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coff explores our fixation with food—its abundance, its temptations and its culture. Food is both essential and sensual. It’s personal and universal.
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roving this, Scoff includes submissions from all over the globe: Australia, Italy, Germany, USA, New Zealand, Colombia and the United Kingdom.
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coff Zine is the food-baby of four writers from Melbourne, Australia. Our first foray into comics, we’ve loved dipping our fingers in and tasting global zine culture. We hope you’re able to savour the illustrations and stories with the same relish we felt putting it all together. Let the feasting begin…
Scoff Zine © 2013 For sales and enquiries visit scoffzine@gmail.com First edition, October 2013 Printed with the assistance of RMIT University Melbourne, Australia This zine was organised, designed, edited and produced by Lucy Callaghan, Veronica Campbell, Hannah Forrest and Alison Jones. All original text and artwork is copyrighted material of their respective owners.
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Vegetable garden Davie Cahill
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Pizza shape Sara Eason
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Michael Tetzlaff and the world’s best borscht Vernon Meidlinger
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Immature cheese Ollie Bright
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Perfect meal Jacob Smiley
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Sloths and Trolleys Eddie Monotone
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Grapefruit Hans Gehrke
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Onions Ollie Bright
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Thirsty Pizza Girl Maxine Iglich
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The adventures of Mr Pie KT Danger
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The return of the Pizza Warriors Jake Lawrence
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Death cupcake Alyssa Lawler
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Broccoli salad Irina Zinner
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Croissan’wich Alexander Shen
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Orange Davie Cahill
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Snack bar Jose Balbino
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Food gift Ben Pearmain
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Hommus wife Alison Evans
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Gangsta vegetables Ethan Catt
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Muffin men Ethan Catt
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The wheating room Ben Brown
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The perfect breakfast Rebecca Bossi
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Melonhead Ethan Catt
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Heatwave Jose Balbino
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Contributors
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Davie Cahill | Vegetable garden
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Sara Eason | Pizza shape
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Vernon Meidlinger | Michael Tetzlaff...
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Vernon Meidlinger | Michael Tetzlaff...
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Vernon Meidlinger | Michael Tetzlaff...
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Vernon Meidlinger | Michael Tetzlaff...
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Ollie Bright | Immature cheese
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Jacob Smiley | Perfect meal
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Eddie Monotone | Sloths and Trolleys
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Hans Gehrke | Grapefruit
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Ollie Bright | Onions
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Maxine Iglich | Thirsty Pizza Girl
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KT Danger | The adventures of Mr Pie
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KT Danger | The adventures of Mr Pie
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KT Danger | The adventures of Mr Pie
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KT Danger | The adventures of Mr Pie
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Jake Lawrence | The return of the Pizza Warriors
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Jake Lawrence | The return of the Pizza Warriors
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Jake Lawrence | The return of the Pizza Warriors
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Jake Lawrence | The return of the Pizza Warriors
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Alyssa Lawler | Death cupcake
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Irina Zinner | Broccoli salad
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Irina Zinner | Broccoli salad
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Alexander Shen | Croissan’wich
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Davie Cahill | Orange
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Jose Balbino | Snack bar
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Ben Pearmain | Food gift
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Alison Evans | Hommus wife
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Ethan Catt | Gangsta vegetables
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Ethan Catt | Muffin men
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Ben Brown | The wheating room
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Ben Brown | The wheating room
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Rebecca Bossi | The perfect breakfast
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Ethan Catt | Melonhead
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Jose Balbino | Heatwave
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C o n t r i b u t o r s
Jose Balbino www.zeruss.tumblr.com Cartagena COLOMBIA
Ollie Bright www.olliebrightart. tumblr.com London UK
Rebecca Bossi www.be.net/rebechan Volpiano ITALY
Ben Brown www.OddDino.com Leeds UK
Davie Cahill www.picturesinboxes.com Swords IRELAND
Ethan Catt www.artofthecatt. tumblr.com Melbourne AUSTRALIA
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KT Danger www.storiesfromthe monocle.wordpress.com Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Sara Eason www.pixelsandpizza. tumblr.com Arizona USA
Alison Evans www.alisonwritesthings. com Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Hans Gehrke www.fuckyouhans. tumblr.com Iowa USA
Maxine Iglich www.buttsahoy. tumblr.com Washington USA
Alyssa Lawler www.alyssalawler.com New Jersey USA 37
C o n t r i b u t o r s
Jake Lawrence www.timecowboy. tumblr.com Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Eddie Monotone www.slothsandtrolleys. tumblr.com Auckland NEW ZEALAND
Vernon Meidlinger www.adventurevernon. tumblr.com Missouri USA
Ben Pearmain www.benpearmain.com Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Alexander Shen www.alexandershen.com California USA 38
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Jacob Smiley www.jacobsmiley.com New York USA
Irina Zinner www.kleesiosaurus. tumblr.com Hamburg GERMANY
The last bite...
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hank you to all the talented artists who participated in this project and for everyone who took the time to submit their work. Without your enthusiasm and creativity this zine would not exist!
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pecial thanks to Miles Watt for designing the submission flyers.
nd a huge thank you to Jake Lawrence for the cover designs, for being our go-to guy for all things comic and for generally being awesome.
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