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Mit der Gestaltung des Freizeitgeländes an der Stadtmauer in Mellrichstadt (ehemals Loose-Areal) soll in diesem Sommer begonnen werden. Über die Finanzierung der Maßnahme musste in der Stadtratssitzung am Donnerstagabend allerdings noch einmal beraten werden. Denn die derzeitige Konjunktur und die Verknappung der Rohstoffe weltweit wirken sich auch auf die Bauarbeiten in Mellrichstadt aus. Sprich: Die Stadt muss tiefer in die Tasche greifen als bislang vorgesehen, informierte Bürgermeister ...

Originally published on February 28, 2021 7:00 am It was May of 1989 when John Porcellino ("a 20-year-old, hormonally charged, punk-inspired Rock n Roller," in his own description) got the idea that would become a creative odyssey. "I wanted to publish something that I could make all on my own, that could contain whatever I wanted, that could reflect my whole life," he writes in one of Drawn & Quarterlys new reissues of his work. In a zine called King-Cat Comics and Stories, he chronicled pro...

Cartoonist and zine-maker John Porcellino has been a hugely influential figure in the world of zine-making. As several of his classic books are reissued, we talk to him about his life and work