SFZF2022 Guest of Honor

& Invited Guests

 
 

Avy Jetter
Guest of Honor

  • Thinking Captions Reading (Aug. 27 @ 6pm at Silver Sprocket)

  • Q&A (Sep. 4 @ 3pm PST at City View at Metreon)

Avy has been an incredible force in the Bay Area zine and comics community for many years, so we’re humbled to announce Avy Jetter as our Guest of Honor for the 21st Annual San Francisco Zine Fest.

Here's what she would like you to know about herself:
“Avy Jetter writes, draws and self publishes the comic book series Nuthin Good Ever Happens at 4 a.m. a horror comic set in dystopian Oakland, CA, featuring primarily a BIPOC cast of characters fighting their way through hordes of zombies. A huge horror and sci-fi movie fan, she enjoys all things blood and guts, strange and creepy.

Avy lives and works in Oakland, CA, and devotes her time to organizing community events and zine fests, including Oakland Creates and San Francisco Zine Fest.

Currently you may find her work in the Comics Anthology Artists Against Police Brutality published by Rosarium, The Encyclopedia of Black Comics published by Fulcrum, Black Comix Returns published by Lion Forge and Comics Anthology Drawing Power produced by Abrams publishing. Stay tuned for Avy’s contribution to the Graphic Novel Box of Bones written by Ayize Jama Everett and published by Rosarium Press.”

 

Thinking Captions Zine Reading
with 3 Guests Invited by Guest of Honor Avy Jetter

They will be reading and sharing
their work on Aug. 27 from 6-7 pm PST at Silver Sprocket.

Malcolm Johnson is a San Francisco artist who has been making comics and illustrations for the past 15 years. His main focus is on horror-themed stories. His book, Tales Of Hoodoo Horror, is a collection of stories revolving around the African-American practical magic of hoodoo and conjure. His new web comic, Zombies Anonymous, is a first-person zombie narrative. He also paints minimalist designs on vinyl records, creates flyer advertisement for the Balboa Theater, and has had his work shown in Scarfff! Magazine and Worthy Tales Magazine.

Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College and an instructor in the Illustration and Comics programs at California College of Art. Their illustrations and comics have appeared in several collections including: We’re Still Here, winner of the 2019 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology; Drawing Power, winner of the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Anthology; Menopause: A Comic Treatment, winner of the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Anthology; She Votes, from Chronicle Books; COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology, and others. Ajuan is the author and illustrator of the upcoming Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance. This summer, their 1001 Black Men online sketchbook project was released in book form as 1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections, from Stacked Deck Press.

Robert Liu-Trujillo is a lifelong Bay Area resident. Born in Oakland California, he’s the child of student activists who watched lots of science fiction and took him to many demonstrations. Always drawing, Rob grew up to be an artist falling in love with graffiti, fine art, illustration, murals, and children’s books. In that order, sort of. Through storytelling he’s been able to scratch the surface of so many untold stories. Rob is the author and illustrator of Furqan’s First Flat Top. He’s a dad of a teenage boy and a toddler. He loves ice cream and his wife who laughs big and corrects his grammar every chance she gets. Down with the system and soggy french fries! Rob is a co-founder of The Trust Your Struggle Collective, a contributor to The Social Justice Children's Book Holiday Fair, The Bull Horn Blog, Rad Dad, Muphoric Sounds, and the founder of Come Bien Books.