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[[Image:alan-comic-book.jpg|frame|Alan Lastufka depicted by comic book artist [[Liz Baillie]]]]
 
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'''Alan J. Lastufka''' (born May 1983) is a [[zinester]] and [[columnist]] best known for his project, the [[Fall of Autumn]], launched October 1, 2005. Lastufka started the [[Zinester Podcasts]] in 2005 and created [[ZineWiki:About|ZineWiki]] in 2006.
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'''Alan J. Lastufka''' (born May 1983) is a [[zinester]] and [[author]] known for his project, the [[Fall of Autumn]], launched October 1, 2005, and DFTBA Records, launched November 2008. Lastufka started the [[Zinester Podcasts]] in 2005 and created [[ZineWiki:About|ZineWiki]] in 2006.
  
 
===Biography===
 
===Biography===
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Alan Lastufka was born in 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When Lastufka was fourteen years old, he left his father, brother, sister and home in Milwaukee to live with his mother in Joliet, Illinois, near [[Chicago]]. 
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Alan Lastufka was born in 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  
 
While attending Joliet Central Campus HS, Lastufka's work, along with the work of his friends, was kept from being published in the school's literary magazine due to content. In response, Lastufka published the underground litmag, "Intentions," as well as many hand-stapled booklets of poetry and short stories.  
 
While attending Joliet Central Campus HS, Lastufka's work, along with the work of his friends, was kept from being published in the school's literary magazine due to content. In response, Lastufka published the underground litmag, "Intentions," as well as many hand-stapled booklets of poetry and short stories.  
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In the fall of 2006, Lastufka began contributing to [[Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press]] as a regular reviewer and created the artwork/layout for the cover of issue #24.
 
In the fall of 2006, Lastufka began contributing to [[Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press]] as a regular reviewer and created the artwork/layout for the cover of issue #24.
  
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Lastufka no longer regularly publishes zines, but is still an active independent media creator, mostly in video format.
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Lastufka no longer regularly publishes zines, but is still an active independent media creator.
  
 
==Zines==
 
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==Books==
 
==Books==
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* [http://tinyurl.com/youtubebook YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts] (with [[Michael W. Dean]], 2008)
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===Fiction===
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* [[The Fort]]: A Short Story (2020)
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* [[Another Small Gift]]: A Short Story (2020)
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===Non-Fiction===
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* [http://tinyurl.com/youtubebook YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts] (with [[Michael W. Dean]], 2008), O'Reilly Media
  
 
==Columns (online)==
 
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==External links==
 
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* [http://www.pressedbetweenthepages Pressed Between the Pages' official site]
 
 
* [http://www.alanlastufka.com Alan's personal site]
 
* [http://www.alanlastufka.com Alan's personal site]
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* [http://youtube.com/fallofautumndistro Fall of Autumn on YouTube]
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* [http://youtube.com/alanlastufka Alan on YouTube]
  
  

Latest revision as of 17:51, 13 April 2021

Alan Lastufka depicted by comic book artist Liz Baillie

Alan J. Lastufka (born May 1983) is a zinester and author known for his project, the Fall of Autumn, launched October 1, 2005, and DFTBA Records, launched November 2008. Lastufka started the Zinester Podcasts in 2005 and created ZineWiki in 2006.

Biography

Alan Lastufka was born in 1983 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

While attending Joliet Central Campus HS, Lastufka's work, along with the work of his friends, was kept from being published in the school's literary magazine due to content. In response, Lastufka published the underground litmag, "Intentions," as well as many hand-stapled booklets of poetry and short stories.

Although having already published over a dozen of them in high school, Lastufka had never heard the term "zine" before meeting Aaron Cynic over the summer of 2005.

In the fall of 2005, Lastufka created Fall of Autumn, an online forum for writers and independent artists. Fall of Autumn publishes regular zine reviews, tutorials, articles, resources and podcasts. Alongside the website, Fall of Autumn began distributing zines and other DIY crafts in the spring of 2006.

Zine World #24, cover art by Lastufka

In the fall of 2006, Lastufka began contributing to Zine World: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press as a regular reviewer and created the artwork/layout for the cover of issue #24.

Lastufka no longer regularly publishes zines, but is still an active independent media creator.

Zines

Contributions to other zines

  • "Autumn Cannibalism" in Eye Candy Zine Spring 2006 (poem)
  • "She Handed Me Her Diary" in Zine Scrapbook #1 2006 (short story)
  • "A List of Lists I Decided Not To Write for List" in List #9 Fall 2006
  • "MacGyver" in Foul #21 Fall 2006 (short story)
  • "Indie Filmmakers" in Verbicide Magazine #19 Spring 2007 (series of interviews)
  • "Podcasting for Zinesters" in Polaroid-Celluloid #2 Summer 2007 (article)

Books

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Columns (online)

Films

Podcasts/Audio recordings

Other projects

External links

Alan Lastufka
Bibliography
Books: "The Fort" (2020) • "Another Small Gift" (2020)
Zines: Pressed Between the Pages (2005) • Fall of Autumn Quarterly (2006) • Timezones & Statelines (split, 2006)
Contributions to other zines: Zine Scrapbook (#1, 2006) • Eye Candy Zine (Spring, 2006) • List (Fall, 2006) • Foul (Fall, 2006) • Verbicide Magazine (Spring, 2007) • Polaroid-Celluloid (Summer, 2007)
Filmography
Shorts: Five Stories (film) (2006)
Audio Recordings
Podcasts: Zinester Podcasts: She Handed Me Her Diary (2006)
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