Last week Chicago music and TV historian, Chic-a-Go-Go cofounder, and Reader contributor Jake Austen announced that he’s rebooting his long-running zine Roctober—launched in 1992—after a six-year hiatus! Roctober covers music, comics, and whatever else Austen feels like, and he says it’ll come out once a year going forward. The 52nd issue drops on Halloween as a free PDF, and Austen is raising funds for a print run through Indiegogo. “You will read about the Shaggs, Perry Como, Samhain, Ozone (70s/80s spin-off of Max’s Kansas City pop-punk band the Fast), Holle Thee Maxwell, Blondie, 70s pub-punk band the Destroyers, and Jobriath meets Maude,” he says. To preorder the print issue, donate $10 to the Indiegogo campaign; other perks include an “ultimate back issue bundle” for $100, which is a great way to build your Roctober archive.
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