the Book Bindery
by Sarah Royal
A really great biographical zine about Sarah's time spent working in a Chicago book bindery. From the get-go, she dispels any of our illusions of book-making fantasy, "It's a glorified Kinko's.." and gives us a guided tour of her work and co-workers. It's pretty funny, especially the snippets of dialog, and it's full of remarkably legible photos of the bindery. At times, the humor is at the expense of her co-workers, or revolves around inaccurate stereotypes, but if you like stories about how quirky employees interact, or stories about killing time on the clock, then this zine is for you.
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Seriously one of the best zines I've read in a while. So much bang for your buck.
I read this memoir of the bindery with a combination of a stupid grin and milk-shooting-out-of-the-nose laugh. Honestly, good work, it is fucking hilarious.
really funny characters.. describes a bunch of fun stuff you can do on the job and get away with.. shakes things up. rad.
Awesome zine! A must read!
i almost missed my train stop because i could not put this down!
freaking AMAZING!