Basic Paper Airplane zine series

Basic Paper Airplane issues have been coming into the world at a near-glacial pace since 2005. The zine has covered everything from the future of print media to the history of the human family, been reviewed widely, and has (oddly) been referenced as an aesthetic inspiration for the movie adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. There are currently sixteen issues (with only issues 15 and 16 still in print).

Since the third issue, each issue has been themed. So I like to think that every issue of Basic Paper Airplane is a unique experience, different from the others that came before. And I still have the same idea behind the zine as I did when it began: launching something small and simple into the world and seeing where it lands.

For a short history of the series, each issue's theme and publication date, as well as past reviews, go here.

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I also wrote The Prince Zine, a now-out-of-print dive into the career of Prince Rogers Nelson that was first published in 2011 and went through four revised editions.

I edited Growing Things: A Guide for Beginning Gardeners in 2012.

I also co-edited the zine anthology Is It Just Me or Are We Nailing This?: Essays on BoJack Horseman, winner of the 2020 Broken Pencil Fanzine of the Year Award.