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The second edition of the English/Chinese language LickZine, which compiles 3 articles previously published on the likink.com blog (which are no longer posted online) as well as an original introduction which parses the meaning of “zine’ in the internet age, including the examples of mimeographed samizdat pornography and science-fiction zines from the 1950s, as well as “punk zines” from the 1970s. The 3 articles previously (but no longer posted) on the likink.com blog include (#1) an article about Hong Kong domestic workers’ zine “Work is Work”, a project that provides much-needed visibility for the integral low-paid foreign workforce that sees to in-house nursing, child-care, and other household tasks within the city, (#2) Gum Cheng’s mail art project, in which he sends letter upon letter to former Hong Kong Chief Executive, CY Leung, only to receive bureaucratic form letters in reply, and (#3) an essay by Natalie Siu-Lam Wong about Chinese comic books (also known as Lianhuanhua) from the 1980s. These diminutive picture books were a highly popular form of entertainment in mainland China before China fully opened up to the west. These books included drawn comics as well as photographs taken from movies. The article includes and details a selection of four of these books (this article is English only).
第二期中英版的LickZine有3篇曾經發表於本網站的文章，以及一篇分析當今網絡世界中雜誌的介紹文章，當中的例子包括以印油機印製、地下發行的色情雜誌，以及1950年代的科幻小說雜誌；另外還有1970年代的「朋克雜誌」。三篇曾在本網站發表的文章為1）一篇關於香港家庭傭工的雜誌“Work is Work”。這本雜誌提供珍貴角度，幫助讀者了解低薪外勞如何在這個城市應付護理、照看兒童、處理家務等家庭勞動；2）藝術家阿金在他的「郵遞藝術」項目中不停寄信給香港前行政長官梁振英，結果他只收到官僚的回覆；3） 關於1980年代連環畫的文章，作者是Natalie Siu-Lam Wong。在中國大陸完全開放市場經濟之前，這些小型圖書十分流行。這些小型圖書當中有繪製漫畫和從電影畫面攝取的照片。這篇文章詳細介紹四本連環畫當中的部分內容（這篇文章只有英文版）。