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Review of Cold Heat #1: A Gem of The Soapbox Zine Library
By Dre Grigoropol A rare first issue with a cult following, comic story Cold Heat is archived in The Soapbox’s Zine Library and available for reading for any library visitor. This twenty-four page...
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A Featured Zine from The Soapbox Library: Pound the Pavement #8
This zine is a small square shaped publication whose pages take the reader inside the world of street art, as narrated by author Josh Macphee. Each page is flooded with photos from Macphee’s archives...
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A Featured Zine from The Soapbox Library: “You Can Disagree With Me” and...
This zine is a delightful display of the circus of commentary that comes from some of the most noted public conservative figures, all with accompanying portraits by artist Hannah Taylor. Taylor’s...
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A Featured Zine from The Soapbox Library: The Plot #1 A Monster in the...
This small press comic by Neil Brideau is a coming of age story about a group of youngsters who live in a society fashioned after the influence of aliens, super abilities and an antidemocratic state....
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A Featured Zine from The Soapbox Library: “My Fourty Nine Hours at Wal-Mart”
This zine tells the tale of Mark Dixon’s experience and reflections that occurred during 49 consecutive hours spent at the big blue behemoth known as Walmart. Dixon began his occupancy on the day after...
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THANK YOU, GAYLORD!
A very big thank you to the folks at Gaylord Archival for their donation of polyethelyne envelopes to the Soapbox’s Zine Library. We are incredibly grateful to...
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First Time in S.P.A.C.E. – a report-back from Dre Grigoropol
This summer I went with my friend, cartoonist Steve Peters, to the two day festival, the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio. This is the Midwest’s longest running small press...
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Step Up for The Soapbox’s Big Move!
West Philadelphia is getting a new artmaking space this winter as The Soapbox: Community Print Shop & Zine Library opens a new 4,500 square foot community studio at 47th & Kingsessing. After...
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Soapbox Member Profile: JenMarie Macdonald
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our members. Katie Haegele sat down with Work Exchange Member JenMarie Macdonald: What first...
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Soapbox Member Profile: Johanna Marshall
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our members. Katie Haegele sat down with Johanna Marshall: What drew you to The Soapbox? I...
View ArticleSoapbox Member Profile: Dre Grigoropol
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our members. Katie Haegele sat down with Work Exchange Member Dre Grigoropol. Dre will be...
View ArticleSoapbox Member Profile: Scott Ziegler
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our members. Katie Haegele sat down with the person who got our online library catalog off the...
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Soapbox Member Profile: Rachel Korman
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our members. Katie Haegele sat down with Rachel Korman, a member until her recent move back to...
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Soapbox Member Profile: S.E. (Shannon) Tyler
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our community members. Katie Haegele sat down with recent intern S.E. (Shannon) Tyler. What...
View ArticleSoapbox Member Profile: Evan McGonagill
In honor of our STEP UP THE SOAPBOX campaign to support our expansion, we’d like to tell you about some of our members. Katie Haegele sat down with member Evan McGonagill: What’s your area of specialty...
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Metal Type Spotting
The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce uses metal type in their News Page header. We didn’t know they were into letterpress! Actually, we suspect this is a nod to the newspaper printing of yore....
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Featured Zine: “Document” by Ana Bozicevic-Bowling
This gem of a chapbook was donated to The Soapbox by Gina Myers. Somehow, this collection feels familiar yet distant, like an old letter you found in the back of a drawer, or a black-and-white movie....
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Recent Youth & Family Workshops at Lillian Marrero Library
The Soapbox was pleased to offer a couple of zine making workshops as part of a book-themed series at the Lillian Marrero branch of the Free Library, located in Kensington – taking place in the...
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Islamic World papermaking — what IS it and what makes it unique?
Hand papermaking processes from around the world can differ greatly — in the plant fibers that are used; the way the paper is formed; the kinds of equipment; and of course the texture and color of the...
View ArticleThe Soapbox at PrintThink This Saturday
We’ll be participating in PrintThink 2016, a one-day printmaking conference held at Tyler School of Art. This year’s program focuses on “the local and the cosmopolitan.” As such, the afternoon features...
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