Misfit Toy
By: Vix Spooky
Publisher: the author
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont., Canada]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Toys; Personal narratives
Description: Vix, who is from Calgary, write this zine about misfit toys, "muppets, mummies, death, vampires, me, & other happy creepy things." There is prose about a strange and ugly stuffed animal collection, transitioning and how the feeling of being trans is really what it feels like to be human, Muppetfest in Santa Monica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Francesca Lia Block's Baby Be-Bop. The zine includes discussion of scary toys from childhood, including Klown Dolls, as well as references to The Cheshire Cat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hans Christian Andersen, Miyazaki, El Chupacabra, and creatures from English folklore. The zine includes collages, comics, illustrations, and typed text and has electrical tape covering its spine staples.
Notes: Gift, Ng, Yvonne, 2016.
Table of contents: title: The apartment of misfit toys --; title: Her interest in his heart was purely academic --; title: I'm named after my sock-monster --; title: New boy page  --; title: Staplehead  --; title: Plastic city  --; title: Muppet afterlife --; title: Raised by Mupplets  --; title: Slacker  --; title: Misfit toy poll --; title: Bad game show prize --; title: Freak control  --; title: Big stick foundation  --; title: Creatures I wish were real  --; title: Cupacabra facts --; title: Bubba Hotep & Jesus Christ, vampire hunter  --; title: Misfit reviews --