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The first full-color English/Chinese language LickZine, reprinting 3 articles taken from the likink.com blog (which are no longer posted online), including (#1) an introduction which cites art critic Lucy Lippard, as well as artist books/zines being an integral component within the genre know as “conceptual art”, (#2) an article by Andrew S. Guthrie titled, “What is an Edition?” in which artist editions are contrasted with commercial packaging and product give-aways (or any other “collectable”) and (#3) the full text of Michael McInnnis’ “Zines: a personal history”, is which McInnis recounts his publishing of “punk zines” while still a member of the U.S. Navy and his tenure (from 1986 to 1990) as owner/operator of the Primal Plunge bookstore in Boston, Massachusetts, a ground-breaking outlet for zines and alternative publishers books and magazines. This article also includes images and text from some of the zines that were on sale at Primal Plunge.

第一本全彩中英文雜誌LickZine內含3篇曾經發表於本網站的文章。內容有1）一篇文章，介紹作為「概念藝術」一部分的藝術書刊，當中引用藝術品倫家Lucy Lippard； 2）Andrew S. Guthrie的文章「什麼是發行版本？」當中提及藝術發行本與商業包裝及其贈品（或任何「收藏品」）的對比；3）Michael McInnis的 Zines: a personal history全文，當中McInnis憶述他在美國海軍服役時（1986-1990年）如何作為麻省波斯頓Primal Plunge書店的主人出版「朋克雜誌」。這書店開創先河，售賣個人誌以及非主流出版社的書籍與雜誌。文章也收錄該書店曾經售賣雜誌的文字與圖片。