“Slowpoke” Zine by Becky Laverty (2nd issue)

Description

Issue two of Slowpoke has been built around the theme “work in progress”. The zine itself is a work in progress, and the contents of it have been shaped around contributors exploring this concept from a variety of angles. The cover art is by Thomas Hooper, a visual artist who welcomes trial and error in his paintings and isn’t afraid to take the long way round to get to where he’s going. Elsewhere there is a series of photo essays that capture work in progress in a very literal sense from various creative folk including Emma Ruth Rundle, Craig Murray and Ethan Lee McCarthy. Thanks to Kimothy Hoorweg, Scott Evans, Sam An and others, there are interviews, personal essays and creative writing –  and hopefully an opportunity to consider the many avenues and opportunities that being “in progress” can open up.

The painting on the cover was created specifically for the zine – with huge thanks to Thomas Hooper.

Slowpoke #2 features words, wisdom, photos, scribbles, and insight from the following people:

Aaron Turner

Becky Laverty

Craig Murray

Dawn Moraga & Tim Lusk (Cor de Lux)

Doyle Martin

Dylan Desmond

Emma Ruth Rundle

Erin Dawson

Ethan Lee McCarthy

George Parr

Jamie Ludwig

Joe Clayton

Kimothy Hoorweg

Kira McSpice

Michael Gira

Philip Jamieson (Caspian)

Sam An

Scott Evans

Stavros Giannopoulos

Thomas Hooper

It is printed in full colour in the UK – 52 pages on 170gsm paper, with 250gsm soft touch laminate cover. It looks fancy, basically, but its heart remains well and truly in the underground.

Slowpoke is a zine and a weekly newsletter published by Becky Laverty – a recovering publicist, a booker at Roadburn festival, a life long music lover, and an incessant asker of the question “why?”