World Famous Comics: Making Stuff and Doing Things
Making Stuff and Doing Things
From: Microcosm Publisher: Microcosm Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Microcosm Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 288 Publication Date: July 29, 2005 Release Date: July 29, 2005
Product Description: Kyle Bravo has assembled his HOW TO zines into a comprehensive book along with dozens of other instructional articles that tell you how to do...just about everything yourself. Topics include getting active, direct action, gardening, making a woodstove, solar box cooker, egg replacer, cooking ramen noodles in a coffee maker, how to make wine, homebrewing, building shacks, liberated lifestyles, squats, homeschooling, fixing a toliet, audio phone patch, how to make envelopes, shoe repair, silk screening, making rubber stamps, how to juggle, vegan photo developing, magic tricks, making puppets, how to patch your clothes, putting utensils on your keychain, how to sing, bird feeders, how to play guitar, putting out records, billboard improvement, how to fix your bike, basic car maintenance, building a bike cart, how to take pride in your body, how to sexually stimulate your partner, diy birth control, how to handle an overdose, self defense, knowing your rights, how to live a more fulfilling life, unschooling, starting a fire with friction, making glue from pine sap, making rope, wild food, natural remedies, firelogs from newspapers, rubbing alcohol campstove, composting, diy toothpaste, getting rid of fruit flies, greywater systems, composting toliets, making a hammock, making hanging and floating tents, saving money at the post office, making posters and stencils, packing for tours, places to dumpster dive, making a tape wallet, building a cart-bike, cleaning stamps, blockprinting, fixing a harmonica, diy flowerpots, avoiding dangerous household chemicals, preventing ear infections, how women can pee standing up, menstrual massages, and a few pieces for inspiration. I'm sure you can see by now why this is essential.
Another very useful book I just got this book the day before Christmas and opened after. I've read through most of it and find it very fun and useful. There's going to be a coming time when our economy tanks and we need info like this to keep alive. We need a whole new philosophy of life, one based around both surviving and living and enjoying life, not "Working jobs we hate to buy things we don't need."
Useful! Fun! Practically Free! I was definitely intrigued by the concept. As an author, artist and zine publisher myself, I am always looking for the latest and freshest takes on life in an Arts & Crafts World. This book may be intended for kids getting started in DIY crafts and other projects but it has something to recommend for the more seasoned among us as well - those of us who grew up on books like Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass, and Living on the Earth by Alicia Bay Laurel. The zine compilation format rocks - no, it isn't a Michael's style Step-by-Step - that's what makes it fun and clever enough to hold almost any (I suspect) dyed in the wool DIYer's attention. Written BY people who like to make stuff, FOR people who like to make stuff. At this price, it will stay on my gift-giving list for the unforeseeable future.
Inspiration and Much Useful I too was suprised at some of the negative comments.
I have my own copy of this book and the publisher (microcosmpublishing) is very clear its layout isn't super perfect... it is photocopied from 'zines, which actualy gives is a nice authentic feel, and it's almost always legible.
There is a lot here from food to clothes to health, to other DIY, saving money, from pratical necessities, to areas related to fun/art/entertainment (see the full description) It's not perfect, and you may need to pick and choose as I have what parts are most useful to you, but for the money you get a very good deal and more than enough areas (if you are at all interested in DIY) to glean ideas and inspiration from.
:( Wasnt that great. Lots of info but poorly laid out. Not well written. Looks good in the preview but a real dissappointment when you get it. I recomend DIY(design it yourself). Its far more professional and useful.
just cause it's DIY doesn't mean it sucks This book is an awesome resource for anyone who is into doing things themselves, from crafting to cooking, and is an inspiration for any would-be DIY-er. Its handwritten and cut and paste content are part of what make it great- you can tell that the contributors to this book really are making stuff and doing things themselves, hence the thrown-together zine aesthetic. If you don't want to get your hands dirty, or can't take looking at something that has not been sanitized by some huge corporate publishing company with an overpaid copy editor, maybe this book isn't for you. But for the rest of us, this is an amusing and inspiring read meant as a catalyst for action and fun!
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