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Penniless & Obscure Zine that celebrates life in the gutter. Edinburgh-based, artist-run. P&O aims to showcase and promote Scottish and international talent.

Penniless and Obscure grew out of a relatively spontaneous decision by three Edinburgh-based artist pals to create a zine which celebrates great folks who died - yeah, you guessed it - penniless and obscure. We have an open call policy and accept illustration, painting, photography, collage, and basically all things creative. We’re aiming to publish P&O on a quarterly basis, so send us your submis

sions along with your name, the name of your subject as well as a short blurb. The easiest way to submit is by emailing a 300dpi file to [email protected] or by mailing a hard copy. PM us for address details if this is your preferred option. If you’re Edinburgh-based and you don’t have access to a scanner, we can do the dirty work for you. Drop us an email and we can arrange pick-up. Issue 1 out in March 2016.

26/06/2016
'Henry Darger' by Fintan Ryan.Today's the day, Forest Cafe, Tollcross, 6pmCome and get your very own copy of Penniless &...
16/04/2016

'Henry Darger' by Fintan Ryan.

Today's the day, Forest Cafe, Tollcross, 6pm

Come and get your very own copy of Penniless & Obscure Issue 1

THIS SATURDAY!Edit: For the party people: NOT 6:00 IN THE MORNING
13/04/2016

THIS SATURDAY!
Edit: For the party people:
NOT 6:00 IN THE MORNING

Leila Waddell (1880 – 1932), Scarlet Woman, Priestess, musician, artist and museIllustration by Marissa Wyatt Avery Cast...
12/04/2016

Leila Waddell (1880 – 1932), Scarlet Woman, Priestess, musician, artist and muse

Illustration by Marissa Wyatt Avery Castlehouse

http://marissastoffer.com/

Thanks for joining us at Bookmarks: Artists' Book and Zine Fair yesterday folks! Much fun and Raki was had at the Little...
25/03/2016

Thanks for joining us at Bookmarks: Artists' Book and Zine Fair yesterday folks! Much fun and Raki was had at the Little Grey Cells stall...

Penniless Preparation getting ready for Bookmarks - at ECA
23/03/2016

Penniless Preparation getting ready for Bookmarks - at ECA

Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), poetRaised in poverty with a somewhat troubling, violent childhood, he made his own young...
22/03/2016

Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), poet

Raised in poverty with a somewhat troubling, violent childhood, he made his own young family, threw a rock through a police station window to get arrested and be fed, wrote his novels, poems and short stories, was an alcoholic, shot himself and decomposed.

Illustration by Paulina Sandberg.

Here’s to the lady who inspired P&O... Pamela Colman Smith is best known for illustrating the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot or...
03/03/2016

Here’s to the lady who inspired P&O... Pamela Colman Smith is best known for illustrating the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot or RWS - probably the most popular tarot deck in the western world. A member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Colman Smith also provided artwork for Yeats and Stoker. She died penniless in Bude, Cornwall in 1951.

Illustration by Ciara Veronica Dunne, one of our editors.

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