From the Random Stack of Unread Comics.Title: Hot Tea, Cold Water
Issue: 2
Date: April, 2011
Publisher:Leann Leake (leannleake@gmail.com)
Editor: Leann Leake
Contributors: Amanda Faith, Hooroo Jackson, Leann Leake, Tazim Damji, Christy Patrick, Irene R., Jennifer Christensen, Joe Decie, John Petrolino, Laurel Leake, Rob Wolf, Seth Feralin
Half-sized zine with some comic content. I reviewed the third issue about eight years ago. Review here. I recently reviewed the first issue here.
The theme of this issue is transportation. There is a lot of great material on all kinds of variations of the theme. Irene M. gives advice for road-tripping vegans, Leann Leake shares her adventures in penpalling and postal swaps, and Seth Feralin reminisces on family car trips to National Parks.
There is comics content from Hooroo Jackson, Leann Leake, and Joe Decie. Rob Wolf's comic story of a day exploring San Fransisco with a friend visiting from the East Coast was particularly fun. There was also a fun mix of prose poem with illustrations by Tazim Damji.
John Petrolino and Amanda Faith contributed poems, and the issue ended with a nice selection of reviews of zines and books.
Like the first issue I found a lot here that spoke to me, and the variety of voices and styles was great. I thought that it did a better job than the first issue of staying on the theme, and the better focus improved on what had already been a good zine.
Rating: 8/10
