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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Handcut & handsewn - the seventh issue of my mini art #zine #LeToMaGiC is available now! This issue covers Great Yarmouth, Hull, Klaipėda, Kraków & Zürich. Do you know which record inspired the cover artwork of this issue? #DIYZines

The seventh issue of LeToMaGiC with all six photos and the one stickers that are glued in this issue.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I visited Ljubljana for #LeToMaGiC issue eight and saw a (very late) NK Olimpija win (the first since they sacked their new manager Mišo Brečko). Though it was even more fun to visit the Zine Vitrin at Dobra Vaga art space and drink tasty Loo-Blah-Nah cask pale ale at Sir Williams Pub. #SubbuteoArt

Olimpija painted Subbuteo figure at a Union beer bottle cap on black stone.

The same figure from the back at the stadium in front of ball and players, in the backround some floodlights in front of dark blue sky.

Wooden table with box of zines, chairs and zines hanging vertical at the wall. ‚Zine Vitrine‘ in red letters on the top left corner.

Bottles, mirrors and the Loo-Blah-Nah handpump at the bar.

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Aus Daffke Zines @zinedistro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

LETOMAGIC — Nr. 7 b • A7, 8 Seiten, s/w kopiert, hand-coloured Cover, in English language @letomagic.bsky.social • #ausdaffke #snailmail #zinedistro #letomagic

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The Glasgow Zine Library has been on my list for #LeToMaGiC for years now. If you‘re able to do so, please help them to support their future. I would love to visit them one day! (I just donated the proceeds from the last issue myself.)

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Last week, the first special issue of #LeToMaGiC was released as part of the *Minizine Mania* exhibition at @lofipublishing.bsky.social. The riso-printed issue 7b features explanations of all zine covers released to date, along with qr-codes linking to the music of the records that inspired them.

The special issue 7b, the ‚Roy of the Rovers‘ comic book that inspired it, the ‚Minizine Mania‘ flyer, the hat that appears on the zine cover and five LeToMaGiC Subbuteo art figures on bottle caps.

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Aus Daffke Zines @zinedistro.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

LETOMAGIC — Nr. 7 • 9,5 x 9,5 cm, 24 pages, b/w copied, hand-coloured Cover, in English language @letomagic.bsky.social • #ausdaffke #snailmail #zinedistro #letomagic

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I had the joy to visit Southend-On-Sea for #LeToMaGic issue 8 last weekend. Roots Hall is a wonderful stadium - and thanks for the nice welcome in the lovely curated Grrrl Zine Library at The Old Waterworks nearby.

The Southend United Subbuteo figure in front of the famous beach huts.

The Subbuteo figure at Roots Hall during the match.

Floodlight, houses, stands and a foul in the foreground.

A coloured chair, a white lamp and the boxes of the Grrrl Zine Library.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Thanks for covering #LeToMaGiC in this blog about fanzines and Subbuteo, @fanzinefc.bsky.social!

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Last year @spiral-tat.bsky.social & @miketyl.bsky.social visited @ozdfest.bsky.social (not the fest, but the person and shop behind it) and bought these wonderful zines for me - thanks a lot! I hope, I manage to visit that magical place myself one day!

The zines, a sticker and some flyers on my carpet. In the middle there is a hand drawn map and one zine has the ‚Hello, my name is‘ sticker layout.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Three different views of 17-year old Marina Ginestà on top of Hotel Colon in Plaça Catalunya on 21 July 1936 staged and taken by German born Juan Guzmán, plus overview over all of Guzmán's photos of her, on the roof of Hotel Colón and in Bujalaruz, Aragón with Durruti and soviet journalist Koltsov.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Born #OnThisDay 29 Jan 1919 Marina Ginestà in Toulouse to politicised working class exiled Catalan parents. Family returned to Barcelona 1928, prewar communist youth and war. 1939 escaped Franco's Spain, exile in LatAm, later France, 1970s won Cat literary award for one of her novels. Died Paris2014

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Thanks to the people who compilated the Flatline issue 4 - in memoriam of our friend Christian! Thanks to @trauerundfussball.bsky.social for sending it to me & to @chrizmagic.bsky.social for pointing out the reprint of the interview Christian gave the Papercore #zine (mentioning LeToMaGiC in there).

The header of the mentioned interview in Flatline #4.

Christians answer with the mention of ‚Letter Magic‘.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I’ve been to Derry for #LeToMaGiC issue eight, too. I admired the murals, my favourite being the one for Nell McCafferty, was happy to receive a bottle cap from a brewing cooperative called Lacada in Portrush and enjoyed the hospitality at @derrycityfc.net.

The mentioned mural showing Nell McCafferty.

The Derry City subbuteo figure in front of the famous Free Derry mural.

The Derry City subbuteo figure in the stadium during the match.

The famous round corner of the away section in the stadium.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I visited Dublin for #LeToMaGiC issue eight, but it seems like the famous #ForgottenZineArchive is no longer operating. Though the @marshslibrary.bsky.social has an even longer history. Footballwise it was a pleasure to watch the @shamrockrovers.ie women to win at home.

The Shamrock Rovers subbuteo figure in front of a pub.

The Shamrock Rovers main stand and the tea and burger hut in front of it.

The Shamrock Rovers subbuteo figure in the stadium during the match.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I believe this is the only known use of Juan Guzman's famed Marina Ginestà photo during the Spanish Civil War itself, an image which has come this century to represent more than any other the revolutionary hopes of 1936. CP magazine Pasionaria, 23 October 1937. Via Gabriela Cladera, FB.

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Hafetschutter @hafetschutter.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

@letomagic.bsky.social Vielen Dank für die neueste Ausgabe und liebe Grüsse vom Bodensee 💥

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Alex Wilson @adjwilson.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

@letomagic.bsky.social @altona93fanzines.bsky.social well, it would be a shame to go to one of the pubs in the zine and not put a sticker up there wouldn't it?

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I just received the first picture of a diy sticker from #LeToMaGiC issue 7. I‘m pretty much looking forward to your versions of this hand drawn sticker!

The diy sticker from issue 7 with the slogan ‚Iuventa‘s Friend‘.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The ‚handcut‘ bit for #LeToMaGiC issue 7 is finally done - now the ‚handcolour‘ and ‚handsew‘ bits are next. #DIYzines

All the handcut pages, stickers and photos and some tools on a tray.

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Football Fanzine Culture @fanzinefc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It's Thursday so that can mean only one thing, a new blog is up now. This week we look at the links between football fanzines and Subbuteo. Yes, you read that right.. footballfanzineculture.blog/2025/07/03/f...

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Fanzines and Subbuteo, the perfect match.

On the face of it, a bit of a niche fanzine blog this time; Subbuteo and fanzines. However, as we will see, the two have been strongly linked since the start of the golden (goalden? – Ed) era…

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Altona 93 Fanzines @altona93fanzines.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I just wrote about this shirt for the next @letomagic.bsky.social issue, it might play a role in the next @gidouille.bsky.social project and now I really enjoyed this free short film!

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How a Semi-Pro Club is Leading Football's Fashion Revolution

YouTube video by Stow Stories

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I‘m just curious, if I might be the first zine in the #DIYzines feed. I‘m looking forward to all the others who will join!

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Group of artists, all men, producing banners for the anarchist women's organisation Mujeres Libres (Free Women). Barcelona, 16 July 1937. Original photo by Pérez de Rozas beautifully colourised by Jules Backmaan (instgm)

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Let's remember Marina Ginestà. Died #OnThisDay 6 Jan 2014 in Paris. Born in Toulouse to politised working class migrant Catalan parents. Family returned to Barcelona 1928, prewar communist youth. 1939 escaped Franco Spain, exile in LatAm, later France, 1970s won Cat literary awards for novels.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year to all who celebrate!

LeToMaGiC subbuteo figure made of very little lamps (which I found in my advent calender).

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I’ve been to Zürich for #LeToMaGiC issue seven, too. The brilliant K-Set #ZineLibrary exists more than twenty years now - and the Grasshoppers Club Zürich even longer. I also visited the Cabaret Voltaire, of course.

All the K-Set locations during the last twenty years on one hand drawn map.

Subbuteo Art at the edge of the Zürich See.

Subbuteo Art in the Letzigrund stadium during the match against Lugano.

The Cabaret Voltaire on the first floor of an building in the old town.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hi @sluginkpress.bsky.social, I‘m going to visit Brighton from December 26th to January 1st. Do you have any hints for zine collections, exhibitions, concerts, libraries or other zine places?

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

And I’ve been to Kraków for #LeToMaGiC issue seven this year. As Garbarnia Kraków left the league last minute and the Kabel Kraków cup match was relocated to a pitch outside town, I visited Wisła in an European cup match. But I enjoyed exploring the Polish #ZineLibrary even more: www.zinelibrary.pl

The Subbuteo figure in the famous old town.

The excellent zine collection is located in a public library.

There‘s a Wisła beer with a bottle cap inspired by their crest. #SubbuteoArt

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’ve been to Lithuania for #LeToMaGiC issue seven. These picturesque floodlights are located in Klaipeda and the home team was Neptunas. The Lithuanian #ZineLibrary is an online archive only: jauka.knf.vu.lt/collection

Old stairs and wonderful colours of metallic, stones, concrete and plants.

The Subbuteo figure in that first picture - close up.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 16/08/2024

Am I the first person who started ‚Land Of The Giants‘ in Hamburg and finished it in Lithuania? I really enjoyed reading about so many people being involved in the different fields of the hobby!

Cover of the book with a handpainted Neptunas Klaipeda Subbuteo figure at the seaside near Karklé.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

The #LeToMaGiC #zine is inspired by Pixi books. That’s why the wonderful ‚70 years of #Pixi‘ exhibition at the Altonaer Museum was a must. Thanks to @chrizmagic.bsky.social for pointing me out to this!

LeToMaGiC issue six in front of the Pixi exhibition.

The center of the exhibition is a Pixi pool where you can read Pixis and add your favourite issue to the exhibition.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

I’ve been to Norfolk for #LeToMaGiC issue seven, too. The #ZineLibrary is located in the Millenium Library in Norwich. The wonderful stand sits just a couple of meters from the beach in Great Yarmouth and there are nice small breweries in both towns (as well as in between).

Subbuteo street art figure in front of of the Great Yarmouth beach huts.

Subbuteo street art figure at the match.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

I visited Hull for #LeToMaGiC issue seven and spent some marvellous time at the Hull #ZineLibrary, North Ferriby FC and in a few great pubs as well as the #Atom brewery taproom.

Subbuteo figure street art at North Ferriby FC.

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Ernstfall @ernstfall.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

I‘m so glad @CEEuropa won the derby on Sunday (again) and I don’t approve some things they (?) did outside the stadium, but the choreo by the Desperdicis is a real piece of art! #AntifeixistaSempre

Tweet by Dersperdicis that shows their derby choreo including Maria Ginesta i Coloma

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 21/01/2024

As ever @chrizmagic.bsky.social found wonderful words to describe his thoughts, feelings and the world around him. Thank you very much for the zine and the thoughtful review!

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RASH und Subkultur @rashundsubkultur.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Vor 10 Jahren starb die Revolutionärin Marina Ginestà Sie war kommunistische Aktivistin im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und setzte sich für die Verteidigung der Republik gegen Franco ein 1936 entstand das berühmte Foto. Es ist bis heute ein Symbol des antifaschistischen Kampfes. (Quelle: Red Revolution)

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Today the latest issue of LeToMaGiC is available at the @altona93.bsky.social match - see you in the sun, later!

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Some of you might receive a tiny letter during the next days.

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Oh shi*t - I just realised that three DIY sticker contributions to LeToMaGiC #6 aren‘t printed in the zine! I‘m so sorry, @chrizmagic.bsky.social, Seitoung & Stemmen!

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LeToMaGiC-Zine @letomagic.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Handcut & handsewn - the sixth issue of my mini art #zine #LeToMaGiC is available now! The issues one to five are completely sold out, but you can read the first three issues online: issuu.com/letomagic

A copy of LeToMaGiC #6 with its DIY stickers and the glued in photos as well as the record that inspired the cover art work.

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