Yo Sick: Issue 9
Posted by Prashant - 16/11/10 at 10:11:31 pmYo Sick Nine is finished. Quarter page size, colour paper cover, 16 pages of black and white. You can find the usual assortment of photos and drawings by me, as well as a fold out poster shot by Jon Jenkins. There is a limited amount of copies at Joe Mamma (767 Bank Street) in Ottawa, or you can contact me directly to get one.
I have also started a new site focused on Yo Sick Zine that I will keep updated regularly with drawings, photos, links, and the sort of content you would find between its pages. Tangible copies of Yo Sick will still continue, but bookmark the new site for any and all zine related content from now on here. Click below to check out some more pages from this issue.
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Yo Sick: Issue 8
Posted by Prashant - 27/09/10 at 06:09:41 pm
Fall is here and we have another issue of Yo Sick Zine under our belt. Individually made covers so no two are the same, and within its 32 pages you can find:
crude drawings
gelatinous monsters
song lyrics
7 days in Vancouver pictorial
Stanley Hudson quotes
favourite rails questionnaire with Chris Silva
photos from Harley Haskett
stuff you can buy for $5
and more
Select copies will come with a Yo Sick Mixtape compiled by Miz Fiz (click that link to download and listen to the mix). You can contact me directly if you want a free copy, or you can visit Joe Mamma (767 Bank Street) or Canteen (238 Dalhousie) later this week to grab one while they last.
Yo Sick: Issues 6 + 7
Posted by Prashant - 23/06/10 at 10:06:21 am
After much delay I have finished two new issues of Yo Sick Zine, as well as have some new pins made. These two issues are vastly different in size, style, and content from one another. Click below for more information and photos.
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Least Most – Yo Sick
Posted by Prashant - 08/04/10 at 03:04:44 pm
The other week I sent a pack of Yo Sick zines to Jason from Least Most and BMX Feed and he wrote a few nice words about it here. If you haven’t been checking out Least Most, you definitely should. The site is filled with lots of great original content ranging from BMX, art, music and more from a variety of great contributors. Have a look.
Also, if you want a copy of Yo Sick 5, shoot me an email and we’ll work it out. Look for issue 6 closer to the summer.
Yo Sick Release Party
Posted by Rich Red - 02/03/10 at 03:03:08 pm
Prashant threw a decent art party the other week. Not as nice as his cardigan, but really sweet none the less. Even Sketchy Kid (Byron Carrol) showed up, so if you didn’t, you suck.
Yo Sick Zine 5 Release Party/Art Show
Posted by Prashant - 09/02/10 at 11:02:41 pmThe newest issue of Yo Sick Zine is almost done and being duplicated. To celebrate I’m having a party and art show in my apartment. It’s got some BMX and lots of other random stuff in it. Come by throughout the night, or stay and party the whole time. Grab a zine, a pin, bring some disposable cash and buy something to hang up in your home, or just hang out and drink and listen to music.
*UPDATED – click below for more information and photos*
forgive the typos in the flyer, a casualty of carelessly working with pen and paper
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Yo Sick – Volume 4
Posted by Prashant - 13/12/09 at 05:12:03 pm
I finished the newest issue of my zine (Yo, Sick) a while ago, but a combination of a busy schedule/laziness kept me from getting copies made and assembled. With that said, the regular amount of 50 of them are all done and ready to go. A little bit larger than past issues (5.5″ x 4.25″), and 12 pages in total. There’s some illustrations, photos, contributed photos, collage, and a few words. A little less on the BMX, and heavier on other random stuff. Issue 5 is already slowly in the works, and I’m hoping to do a lot more with it.
If you want a copy they are available at Joe Mamma‘s new location, or just ask me next time you see me. If you live outside of Ottawa and want one, hit me up and I will mail you a copy.
Yo Sick – Volume 3
Posted by Prashant - 28/08/09 at 01:08:39 pm
I made a new issue of my zine Yo, Sick.
2.75 x 4.25″
6 pages
b + w photocopied
A few photos, illustrations, and even fewer words
If you would like one, contact me at prashantgopal at gmail dot com and I’ll get one to you (by mail or in person) or I should have a stack of them available at Joe Mamma’s soon.
Yo Sick – Volume 2
Posted by Prashant - 29/05/09 at 02:05:54 pm
Who said that print is dead, because I just finished a new issue of my side project zine, Yo Sick. It’s a small, black and white, pocket sized, 6 page zine of BMX and other random stuff that either wasn’t fit for the web, or I decided to save it for the zine. In it you can expect to find low resolution scans of mediocre photos, inside jokes, illustrations, triangles, Audrey Hepburn, secret spots and fun. What you can expect to not find in it are contest reports, rider bios, product reviews, directions to secret spots, quality, colour, and good photography.
You can get copies of it from me directly (if you live outside of Ottawa, just send me an email and I can mail you one), and I should have a pile of them available at Joe Mamma’s later this week. I hope you like it.
Zine Mania
Posted by Prashant - 17/02/09 at 10:02:06 pm
Work in progress.
Lately, more and more it seems, zines are making a come back. At least it appears that way to me. Blogs are great, and they are a great fast and cheap way to share information with others, but the tangibility of print cannot be beat, and the ability to self publish, and the freedom to do whatever you like with a zine is something that is often lost with the Internet. Zines were pivotal to me, and hugely inspirational when I started riding many years ago, and I would collect them from all sorts of people and scenes. I ordered the newest issue of Holeshot recently, and read the Freestylin’ retrospective book online (with a great look at zine culture during that era of BMX) and fell in love with zines again and was inspired.