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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 […]

Can you believe that this month is already almost over? I can’t! Here is how I celebrated International Zine Month during the middle of July: Day 11 – International Zine Day! Buy, share, or read zines from a country different than your own. A great category! May I recommend picking up zines by Maranda from Canada, Tukuru from England (by way of Finland), Evelyn from Germany, and the Coin Operated Press from Scotland? Any and all of the titles by these zinesters are great reads! Day 12 – ZineWiki Day! It’s a wiki just for zines! Add to or update listings to the new and improved zinewiki.com Well this prompt was […]