For those of you who knew me in high school, you knew I was the one kid at Newport Harbor High that did a zine. Starting in 1995 (perhaps late 1994) with “This Zine Sucks” and continuing in 1996-1997 with three issues of “Phazer Blast,” my zine making career was short lived. in 1996 I got AOL and in 1997 I figured out how to go to web pages and so my interest in making a print zine was overrun by new found fascination with the internet that continues to this day.

Well a few years ago I archived my zines for the web, but with re-design after re-design they eventually made their way off of the page. After going through all the old Thrasher issues in my last post I decided I should re-upload MY ZINES. Because, I think we all can agree that are of equal historical importantce. (ha!)

It’s pretty funny looking back at all this stuff again in all it’s lo-rez jpg compression glory. Sorry if it’s hard to read, but if you don’t read it that’s less embarassment for me. So enjoy Ben’s Zines 1995-1997