SFZF2023
Day of Programming

Screen Printing with Print.Organize.Protest
12-4 pm at City View at Metreon, on the balcony

Screenprint t-shirts posters and signs of resistance & empowerment. Print.Organize.Protest will provide designs from artists in the community and equipment for public use, YOU come and print them. Paper & fabric will be provided, participants are encouraged to bring clothing and other materials to print on.

Fred Noland is visual storyteller. His first published work appeared is Wood-Eye, a minicomics anthology, is the mid-nineties. He continued to create work in short run editions after relocating to Oakland in 1999, publishing a steady stream varied, esoteric and biographical work as part of the bay area indy scene and for a number of anthologies nation-wide. His comics have appeared in the New Yorker. He created “San Francisco Black History”, a public art series, for the San Francisco Arts Commission. A collection of his memoir comics, Steady Rollin’, was released in 2023. He is currently working on Major Taylor, a biographical comic about the first Black World Champion in road cycling, who became one of the first international sports stars. Noland resides in Oakland, California and is an avid but unremarkable cyclist.

Rina Ayuyang is a cartoonist based in Oakland, CA. She has been a part of the Bay Area mini-comics scene for over 20 years, sharing autobiographical stories that explore family, identity, and pop culture. Her work has been nominated for the Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey awards. Her new book, The Man in the McIntosh Suit is a detective noir set in 1920s San Francisco and the Filipino community of Manilatown.

Amber Padilla is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Oakland, CA. She makes mini comics that include cute characters and themes around empathy and acceptance. She is currently working on her forthcoming YA graphic novel Sugar Coated and at her day job she hobnobs with the Peanuts gang over at the Schulz Studio. When she’s not drawing or crafting, she’s snuggling with her cat, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.

Q&A with SFZF2023 Guest of Honor Maia Kobabe
3-4 pm in the Panel Room,City View at Metreon

ASL interpretation provided.

Maia Kobabe is an author/illustrator from the Bay Area, California. Eir first full length book, GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR, won a Stonewall Honor and an Alex Award from the American Library Association in 2020. It was also the number one most challenged book in the US in 2021 and 2022.

Facilitated by Justin Hall.

SFZF 2023 After Party
7-9:30 pm at SILVER SPROCKET

Close out the fest with us at Silver Sprocket! We're assuming you'll be in the mood to wind down and party after spending the day with amazing artists at SF Zine Fest 2023! We'll be at Silver Sprocket for some music and refreshments. It'll be great to see you all!

Silver Sprocket is a San Francisco based publisher, gallery, and retail shop championing socially conscious and independently produced comic books, graphic novels, and related arts.