Welcome to Booville was a digest-sized zine documenting the girls of Halloween. Written and edited by Jeff Bagato, it ran for six issues in 1997-2000. Specifically, Booville was concerned with a unique phenomenon during the Halloween holiday: the appearance of otherwise “normal” or “good” people in the disguise of “evil” witches or devils. This cultural oxymoron manifests itself in many pop culture figures: Sabrina, Caspar’s friend Wendy the Good Witch, Samantha from Bewitched…and even special edition Barbie dolls are sold in a witch costumes. Examples exist in department store sales circulars, children’s books, LPs, and in many other places. Welcome to Booville included them all.

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Welcome to Booville #6–special issue “Boogirls in Cyberspace”

This new issue is in a larger standard size and includes a tipped in Halloween treat bag and special rubber stampings.

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