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06.06.03
Comfusion Closes Shop
Since 1995 Comfusion magazine (originally A Slacker’s Guide to Awe’re-ness), has brought its readers the best in raw talent. Through the first few years, we strictly pulled from young poets, writers, and artists in San Jose, CA. News quickly spread via “Poet’s Digest” and the launching of our website and we began to bring in talent from across the United States and around the world, regularly receiving readers from between 50 and 80 different countries every month thanks to the internet.
In 2000, we decided to expand on the literary zine / journal mold and began to include regular humor columns such as Psycho-logisex, Where Am I?, and Book of Reality, along with in-depth essays. Soon after we welcomed “Pretty Sure” comics by Stickboy, along with movie and music reviews. Although Comfusion has come a long way from being produced at Kinko’s, we lack the administrative personnel and funds to continue exploring our final mission over the past 2 years: political and cultural dialogue. Not only did we just talk about dialogue, we brought together truly conservative and liberal perspectives between the same cover. As a quarterly we were able to offer in-depth articles upon hot-button issues. And we never stopped bringing humor and informative reviews while we were doing it.
Comfusion is now closing up shop. It’s been great and we thank everyone who contributed and all those who read and enjoyed our magazine.
03.27.03
The Challenge
of Multiple Perspectives
Dueling Editors: Superiority and Peace
Click here for an example of Comfusion's commitment to supporting multiple perspectives. The following is a transcript of a volley of emails between two Comfusion editors. Sometimes it gets personal and heated, but we are commited to our motto: Difference Is not Division.
Fighting Spectacle with Spectacle: Pushing Peace
Comfusion's music editor attends an Anti-War Protest in San Francisco. Take a look at a peace advocate's reflection on sincerity and protest.
Every School Left Behind
Guest Writer and Financial Broker Sean Kerr gives a brief rundown on how schools and prisons compete for funds, and the viscious cycle that ensues.
The Definite Article
Comfusion's Len Shneyder reflects on how we can speak "war" into existence.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
An eye-witness account of the anti-war protest in San Francisco, March 20, 2003. An article written by a Comfusion reader, and sent in response to "Dueling Editors"
Two Wars
A reader of Comfusion's response to "Dueling Editors."
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