my many journals

Like many zinesters, I’m a journaler. A daily diarist, note-taker, recorder, and doodler. If I don’t write something down I tend to forget it, and while I rarely re-read my diaries, there’s just something about the act of writing that helps the memories gel. When I need to flesh out an idea, I find there’s no better way to brainstorm than putting ink to page and letting the idea expand.

Which is all just to say that I’ve got a pretty sizeable collection of journals that I work out of. Here’s a little tour behind-the-scenes…

A funny thing happened at Zine Club on Tuesday. I was sitting in the library, chatting with Chez and Heather, when two new folks showed up with a shoebox chock-full of zines to share. That isn’t too unusual, as from time to time someone will search “zines in Kansas City” or see a post on the library’s instagram and turn up for a meeting or two…

Roll for Zine is back with another season of making zines from prompts spurred by the rolls and whims of the dice! Check out episode one’s cryptid-themed mini, or print your own game sheet and play along.