Safety Pin, Lea Disco reads Notes from Underground {Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture} by Stephen Duncombe so we don’t have to, or do we? There’s a whole lot more too, including album reviews galore.
Subscribers to this issues specially packaged bundle receive a Nederpunk Various Artists CDr with thanks to Mr Kopijn, all the bands that donated a track, and Mr Van Dorst for designing the inlay with support from TQ Dep Ed, PMZ. Along with other subscriber gifts, there’s a Score Zine designed by TQ Crew member Ash Cooke.
If you wish to purchase a copy of TQ75a (without subscriber gifts) the cost (inc’ postage) is:
UK £6.75
Europe £8.75
RoW £10.75
Payment by PayPal to; tarquinwood23@hotmail.com
Live Well // Peace & Love
TarQuin
March 2025