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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 20h

Here's a Discogs listing that inspires confidence: "No CD- Just 2LPs, box, book, insert, preserved hype sticker. CD is probly under the seat of my car. I can look for it if that's important to you as the buyer."

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Saha Gnawa played a free World Music Fest show in my neighborhood last light (literally down the street from my house) and Maâlem Hassan Ben Jaafar was thoroughly jammin' on the guembri. I love that instrument so much.

Maâlem Hassan Ben Jaafar singing and playing a guembri.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Spooky Spotlight on scary publications I've made: "Provisional Costumes" from Public Collectors was made in one day of scouring eBay, looking at thousands of personal photos of people doing their best to look frightening or something. Last copies for $7.00 here: halfletterpress.com/provisional-...

The cover of the color photo booklet Provisional Costumes showing a woman with Dracula teeth, grey in her hair, and a red cape.

Two costumes: a person dressed as an old woman in a colorful dress and a grinning hunchback.

Three people in costume with one wearing a wolf man mask in what appears to be a work break room.

Two people in costume - one who is wearing a white hair wig and huge fake white beard, possibly dressed as Moses, and another wearing a silver wig and a confusing robe of sorts.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This week I learned the exciting news that you can take empty RISO ink tubes to Staples and they will give you $15.00 total for 7 of them per month. This is great for me because I never thew these away (why?!) so I have enough for about $150 in rewards. Free office supplies for recycled ink tubes!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cronos has laid down his soul to the gods rock 'n roll. A true pioneer. Growing up I was always much more of a Celtic Frost devotee but Venom's influence cannot be denied. 63 years is far too young. You were wild man, WWWWIIIILLLDDDD!!! youtu.be/AJuiWya6wfs

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Venom - Black Metal Full Album

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Electricians are in my home doing a variety of things but the thing I'm most excited about is that they are replacing all of the lights in my basement/studio/work cave. The difference is astonishing. I can't believe I suffered with such shitty lighting for 14 years. I'm SO excited!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PUBLIC PUBLISHING ACCOUNTABILITY POST: It's October 1st and I have a new zine that is almost ready to go to print. It will be my 15th Public Collectors publication so far this year, but as @prisonculture.bsky.social knows, zines are not a competition. Just 12 pages but it's a LOT to think about.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Zine makers and self-publishers: If you still haven't seen it I made this spreadsheet everyone can use to share their results and experiences at fairs and zine fests so other publishers can manage expectations and learn from you. Add your stats and reflections! www.tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

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Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: 6 hours after returning home from the incredible NY Art Book Fair at 1 AM, I started processing mail orders that came while I was away. It's work that has to be done, but it's also work I love to do. Self-publishing is hard, but I am my favorite boss I've ever had.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Okay Bsky pals, how many of you will I get to see at the NY Art Book Fair? I'll be there at the Temporary Services / Half Letter Press table (O1) on the second floor. Come say hi! Pick up some publications without me having to pack and ship them!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This whole account is just wonderful.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Public Image's rather limited set from Riot Fest yesterday. Seems pretty comprehensive!

A whopping three songs (their set was shortened by rain).

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: My 126th Public Collectors publication feels finished. It's called "Who Are Your Neighbors" and it's a a self-assessment tool to help you gauge your awareness of your neighbors and how deeply connected you are to the people that live on your block. It'll be ready in early October.

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John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Highlight of Riot Fest day 2 is Social Distortion going five minutes over to play a song about immigrant rights and making a statement against white nationalism right before Morrissey’s set, which had been bumped up to play early because of the weather.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

ICE agents, still being violent and doing illegal shit, as usual. Vile.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm opposed to Riot Fest happening in a public park and sad that the rain and mud will even further destroy Douglass Park more than the fest usually does. I just saw today's schedule and they are ending early. This means Morrissey only has 45 minutes to say something racist. PiL's set is 20 minutes!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: Because I only have a million things to do, I decided to start a new zine. I might ask a couple people to help write it with me because I think it would benefit from some extra input. I will be sure to ask people who are also spread extremely thin so I can compromise them too.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Question for police abolitionists: Do you ever go to community safety meetings that include police? There have been a string of sexual assaults close to where I live and the victims need support, but sharing space with cops at community meetings organized by the Alder makes me very uncomfortable.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

From the front and back cover of the booklet:

Public Librarians Discuss Zine Collections

We asked librarians at four public libraries to talk about their library’s zine collection. What advice can they share with zine makers that want to get their work into a public library, or librarians that want to start a collection at their library? Was it hard to convince others that zines are a resource that the library should collect? What collecting models did they follow? How did they build the collection?

Interviewees:

Tim Devin / Somerville Public Library
(Somerville, MA)
Angi Brzycki & Ziba Pérez /
Los Angeles Public Library
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alicia Tate / Multnomah County Library
(Portland, OR)
Alina Josan / The Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: Tip: Write the name of what is in a box of publications on the side of the box if they start piling up. I just discovered about 175 copies of a publication that I reprinted because I thought it was out of print. They were in an unlabeled box. Oops!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today! Sunday Sept. 13th is your final day to see my show at Coming Soon on 3701 W. Division Street: “Protest Grim Reapers and other publications.” There are about 100 Public Collectors publications to see. Open from 11 AM - 2 PM. At noon, Jen Blair will give a brief reading, followed by me.

A large selection of Public Collectors zines and publications at Coming Soon on 3701 W. Division Street.

A large selection of Public Collectors publications and several posters on display at Coming Soon on 3701 W. Division St. in Chicago.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

POSTAL BLOG: I just found an old USPS Large flat rate Priority box from 2013 in my basement. The interior dimensions are 12" x 12" x 8.5". You know how big they are now? 12" x 11.75" x 5.5". That's some fuckin' shrinkflation right there!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

After 5 printings (nearly 2,000 copies), my Public Collectors zine "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" is nearly out of print and I think that will be the end of the line for this popular title. If you'd still like one, here's the link: halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...

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Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents? (5th printing)

This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Emily Larned's artist books and zines about feminist history, craft, care and more, produced by her imprint Adler & Frankia, are all beautiful and we just restocked a bunch of them. Check out her work here: halfletterpress.com/search.php?s...

A Witch Recipe for Grievers by Selma Miriam, published by Adler & Frank

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New! Now! "Joshua Rievel: Film & Show Flyers of the 2020s" is the 125th Public Collectors publication and it's a wild one. 36 pages of the most very not-AI looking flyers for DIY music events and horror film screenings you'll see anytime soon. Available here: halfletterpress.com/Joshua-Rievel/

The cover of the 9" x 7" booklet Joshua Rievel: Film & Show Flyers of the 2020s, featuring a drawing based on the horror film The Pit.

A hand-drawn flyer for the bands Secret Boyfriend, Housefire, Extended Release, Lady Mechanics II, and Galaxxuu.

A hand-drawn flyer for a show with Adult., Container, Expensive Shit, Donzii, the Dracula's and more at Spirit in Pittsburgh.

A flyer drawn by Joshua Rievel for a Punk Rock Slumber party.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

CHICAGO! Today at Andi Crist's COMING SOON on 3701 W. Division St., Sunday, September 6 from 11:00 AM - 2 PM, see over 100 Public Collectors publications, prints from my Protest Grim Reapers press photo collection, and at noon, enjoy short readings from myself and Michael Peirson. Please come!

Some of the roughly 100 Public Collectors publications on display.

A selection of Public Collectors publications that are for sale.

The front door sign at Coming Soon on 3701 W. Division in Chicago detailing the Protest Grim Reapers press photos that are displayed in the windows.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Here’s a zine thing I have never seen before. Clearly stapled by someone without a long-arm stapler. Not shaming! I just was kinda shocked.

A booklet with the staples running perpendicular to the spine rather than along the spine.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Chicago! I have my Protest Grim Reaper photo collection prints in the window and about 100 Public Collectors publications on display at Coming Soon on 3701 W. Division. Hours are 11 AM - 2 PM on Sunday Sept. 6 and 13. Readings at 12:00 PM with Michael Peirson and I this Sunday. Please come! FREE.

Some of the roughly 100 publications made by Public Collectors that are on display at the corner gallery/studio Coming Soon at 3701 West. Division.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: today is that special day that happens about once a month, where I putter around waiting impatiently for UPS to deliver a new publication. 500 new Public Collectors booklets coming very soon!

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I like self-publishing more than I like putting on events because publications always find an audience, but it doesn't have to be at a specific date and time, and in a specific place. It just needs to happen, eventually, and if it takes months or years for 300 or 500 or 1000 people to read, fine.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I had a free but ticketed event tonight that only 7 people could attend because of space. Tickets sold out quickly. People were reminded yesterday. 1 canceled, which is fine, but the other 6 did not cancel and did not show up. I'm not mad, but also am reluctant to give people future opportunities.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Every worker that cuts down every tree, removes sculptures, removes signage... they too are fucking pieces of shit. Fuck all of them. I hope they get diarrhea and it never goes away. I hope their partners cheat on them with their best friends. I hope their kids spit in their food.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I need to update the CV that I never use for anything to explain that I am an artist, a publisher, and a tomato farmer. Here are about 70 more that I picked this morning. They just won’t stop this year.

A baking sheet covered in almost 70 tomatoes of various varieties, including early girl and Roma.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Almost impossible levels of postal cuteness.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: For my own fiscal care and sanity, if I invoice a store, I like to wait for them to pay before sending them additional inventory. Sometimes things go really well, and stuff sells quickly on their end and they want more, but settle the old invoice first before making a new one.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live: DRI COC MDC LOW DMBQ OOIOO CCCC 1349 OFFONOFF GZA Also, I made a whole ass booklet about this: halfletterpress.com/i-saw-them/

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

PUBLISHING BLOG: Today a new Temporary Services booklet will go to print (with @doormouse12.bsky.social! Interviewing Zine librarians working in public libraries!) and on Thursday a new Public Collectors booklet is due to arrive from the printer. The never-ending cycle of publishing continues.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Back in print! My text "Why Self-Publish Under Fascism?" is available again in its hand-stamped and dated booklet version. Still only $3.00. Buy copies for your students, or instructors who should be teaching about what it means to self-publish in the US in 2026. halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...

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Why Self-Publish Under Fascism?

This publication was prompted by an invitation from Mariame Kaba to join her in a discussion titled: Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oh that’s not all, folks. Antifa Waldo, beatifications of ICE martyrs, ICE agents slipping, and more—all from the likes of corn, barley, and alfalfa

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Self-publishers, check it out and add your data! Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency was created to help artist publishers manage their expectations if they are thinking about participating in an art book fair, zine fest, or other regular event. Tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales

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Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wow! I keep finding more good things in my basement. I thought the stickers were long out of print, but I just found a big stack of them. If you order anything from halfletterpress.com I will put one in your order for free while supplies last.

A sticker that reads “We’d feel safer without police.” The text is in black, except for the word without, which is in red print.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I just found about 20 more issues of the great early 2000s Chicago newspaper/journal AREA in my basement. This was a wonderful publication filled with writings from so many regional heavy hitters. Everything left is just $3.00 a copy. CHEAP and wayyy out of print. halfletterpress.com/brands/AREA-...

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AREA Chicago Products - Half Letter Press

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of my favorite times in the creation of a publication is the period where the project is at the printer and there's little you can do but wait. Space opens up in the brain for other things and next projects, and I can try to relax for a week or two. Or do laundry and clean something.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

PUBLIC PUBLISHING ACCOUNTABILITY BLOG: I sent the 125th Public Collectors publication to print last night and it should be back in about a week and a half. The idea to make it happened just over 3 weeks ago. Sometimes the stars align; mostly I just had a great easy and fun collaborator.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Real question for zine-makers and publisher friends and people who attend zine fests and art book fairs: Do people like DJs at zine fests? Does it make the event better for you?

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Chicago! I'll be repping Temporary Services / Half Letter Press / Public Collectors and Breakdown Breakdown Press at ZineMercado on Saturday, August 21st, 2026, 2 PM - 9 PM at the Comfort Station, 2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60618. Lots of new stuff. It would be excellent to see you!

A flyer with a sweet drawing of an owl by CHema Skandal for ZineMercado, Saturday August 22, 2-9 PM, Milwaukee Ave Promenade outside the Comfort Station in Logan Square. Over 69 artists.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Artists and publishers and writers often seem to describe their audience as a singular consistent entity, but the power of art and publications and writing is that you can have multiple very different audiences for different projects and they don't need to share overlapping interests at all.

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

PUBLIC PUBLISHING BLOG: On July 31st, an artist whose flyers I love sent me a message saying only, "Gotta come visit us in Pittsburgh.” We began talking. Three weeks later, Joshua Rievel and I are nearly finished making a 32-page booklet of his work. Gotta always leave time for new collaborations.

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