Simon "S." Sperms just put together a huge gallery of pages from old issues of Teen Angel, this Cholita fanzine from early-80s LA. It's basically what would have happened if you, as God, had taken Aaron Cometbus, turned him into several Mexican girls and commanded him to make his own version of Tiger Beat, but with light dustings of Outlaw Biker and F.E.D.S. We've spent the past few hours pondering how something as awesome and niche-oriented as this can exist for so long (it's still in print!) without catching the eye of some vampiric corporate interest, and also how they were able to write in that latino-gothic script without turning their hands into withered vulture claws. Our best guess is they had stamps? Anyways, here're some of our favorite pages…
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