Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.bloghttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mlaaakar4s25Usually I worry more about the white recluse. https://www.rawstory.com/kyle-rittenhouse-hospitalized-after-venomous-spider-bite/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRo4I1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe1eiSiVG3Jx7XTahqmR4PRGxMqm12A2Lpo-2WPnO0dkspp1-bjW3O228r1L4_aem_4JhnWX3W24NMxgKRJ5hgPg07 May 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaaakar4s25https://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3ml7f6eucok2zSeattle! You're next on my random Spring tour of places (Syracuse! Madison! Ann Arbor! Seattle!). I'll be at the Temporary Services / Half Letter Press table at the Seattle Art Book Fair on May 9th and 10th. I'd love to see you! I'll have Public Collectors stuff too. www.seattleartbookfair.org06 May 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7f6eucok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3ml6ukvbg7s26When I die in the line of [publishing] duty (hopefully not for a long time), please do not mourn me by wrapping trees all over my neighborhood in colored plastic.06 May 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6ukvbg7s26https://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3ml6til4lf22bSound up! New ASMR video just dropped of our dog getting the last bits of peanut butter mixed with antibiotics that we added to stave off a possible tooth infection (it seems fine now, we are just finishing up the dose).06 May 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6til4lf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3ml2uonnick2jZine, artist book and comix publishers: How about some more additions to the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency form I created so we can all better understand the economics of this stuff? I just added another fair I was part of. Tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales https://Tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales04 May 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2uonnick2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkyqvbwkbc2cThis weekend I was in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, last weekend I was in Madison, and the weekend before I was in Syracuse. Next weekend I'll be in Seattle and then I'm done for a while. I have no idea how bands do this shit. It's been fun though! Also I have about 40 mail orders waiting for me.04 May 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyqvbwkbc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkqtuq4w7k2fI made a new Public Collectors postcard! The text is extracted from something I posted here about 6 months ago. The design came to me in a dream (or night of bad sleep). Mail them to friends who need a creative nudge to self-publish. They are 4 for $3.00 from https://halfletterpress.com/leave-a-record-postcards/01 May 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqtuq4w7k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkqbe4o4bk2fFor no particular reason, I'd like to remind you, or tell you for the first time, that "Shatter Your Day" by Flag of Democracy is one of the greatest works of art to be created in Philadelphia or its nearby outlying areas. youtu.be/2JXGDsD1rQo https://youtu.be/2JXGDsD1rQo30 Apr 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqbe4o4bk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkpsi3tcik2wMichigan! I'll be in Ann Arbor on Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3 for the Paper Paper Art Book Fair. Find me at the Temporary Services / Half Letter Press table with lots of Public Collectors stuff too. 11 AM -5 PM at Cluster on 307 N. Main St. FREE! More info here: www.paperpaperartbookfair.org30 Apr 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpsi3tcik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mknx5so3mk2dI'm still trying to wrap my head and ears around Bill Callahan's discography which is like 30 albums, that I discovered 30 years late. This song is about as achingly beautiful as music can be. youtu.be/1OtGrh9jiR8 https://youtu.be/1OtGrh9jiR829 Apr 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknx5so3mk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkn7vbpetc2rI had some time yesterday, and had a partial ream of thrift store yellow cardstock, so this happened. 140 more copies of the original design of "Why Self-Publish Under Fascism?" Lovingly handmade and just $3.00 as before. Purchase link here: https://halfletterpress.com/why-self-publish-under-fascism/29 Apr 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn7vbpetc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkks462rms2qThere is a massive new generation of people discovering the joy of making zines and self-publishing. If some of them make one thing and decide that was all they wanted to make, that's totally cool! But I'm curious about the future lifers and how their work will evolve over many years.28 Apr 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkks462rms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkkrmctr2c2qIt has taken not just years, but DECADES to develop an audience for the publications I make myself as Public Collectors, or with Temporary Services and Half Letter Press. Sales and distribution would not be as good as they are now without constant and steady work over the long haul.28 Apr 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkrmctr2c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkiiaruswk24I try hard to avoid battling with shitty people online, but if I indulge myself, my one rule is that me fighting with them should result in me becoming closer friends with other people who think my oponent sucks, or making new friends with new allies because of the fight. Yesterday I did both.27 Apr 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiiaruswk24https://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkiedhebfk2sIn my experience, self-publishing only works really well economically if you are willing to connect with your audience, build community and friendships with readers, book stores, other publishers, and distributors, and generally give time and thought to people and not just your writing/publishing.27 Apr 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiedhebfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkg3i6u7dk2sPostcards! I recently found a hidden box of these LOSERS ATTACK OUR LIBRARIES postcards AND I recently discovered that I accidentally made them invisible in the webstore. Oops! Still 10 postcards for $3.00 plus shipping. No reprint planned so get em while you can. https://halfletterpress.com/losers-attack-our-libraries-postcards-set-of-10/26 Apr 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg3i6u7dk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkfmpszzok22Zinesters! Publishers! Don't forget to add your stats to the Art Book Fair / Zine Fest Public Sales Transparency spreadsheet. It helps others learn and set expectations for fairs they thinking about participating in. For my part, I just added Madison Print & Resist. tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales https://tinyurl.com/artbookfairsales26 Apr 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfmpszzok22https://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkdok2ela22vMadison Print & Resist at the Mifflin St. Madison Public Library runs until 4 PM today. Come and get it!25 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdok2ela22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkba4hokfk2fI’m in Evansford, Wisconsin at a place called Rock n Roll Sandwich Co. They are playing a Led Zeppelin bootleg video and John Bonham’s drum solo is so endless I am almost finished my sandwich and he’s still going.24 Apr 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkba4hokfk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mkagqcvet22fI’m leaving for Madison for Print & Resist tomorrow in a few hours but I had an idea for a postcard text so maybe I will send it to print before I leave. The layout came together super fast.24 Apr 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkagqcvet22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mk6mvhg2ds2cThe ability to sleep through anything, including “Circle of the Tyrants” by Celtic Frost, is my dog’s superpower.23 Apr 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6mvhg2ds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mk4qt5aufc2eWhen you self-publish and maintain your own webstore, if you keep the same platform for a long time, you can see all the orders people have placed repeatedly over years. I don't study this obsessively, but it can be nice to remember if people have been following and supporting you for many years.23 Apr 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4qt5aufc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mk2gtc2u422dAlmost Out of Print Warning: I'm down to my final copies of the Public Collectors photo/essay booklet "Another Century of Chemical Warfare." Just 8 copies left ($12) online if you'd like one. I'd love to keep tons of things in print but it's just not feasible. https://halfletterpress.com/another-century-of-chemical-warfare/22 Apr 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2gtc2u422dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mjzyeupumc2cSelf-publishing is a lifelong thing if you make it that. Yesterday in Syracuse I met Robert Conrad who published the first zine that I can remember ordering through the mail back in 1987! Here are the two of us (me on the left). More story in the alt-notes. Amazing to connect after almost 40 years!21 Apr 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzyeupumc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mjp7ij5wbs26I'm flying to Syracuse, NY for an event and to speak to a clss on Punk at Syracuse U. I always fly on American if possible, for the miles, and because I have an American credit card. They just gave me a free upgrade to Business class. Nothing screams PUNK like flying in Business class! DIY/FLY.17 Apr 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp7ij5wbs26https://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mjmizcete22yJust spent 30 minutes trying to diagnose and clean my laser printer to get rid of a problematic white line that was going through my prints, only to find a very tiny piece of paper towel stuck in the cartridge from another effort to clean my laser printer. Works fine now!16 Apr 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmizcete22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mjl7h562yc2bWhen you self-publish and fill mail orders yourself, you get to see who is buying your publications. Something that never stops feeling great is seeing when other artists you admire order your work—particularly when you didn't know they were interested. It's a reason to be involved in distribution.16 Apr 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl7h562yc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mjkphoqwv22fI'm going to assume that most people would enjoy seeing a photo of this creature. This is Cocoa, who belongs to my neighbors down the block. Her main expression is a mix of concern and terror. She stays very close to home and does not go on walks. I think she's a long-haired Chihuahua.15 Apr 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkphoqwv22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marc-fischer.bsky.social/post/3mjiy4wuvcs2lI just sent out a new Public Collectors newsletter. Among other things, it details upcoming travel to Syracuse, NY; Madison, WI; Ann Arbor, MI; and Seattle, WA. If you live in these places, I want to see you! Here's the news: https://mailchi.mp/11be2df47805/march2026-1035426715 Apr 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:rqusur2znlvjdud27nln7ffs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiy4wuvcs2l