My F-Ed Up Apartment Building

In fall of 2013, Michael Treat (Smirking Tiger) published his first original zine entitled "My F@!#%d Up Apartment Building: An American Memoir of Low-Rent Housing, Volume 1." This zine is an original work written and illustrated by Michael Treat.

This zine chronicles Michael's experiences after he moved into his first apartment building. The events listed are non-fiction and based on his experiences living in St Paul, MN. The stories here sound made up, but they are actually true, proving that sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. This work debuted at the Twin Cities Zinefest on 9/21/2013. This zine is hand illustrated and is 24 pages long. It is printed on legal sized paper (11" x 14") folded over and stapled into a zine. The hand drawn illustrations are black and white, and the cover is bright yellow. This zine also includes a hand drawn front cover and hand drawn back cover.

Later in 2013, Michael published the second volume, cleverly titled "My F@!#%d Up Apartment Building: An American Memoir of Low-Rent Housing, Volume 2." This zine is hand illustrated and is 24 pages long. It is printed on legal sized paper (11" x 14") folded over and stapled into a zine. The hand drawn illustrations are black and white, and the cover is bright yellow. This zine also includes a hand drawn front cover and hand drawn back cover.

Volume 3 is planned for release in Fall of 2014. A compendium of all three volumes is planned for late 2013 or early 2014.

Please note that these zines are not intended for children. They include swearing and some adult situations including sex, drug use, and other "adult themes.". (As the titled of this original non-fiction zine states, it was a pretty F@!#%d Up Apartment Building. )

Pick up a paper copy or an online copy of "My F@!#%d Up Apartment Building: An American Memoir of Low-Rent Housing, Volume 1" and/or "My F@!#%d Up Apartment Building: An American Memoir of Low-Rent Housing, Volume 2" in the [Zine section of the Smirking Tiger Etsy shop].