Things We're Observing, April 2024
We celebrate reaching 2K subscribers, provide an update regarding Issue #16, and (surprise!) talk about some books.
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 4 years since this humble high strangeness zine began back in June of 2020.
They (our girlfriend) said it wouldn’t last—but 15 issues, 2,000+ subscribers, and 1 ex-girlfriend later, The Observer lives on!
Let’s take a quick look at how we got here.
Highly sought after by serious collectors and zine speculators alike, Issue #1 of The Observer was only 12 black-and-white pages:
Here’s a picture of a team member assembling Issue #1 for its inaugural shipment. Before you ask—we have no idea why he’s wearing protective gloves, a mask, and sunglasses indoors without a shirt. Our quality control standards were lax in those days:
Who remembers the original white envelopes!? Seriously, it can’t be more than like five of you… we only had that many subscribers back then:
There’s something here for the whole family:
Speaking of Issues—#16 is in its final stages. Here’s a look at the cover:
Issue #16 features articles by the tireless Bernie O’Connor, Michael “Smartest Guy in the Room” Hoffman, the enigmatic Blake Collier, and triple-threat author/artist/podcaster, Ciara Barsotti (she paints pictures of UFOs, check them out).
You’ll also hear from author
about Atlantis’ Little Brother, and get the scoop from Pennsylvania’s Paranormal Poobah Stan Gordon about the rager going down this July in Kecksburg, PA.Print Subscribers: If you’re a print subscriber, please be on the lookout for an email asking you to confirm your address and continued interest. If we don’t hear from you, we’ll pause your subscription. And lose sleep.
Click here to find out how to become a subscriber to the best free high strangeness zine in the world.
Books! Check out what the staff are sticking their noses into this month.
That’s it for now! Time to get weekend weird. Enjoy!
I love this, and I recognize both the old envelopes and that Tic Tac issue. Amazing work.
Congrats on all the milestones. I've been enjoying reading.