BACKBONE, ISSUE 2: Which Way, An-prim?

Issue two is split into two parts: The first, addressing anarcho-primitivists and dissecting late-2010s anprim culture, the second part exposes Newsweek's articles (with timestamps) chronicling and their periodic re-introduction of the concept of using "young blood transfusions" to reverse aging. This issue contains polaroids as an addition to the mixed media collage of the master. This issue's Riso color is "Orchid", giving it a more melancholy appearance.

Backbone ( the series): "Backbone" is a series comprised of single color riso zines, detailing the musings of an anonymous Orthodox Christian cultural theorist. The mixed media zine's text is typically typewritten in a rather poetic fashion, and is Riso screenprinted. The entirety of each zine is made without a computer, using only fabric, lace, a typewriter, a caligraphy pen, a label maker, and other forms of mixed media and found objects. The name "Backbone" was coined in the first issue, when the accelerationist future was compared to "a backbone growing inside an animal" and it was declared that "the place of a skull (golgotha) breaks the bone", meaning that Christ's death is more powerful than the singularity.

The zine series will be a run of physicals only, no ebooks due to theoretical consistency.

Our interview with the author can be found here.

The physical zine can be bought here.

If you are unfamiliar with risographs, please read before purchasing:

Risographs consist of a layer of ink screenprinted on top of the page, therefore they are prone to smudging and being affected by improper handling. Please be aware of this as you are handling the zine. They also produce slight variances due to being put through a fast screenprinting machine that should not be a problem issue to issue. This zine in particular might have some smudging variance for aesthetic purposes.