the press runbreakbonemeanjin / brisbaneNo. 01 to 19 on file

Issues

The back catalogue, filed one object at a time. Every issue is set from its own cover, in its own ink; nothing here is a re-skin of the last.

Plate
01 of 03 on the bed
Stock
bone 120gsm, uncoated
Screens
black 45° · red 15°
Register
2px out, left as pulled
On file
19 issues, 3 spread in full

two inks and the paper, nothing else on the bed

plate 01 · the complete history, pt 1two-colour pullwet

FILE 01THE COMPLETE HISTORYPART 1 OF 51950–1980READ ONLINE
The Complete History, Part 1, Stranded in Pig City

STRANDED IN
PIG CITY

Where the Brisbane youth-music story starts: thirty years of it, the first part in print and online. The red issue, run like a record pressing.

  • Pressing FATAL RECORDS
  • Cut SIDE I · 45 RPM
  • A-side (I’M) STRANDED, THE SAINTS
  • Run PART 1 OF 5
READ PART 1
FILE 19PUNK IN THE PARKJUNE 2026THORNLANDS SKATEPARKLIVE

PUNK IN
THE PARK

Issue #19. Document, distribute, demonstrate. One night, a skatepark, the rain and the lights, shot as it happened.

  • Deadtrigger
  • No Clue
  • Strange Days Indeed
  • Delphic Afterparty
  • Bleed the Freak

‘the scene’s alive, some might say’

READ ISSUE 19
Punk in the Park, Issue 19
FILE 18WHERE WE BELONGTHE ALL-AGES QUESTIONFEATUREREAD ONLINE
Where We Belong

WHERE WE BELONG

The all-ages question, asked properly.

Warm film, a warehouse, a floor full of people who were told there was nowhere to go. The issue that argues the room into existence.

field notes · who gets a door · who gets turned away · what a night costs · what it is worth · shot on film, grain kept in, colour kept warm.

READ THE FEATURE

the rest of the runoff the same bed19 filed

THE BACK CATALOGUE

  1. The Complete History, Part 1stranded in pig city · 1950 to 1980 · read online
  2. Punk in the Parkthornlands skatepark · june 2026 · issue #19
  3. Where We Belongthe all-ages question, asked properly · feature · read online
  4. The full archiveevery issue, re-filed with its own cover as each is checked
  5. The Complete History, Part 2forthcoming · 1980 to 2011

every issue is being re-filed into the press run with its own cover and its own story; the rest land as each is checked.

Questions

the printed run · brisbane

How do I get a printed copy of Breakbone?

Printed issues are stocked in person at Rockinghorse Records in Brisbane City, handed out at gigs, and posted anywhere; email breakbonezine@gmail.com or message @breakbonemagazine to order one.

Which Breakbone issues are in print?

The Complete History Part 1, Punk in the Park in full colour, Where We Belong, and the back catalogue, all photocopied and folded in Brisbane.

Does Breakbone cost anything?

The whole magazine is free to read at breakbone.pages.dev, and the printed zines are given away by hand; only postage and the printed merch are paid for.