European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mike Gunderloy stands amidst his weird magazines publications with names like suds it stuff and  mama the weird world of a Zine culture by David Bauder associated press thousands of magazines Are piled throughout Michael Gunderloy s Home in Rensselaer n y. But done task him to pull out a copy of time or Newsweek or readers digest. They re too conventional. However hell gladly produce american window cleaner a Trade journal for those who Squeegee for a living. Or Gunderloy can find his copy of civilian defense news amp opinion a newsletter put out by those who believe in creating a National defense by training americans in nonviolent non cooperation with any invader. There s always choke hold a wrestling Magazine. Daily cow is a humor Magazine written from the animal s Point of View. And frostbite Falls far Flung flier features the cartoon characters Rocky and bullwinkle. Quot it has happened that the Rensselaer Post office has sent me stuff just because it looks Flaky and they Don t know who else to Send it to Quot says Gunderloy a 30-year-old with Black hair tied in a Ponytail. Gunderloy collects the magazines for his own journal fac Sheet five the Bible of the underground or alternative press. Five times a year fac Sheet five contains reviews of As Many of this country s estimated 6,000 self published magazines As Gunderloy can get his hands on. Anyone with Access to a copier can theoretically become a publisher and Many people do once thought the province of 1960s radicals plotting Campus takeovers the alternative press is flourishing in the 1980s in the United states Gunderloy says. He Calls them  that a Short for fanzines. But although Many publications show slavish Devotion to certain Rock bands others cover far different territories in politics and the arts. Gunderloy has set aside his chemical engineering degree to give his full energies to his marginally profitable newsletter. His wife a physics professor helps pay the Bills. He chronicles publications with names like filth the lame Monkey manifesto nuclear mutinous dogs and the occasional journal of nothing in particular with obsessive detail in print so Small it s almost painful to read. Zines Range in size from Slick music publications like maximum Rock n Roll and flip Side with 15,000 circulation to the Colleen scene a newsletter put out by a California woman with a circulation of one. A she types it on demand a everyone gets an original copy Quot Gunderloy says. A a it a mostly rambling about what she did that Day and what she heard on the  some Zine culture eventually goes mainstream. Backstreets is a widely quoted Magazine devoted to Bruce Springsteen and its publisher has written a Book on the Boss. Science fiction Zines Are a Fertile ground for Talent producing such mainstream Talent As writer Robert Silverberg. Music Zines routinely trumpet bands such As the heavy Metal favourites Metallica Long before they become popular. Quot there is a lot of Talent out there a in some cases waiting to be discovered and in some cases being discovered Quot Gunderloy says. Other Zine culture will probably remain underground. The Magazine ripping headaches with interviews with obscure heavy Metal rockers fatal Blessing devastation and vomit is not Likely to make too Many Newsstands. Cartoonists use the Zines As a proving ground. Many Gunderloy says Are mainly interested in proving How shocking they can be. Gunderloy suspects the controversy Over Robert Mapplethorpe s government sponsored homosexual Art caused Many publications to push the boundaries of obscenity As far As possible. Mapplethorpe s work he says a would be far too tame for a lot of people to put into their magazines this sort of Shock therapy has gotten to the Point of  in a strange Way Gunderloy says the magazines he gets Tell him a lot about what s going on in the country. Dozens of new publications provide evidence of an upsurge in environmentalism in the United states he says. The country a conservative Drift through the 80s was obvious in several alternative College newspapers. A i get the latest news from people that might not have made it into the new York times a which i Don t have time to  Gunderloy a own press run is nearly 7,000 per Issue. Hell list the Magazine of anyone who sends him a copy and is available by phone. While Many Zines try to entertain others try to inform albeit in very specialized Fields. The Mand crucian s digest is Aboul people who play the mandolin. 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