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July, where have you gone? Just like June, July has been flying by, and I can’t believe that it’ll be over in just eight short days. And with the end of July comes the end of International Zine Month 2023. I’ve got some catching up to do! Clearly, time flies when you’re having (zine) fun – here’s how I celebrated the second week of International Zine Month 2023: Day 9 – Buy Direct! Do you sell zines online? Update your shop and post a link to it. While I do sell my zines online, right now my little web shop is under construction as I work on shifting from Paypal to […]

Well, this post is coming out a bit later than I had planned! Little did I know when I set out to create a loose IZM schedule for myself that I would be laid out by an especially brutal head cold just a few days into the month. Instead of reading, writing about, and filming zines, I spent most of week one curled up on the couch with a hot cup of chamomile, watching comfort content (Twin Peaks and Halloween). It all sounds pretty dang cozy, albeit for the congestion, headaches, snot, and the awful raked-coals feeling in the back of my throat. I’m glad to report that I’m feeling better, […]

Time flies. I can’t believe it has been just over a month since I tabled KC Zine Con #8 on June 3rd. It feels like it happened last weekend, and I’m still riding that good, good zine fest high, all inspiration and motivation. Time fucking flies. I can barely begin to comprehend that I’ve been involved with this event in some form or fashion for close to a decade now: I tabled the first-annual KC Zine Con at the Uptown Theatre in 2015 and the second iteration a year later on the UMKC campus. Then, in 2016, I volunteered to help plan the event, organizing and tabling each year until KC […]

Happy International Zine Month 2023! ✂️🖊 IZM was inaugurated in 2009 by the one-and-only Alex Wrekk of “Stolen Sharpie Revolution” fame. Aside from encouraging folks to read and make lotsa zines in July, the month-long celebration features a prompt list full of ideas for zinecentric activities. 2023’s list was designed by @zineville, and I’ll be posting weekly recaps of how I fulfilled each prompt here on the blog. Day One‘s prompt is to define “zine” — I’ve always said that “zines are handmade, diy publications, typically printed on a copy machine, then folded and bound/stapled by hand.” To expand on that, I think zines are inherently non-commercial, tactile (not digital; I […]

May was a pretty sweet month. I saw a lot of great bands: Radkey, and the Slackers, and the Blast Monkeys, and True Lions, and Mint Fatigues, among others. The highlight was probably MO Executive Order 44, Multicult, Kal Marks, and Weaponize Chomsky at Farewell — 4 deliciously loud bands, a night quivering with energy, the sort of music that fills you up and leaves you whole. What a show! It was a month of bike adventures and game nights. I took first place at bar trivia (team Nancy Druid FTW), and had some time off from my day job for a little staycation. I worked on a lot of art […]