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Revision as of 07:57, 24 June 2007
Fever (also known as Fever Zine) is a quarterly zine based in London, United Kingdom.
Origin
Fever was created by British music journalist Alex Zamora who also publishes and edits the zine. He was previously responsible for publishing the limited-run zine Barometer.
Appearance
24 black and white pages. Its front and back covers are printed on pink paper while the inside pages are white. It uses distinctive and original typography on its cover and on its article titles.
Contents
Fever's main focus is Music. It also covers Art, Fashion, DIY culture and other zines. It has a slight bias towards covering art and music from the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. It contains writing, photography and illustration by a variety of contributors, all of which are listed on its Myspace profile.
Contributors
Its contributors are wholly drawn from Myspace and range from art students to professionals from the U.K. and the rest of the world.
Availabilty
According to its Myspace profile its main outlet is the profile itself, using Paypal as a payment method. The profile also lists physical outlets around the United Kingdom and one in Barcelona, Spain. A separate list on the profile details forthcoming stockists in the U.K. and the rest of the world.
Promotion
The zine is widely promoted on Myspace. The cover of Issue 1 is regularly used as a calling card on Fever's Myspace friends' profiles.
Issues
Issue 1 was first published in early 2007 and created using Microsoft Word.
According to their blog, Issue 2 of Fever is due to go on sale at independent publishing fair Publish And Be Damned in London on July 29th, 2007.
On Saturday April 21st 2007, Fever took part in the annual London Zine Symposium at The Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury, London.
Trivia
Fever is sometimes referred to as 'Fever Zine' on Myspace.
Issue 1's cover was purposefully left blank, with only the Fever logo present. According to Fever's blog this was done to establish the zine's logo and identity with readers.
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