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What a month September is shaping up to be! A whirlwind of zine fests, long weekends, bucket list concerts, and bike rides. Now I’m on the precipice of one more adventure to cap off this brimful month, but before I leave town and the sun sets on this month, I wanted to share a bit about the zines I’ve been reading. There’s a little bit of everything here: history, photography, writing, art. Take a gander, then pick up some of these titles, give ’em a read, and form your own opinion.

Once you’ve been the zine scene for a while, you’re bound to make a mini-zine, and then you’re bound to show other folks how to make one. There is something a lil’ cool and lil’ magical about making a six-page booklet outta a single sheet of paper with just a couple folds and a snip. So here is my *official* mini-zine tutorial.

I checked my P.O. Box and these cool zines turned up! So here are some reviews: introducing the high-contrast body horror of “PYXIS” by Jonas Campe, the cat fanzine “Taco Sophia” by Vanessa Capshaw, and volume 4 of the “Life Next Door” compzine, compiled by artist Karine Rupp-Stanko.

That’s a wrap! International Zine Month 2021 has come to a close, and what a month it has been. All told, I read dozens of zines, wrote nine #IZM posts on Instagram, made some trades, posted two new zine review videos, distributed some flyers, taught two workshops, and learned about lots and lots of new-to-me zines. This was also the month when I got the news that some of my work had been accepted into a museum’s collection, and that I was accepted to table virtually at the 2021 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest. So many zine-y things have happened in just 31 short days, and I had a great time […]

We’re nearing the end of International Zine Month! Here’s a recap of week 4: Day 19 – Zine Distro Appreciation Day! Tell people about your favorite zine distros! Order zines from a distro. Didn’t we just cover distros? I’m feeling a little bit of déjà-zine. 😉 That being said, there’s never a wrong time to talk about shoppin’ for zines. My local distro Neither/nor – who I featured during Week 2’s distro prompt – is fantastic, and I also really love buying zines from Portland Button Works, Wasted Ink, and Vampire Hag. Day 20 – Tell someone about something you learned in a zine. This prompt was a great opportunity to […]