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T errible Beauty’s Greatest Bits (2002)
by Mary O’Meara and Vivienne Lindley
This is the oldest zine I have chosen, and is the most personal as it was made by my friend Mary O’Meara who died just over two years ago. Although I am not a Manics fan Mary most definitely was, and this zine (really, a fanzine) epitomises to me the excitement, joy (and sometimes pain) of being a fan, and how this can only really be articulated by those in the midst of the experience. This zine is a collective love letter to a band and a community that grew around them, presented in the direct, subjective manner self-publishing often inspires.
