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[[Image:Burn_collector_13.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Cover of ''Burn Collector'' #13.]]
  
[[Burn Collector]] is a [[perzine|personal zine]] by [[Al Burian]]. The first nine issues were compiled and released by Stickfigue Distribution.   
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'''''Burn Collector''''' is a [[zine]] written and published by [[Al Burian]].  It is one of the more popular zines in the [[perzine]] category. The zine, currently at issue 13, contains stories both from his childhood and his life after college.  Al's writing often approaches grim subject matter, like contemplating suicide, the end of the world, or just run-of-the-mill existential despair, in a superbly humorous fashion.  Issues 1 through 9 were collected and released as a book by The Buddy System, which is now in its fifth printingAl currently lives in [[Chicago]], and plays in the notable punk bands [[Milemarker (band)|Milemaker]] and, until recently, [[Challenger (band)|Challenger]].
  
There are 13 issues of [[Burn Collector]].
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Al has also published ''Things Are Meaning Less'', a collection of comics from the '90s,a perzine/comic called ''Utopia'', and most recently, a travel zine called ''Natural Disasters'' now in its second issue.
 
 
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Burn Collector
Cover of Burn Collector #13.

Burn Collector is a zine written and published by Al Burian. It is one of the more popular zines in the perzine category. The zine, currently at issue 13, contains stories both from his childhood and his life after college. Al's writing often approaches grim subject matter, like contemplating suicide, the end of the world, or just run-of-the-mill existential despair, in a superbly humorous fashion. Issues 1 through 9 were collected and released as a book by The Buddy System, which is now in its fifth printing. Al currently lives in Chicago, and plays in the notable punk bands Milemaker and, until recently, Challenger.

Al has also published Things Are Meaning Less, a collection of comics from the '90s,a perzine/comic called Utopia, and most recently, a travel zine called Natural Disasters now in its second issue.