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OVO 10

July 1991: Test print of one copy. 48 pages, 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches, black and white photocopy.

July 1991: 1st ed. of two hundred numbered copies. 48 pages, 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches. B&W photocopy.

“At every turn in its thought, society will find us waiting.”

Publisher/Editor: Trevor Blake

About OVO

OVO is a magazine published on an irregular basis introducing new works to the public domain. Issues are available in electronic form free of charge, printed editions at a nominal fee. Complete information on subscriptions, back issues, limited editions, errata, books and more is available on the Internet or by sending a send a self-addressed stamped envelope. See below for address.

Inquiries

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The person or persons who have associated their work with this document (the "Dedicators") hereby dedicate the entire copyright in the work of authorship identified below (the "Work") to the public domain. Dedicators make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of the Dedicators' heirs and successors. Dedicators intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights under copyright law, whether vested or contingent, in the Work. Dedicators understand that such relinquishment of all rights includes the relinquishment of all rights to enforce (by lawsuit or otherwise) those copyrights in the Work. Dedicators recognize that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived.

Contact

Trevor Blake

P. O. Box 2321

Portland OR 97208-2321 USA

http://www.ovo127.com/

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Annotations

OVO 10 was first published in 1991. The information on page two is accurate but it is unlikely that any of the addresses seen elsewhere in this issue are still valid.

ovo1001 – Cover. Commodore 64. Graphic by Jim Ellis. This was the first image that Jim produced on a computer. He went on to master the tool, as he did with every other tool he took up.

ovo1002 – Editorial. Rubber stamp image from a painting by William Blake.

ovo1003 – Introduction. Background image same as graphics from ovo1039 through ovo1042. The themes discussed in this issue of OVO did indeed become 'normal' in mainstream media.

ovo1004 through ovo1010 – Interview with Stuart Swezey. Images from the AMOK catalogue. After initial inquires about small press publications fascinated with death I said there seemed to be no end to their number. More than a decade later I still receiving unsolicited requests and publications on this theme; some people think because I once wrote objectively about violence in the media that I am impressed with murderers.

ovo1011 – Zodiac Cypher Explained. This is the only time the means to use the Zodiac cypher has ever been published. I backwards-engineered the code from the description in Robert Graysmith's book Zodiac. Since the letters J, Q and Z were not used in the initial Zodiac cypher, there is no symbol for them in this explanation.

ovo1012 – Interview with Ginger Hutton.

ovo1013 through ovo1019 – These pages consisted of a letter from Sandra London and chapter headings in the book Beyond Killer Fiction by G. J. Schaefer. These works were copyrighted, and are therefore not present in this public domain edition.

ovo1020 – Grey Area. Grey Area reprinted OVO 5 in its entirety in a UK edition.

ovo1021 through ovo1026 – Mike Diana. Original art and art reprinted from Boiled Angel and other publications by Mike Diana. The US government jailed Mike for obscenity, and ruled he could not produce art - even in private and for his own consumption - under penalty of imprisonment. He has since paid his debt to society and achieved success as a professional artist. James Scianna wrote for both Boiled Angel and OVO. “How to Be a Successful Serial Killer” was, I believe, written by Full Force Frank. I wrote about my exchange with Full Force Frank in the book In Extremis (Survival Kit, Athens, Greece). The pages from Boiled Angel reprinted here were specifically cited as to why this issue of OVO was barred for sale from a magazine store in Knoxville.

ovo1027 – This work was copyrighted, and is therefore not present in this public domain edition.

ovo1028 through ovo1038 – PURE, reviewed by Trevor Blake. I was born interested in what is outside the norm, and while that interest has changed it has never left me. For some time it seemed that what was most outside the norm was that which was cruel and angry. Since the cruel and angry was the furthest from the norm, that was where my interests were for many years. I'm glad I read what I read, wrote what I wrote, saw what I saw and did what I did in what I called 'filth studies.'. And like all good things, bad things end too. I have other interests now. But for that time when I was rooting around in the filth for the filthiest thing I could find, PURE was my most-sought possession. Reading my review today, it says more about me than about PURE. I sent a copy of PURE to one person, although in years to come I was asked for copies several times. I offered it for sale for $25, intending to donate the cash to an abused woman's shelter, but had no buyers. I don't have my copies any more. Giving PURE a (bad) review and offering it for sale put me in hot water with a few friends. Some were supporters of PURE and felt I'd disrespected a colleague, others hated that PURE and thought I was creepy. Both charges were probably true. Years later, Peter Sotos (publisher of PURE) wrote me a very nice letter and some cash asking for a copy of OVO 10.

ovo1039 ovo 1042 – The Avant Garde Eats Shit and Likes It by Hakim Bey. First appearance of this essay, later published in T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone.

ovo1043 – Index and References. The recommended reading lists found in the Industrial Subculture issue of Re/Search inspired my reading and the compilation of this reading list.

ovo1044 – Contacts. OVO was becoming part of a network of people with similar interests, and this address list was a way to encourage the growth of that network.

ovo1045 – Catalogue. I wasn't paying to print or bind OVO so my only only expense was postage. That allowed me to have a large print run and send out many copies. Having a large print run and putting copies in many people's hands made it something more people asked for. OVO was 'successful.' As an experiment, I began in this issue to offer advertising space. It was hypocritical of me to offer ad space, subscriptions and a cover price in the same embezzled zine in which I railed against capitalism. Now I refrain from railing against capitalism and give the zine away for free. Time changes many things.

ovo1046 – Advertisements. Collage, paper, ink, glue. Ads for OVO for other zines to print. I don't think anyone ever did. Twenty-first Century readers may need to be informed that the ads on this page were produced partially on a computer, partially on an electric typewriter.

ovo1047 – Advertisements. These ads were given away for free to give the illusion people were buying ads in OVO. The Fictional World's Fair of 1993 predated the Internet World's Fair by three years. The benefit cassette for Prisoner's Legal News generated over one hundred dollars, all of which was donated to the group that published PLN.

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denied – OVO was sold at Chelsea Station in Knoxville. They took OVO 10 off the shelves after a patron complained. Here I stand, rejected zines in hand. Photograph by Chris Cilla, who did artwork for OVO 7.

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