Hey James, thanx for being up to the trade. I hope you enjoy this issue . I'm looking forward to seeing your #7. Good Luck. - Karim

Hey James - Thanks for the copy of NeuFutur #7! I really loved your little sister's cartoon - it was adorable! Here's the copy of Filler, I hope I didn't already send you one - I lost track. Sorry for the duplicate if I did. Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading! - Smiles, Faith

James - Thank you so much for copying this for me! As for how many copies I need? at least fifty. If you could make more than that, rock on! I ran out of my first issue in the first day, and I still have people wanting the first one! I hope you like the teeshirt and mix tape and the other goodies I threw in. (I put The Beatles on your tape - I don't care that you think they are over-rated! Haha.) Wasn't sure how much you would need for shipping - hope this is enough! Thanks again, kiddo. You rock my socks.
PS - However many copies you make, be sure to make an extra copy for yourself. - Foyle.

Hi James - Saw your profile on the zinester list. I was hoping you'd want to trade a copy of your newest issue of NeuFutur for PotPi #2. Write Back Any Time.
- Peace, Love, Elfman, That Kendra Girl

James. Thanks so much for sending me your zine. NeuFutur #7. Haven't read it yet (just got it today) but it looks great. There are photorgasm #4 as well as a little minizine I made "daisy".
I hope you like them. I just realized that the last few pages are a tad mixed up. Oh well. Hopefully it still makes sense.
It is HOT today. BLAH. Hopefully you are doing well and I'll hear from you in the future. Take care! - dystatic

James, I really liked #7, especially the soda article and your sister's comics. Hope you enjoy Starlite Fireball #5 and, if your interested, #6 should be out by the end of Sept/beginning of Oct. - <3 Brittanie

Reviews

NeuFutur #6 - At one point in this zine the editor mentions that in the past, his writing has been criticized for being too impersonal. And I would agree with him. Even after he throws in some "personal narrative" it just seems very rigid and reserved. The writing covers - a look at the ENDA, vague insturctions for an electric bicycle, zine and music reviews, a warning about crazed Christian Jack Chick, recommendation to watch the movie "Torch Song Trilogy", info about VOX, a quick recollection of the UPC in Bowling Green and more. (Slug and Lettuce #73)

NeuFutur #6 This zine is quite standard in a lot of ways: very cut and paste, and at times the quality of the pages are grainy and blurred. A nice little read, with the content focused on being informative, veering away from the personal nonsense so many people try to include in zines but never seem to be able to do effectively. Still very sparce - it feels incomplete. Lots of reviews, music and zine wise, of material which doesn't seem too particularly interesting to me, but others may discover new things because of them. Also a review of the movie, "Torch Song Trilogy", and a book (not too well clarified, but it's something by Lawrence Booth). I liked the articles best. Many will appreciate the small how-to's on copy machine scamming and making an electric bicycle. Also some small pieces examining the issues of the ENDA, the hypocrisy in Jack Chick's Bible-beating antics, Vox (a Planned Parenthood youth feminista co-opt), etc. Has room to grow. Hardcore zinesters might not appreciate its thrown together d.i.y.-ness, but those who have patience will appreciate the fuel within the writings and the simplicity of the zine altogether. Email: [email protected] + Address: UB Box 6064/ 408 S. Locust St/ Greencastle IN 46135 + Website: http://www.neufutur.cjb.net | http://missiondestroy.tripod.com/

Neufutur #8 - James McQuiston seems to have hit a rough spot. Something is happening to him, and it's more than apparent in his writing. So now we get to know the writer. Or at least bits of him. A window into the confusion of college kid life, questioning identity, speaking in Tyler Durden tones. Honesty without being a cheeseball - I heart writings of such a nature, the kinds that smirk, laugh at itself, and go back to moping. Not too much moping. Sections of the zine still seem to blend together, and sometimes it seems hard to tell where something starts and begins. Use of different fonts and sizes perhaps do some of this job. Some reviews of his own zine, the pledge of allegiance rant, a brief overview of "But I'm a Cheerleader", frat houses and college stressors, Eminem, dreams, change, profiles of 16 and under zinesters (awww!), college, college. An interesting mix. For ordering info see review for Neufutur #6 | http://missiondestroy.tripod.com/

NeuFutur #8 - 24 pages, digest size, copied, perzine. I like NeuFutur. This is a perzine with a lot of feeling, true emotion. It's easy to fall into James's world as you read his words and come to understand exactly where he is in his life. Many perzines have a more frivolous feeling about them. They fail to examine the issues they choose to address. James on the other hand seeks to make sense of his life and the world around him. In this issue James writes about the vanishing history at DePauw University where he attends school. He also provides a short analysis of Eminem and his work. Then James does a little inward looking at who he was a few years ago and whom he is growing into. Aside from the heavy stuff, James also plays the good neighbor and uses some space in his zine to spotlight a few zinesters under the age of 16. And of course no zine is complete without some sort of review, so NeuFuture gives us a look at the movie But I'm A Cheerleader. And, one other thing, included with this issue of NeuFutur is the pocket sized comic "Frat Boy Logic: A Continuation to the End". This little comic tells the story of a personal awakening that leads to the realization that life is indeed fleeting and what we do with our time now determines where we will be later. This is a cool zine, well worth a buck of your X-mas money! | http://members.tripod.com/almostnormalcomics/id162.htm

NeuFutur #8 - Yet another solid zine. This one comes with two minizines. One is the Top 50 Zines (As Voted By You), and the other is a little comic about a frat boy that I honestly found pretty depressing. Neufutur itself though, is darn good. There's some personal writing about bad things in James' life, reviews that other people have written for past Neufutur issues (some are by me!), Tori Amos lyrics, But I'm a Cheerleader, an argument with his grandmother about the pledge of allegiance, his "god complex", Eminem, dreams, interviews with zinesters 16 and under, a magical bus ride, and more. | http://www.undoonga.com/~sassafras/zinesnz.html