SFZF2020 Exhibitors!
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8-Rock Press
a solitary animal
ABO Comix
Acardellart
ADRIA SOLER
AIWS
Alex Wrekk & PBW Zine Distro
All Female Menu
Allie Trigoso
Amoral Beatitudes
Anatomic Air Press
androphonos
Ángela García
Anjelica Colliard // Lemon Drop Press
Anna Jo Beck
Anna Sellheim
Antiquated Future Zine Distro
Aptos Tiger Zines
ArtReach Studios
Awkward Ladies Club
Base Camp Zine Press
Big Idea Comics
Boya Sun
Buah zine
Bubblesort Zines
BuchmanufakturKasimir
Bulbancha Is Still a Place: Indigenous Culture from "New Orleans"
Cabrón James
Canto Cutie
Cartoon Distortion
cat moth crow
CHEEKY CHONG
cheekytta
Christina Corfield
Christina Hu (BooHu Press)
CRAPANDEMIC
Cute Kids Magazine
Dead in Hollywood
Deconstructed Artichoke Press
DesdeCalifas
Design Kompany
DesignNurd Diego Gómez
diasporan savant press
Dooky Zines
Dulce Zines
Dustooned!
EHA Comics
Eli Bishop
Elzarth
Erika
Erika Rier
Fake Magic Art Collective
FEMININE ITCH
Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine
FLASH THRIVE art collective
Gaia WXYZ
Gemini Rising & Supertrooper
Gerry Chow
Grace Desmarais
Grace Talice Lee
gutwrench press
Haiku & Holga
Helen Shewolfe Tseng
Hélène Park
HHS Frontier
Homie House Press
irrelevant press
Itsy bitsy zines
Jenell Del Cid and the Soft Apocalypse
Joolie Comix
Joyce S. Lee
Julie Gieseke
Juniper womxn
Kat Ball
Katie Longua
Kaylynn Kim
Koreangry
Late Comeback Press
Lawrence Lindell
Leah Yael Levy
Lindsay Santiago
Luke Vermin
Lyn Patterson Poetry
M. Chiladas
Mara Gervais
Maria Fong
Maria the Third
Marina Graves
Meena Vempaty
Meew Studio
Melisa Des Rosiers
MFA in Comics, California College of the Arts
Mi Casita Press
MONMONBOOKS
The Mushroom Queendom
MystoPress
Naoshi / Himi Kozue / Aki Miyajima
Nasimeh B.E.
Natalie Windt
Nia King
Nicky Rodriguez
Peach Farm Studio
Pencil and Post
PHANTOM ELECTRIK COMICS
Philomena The Plant
Piano Recital Magazine
PM Press
pngn + lion
Ponyboy Press
Pressed Flower
Prototype Zine
Rainbow Connection Collective
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Salty Buns Press
Sarah Maloney
Sarah Tang Steinmetz
Scarfff Comic
Serenity Serseción
SFSU Comic Arts Club
Shaenon K. Garrity
Shani Ealey
Small Supply
Snail Rat
Snake Zines
Space Quail
Stelli Munnis
Stoner Zines
Suitable 4 Framin'
Summer Li
The Survival Project
Tanaya
Tanya Brassie
Tiffany Chen
tinydeltas
TLC Zines
Tomatobird
Tori Huynh
Transgender Cancer Patient Project
Trinidad Escobar
Tyler Cohen
Ulterior Zines
verbal.visual
VLY GRL
Whitney Romberg
Will Betke-Brunswick
xynree
Yasmeen Abedifard
Yeiry Guevara
Zachary Sweet
Zineopolis
Ajuan Mance of 8-Rock Press smiling at the camera while riding a trolley.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of English at Mills College and a lifelong artist and writer. Ajuan's comics and zines include the Gender Studies series, the comic strip Check All That Apply and many others. Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests, from the Bay Area to Brooklyn.
LINKS
instagram.com/8_rock
twitter.com/8_Rock
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Breena Nuñez
Lawrence Lindell
Emeric Kennard
Artist a solitary animal smiles while flashing a peace sign behind their table at a previous SF Zine Fest. Their table has many zines, prints, and buttons, including a zine cover that reads “I can’t go home again/I’m always coming home” and a postcard that reads “Call Me They.”
a solitary animal is solitary-but-social. their first zine was a manga-style "how to draw a face" in the fifth grade. they enjoy drawing, making things, captioning/transcription, and synchronized skating.
LINKS
starchythoughts.tumblr.com
instagram.com/asolitaryanimal
lkung.tumblr.com
DONATE
undocufund-sf.org
cjjc.org/stabilize-and-mobilize-fund
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
shout out to my friends and teachers: @pngn.lion
@heyego
@sheepishcattesan.exe
An ABQ Comix artist with pink hair and matching eyeshadow holding a zine titled "Confined Before COVID19: a pandemic anthology by lgbtq prisoners." The cover shows two monsters, one in a hazmat suit and another in a surgical mask, tearing apart a prison.
ABO is a collective of creators and activists who work to amplify the voices of LGBTQ prisoners through art. By working closely with prison abolitionist and queer advocacy organizations, we aim to keep queer prisoners connected to outside community and help them in the fight toward liberation. The profits we generate go back to incarcerated artists, especially those with little to no resources.
LINKS
facebook.com/abocomix
instagram.com/abocomix
twitter.com/abocomix
abocomix.com/shop
patreon.com/abocomix
DONATE
venmo @abocomix
paypal.me/abocomix
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Rad Breath
Lawrence Lindell
Brown Recluse
Acadellart artist Alicia Cardell flashes a peace sign behind a table filled with zines, jars of honey, and t-shirts. One sign reads “New! Family Owned Honey” and another says “Zines about mental health.” One t-shirt depicts a dog happily receiving pets with the tagline “More Pets Less Stress.” Another shows the American flag with bars instead of stripes with a hand reaching through the bars. The tagline reads “Families Belong Together” and a dog-shaped sign says that 50% of proceeds will be donated to Border Angels.
I am an Taiwanese-American Illustrator, Printmaker, and Ceramicist born and raised in the Bay Area. My handmade work is a space for me to slow down. Even though I advocate for mindfulness, self actualization, and authentic growth by no means have I mastered the practice. My work merely reminds me and hopefully others to listen to your true self.
LINKS
instagram.com/acardellart
acardell.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Katlin Chan (chen_jiaxian)
Cynthia Yuan Cheng (cynthiaycheng)
Mixedricezines
On the left side, a drawing of a slim, flat chested person with a heart-shaped tattoo over their heart that reads “Amor de Madre” and one arm stretched over and around their head. Text on the drawing reads “laying on my stomach slowly massaging my cock against this mattress i feel like a wild boar sharpening his tusks at the base of tree, speech destroys the function of love my lungs look like circus tents that get stuck in coal mining towns and there is a type of venus fly trap that is only found in the wild in north carolina. and i used to ask myself if it too was nicotine and tar dependent and one day i brought one home to smoke cigarettes with until accidentally i killed it.” On the right side, photos of graffiti: “Ven a pudrirte conmigo” in black above a fence; “Vamos por ahi a darnos besos?” in blue on a white wall; “Quiero tu veneno” in red on a walkway of concrete tiles; “Yo y” under a smily face with wings and a halo next to “Yo tambien” under a frowning face with bat wings, horns, and a devil tail; “Okupa me” under a white heart with a jagged line through it on a brown bench.
Adria Soler, non binary, first zine fest.
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Diana hazas
MR. RIpper
Althea
AIWS artist Lex Kartané sits behind a table covered in zines, including “A Rat’s Tale” and “Are you vegan enough?” And screen printed patches, including multiple octopuses, a sleeping fox, and one that reads “Kill your local rapist.”
Lex Kartané uses alias AIWS, they are disabled autistic non binary trans queer zine maker and artist. After spending a few years on the Alameda island they moved to Berlin where they live with their rescued beagle.
LINKS
facebook.com/6AIWS/
instagram.com/6aiws
twitter.com/AIWS6
etsy.com/shop/aiwsart
DONATE
paypal.me/alexsufa
ko-fi.com/aiws06
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Queer marshmallow
Megan Pickering
Hannah Daisy
Portland Button Works Distro table at a zine fest, with a multicolored striped tablecloth and three vertical layers of zines, buttons, and books.
Alex Wrekk (they/she) lives in Portland, Oregon and their life revolves around zines. Alex runs PBW distro with their partner, Paul. She makes Brainscan zine and the book Stolen Sharpie Revolution: a DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture. The were a founder of the Portland Zine Symposium, founded July as International Zine Month, and sings in the zine themed band Copy Scams.
LINKS
upthewitchypunx.tumblr.com
facebook.com/portlandbuttonworks
instagram.com/pbwzinedistro
twitter.com/alexwrekk
portlandbuttonworks.com
DONATE
venmo @portlandbuttonworks
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Jonas Cannon
Cindy Crabb
Aaron Cometbus
All Female Menu table at a zine fest, covered with purple rose petals and zines with collaged covers.
Rebecca Gross (she/her) is the founder and editor-in-chief of All Female Menu, a zine the features the writing and art of fem-aligning individuals. Her CNF, poetry, & essays have been featured in DIY lit mags and zines, progressive publications, and academic journals. When she's not writing & zine-ing, she's practicing critical pedagogy teaching college freshmen at LMU in Los Angeles.
LINKS
instagram.com/all_female_menu
twitter.com/allfemalemenu
allfemalemenu.com/shop
DONATE
paypal.me/allfemalemenu
venmo.com/rebeccalynngross
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Eunsoo Jeong / Koreangry
Alisa Damaso / VLY GRL
Paradise Khanmalek (paradislili.com)
Lips Zine
FEMME Magazine
(SORRY had to put 5! So hard to choose)
Panel from Allie Trigoso’s comic “Be Your Cake (and Eat it Too)” showing a character with a cake head topped with chocolate frosting and a giant cherry reacting to something in horror.
Allie Trigoso is an animator and cartoonist living in Chicago, IL. Her comics and animation are darkly humorous and feature gross weirdos living their “best lives” and/or dealing with difficult relationships.
LINKS
instagram.com/allietrigoso
DONATE
venmo @Alejandra-Trigoso
venmo agtrigoso@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Chloe Perkis
Dogs Understand
Julia Eff
Seventeen zines by Amoral Beatitudes, including multiple issues of the zine “Amoral Beatitudes” with hand-drawn covers, “110 Things Rape Apologists Say,” “What I learned from All My Doctors,” “Metal Cats,” “11 Things Appropriate To Say When Someone Discloses Rape/Abuse,” and “Radical Left Radical Right.”
Amoral Beatitudes is a conglomerate of 5-15 rotating writers and artists from varying backgrounds on topics of trauma, oppression and privilege, addiction and mental health. Our most popular zine is “110 Things Rape Apologists Say,” which comes with a primer called “11 Things Appropriate To Say When Someone Discloses Rape/Abuse.”
DONATE
venmo @aleksanrei
PayPal.me/aleksanrei
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Loved Thick Thigh Collective when they were around (unclear if they are still making zines), and also Burn Black Zine, Patterns of Action Zine and Fem Static Zine.
Multiple zines and stickers from Anatomic Air Press, including “Achromatic Dissolutions,” “A Contour’s Quest,” “(hearing blue),” “How to Sleep,” and “Space Cadets,” which has a cover featuring a cat sleeping in a too-small basket against a star field. There is also a tiny air mail envelop next to a similarly small bottle.
Anatomic Air Press is where Sinoun houses all her creative and storytelling projects, including zines or books, collaborations, websites, random handmade goods, and other quirky things she may come up. Who is Sinoun?
LINKS
anatomicair.tumblr.com
facebook.com/anatomicair
instagram.com/anatomicairpress
patreon.com/anatomicair
DONATE
cash.app/$nuonis
paypal.me/shiftweb
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
School of Life Design
The Fiddler's Green
Crow and Moon Press
Two pages from androphonos’ zine “Nothing Left to Burn,” risograph printed in blue and pink. Page 1: Panel 1: A hand person’s hand pulls at their own top surgery scar. Panel 2: We see what at first appears to be more scars on flesh… Panel 3: But it turns out to be fungus growing on a cleanly cut tree stump in a dark forest. Panel 4: A page being torn out of a photo album, but none of the photos are visible. Caption: After surgery, my psychiatrist asked me “Are you still transgender?” Page 2: Splash of text over an unclear image. Caption: As if there were a cure
Lukas "androphonos" C. (he/him) is an illustrator based in the Bay Area. He graduated from California College of the Arts in 2020 with a BFA in Illustration and studied design abroad at Kyoto Seika University. Lukas can speak English, Spanish, and some Japanese. He has attended several SF Zine Fests as a patron and is incredibly excited to have a chance to apply.
LINKS
androphonos.tumblr.com
instagram.com/androphonos
twitter.com/androphonos_
DONATE
paypal androphonoscom@gmail.com
venmo @LukasCronce
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Comilla Paddock (millionfish)
Celine Chow (ceechow)
Teagan White
Angela Garcia wears a yellow, orange, and red dress with black polka dots while standing in front of posters of famous artwork.
Ángela García is a self-taught artist from The Rio Grande Valley in South Texas. She makes collages, zines, and postcards by hand, and works in digital and film photography. Much of García's work focuses on challenging ideas of femininity, nationalism, racism, immigration, and Latinx identity.
LINKS
instagram.com/angelascollages
DONATE
venmo @avgarcia1999
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
that gray zine - San Antonio, TX
Analysa Castellano (intoixistence) - San Antonio, TX
Maritza Torres - Los Angeles, CA
Artwork by Anjelica Colliard: risograph printed zines “Crush” and “Shadow Eye,” risograph prints of nude and clothed women, a patch featuring a woman with blue hair, a patch featuring a woman in bed with her dog, and a pair of green multicolored earrings in the shape of flowers.
Anjelica Colliard // Lemon Drop Press
Lemon Drop Press makes art zines and riso prints out of Fruitvale in Oakland. Our longest running zine is a collective submission based anthology called COME FIND OUT. We love all the friends that the zine community has brought us. Ara Jo forever. <3
LINKS
instagram.com/jellicore
etsy.com/shop/softpulpyhands
DONATE
venmo @AnjelicaColliard
paypal anjelica.colliard@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
My dear friends: Floss Editions, Tiny Splendor, and Hi-Bred, to name a few. There are so many more!!!!
Anna Jo Beck wearing black cut crease eyeliner, a black beret, septum piercing, smily face earring, white blouse with black lavalliere, and a black vest.
I'm Anna (she/her), I'm a zinester out of Chicago. I primarily make how-to zines on various life skills such as personal finance, health insurance, voting, habit tracking, bike flat repair, and Spanish grammar. Additionally, I have a series of one page minis called "Mini Movie Marathon" with different themes.
LINKS
instagram.com/biffboffbamsock
tinyletter.com/zinefiend
annajobeck.com
DONATE
venmo @annajobeck
paypal: annajobeck@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Research and Destroy
Kate Larson
Billy da bunny
(Deafula, Julia Eff, Violet Fox; sorry, can't help myself!!!)
Drawing by Anna Sellheim of a figure in a pink hooded jumpsuit writing or drawing with a pencil in a green sketchbook. The figure’s face is a tall yellow oval covered in black lines drawn in various directions.
Anna Sellheim is a making comics in a Baltimore suburb. Her work primarily focuses on mental health and politics, thought it occasionally covers being in love or her obsession with dogs.
LINKS
annasellheim.tumblr.com
instagram.com/annasellheim
annasellheim.storenvy.com
annasellheim.com/home
DONATE
venmo.com/Anna-Sellheim
paypal.com/Anna-Sellheim
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Zack Bly
Daryl Seitchik
Jillian Fleck
On a tan background, the words “Antiquated Future” sit above a black and white drawing of a wooden bracket shelf. On the shelf are various books and two tall, windowed houses; the occupant of each house hangs out the top window and they hold a taut string between them. A sting of lights sits above the shelf with three star ornaments and one moon in a crescent phase ornament hanging down from it.
We're a zine distro, online store, and cassette tape label out of Portland, Oregon that's been operating since 2008. We try to offer a lot of entry points into falling in love with zines and stock close to 300 different zine titles at any given time.
LINKS
antiquatedfuture.tumblr.com
facebook.com/antiquatedfuturedistro
instagram.com/antiquatedfuturedistro
twitter.com/antiqftr
etsy.com/shop/antiquatedfuture
antiquatedfuture.com
DONATE
venmo: @antiquatedfuture
Paypal: antiquatedfuture@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Aaron Cometbus
Osa Atoe
LB Briggs
A bookmark with a marker drawing of a black and blue bird with a long beak, red sneakers, and a red and green surfboard at the beach. The bookmark reads “Knowledge up! No one can steal it. READ like Sean.” The whole image is sideways.
Aptos Tiger Zines
6th-8th grade students and possibly some teachers from Aptos Middle School.
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Ben, Kate, Jalen (all middle schoolers)
Image 1: A person at Art Reach Studios draws while listening to something on their phone. Image 2: Three members of Art Reach Studios behind a table of prints at an indoor event. Image three: A smiling woman wears a hooded jacket at Art Reach Studios; on the table in front of her are papers completely covered in curving, multicolored shapes. Image 4: A man colors in a variety of human characters. Text reads “Art Reach Studios, 1500 Howard Street, San Francisco / 6644 Mission Street, Daly City.”
The Arc SF is a lifelong learning center for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities serving clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. ArtReach Studios, promotes the advancement of visual artists from The Arc SF through exploration, education and entrepreneurship. ArtReach Artists receive 70% from the sales of their artwork, while the remaining 30% is reinvested in our program.
LINKS
facebook.com/ArtReachStudios
instagram.com/artreach_studios
thearcsf.org
DONATE
checkout.square.site/pay/5a688e93c6eb4b039f6fbd694dba8498
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Nishikonomatsu
Gwaenel Rattke
Creativity Explored
An Awkward Ladies Club zine bound with a yellow spiral. The pink cover reads "Quit Your Job and Eat Pizza Anthology Issues #1-4"
I make zines about the internet, parenting, and my cat, including the long-running but infrequently published perzine Quit Your Job and Eat Pizza. I want to teach you about Risograph printing and be your friend online.
LINKS
instagram.com/awkwardladies
DONATE
Venmo @Amy-Burek
paypal.me/awkwardladies
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Laura-Marie (Functionally Ill)
Emily Larned (Parfait)
Liz Yerby (The New Yerby)
A small zine of black and white photos of a forest sits on a circular tray under a bell jar. A strip of paper next to the zine reads “Artist: Anna Novakov, Base Camp Zine Press, Hylophobia: Fear of Forests, 2019, Paper, fragrance.”
Anna Novakov (born in Belgrade, lives in the United States) operates as a writer, curator and independent artist whose practice currently focuses on the transitory modalities of the olfactory and gastronomic arts.
LINKS
annanovakov.work
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
White Horse
Milk and Honey
Diaspora Drama
Big Idea Comics artist Sean Marney smiles and gives a thumbs up outside in front of a windowed building. He wears a light gray sweater with white horizontal stripes.
Sean Marney (he/him) is a comic artist, writer, puppeteer, and novice accordion player. SF Zine Fest is his favorite fest! He lives in San Francisco where he (typically) performs improv and puppetry comedy, writes comics, and consults on computer-related media. Please say hi digitally and peruse his collection of zines, e-zines, and illustrations.
LINKS
instagram.com/theshish
linktr.ee/seanmarney
andtherobots.com
DONATE
venmo @theshish
cash.app/$ilovepie
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Alyssa Berg
Johnny Herber
Dustin Harbin
Boys Sun wears a yellow baseball cap as he stands behind a table at a zine or comics event. His table is filled with risograph prints, buttons, and comics, including his graphic novels “Chasma Knights” and “5 Worlds.”
Boya Sun is a Chinese American illustrator and comics artist currently living in Los Angeles. Ever since he graduated from MICA in 2014, Boya has been making a fantasy adventure graphic novel series called 5 Worlds with a small team of writers and artists for the past 6 years. Boya also co-created a graphic novel called Chasma Knights about a world where people can transform with toys.
LINKS
instagram.com/boya_sun
twitter.com/boyaboyasun
boyasun.com/shop-20
boyasun.com
DONATE
venmo @Boyasun
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Cynthia Yuan Cheng
Natalie Andrewson
Lucky Pocket Press
Buah Zine founder Teta sits in front of a white batik cloth pattered with blue flowers. Her hair is wrapped in a peach scarf with white stripes; she wears white and purple eyeliner, a wine-colored turtleneck, a wide bronze chain necklace, and black pants. As peach and blue scarf with a pattern of stripes and flowers is draped over one shoulder. She holds half a dragonfruit, and the other half sits next to a whole dragonfruit on a cutting board in front of her.
Teta is the founder and editor-in-chief of Buah zine. When not working on Buah zine, Teta is an editor and writer based in Washington, D.C. Teta is also a freelance music journalist covering the local music scene.
LINKS
instagram.com/buahzine
blurb.com/user/BuahZine
DONATE
venmo @buahzine
cash.me/$buahzine
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
(1) Brown Recluse Zine Distro
(2) Late Comeback Press
(3) Diasporan Savant Press
Bubblesort creator Amy Wibowo stands in front of a field of purple flowers, looking off to the right, her hands in her pockets. She wears a pale pink shirt under a jumper dress made up of pink, blue, and lilac blocks of color. Both the jumper and the shirt are covered in black speckles.
My life's mission is to put the soft in software. Besides writing zines about algorithms and encryption, I love to design and make clothing, write/design/develop personal narrative games, ride my mint green bike, and snuggle my tuxedo kitty.
LINKS
instagram.com/bubblesortzines
DONATE
paypal: sailorhg@gmail.com
venmo: amy-wibowo
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
yumi sakugawa
julia evans
mel stringer
Cabron James’ zine “Black Lives Matter ABC’s Book.” The yellow cover depicts a silhouetted figure, arms extended toward the sky, as the sun crests over the land. The zine sits on a slightly paler yellow background.
We take popular music and reimagine it as if they were comic books, with their own unique narrative. However, recently, we've been using our platform to focus more heavily on battling injustice and promoting the BLM movement.
LINKS
instagram.com/cabron.james
cabronjames.com/blm
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Josh Dishwasher
Curious Publishing
Koreangry
cat moth crow artist Dayna Moth looks sideways at the camera. They have shoulder length purple ombre hair.
Dayna Moth is a designer, zinester, and writer with a passion for storytelling, diy ethics, and removing barriers to participation in the arts. They are one of the organizers of KC Zine Con, teach zine-making workshops, and run @zinereviews on Instagram. Some of their favorite things include bike rides, record collecting, and gardening.
LINKS
instagram.com/catmothcrow
catmothcrow.com
DONATE
venmo @catmothcrow
paypal.me/daynamoth
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Maranda Elizabeth
Carrie McNinch
Jonas Cannon
Christina Corfield smiles slightly while wearing a yellow sweater. She has short dark hair.
Christina (she/her pronouns) is a media artist and scholar who loves pre-20th century technologies and the possibilities they hold to tell new stories in the digital era. She particularly loves technologies made of paper which can be made by anyone. Christina has shown her artwork in galleries across the US and in Europe, and is hoping to make more DIY paper technology zines in the future!
LINKS
instagram.com/magiclanterngal
DONATE
venmo@Christina-Corfield
Paypal.me/ChristinaCorfield
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Tanna Tucker
Jasjyot Singh Hans
Mitsu Okubo
The cover of Cute Kids Magazines #1: “How to Make Edible Slime Guide.” On top, several squares of slime neatly cut, in pale yellows in pinks, with an image of green slime dripping over them. At the bottom, a stretched out piece of pink slime covered in blue and red confetti.
Nova Yada (or how she spells it: JAEDE) founded cute kids magazine at 8 years old. She quickly ran to her friends, asking for help. Now Nova and her 7 participating friends made 1 zine that is a D.I.Y. edible slime guide.
Nova has made 3 other zines. One is a mini-comic. One is a diary stile zine. And one is a SLUMBER PARTY GUIDE.
A zine comic called grumpy Alisa is in progress.
DONATE
CashApp $AmberYada
PayPal animatormama@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Stan Lee
My mom (Amber Yada)
Taria Creager
The cover of the zine “Desde Califas: Family Relations” featuring five rows of sepia-toned family photos, overlaid with yellow roses and yellow rose petals.
DesdeCalifas is an art collective & magazine that uplifts, preserves, and shares stories from artists with a connection to California.
LINKS
instagram.com/desdecalifas
DONATE
venmo.com/Desde-Califas
gofundme.com/f/desdecalifas
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Jonathan Pargas
The Gorilla Girls
Mujeres de Maiz
The diasporan savant press zine “The Audre Lorde Harm Reduction Workbook” sits on a light teal tablecloth. The cover is risograph printed with teal text and a pink photograph of Audre Lorde.
Philadelphia-based multidisciplinary artist, Golden Collier, has been honing their printmaking skills for the past several years.They are currently a Fellow and Keyholder member of Soapbox Community Print Shop, 2020 Broken Pencil Grant Recipient, and have had recent shows in Seattle, Oakland, New York, and Toronto.
LINKS
instagram.com/d.s.press
etsy.com/shop/diasporansavantpress
DONATE
venmo @golden-collier
cashapp @goldenbrowne
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
koreangry!
Lawrence Lindell!
Ivy Rose!
A splash page from the dustooned! Comic “Masks” depicts a towering stone temple covered with geometric engravings. Two guards in red hooded cloaks stand outside while a thief acrobatically slips through an upper window, slides down on a rope, and lands on the floor inside.
Salutations! I’m Dus T’ and I’m a cartoonist from Los Angeles, California. I’m a devout follower of the Do It Yourself work ethic and an advocate for independent and community-driven media. As a working professional, I aim to create conscious content in hopes to make the world a little bit better.
LINKS
dustooned.com/comics
DONATE
venmo @dustiii
CashApp $dustiii
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lawrence Lindell
Breena Nunez
Daniel Parada
Elzarth sits smiling at a table at a convention. They wear a grey sleeveless hoodie over a white shirt depicting Darth vader. Multiple illustrations sit on the table in front of them.
Elzarth is a local Bay Area artist who loves the inhuman, the fantastical, and the weird. They've been exhibiting in various art shows and conventions in the area since 2013. They love to do everything DIY, from publishing comics to screenprinting t-shirts. Come to their table for comics about sentient robots and pin-ups of knights.
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elzarth.tumblr.com
instagram.com/elzarth
twitter.com/Elzarth
elzarth.storenvy.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
On The Bridge Between
The Artist Allie
Camille Broutin
Fake Magic Art Collective members Nina Ulett and Valentina Castro sit behind a table at a convention. In a display stand are multiple issues of the “Storied Stitches” zine. A print of the Roman goddess Diana against a sunset sky sits on the table. There are additional smaller zines on the table, a few featuring cats. A zine with a butterfly on the cover is titled “Female to Masterpiece.”
Fake Magic Art Collective was officially started by Valentina Castro, Kaz Valtchev, Nina Ulett, and Tori Powers in August 2019. They all practice fabric arts, visual arts, and writing, as well as tarot and astrology. Much of their work is inspired by their personal struggles, including their queer identities, anxiety, or chronic illness and hope they can help others with their experiences.
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instagram.com/fakemagic.art
storiedstitches.com
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venmo @kazvaltchev
venmo @Valentina-Castro-1
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We really enjoy the work of Maia Kobabe (@redgoldsparks), Anna Jo Beck (@biffboffbamsock), and Two Photon (@twophoton).
FLASH THRIVE art collective is a creative community for people who have always wanted to make things but needed a place to make them.
we are an online and IRL community that encourages do-it-yourself creative projects. we prioritize the voices of women of color, first-generation americans, and the LGBTQ+ community. this is your platform--use it to make the art you’ve always wanted to see.
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instagram.com/flashthrive
twitter.com/flashthrive
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venmo @charisseann
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
1. Irrelevant Press
2. Bridgett Rex
3. Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective
Gerry Chow has been presenting his comics at zine fests and indy comics shows since 2018. He also participates in act activism, and does a lot of figurative art in addition to his comics work.
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facebook.com/gerry.chow.96
instagram.com/gchow17
twitter.com/gdchow
blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=4811
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venmo @Gerry-Chow
paypal.me/gerrychow1
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Maia Kobabe
Angel Trazo
Ben Passmore
hi! Hope (she/her) is a letterpress printer and collage artist who loves sharing work, collaborating and sending mail. After leaving New Hampshire, she has lived mostly in Louisiana, with some time on the west coast. She has recently relocated to Portland.
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keepwritingpostcards.tumblr.com
instagram.com/gutwrenchpress
gutwrenchpress.com/store
hopeamico.com
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venmo @gutwrenchpress paypal.com/paypalme/keepwriting
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Eunsoo Jeong (Koreangry)
artnoose (kerbloom!)
Kalie (fat at the gym)
Hélène started making and showing zines in 2019 at the SF Zine Fest, the CCA Spring Fair and APAture's Book Arts Showcase as an exhibitor and panelist. In the same year, she signed as an author/illustrator with Bookmark Literary and is currently developing children’s books. She’s also a freelance animator and runs her own hoodie line, Toasty Time.
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instagram.com/helene_park
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Venmo @helenehelene
PayPal helenehelene@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Domitille Collardey
Evah Fan
Hellen Jo
Irrelevant Press is a zine collective and internet shop creating, printing, publishing, and distributing zines and art of all sorts in Oakland, Brooklyn, and on the world wide web. We the DYI/DIT aspect of zine making, and love the zine community so much!
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instagram.com/irrelevantpress
twitter.com/irrelevantpress
irrelevantpress.com/store
irrelevantpress.com
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Venmo: @irrelpress
Paypal: Irrelpress@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Oooh that's hard, we have so many! Floss Editions, Tiny Splendor, Hi_Bred come to mind.
Julie Fiveash is a queer, non-binary, Diné grad student by day and a comic peddler by night. They've been making zines about plants, anxiety, and multi-racial awkwardness since 2010.
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jooliefiveash.tumblr.com
instagram.com/jooliefiveash
twitter.com/jooliefiveash
jooliecomix.storenvy.com
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venmo @Julie-Fiveash
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Amber McCrary
Breena Nuñez
Subtle Ceilings
Amber McCrary is Diné poet, zinester, feminist and artist. She received her MFA in creative writing with an emphasis in poetry at Mills College. She is also the creator of DANG! Zine (Daydreaming, Awkward, Native, Girl) Vol. 1 and Vol.2, Angsty Asdzáá: Tales of an angry Indigenous womxn zine and The Asdzáá Beat. She recently released a chapbook titled, Electric Deserts! (Tolsun Books).
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instagram.com/juniperwomxn
juniperwomxn.com
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venmo @Amber-McCrary-2
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Vice Versa Press zines
Joolie Fivesash comix
Going places zine
My name is Kaylynn (she/her) and I am an illustrator. I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and as a kid I loved comic books, mac n cheese, and chocolate milk. Not much has changed (except now I am lactose intolerant). I enjoy creating images that are deeply personal to me and sharing them with others helps me feel understood.
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instagram.com/notkaylynnkim
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venmo @Kaylynn-Kim
paypal kaylynnykim@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Hellen Jo
Mark Todd
Xinrui Chen
Lindsay Santiago (she/her) is an illustrator living in San Francisco. She works both digitally and with traditional media like gouache, or pen and ink. When she's not illustrating she enjoys photographing the city.
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facebook.com/LindsaySantiagoArt
instagram.com/lindsantiago
lindsaysantiago.bigcartel.com
lindsaysantiago.com
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Venmo @lindsantiago
paypal.me/LindsaySantiago
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Tim Lahan
Pussayfoot
Asterisk Press
M. Chiladas (she/her/hers) tabled at her first zine fest in April 2019 and never looked back. She spends nights and weekends drawing, tie-dying, and watching horror movies with her cats. She is the co-founder of the Rainbow Connection Collective in Sacramento, CA.
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instagram.com/mchiladas
etsy.com/shop/mchiladas
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Venmo @mchiladas
paypal.me/mchiladas
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Yogurt Culture Zine
Natalye Valentina
Rainbow Randy
Elie Katzenson is a zine maker, interviewer, photographer, + avid DIY proponent. Her most recent work explores collective and intergenerational memory, personal/political realities, and communion with the sacred in liminal spaces. Born in Qatar and raised in Turkey, Germany, and the Netherlands, Elie enjoys speaking broken Turkish and making pretzels. Her tulip-growing abilities are non-existent. 
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instagram.com/cinnamonblanket
twitter.com/BerkeleyUBI
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Venmo: @Elie-Katzenson
Paypal: eliekatzenson@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Cat Sweet- burlesque, xerox style, late night musings of a gas station cashier
K.E.B. Gomez - urban planning/biking/kid-friendly "If you give a punk a cookie"
Dreams of Donuts!! - east bay life in comicsss
We're a group of friends from the South Bay writing about our lived experiences as children of East Asian immigrants, our relationship with (and rejection of) consumerism, and struggles with mental health and trauma. We enjoy documenting with film photography, oil painting, and abstract rainbow illustrations. We hope you enjoy!
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Paypal megumitanaka@protonmail.com
ko-fi.com/meewgumi
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
V. Vale, Beth Pickens (from Women's Center for Creative Work in LA), and a particular compilation of feminist resources from the Interference Archive in Brooklyn (Document 16: Take Back the Fight: Resisting Sexual Violence from the Ground Up)
Mi Casita Press (MCP) is a femme led alternative publishing press. Mi Casita Press aims to empower QTPOC through printmaking, print, and community entrepreneurship. Behind MCP are virgo and capricorn chicanx that love art and radical work!
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instagram.com/micasitapress
micasitapress.bigcartel.com
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venmo @Micasita-press
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Breena Nuñez
St. Sucia
Eishin Yoshida
For the last two decades, Natalia Lopes has wanted to make comics for a living, and has finally started publishing them independently and through crowdfunding as of last year. When she is not working on freelance illustration, indie projects, and running her store at MystoPress, she is teaching classes to teens and adults in non-profit art centers around North Carolina.
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instagram.com/mystodraws
mystopress.com/store
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Cash App @ $mystopress
Venmo @mystodraws
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
The Bearded Lady
Lucy Kagan
Tori Sharp
Natalie is co-organizer of Chico Zinefest and facillitator of numerous zine workshops. She began making mini-comics in high school, but found her love for the combination of writing and drawing in zines only in this last year. She has participated in Chico Zinefest, Dear Diary Zinefest, and several art shows, spreading a love and awareness for zine culture and self-expression.
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facebook.com/zinefestchico
instagram.com/overmydeadcopy
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venmo @natalie-windt
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Avy Jetter
Pocket Thoughts
Enola with No Gods, No Mattresses
C.K.Itamura (she/her) is an autodidactic interdisciplinary artist. Her work responds to a wide range of social, political and philosophical content, and is realized as cross-media installations, actions, zines and objects. C.K. is a recipient of the 2019 Discovered Awards for Emerging Visual Artists, the Co-Founder of Book Arts Roadshow, and a former director of San Francisco Center for the Book.
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instagram.com/peachfarmstudio
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Venmo @peachfarmstudio
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Martha's Quarterly
Tom Sachs
Artists Eat Ice Cream
I’m a 2 foot tall potted plant living in Philadelphia. I like making slingshots and kissing. One time I saw that reporter from Democracy Now and I said “oh shit, it’s that reporter from Democracy Now” and she just turned around and frowned at me.
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instagram.com/philomenatheplant
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Michael Sweater
Pinko Machine
Max Huffman
pngn + lion is a moniker started by jared for an architectural and engineering endeavor. In the depths of burn-out, he started tabling at zine fests a little over a year ago to share some STEM love and to bring awareness of the stressful, invisible details of our built environment.
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
@asolitaryanimal
@kwentobynica
@koreangry
The cover and interior of a zine by Protype Zine are displayed in front of a cloud background. The cover on the left features ILYHOOK who wears a facemask, a purple Chanel crop top, and has their hair in pink high buns. The interior on the right features ILYHOOK again in a notebook with several notes written with colorful markers.
I am a 23 year old queer Asian boy born and raised in San Francisco. I seek to surround myself with vibrant and colorful people. When I moved to Los Angeles I would bring my camera to shoots for Nike, Joyrich and others I would get casted for. I love documenting the diverse and interesting faces on my journey. I've composed this zine to highlight that journey from SF, LA, and NY.
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instagram.com/theprototypemag
prototype-mag.com/magazine
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venmo @scott-tom
paypal.me/shtom
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
1. Push Mag
2. Alondra Buccio
3. Felt Zine
“Bun-xieties” comic drawing by Salty Buns Press of an anxious character sitting with several bunnies and racing thought bubbles. The comic is drawn with maroon ink and some of the thought bubbles read, “MONEY”, “where is the coffee”, you’re an emotional/financial burden to your partner”, “you’re not working as hard as everyone else”, and “did I mention money?”.
Salty Buns Press is a one bun comic army, based in Oakland, CA. She creates comics that explore her daily struggles with anxiety and ADHD, as well as connecting with her cultural heritage through food and drinks. When not making comics, she can be found sewing hand embroidery animals and reading reviews on shochu bottles.
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instagram.com/eykansaku
twitter.com/instantkaen
gumroad.com/saltybunspress
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venmo @karabqn
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Bianca Xunise
Koreangry
Headexplodie
Six members of Scarfff Comic pose together for a group photo outside at night. In the first row, three members are crouched down. From left to right: one member wears a bright multi-color polo and wraps their arm around the member to their right. Next member wears a black hoodie, hoop earrings, has curly dark hair, and is holding a canned beverage while smiling. The next member wears a green sweater and holds their hand up to their chin while smiling.
In the second row: three members are standing. From left to right: one member wears a green long sleeve, glasses, and has their hands in their pockets. Next member wears a red sweater, glasses, and is holding up a red riso print. Last member in the second row, wears a black shirt with gold graphics printed on it.
Scarfff's has been around less than a year. Jake Slingland, co-founder, editor and contributor was accepted to table in CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo), but covid-19 for the festival to be cancelled.
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facebook.com/scarfffcomic
instagram.com/scarfffcomics
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venmo @Jacob-Slingland
paypal.me/jakeslingland
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Marc J. Palm
Hellen Jo
Theo Ellsworth
Eight illustrations by Shaenon K. Garrity border a photograph of the artist creating a 3x3 tiled image. In the center photograph of Shaenon; she is sitting with her legs crossed in an office chair and smiling into the camera. She wears a gray long sleeve, a necklace, and jeans.
From left to right, the illustrations that border the photograph include: a character wearing a white dress and jewelry while sitting in pink cloud in the sky, a cheerful green snake roping around a branch with a flower in its mouth, a small gray animal sniffing a black rose, a character with a large coat standing on a pink crescent moon that has a surprised facial expression, two characters with luxurious dresses ballroom dancing, a character calmly seated while another character fiercely yells, a green character smiling and holding a rose, and lastly two characters competitively arm wrestling in front of a pyramid.
Shaenon K. Garrity is a cartoonist and writer best known for the online comics Narbonic and Skin Horse. Her work has appeared in anthologies including Cringe, The Big Feminist But, and Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz. Her first graphic novel, Willowweep Manor, with Chris Baldwin, will be out from McElderry Books in 2021.
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facebook.com/shaenon
twitter.com/shaenongarrity
couscouscollective.storenvy.com/?id=6848
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narbonic@sbcglobal.net
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
John Porcellino
Monica Gallagher
Rina Ayuyang
Various black and white zines by Snail Rat artist Annie LeFevre lay across a green silky cloth. Zine covers read, “Ho. The Other Witch House,” “ The Curse Has Not Been Broken,” “Snail Rat the Squeakuel,” “Sour Worms,” and various sketch illustrations.
Annie LeFevre / Snail Rat (she/her) is a multimedia artist based in both Brooklyn, NY and the Bay Area. With a focus in self-publishing illustrations, comics, and poetry, she is expanding her practice by experimenting with narratives around modern-day divination and the ever present question, “what if rats were giant?”
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venmo @Ann-LeFevre
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Pat McCarthy (Born to Kill Pigeoning Fanzine)
Caroline Paquita (Pegacorn Press)
Microeditorial Amistad
Stelli Munnis sits in front of a white background with one hand to her chin as she looks curiously ahead of her. Stelli wears a blue multi-printed dress, a silver watch, a ring on her finger, small earrings, and her dark hair tied back in a bun.
Stelli Munnis (she/her) made her first zine when she was 13, although she didn't know it was called a zine at the time. She made her first comic zine in her early 30s. Now she makes zines all the time. In her spare time, Stelli works and is the founder of a nonprofit, Red Sulphur, focused on healing, empowerment, and teaching others to make zines.
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facebook.com/stellimunnis
instagram.com/stellimunnis
redsulphur.org/zines
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venmo.com/Stelli-Munnis
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#adisorderedmindzines
Nica C.
Trinidad Escobar
Drawing by Summer Li of a fierce femme character with long black hair tied up in a high-bun with purple flowers. The character has sharp black eyebrows, baby bangs, light turquoise eyes and lips, purple ear plugs (gauges) and a purple septum piercing. The character sticks its tongue out while a fly sits on their tongue and three similar flies fly around their hair. Behind the characters is vertical black text that reads, “CHOOSE YOUR TIME.”
I'm a visual artist / designer based in Oakland. My work investigates the messiness and nuances of our internal lives, diving deep into my own personal history, as a necessity, but also to build connection with and create space for anyone who wants to consider the undercurrents of their own lives and of the human condition. I have previously shown my work at local zine fests and group exhibitions.
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instagram.com/summerliart
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Venmo: @summerxli
PayPal: remmus@gmail.com
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@koreangry
@stainperfect
@ojasno
Tanya Brassie wears a black blouse that has small white shapes printed on it, she wears glasses, and her hair back as she smiles in front of a bright, pink, and pastel display of riso prints, posters, and zines. The display is decorated with a green vine, a Felix the Cat clock, and several of her artworks such as “RESIST brainwashing”, “Toxic Landscapes”, and “Read Only Data”.
Tanya Brassie (she/her) is a Brooklyn based illustrator and software engineer. Her work is inspired by the natural world, cyberspace, workplace culture and propaganda. When not computing for work, she is computing for play.
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instagram.com/itstanyalol
twitter.com/itstanyalol
incahoots.press
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Julia Evans
Elevatorteeth
Jon Michael Frank
Milo and Rei of TLC Zines stand together for an up-close selfie. Milo wears black rimmed glasses and widely opens his eyes for the camera. Rei wears a black tank-top, pink hair with red horns digitally drawn, multiple piercings, and looks fiercely into the camera.
Milo (he/him) and Rei (they/she), have been making zines and stickers together as a team since 2017. In 2018, they decided to make a community-run art space where Black and Brown people can have their art centered, and create freely without pressure. Miles enjoys music and visual art. Reina enjoys comics and playing video games in their spare time.
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instagram.com/tlc_zines
instagram.com/notalwayzsad
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venmo @reinapowerviolence
venmo @Miles-preclaro
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
our friend kiran
Charlie Manzano and Roman Ruddick creators of the Transgender Cancer Patient Project stand together, face-to-face, embracing one another. Charlie has red hair, wears an orange beanie, a gray button up, and a black cardigan. Roman wears a light blue and white striped button up t-shirt with dark pants. They both smile warmly as they look at each other.
Transgender Cancer Patient Project
Charlie Manzano (he/him) and Roman Ruddick (they/them) met online and together they started the Transgender Cancer Patient Project in 2018. They both grew up in the Bay Area, and currently reside in Martinez. Besides zines, they are also both involved with community organizing, particularly in the realm of health and gender.
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facebook.com/transcancerzine
instagram.com/transcancerzine
twitter.com/transcancerzine
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venmo @transcancerzine
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Transboycomics
Koreangry
Jillian Sandell
Ulterior Zines artist Alexa Lima wears a brown sleeveless top and gold jewelry while sitting on a patio outside. Alexa has a slight smile with arms crossed and leans into a variety of black and white printed zines, yellow cards, and yellow pins that are laid in front of them. Zines include “Wake ATL”, “Figments”, and “Wake ATL 2 Gentrification and Displacement”.
My name is Alexa Lima and I am a Black zinester and musician based in Marietta, GA.
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instagram.com/ulteriorzines__
etsy.com/shop/UlteriorZines
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paypal.me/ulteriorzines
cash.me/ZinesRule
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Nikki Minor (chicory zine)
Alex Wrekk
clear.truth
Whitney Romberg sits at a table with one arm folded and the other arm holding up her head. Whitney has a slight smile, wears purple lipstick and a light green blouse.On the table is a small journal with several pencils, an iced beverage to-go, and various zines on a light purple tablecloth. These zines have a fun cursive font on the covers and include drawings of succulents, teacups, and flowers.
Whitney Romberg has been making zines since 2014. The zines that she creates are fueled by her experiences as a Queer Asian American, day to day life, and mental health. She also founded and ran Santa Cruz Zine Fest from 2016-2018. When She is not creating, she likes to show people pictures of her cats and take up random new skills.
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instagram.com/whitneykittyart
etsy.com/shop/matchycatspress
instagram.com/p/B8mbPhxBRmS/
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Venmo.com/whitneyromberg
ko-fi.com/whitneyromberg
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I'm honored to know so many talented zine makers, but the first 3 that come to mind are Sophia Zarders, Koreangry, and MariNaomi
“USE ME, FUCK ME, KILL ME, I DONT EXIST” text borders a black and white drawing by xynree artist Zinrui Chen. The drawing inside of the text border is of a girl in flames with her palms open as she’s looking above her.
Xinrui Chen is an Asian American artist and zine maker from Los Angeles. She makes paintings, comics and zines focusing on mental health, relationships, creativity and self worth.
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instagram.com/xynree/
xynree.storenvy.com/
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Venmo.com/xynree
PayPal: xynree@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Noel Freibert
Alexis Beauclair
Jesse Fillingham
A dark reddish-orange zine labeled “Rotten” and created by Yasmeen Abedifard sits upwards and slightly open on a bright white table. Orange characters with tomato shaped heads are drawn inside the zine with their hands on their stomachs.
Yasmeen Abedifard (she/her) is a Bay Area native living in San Jose. She’s had solo and group shows at various galleries such as (Safe Gallery, Random Access Gallery, Experimental Gallery, Jack Hanley Gallery). She’s curated a group show centered around art books, focusing on zines. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of San Francisco and her MFA from Cornell University.
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instagram.com/yasmeen.abedi
twitter.com/yasmeenabedi
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venmo.com/Yasmeen-Abedi
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Simon Hanselmann
Inés Estrada
Sophia Foster-Dimino
A bright blue light emanates from the feet of BuchmanufakturKasimir founder Daniela Kasimir. It is nighttime and she wears a long, furry, tan coat.
I founded the BumaKa in the year 2009. Since then I made artist books and zines and participated at different fairs for example in Germany, Switzerland and Spain.
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instagram.com/bumakasimir
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
So many different, I can’t choose.
The cover of Canto Cutie Volume 1 features artist Tsz Kam’s painting “Cantonese Cowgirl and Her Water Buffalo.” The Cantonese Cowgirl wears an elaborately embroidered cowgirl outfit, including a bright pink hat with a veil, roses on her shawl, tan gloves, a striking black skirt with a yellow petticoat, and red cowboy boots. The water buffalo is black, covered in a pattern of red hearts, and wearing a blue kerchief. Both the cowgirl and the water buffalo hold yellow flowers in their mouths. Venus flytraps adorn the foreground. The cover’s tagline reads “An art zine about the Cantonese diaspora.”
Katherine Leung (she/her) is an artist, public school art teacher, and community organizer. She is currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area, although her roots are all over the American Southwest. She curates Canto Cutie zine and Dead Dads Club zine.
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instagram.com/cantocutie
cantocutie.square.site
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venmo @leungkz
paypal.me/SJArtTeacher
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
I work with children so I love any zine created by youth! I am also a fan of all the zines represented at East Bay Zine Festival.
Risograph printed prints and zines by Cheeky Chong. Zine titles include “Sneks & Crocies,” “Elvis Style,” “Proud Moment,” and “My Greatest Fear” (featuring a pair of sagging breasts). The prints feature wrestlers battling demonic opponents, Gamera and Godzilla in bondage gear, and a devil woman in bondage gear restraining a man.
CHEEKY CHONG STARTED MAKING ZINES LAST YEAR, BUT SHE HAS LOVED A GOOD STORIES ALL HER LIFE. CURRENTLY, SHE IS VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON A ILLUSTRATED ZINE INVOLVING UNDERGROUND FIGHTS & JET SKIS! ON TOP OF DRAWING FOR ZINES & ILLUSTRATIONS, SHE ALSO MAKES ANIMATED GIFS OF SILLY THINGS LIKE HEADS EXPLODING.
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instagram.com/cheeky.chong
cheekychong.com
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venmo @cheeky-chong
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Ian Mackay
Kidtofer
Unity Press
Four Zines by Christina Hu: The cover of “Food I’ve Cooked for those I’ve loved” is covered in painted images of various packaged foods. The cover of “Lil’ Guide to Kitchen Knives” is risograph printed with blue text and pink knives. The cover of “How to Talk to Your Friends About Their Feelings” is black and white and features two bullfrogs. The cover of “I Can’t Cum (It’s Fine)” is risograph printed with black text and blue and pink sex toys.
Christina Hu is a new zine maker that started making zines in 2019. She loves writing, and printmaking, and talking about how she's Chinese. Outside of zines, she works as a copywriter. In her free time she cooks, climbs rocks, and picks up crafty hobbies like loose change on the sidewalk. This is her first zinefest!
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instagram.com/christina.blob
etsy.com/shop/BooHuPress
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venmo @christina-hu-2
christinabwho@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Tiny Splendorm
Broken Fingaz
Sanaa Khan
The covers of 20 “Dead in Hollywood” zines: Sal Mineo, Dorothy Stratten, The Menendez Brothers, River Phoenix, River & Jonny, Sharon Tate, James Dean, The Battle of North Hollywood, Stalked! (Rebecca Schaeffer, Dominique Dunne, Linda Sobek), Dead in San Diego: Betty Broderick, Natalie Wood, 50,000,000 Tab Fans Can't Be Wrong (Tab Hunter), Dorothy Dandridge Lives Here, Marilyn of Avalon (Marilyn Monroe), Here Lies Sharon Tate, Lupe Velez, The Night Stalker - Part One. (Richard Ramirez), Dead in England: St. Dunstan's Churchyard, Zodiac Zine, I Like Killing People... and Writing Letters (A Zodiac companion piece).
I started the fanzine Dead in Hollywood 3 years ago after a particularly awful meeting on a script I had spent four years working on. Right then and there I decided that I wasn't going to let anyone else dictate my creativity, so I turned my "strange addiction" into something creative!
LINKS
instagram.com/deadinhollywoodzine
deadinhollywood.bigcartel.com
deadinhollywood.com
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venmo @Castro-Burger
Paypal @DavidCastro170
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
The Goth Bitch
StarFucker
On Planet Weird
The cover of S P A C E magazine (stylized as SP C), featuring a photo manipulation by Nils Don Sihvola. The photo depicts a spiral divided into five parts, with each part overlaid with a different color block palette. The text reads “Cover Art by Nils Don Sihvola ‘Digital visual arts -- digital SLR and image processing -- is my thing. In 2013 a friend sold me his Canon 500D digital camera. Instinctively and instantly, I knew that the digital camera would be my tool to make art. Art: something I’ve known since I was a child I wanted to make. Every year I practiced, and in 2017, went to study photography at Kymenlaakson opisto in Inkeroinen, Finland. Ever since, I’ve wanted to investigate questions like, “How does form support content? What’s ‘balance’ in a composition? What can an image say, in complement to, for example, a spoken message?” In a world that relies on the flat 2D spectacle, rotating the axis to discover a fresh perspective can mean the difference between “love” and “pain.”’ Instagram @nils_don_sihvola.”
S P A C E is a weekly mini-mag about design & discovery. No ads. No endorsements. No BS. It's 100% crowdfunded, and published by Design Kompany.
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facebook.com/designkompany
instagram.com/dkompany
twitter.com/designkompany
gumroad.com/designkompany
chuffed.org/project/spacethezine
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
3 Girlz Quarterly, Portland... Discovered at Portland Zine Symposium in real life 10 years ago!,
Abdul Dube, Aarhus... Discovered while in Penang, picked up a few of his works, have been in touch ever since,
Kaltio, Oulu, DK got to be part of the magazine's Oulu Arts Festival, and hosted a zinemaking event for it in 2018
The cover of the Dooky Zines book “Tales of an Iconoclast: The Legacy of Carolyn Saulson: African American Community and Disability Rights Activist founder of Iconoclast Productions.” The cover bears an illustration of Carolyn Saulson wearing a tall, black-striped isicholo and a black sleeveless caped dress trimmed in gold with a purple jewel at the neck. She holds a white calla lily and stands in front of a waterfall running down stone cliffs.
Sumiko Saulson is a zine maker, cartoonist, and award-winning author of Afrosurrealist and multicultural sci-fi and horror. who writes a column called "Writing While Black" for a national Black Newspaper, the San Francisco BayView.
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sumikosaulson.tumblr.com
facebook.com/authorsumikosaulson
instagram.com/sumikosaulson
twitter.com/sumikoska
mauskaveli.com
dookyzines.com
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sumikoska@yahoo.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Art by Andi (Andi Von Ruin)
Sandwich Zine (Alexa Casciato)
Did you mean: Afrosurrealism / Afrofuturism Zine (Jack Moore)
Three panels of a comic by Eddie Ahn that take place inside Shan Dong Restaurant in Oakland. The comic features black lines with yellow shading. Panel one: EDDIE stands at the front counter talking to a woman. Behind him, people are dining at round tables. CAPTION: Back in the day, I’d get the same dish: EDDIE: One order of Shan Dong dumplings, please. CAPTION: Even the same family works the counter and tables. ...They’ve been here for almost thirty years. Panel Two: EDDIE is at the same counter, but now a man, CHARLES is behind the counter, preparing a receipt. A takeout bag sits on the counter between them. CAPTION: This is Charles, who usually has a ready quip. Surprisingly, he recognizes me even though I haven’t stopped by in a long while. Panel Three: A closer shot of CHARLES who is smiling lightly as he talks. CHARLES: Back then, you look like a boy. Now you look a little more like a man. Heh! CAPTION: Yep, same ol’ Charles.
Eddie Ahn is a self-taught cartoonist and nonprofit lawyer based in San Francisco, California. In addition to being featured in several art shows (@ehacomics), his illustration work has been installed as public art on utility boxes throughout San Francisco. His environmental justice nonprofit (@brightlinedefense) in San Francisco works on equity-oriented environmental policies and programs.
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facebook.com/ehacomics
instagram.com/ehacomics
twitter.com/ehacomics
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Anand Vedawala
Yvonne Li (@akraticbehavior)
Liz Mayorga
Erika Reyes leans towards the camera smiling with arms folded. She wears a longsleeved grey shirt and a dark scarf with a red, blue, and grey pattern.
Erika Reyes loves telling stories and bringing the reader into another world with her Illustrated, artistic zines.
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instagram.com/artificialaltar
etsy.com/shop/artificialaltar
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Venmo @erikaisreyes
paypal.me/erikaisreyes
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Urbano Mata
Ollie page
bettsurevolt
Lydia Sviatoslavsky is an Oakland-based freelance writer and research assistant. She has written for Audiofemme, Broke-Ass Stuart, Collectors Weekly, and Local News Matters. Her zines are but fractured answers to a society stricken with nihilism, narcissism, and nonsense. She has previously tabled at Santa Cruz Zine Fest, Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, and Dear Diary Zine Fest.
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instagram.com/rot_thought
feminineitch.bigcartel.com
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Venmo @lydia-sviatoslavsky
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Ivy Rose
Ari Madkin
Vanessa of Dear Diary zines
Gaia WXYZ (they/them) is a comic artist based in Oakland, CA. They create comic zines in a variety of genres, from travel diary to visionary science fiction. They are in the class of 2020 in the CCA MFA in Comics program. They are working on a graphic novel, SupaClusta, set to be released early 2022.
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instagram.com/gaiaw.xyz
portal.cca.edu/people/gaia
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venmo @gwxyz
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Brown Recluse Zine Collective
Lawrence Lindell
GLOM
Grace Desmarais (she/her) self-publishes auto-bio and middle-grade comics. Grace explores a variety of genres including memoir, historical narrative and fantasy. Grace is a disability advocate. When she is not drawing she is snuggling her cat Lala, and reading sci-fi.
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facebook.com/grace.desmarais
instagram.com/gracedesmarais
twitter.com/GraceDoesComix
etsy.com/shop/ComicsClubandCo
gracedesmarais.myportfolio.com
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venmo @Grace-Desmarais
paypal grace.desmarais@yahoo.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Liz Bolduc
Maria Sweeney
Kevin Budnik
Michelle Spadafore's 1st zine captured images of NYC in words & photos (Haiku & Holga) followed by Urban Ephemera (graffiti), Into the Greenwood (cemetery), & Dem Bones (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle). Bogart & Bacall movies and SF's foggy alleys inspired a queer comic (The Dame Vanishes). A multi-cultural western comic & mental health crisis / alternatives to police zine now in the works.
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etsy.com/shop/haikuandholga
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paypal.me/zinemachine
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
East Village Inky
Homos in Herstory
Vampire Emmy and the Garbage Girl
Homestead Frontier began collecting student work and creating zines in 2012. They made their first appearance at SF Zine Fest in 2017. They are passionate about spreading creativity in the community and look forward to the opportunity to showcase their work this year.
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venmo @Tli311
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Some of their favorite zinemakers are Angel Trazo, Oliver Northwood, and Eishin Yoshida
I began making minizines, collages and poems at home in my small bedroom while in lockdown March 2020. They’re mostly compositions of images and words found in magazines.
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instagram.com/av.ventures
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venmo @Avalon-Bauman
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
instagram.com/austinkleon/
instagram.com/malakagharib/
instagram.com/elfairemedellin/
Joyce (she/her) started making zines in 2015. She lives in Oakland, California.
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venmo @joyceslee
paypal.me/joyceslee
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Some of the zine makers I love are Muff Mag (@muff_mag), Free Radicals (@freeradsorg), Facility (@facilitymag), Algorithms of Late Capitalism (@algorithms_of_late_capitalism), Amy Burek (@awkwardladies), Anna Jo Beck (@biffboffbamsock), and on and on...
Kat Ball was born and raised in the various boroughs of New York City. She has been drawing zines and comics since she was four. Most of her stories are goofy ideas that pop into her head and decides to see how far she can take them.
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katbus-express.tumblr.com
facebook.com/katbusball
instagram.com/katbusbrawl
twitter.com/Katbusbrawl
gumroad.com/katbus
katbusbrawl.com
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venmo @KatBall
paypal.me/KatharineBall
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Michael Stenbaek (IG: syzygy.zip)
Karissa Sakumoto (IG: _kommunicator)
Arthur Katrina (IG: rot_radio)
Hey, I’m Eunsoo Jeong, a Los Angeles based artist and creator of Koreangry, a comic/zine series based on my daily struggles as a Korean-American immigrant woman and artist searching for identity in today’s political climate.
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facebook.com/koreangry
instagram.com/koreangry
twitter.com/koreangry
koreangry.com
gumroad.com/koreangry
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venmo @koreangry
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lawrence Lindell
Breena Nuñez
Carolina Hicks
Lawrence Lindell is a cartoonist, zinester, musician and educator from California. Lindell’s work focuses on Mental Health, Blackness and Queerness. Lindell started the Bay Area Comics Collective The BAYlies in 2018 and the DIY Music and Art label Noise met Sound in 2013.
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lawrencelindell.com
thebaylies.com
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venmo @Lawrence-Lindell
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Breena Nuñez
Eunsoo Jeong
Jonas(Fixer Eraser Zine)
Luke Vermin (he/him) is a trans weirdo and newbie zinester based in Tampa, Florida. He's been making zines for just over a year and creating for much longer. He is an artist of many mediums and connoisseur of all things strange and unusual.
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instagram.com/ratcoven
crapandemic.storenvy.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Marina Graves
Julia Eff
Andrea K.
Mara Gervais lives in CA and started participating in zine fests in 2016. Besides making zines, they create foil prints, risograph prints, silkscreen prints, and stickers while working full time at a natural foods co-op.
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instagram.com/_maralane
maragervais.bigcartel.com
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Venmo @snackitypackity
PayPal maralanegervais@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Sam Alden
Kris Mukai
Sophia Foster-Dimino
marina graves (they/she) is a north bay zine maker who's been doing zines since 2019. they are fat, goth, chronically ill, an abuse survivor, queer, a sex worker, and a tarantula mom. this is their third zine fest. their zines are available outside of fests via crapandemic distro.
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instagram.com/outsiiderheart
twitter.com/marinasaurusrex
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
julia eff
agatha thrash
luke vermin
Melisa Des Rosiers (she/her) enjoys creating creepy, spooky art as well as the more light-hearted silly cat gags. Nothing is more exciting than the carving of ink on crisp paper with a dip pen. She also has an ongoing collaborative project, An Anthology of Shadows, illustrating paranormal entities while creative partner Jesus Gomez writes accompanying poetry.
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instagram.com/inkedpawprints
twitter.com/inkedpawprints
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venmo @melisa-desrosiers
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Koreangry
Silver Sprocket
Simone Rein
I have been working as an illustrator and essay writer in Japan for years and resent 10 years I have been teaching at art collage. I have zine making classes. I also have been co-organizing ZINE DAY OSAKA since 2016, and ZINE DAY TAIWAN since 2018, which are smaller zine fairs about 40-60 teams, held at Risograph print store.
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facebook.com/monmonbooksandbags
instagram.com/monmonpress
monmonbooks.thebase.in
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Tetsu Kayama
Naoshi / Himi Kozue / Aki Miyajima
Naoshi moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and started participating in zine fests with 2 Japanese illustrators in 2017. I'd like to share fun, weird and beautiful zines!
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instagram.com/naoshisunae
etsy.com/shop/Naoshi
nao-shi.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Beverly Salas
Masanao Hirayama
Tara Booth
Anna Haifisch
Queer mixed-race media-maker Nia King, now 33, started writing zines when she was 17. She is the author of three self-published books (Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volumes 1-3) and the host/producer of We Want the Airwaves, a podcast about QTPOC art activism which has been running for 7 years. She lived in Oakland from 2008-2019 and currently lives in Philadelphia.
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niaking.tumblr.com
facebook.com/artactivistnia510
twitter.com/wewantthepod
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Venmo: @Nia-King
paypal.me/artactivistnia
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Anna Vo (The Swan/The Vulture, Fix My Head)
LB (Truckface, So Midwest)
Nicole Witch-Hazel (Go Trespassing)
Lillian Liu is an independent artist living in Seattle, Washington. Pencil and Post is a collection of work that was created from personal journal entries. Her long stream-of-consciousness writing is transformed into cute visual concepts telling stories about what it means to exist through uncertainty.
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instagram.com/pencilandpost
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venmo @pencilandpost
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Summer Li
Jason Lin
Amy Burek (Awkward Ladies)
Andie Nguyen studied history in college, uses she/her pronouns, likes to bike and edit videos. Fashion is super cool too. During the pandemic, she began working in food manufacturing. Before, she worked at the Alameda Free Library (where she got her supply of zine reading.)
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pianorecitalmagazine.tumblr.com
instagram.com/pianorecitalparties
twitter.com/pianorecitalmag
issuu.com/pianoallstars
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venmo @andie-nguyen-1
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
1) Joey-Allison Sayers is so funny!
2) TWANAS at UCSC
3) Anything I find in my Local libraries honestly or whoever was my most recent zine purchase, and that would be: Jackie Wang "On being Hard Femme"
Ponyboy Press makes zines about obsessions and confessions. Pop Culture, history, and the experience of growing old are common themes. Inspiration from vintage ephemera from a personal collection is a big part of the process.
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venmo @Krissy-Durden
Paypal ponyboypress@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Rachel Lee Carmen
Zach Auburn
Grieg Means
Brian and Meg of Rainbow Connection Collective pose at an outdoor patio street side. Meg wears sunglasses and holds their hands up to their head. They both wear light jeans, face masks, and matching black t-shirts that read, “I appreciate the muppets on a much deeper level than you”.
The Rainbow Connection Collective is a two-friend force of nature based in Sacramento, CA. Meg and Brian's philosophy is simple: Zines and friendship make the world better (and puppets are cool)! The RCC creates shows, events, and experiences (web-based since COVID hit) that invite everyone everywhere to create, connect, and share through the unlimited power of the zine!
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instagram.com/rainbowconnectioncollective
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Fiddler's Green Zine
Never Felt Better Zine
Pretty much anything printed by Tiny Splendor!
Sarah Maloney has wavy brown hair, wears a white floral blouse, and smiles cheerfully as they stand in front of a brown painting with blue eye-balls and orange tentacles in the painting. Sarah holds a pink zine in each hand. One zine has a drawing of a psychedelic telescope and the other zine reads, “LOVE IS LIKE FALLING IN A BLACK HOLE”.
Sarah is a queer visual artist and storyteller. They are artsy and fartsy.
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instagram.com/maloneydoodles
pushpullseattle.weebly.com/sarahmaloney
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Venmo @maloneydoodles
Cashapp $maloneydoodles
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Nicole Georges
Fox and Comet - Magda Boreysza
Biancaxunise
Comic drawing by Serenity Serseción of an upset character that’s wearing a blue polo shirt, a backpack, a mask, and has short, curly, purple hair. The character looks back at two people happily talking to one another without a mask. The character thinks to themselves “WTF!?” and a caption reads, “Lately, people haven’t been wearing a mask! At all! Everywhere!! People think the virus is gone. But, the cases in Cali keep going up!”
Serenity Serseción (they / them) is a plural, Latinx, queer, system. They’ve loved comics since they were kids in Puerto Rico trying to get ahold of any comics available (long before the internet existed). In high school they started making their own comics as zines and never stopped.
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instagram.com/serensdream
etsy.com/shop/SerenitysDream
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Into most auto bio zines in either comics or prose.
Shani Ealey wears a white blouse with blue and beige leaves printed on it, white pants, a necklace with a blue stone, and shell earrings. Shani cheerfully smiles at a busy event next to a painting of a mermaid with a colorful pink fin underwater.
Shani is a spirit chasin’, forest wanderin’, Black womxn who spends a lot time dreaming up new worlds through painting, the written word, and collage making as a way to heal and transform intergenerational patterns of harm, neglect, and trauma. Shani’s work is greatly informed by the desire to learn and practice rituals that center the values of African earth centered spirituality.
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instagram.com/ani_kweens
etsy.com/shop/AniKweens
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venmo @shani-ealey
PayPal: Shanita.ealey@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lawrence Lindell
@nuthingoodat4
@d.s.press
Kate and Frances of Snake Zines stand cheerfully with big smiles in nature. Kate wears a red puff-jacket, blue framed glasses, and multiple bracelets. Frances wears a yellow t-shirt, blue jeans, and a dslr camera around her neck.
Kate and Frances are 13-year-old sisters (both: she, her) who started making zines in 2015 and have participated in several zine fests since then. Frances illustrates the comics and writes the code for the website. She also likes playing the guitar and painting. Kate writes the comic plot and creates the games and other activities. In her free time, she likes baking and playing the mandolin.
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paypal.me/snakezine
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Amy Wibowo
Danny Clay
Kat Vellos
A colorful spread of six editions of Transvestia zines by Stoner Zines artist Jackson Stoner lay across a green background. The zine on top features a black and white photo of a bald femme outside wearing hoop earrings, sun glasses on top of their head, several arm tattoos, and a cropped tanktop.
Jackson Stoner (ze/hir and he/him) is a queer/trans, autistic, and jewish artist and zinester who makes perzines about hirs experiences with gender exploration, educational zines about the autistic community, and a variety of nerdy (TTRPG), cute and goth artwork! He is really excited to connect virtually with so many other zinesters!
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facebook.com/transvestia
instagram.com/stonerzines
twitter.com/stonerzines
stonerzines.com/shop
jacksonstoner.org/transvestia
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venmo @stonerzines
Cashapp $stonerzines
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Alyssa Giannini (@craftordiyofficial)
Sabrina Sims (@starlyart)
Roman Ruddick and Charlie Manzano (@transcancerzine)
Rania Ho, Thy Tran, and Bryan Wu stand cheerfully together at an event with bright lights and glass displays. Rania wears glasses and a red blouse with yellow flowers. Thy wears a black t-shirt with a white star printed on it, a dark long sleeve, a watch, and glasses. Bryan wears a blue and red flannel long sleeve and glasses.
Survival Project is Bryan Wu, Rania Ho, and Thy Tran and we do art around survival techniques for extreme situations. We’re an artist collective with roots in SF and are currently scattered in Beijing and Hawaii. We draw from oral histories, local knowledge, archival material to present techniques and skills for coping with a range of crises situations in print and multi-sensory installations.
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store.survivalproject.net
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cash.me/$bwu
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Jean Chen
Jason Shiga
Julie Melton
Tiffany Chen stands and smiles in front of a wooden panel wearing a blue checkered blouse, dark denim jacket, and sunglasses on top of her head.
Tiffany (she/her) is a first-time zine artist from Alameda, CA. She is a student, an artist, INFJ personality type, a taurus, and loves the color yellow.
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Venmo @Tiffany-Chen-28
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
nghiem nguyen
vivian chen
sarah tran
Tomatobird artist Taylor Leong wears a white hat and denim long sleeve. She sits cheerfully with her hands holding her face while exhibiting a table full of black and white printed zines and stickers. These zines include drawings of angels, swords, and earth.
Tomatobird (Taylor Leong, She/Her) is an SF-based independent comic artist and illustrator whose personal artwork and fanwork explores biblical-mythological themes in fantastical, emotional, and ornamental ways. Jokingly self described "purveyor of Bible doujinshi"she loves abstract and non-literal interpretations of stories, art nouveau, stylized prints, and dramatic animes.
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tomato-bird.tumblr.com
instagram.com/tomato.bird
twitter.com/Tomato_bird
tomatobird.storenvy.com
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venmo @Taylor-Leong
paypal.me/tomatobird
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Madeline McGrane
Cat Huang
Yamino (of Sister Claire webcomic & Elastigale zines)
Sketch drawing by Trinidad Escobar of a fierce character wearing triangle earrings and a thick necklace. The character’s shoulders stand up straight and their eyes are intensely staring forward.
Trinidad Escobar (she/her/they) is a queer, Filipina American cartoonist from the Bay Area. She makes speculative fiction and gothic comics with queer and genderqueer characters. Her book OF SEA AND VENOM will be published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Her graphic novellette TRYST will be published in the Philippines by Gantala Press.
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instagram.com/escobarcomics
trinidadescobar.com/shop
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Venmo @escobarcomics
PayPal escobarcomics@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lawrence Lindell
Breena Nuñez
Tanna Tucker.
verbal.visual artist Claudia wears a black jacket and earrings while cheerfully standing in front of an artwork made of book pages glued to a board that reads “be legible” in large text.
Claudia's (she/they) artistic practice focuses on the intersectionality of movements for justice. Her practice includes printmaking, zines, and book arts, graphic design, poetry, and prose writing as well as two- and three-dimensional protest art, drawing on her experience as a mixed race, queer, Asian activist with a disability to inform the form, content, and ethos of her work.
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instagram.com/verbal.visual
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Venmo: @clawday
PayPal: claudiajleung@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Diaspora Savant Press
Abolish Time
Mixed Rice Zines
Will/Lilly Betke-Brunswick wears a black zipper hoodie with a white t-shirt that has color text along with a nametag written with magenta ink. Will sits cheerfully exhibiting at a table with pink floral cloth and covered in zines, including “I Am A Hypochondriac”, “Birth Control If You’re Trans and Have A Uterus”, “Ben and Friends”, and many more small zines and cards.
Will/Lilly Betke-Brunswick (both names, they/them pronouns) is an MFA Comics graduate from CCA. They exhibit at zine fests around the West, most recently at Bay Area Queer Zine Fest and VanCAF. Will is working on a graphic memoir, and loves drawing birds.
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instagram.com/transboycomics/
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venmo.com/willbb123
paypal.me/WillBetkeBrunswick
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lawrence Lindell
Nicole J Georges
Eunsoo Jeong
Yeiry Guevara, writer and artist, sits outside cheerfully smiling with bright red lipstick and wears a black dress patterned with multi-colored flowers and parrots.
Yeiry Guevara is a writer, translator, and multimedia artist based in Houston, TX. Her work can be seen in Remezcla, Texas Monthly and VICE. Yeiry and her Mother run a crafts line named Mami Made.
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yeirybird.tumblr.com/
facebook.com/yeiry.guevara
instagram.com/yeirybird
twitter.com/yeirybird
yeiry.com/shop
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venmo.com/yeiry
paypal.me/Yeiry
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
St. Sucia
Koreangry
Colectiva Cosmica
“MPR Balloon Comes Down,” a black and white comic by Zineopolis depicting a deflating “Happy Birthday” balloon thinking, “It will be the best show in the history of Otis School! It will make me a star!”
Zineopolis is a group of kids who were former members of the Otis Scoop school newsletter. Since quarantine we have made small zines on many topics. Our newspaper zine is called The Scoop but we also make comics, zines about our favorite games and some creative writing.
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instagram.com/zineopolis
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venmo.com/jerroldconnors
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
@thesparklyartshark
@kelly_canby
@likeallofu
The risograph printed cover of “Bulbancha is Still a Place: Indigenous Culture from New Orelans,” blue ink on white paper. An indigenous woman holds a feathered fan front of the Bulbancha (New Orleans) harbor, next to a stenciled sign that reads “Bulbancha is Still a Place.”
Bulbancha Is Still a Place: Indigenous Culture from “New Orleans”
Bulbancha Is Still a Place is: Ozone504 (contributing art and design editor), an E. Tennessee transplant of mixed Saponi, Monacan, and Lenni Lenape ancestry & Jeffery Darensbourg (editor-who's-not-a-chief) enrolled Atakapa-Ishak Nation. Additional support from Daniela Capistrano (queer Chicana) of POC Zine Project.
LINKS
facebook.com/Bulbancha-Is-Still-a-Place-Indigenous-Culture-from-New-Orleans-LLC-1708639685894710
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Kallie Tiffau
John Porcellino
Kiernan Dunn
Luis Blackaller holds up the second issue of the Cartoon Distortion art zine “Pink Punk.” The zine is risograph printed in black and pink. On the back cover, a a woman in sunglasses strums on an electric guitar plugged into a retro robot. The robot has three human mouths on its chest and all are singing with their tongues sticking out.
Luis Blackaller is an artist from Mexico City. He worked as an art director and storyboard artist in films like Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel. He earned a MS from the MIT Media Lab. He lives in LA parenting his daughter, making films, VR, and Cartoon Distortion, where he hopes to build a liminal space for the graphic arts and his personal world.
LINKS
instagram.com/cartoon_distortion
cartoondistortion.limitedrun.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Hellen Jo
John Pham
Jordan Crane
Cheekytta artist Ashley Velasquez smiles in front of the Golden Gate Bridge. Her jacket and baseball hat both bear patches with the Nation Parks Service logo that read “Volunteer.”
cheekytta
This is Ashley's first zine fest. She dabbled with zines in the past year and has tried focusing on her feelings towards the pandemic in the past few months. When she is not drawing zines she is working as a graphic designer or volunteering at the San Francisco Zoo.
LINKS
instagram.com/cheekytta2.0
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venmo @ashley-velasquez
paypal.me/cheekytta
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lee Mars
Trina Robbins
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
julia eff of CRAPANDEMIC stands in front of Hopscotch Coffee in Bloomington, Indiana, drinking an iced coffee.
CRAPANDEMIC is a distro/zinemaking racket run by Midwestern zine vet julia eff & friends. Originally just a store for julia's work, over the years the site has evolved into a full-fledged curated distro for Hot Topic enthusiasts & the people that love them.
LINKS
instagram.com/crapandemic
twitter.com/crapandemic_
crapandemic.storenvy.com
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paypal.me/crapandemic
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Maranda Elizabeth
Agatha Thrash
Eternia Press
Interior of the Deconstructed Artichoke zine “The Pill Versus the Pocket Rocket” showing a blown up photo of a birth control pill pack. A smaller sheet bound inside features the female symbol.
Deconstructed Artichoke Press (aka Nikki Thompson) makes zines about feminism, politics, and life. She loves making zines from one sheet of paper with amazing folding patterns. Wowee! If you like origami, liberal opinions based in fact, zines, you'll love these zines. She can be found at www.deconstructedartichokepress.com, on Instagram (d_artichoke), and on Facebook (DeconstructedArtichokePress).
LINKS
facebook.com/DeconstructedArtichokePress
instagram.com/d_artichoke
twitter.com/d_artichoke
deconstructedartichokepress.com
DONATE
venmo.com/NThompson_d_artichoke
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Red Letter Day (Jennie Hinchcliff)
Frequenzine (Superdilletante)
Sarah Matthews (not officially a zine maker, but makes artist's books and hand carved stamps)
Artist Diego Gomez wears a black button-down shirt patterned with watermelon slices and jeans with embroidered patches on the right thigh while standing in front of a brown, white, and black mural depicting a collage of his hand-drawn portraits inside an Apple Store. White text on top of the mural reads, “Today at Apple Union Square: Art Lab: Drawing Portraits and Proportions with Diego Gomez.”
Queer Mexican San Francisco native, born in the mission, living in the Tenderloin! I teach at City College and i love collecting and making zines, comics, books and stickers!!
LINKS
DesignNurd.Tumblr.com
facebook.com/DesignNurdDiegoGomez
instagram.com/DesignNurd
twitter.com/designnurd
etsy.com/shop/designnurd
designnurd.blogspot.com
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venmo.com/designnurd
paypal.me/designnurd
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Koreangry
Rita Sapunor
From Robin
A yellow Dulce Zines sticker with a red rose in the center and barbed wire around the sides.
Dulce Zines is a QTPOC collective for queers to tell their stories.
LINKS
instagram.com/violentlemonade
redbubble.com/people/rdulce
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Dear Diary Zines
Sick Sad Zines
Brown Recluse Collective
Five zines and an illustration by Eli Bishop positioned on top of a paper cutter. Zine 1: “Busybody” features a drawing of a house with a crow perched atop oa bay window. A black cat is stretched out on the roof. The number “1” sits in a light fixture. Zine 2: “The Drip / Late Shift: Two Creepy Hospital Nursing Stories” features a stethoscope, a blank dial, and a lit candle. Zine 3: The cover of “Day of the Devour” is framed by lower and upper fanged teeth. In the middle sits an unopened bag labeled “Happy Chips.” Zine 4: “An Inside Job: Dream Comics” is risograph printed with black and blue ink on cream paper. Up top, a sun crests a horizen. In the middle, a surreal image of two koi fish circling an orrery with bean-shaped planets. At the bottom, two feet sticking out of a hole. Zine 5: “Discreet” has a purple cover featuring a line drawing of a naked man spitting at a partially open window. Illustration: A scratchboard illustration depicting a squirrel and a purple owl with yellow wings.
Eli Bishop has been making minicomics very slowly for the last 20 years. He comes from Pennsylvania by way of New York City, and lives in San Francisco now with his partner and some cats.
LINKS
facebook.com/EliBishopComics
etsy.com/shop/HobsPictureHouse
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venmo @EliTheBishop
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
John Porcellino
Tessa Brunton
Diego Gomez
Erika Rier’s art zine “Pageant” opened to two interior pages. The pages are risograph printed in black and red and are in the shapes of houses. On the left page, a woman with big hair and red cheeks stands outside a house wearing a lei of red flowers. She holds out a second lei to the woman inside the house, who has red hair and wears both a skull mask and a dress covered in eyes. On the right page, three girls stand inside a house looking out an open window. One girl looks stunned; a second girl covers her mouth in apparent shock; the third girl looks impassive.
Erika Rier is a self-taught artist working mostly in mixed media and interdisciplinary art forms in a style she calls folk surrealism.
LINKS
instagram.com/erika_rier
mobile.twitter.com/erika_rier_art
etsy.com/shop/ErikaRier
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venmo @erika-rier
cash.me//$ErikaRier
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Rebecca Artemesia
Jillian Barthold
Going Places
Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine
Clint Marsh uses elements of myth, magic, folklore, and humor to help readers navigate everyday life. He is the author of The Mentalist’s Handbook and the editor of Fiddler’s Green Peculiar Parish Magazine.
LINKS
instagram.com/fiddlersgreenzine
fiddlersgreenzine.com/shop
DONATE
paypal marsh@wonderella.org
venmo @fiddlersgreenzine
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
The Cunningham Amendment, Communicating Vessels, and all the new witchcraft and magic zine makers.
Gemini Rising and Supertrooper zine, both made in Oakland with love by two taurus babes. We write about the changing landscapes in the east bay, traveling, heartbreak, gentrification, astrology, friendships, scammin, poetry, personal stories, getting in touch with our past, present and futures.
LINKS
instagram.com/deardiaryzinefest
DONATE
venmo @cookiebook (for gemini rising)
paypal.me/supertroopering
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Enola D of No Gods No Mattress, Estelle Ellison of Abolish Time, and all of our friends and community members who make the zine scene so special.
Grace Talice Lee (no pronouns) is a writer and workshop facilitator based in San Jose, California. Besides these zines, Grace is currently working on a historical fiction novel about reincarnation and a graphic novel about meeting and falling in love with fellow zinester Kyle Harter.
LINKS
gracetalicelee.bigcartel.com
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Venmo @gracetalicelee
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Kyle Harter (my partner!)
Arif Qazi
Alicia Cardell
Helen Shewolfe Tseng is an artist and witch living and working in an expanding universe. She was born to Taiwanese immigrants in the Deep South under a full moon at the hour of the wolf.
LINKS
instagram.com/wolfchirp
helentseng.com/shop
psst.zone
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venmo @wolfchirp
paypal.me/wolfchirp
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Hellen Jo
Vivian Sming
Tanna Tucker
Caterina Ragg and Adriana Monsalve started participating in the zine world in 2016, they have since found zinefamily world wide and continue to cultivate community through this space.
LINKS
instagram.com/homiehousepress
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adrianastories.com/donate
venmo @monsalve-adriana
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Carmen Virginia Johns
Navajo Press
Late Come Back Press
Jenell Del Cid and the Soft Apocalypse
Jenell Del Cid and the Soft Apocalypse have done the past two zinefests and hope to join in the online activities.
LINKS
txti.es/softapocalypsechapter3
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venmo @Jenell-DelCid
paypal.me/jacobdanielpalmer
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Laura Cohen
Meggie the Ramm
Jenn Woodall
Julie Gieseke is a writer, performer, visual facilitator and artist who has been drawing, writing and performing autobiographical stories for the last ten years. Even though she is often paid to draw in her work as a visual facilitator, she has spent the last five years working to uncover her authentic drawing style. With her zines and comics, she has been free to express her stories and style.
LINKS
facebook.com/juliegiesekesoloperformer
instagram.com/mapthemind
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venmo @Julie-Gieseke
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Katy Fricasee
Nicole J Georges
Austin Kleon
Katie Longua is an artist and magical girl. She's been publishing her own comics for over ten years, including the award-winning RÖK, Her Space Opera, and Munchies. Her first graphic novel, Debian Perl Digital Detective, is out now. She lives in a haunted house with her partner Josh and a small army of transforming robots. You're probably pronouncing her last name wrong.
LINKS
klongua.tumblr.com
instagram.com/katiesaurusrexx
twitter.com/katiesaurusrex
katiesaurus.storenvy.com
DONATE
paypal.me/katielongua
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Amber Padilla
Lauren Davis
Bubblesort Zines
Late Comeback Press’ name derives from the French term l’esprit de l’escalier–thinking of the perfect reply a little too late. As two Asian-American artists, we live within the hyphen, struggling, at times, to convey language that exists in one culture but not in the other. We hope that our work connects with you, no matter who you are, or where you’re from.
LINKS
facebook.com/latecomebackpress
instagram.com/latecomebackpress
latecomebackpress.com
DONATE
venmo @lcpress
paypal hello@latecomebackpress.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
gg
Home House Press
Rose Wong
Leah Yael Levy's 1st ever Zine Fest was in fact SFZF 2016 and since then she just kept coming back for more, occasionally running a workshop too! Yael is a mixed media artist, storyteller and educator based in Berkeley, CA. She sometimes dabbles in some printmaking too.
LINKS
facebook.com/yaelefly
instagram.com/yaelefly
twitter.com/yaellevy
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venmo @Yael-Levy-7
paypal.me/LLevy
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lauren Davis
Eli Bishop
Nicky Rodriguez
Lyn is a deeply invigorated poet who delves into the themes of self-love, identity, overcoming trauma, accepting your wild and learning to listen to your intuition. She is specifically inspired to write about womxn who are marginalized in our society, as a means of empowering future generations with their stories.
LINKS
instagram.com/poetryntings
lynpattersonpoetry.wixsite.com/website
DONATE
Venmo: @blpatterson1
PayPal: lynpattersonpoetry@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Femszine, #blkgrlswurld ZINE,
Pep Talks for Broken People by Caits Meissner, and Anything by Shaunsie (Bay Area creative writer)
Maria Fong is an artist from Berkeley attending art school in Boston. She is dedicated to making zines, animations, and drawings that tell silenced stories and foster interaction between people.
LINKS
instagram.com/mariafongtastic
issuu.com/mariafong/docs/sorting_through_zine
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venmo @Maria-Fong-1
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
mixedricezines
mooneaterscollective
Kira Lauring
Meena (she/her) makes comics - she aims to make your heart go doki-doki, but she'll settle for making you laugh.
LINKS
instagram.com/infinitedimensionalvectorcake
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Rebecca Kirby
Ivy Atoms
Meredith McClaren
MFA in Comics, California College of the Arts
CCA’s MFA in Comics program is a space where artists and writers come together to support and challenge each other’s craft. Our convention table features a revolving display of highly diverse creators, working in a multitude of genres. There's something for everyone!
LINKS
ccacomics.tumblr.com
facebook.com/ccamfacomics
instagram.com/ccacomics
twitter.com/ccacomics
comics.cca.edu/directory.html#2019
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
MariNaomi
Trinidad Escobar
Lawrence Lindell
Established in 20XX. The Mushroom Queendom is ruled by Shana T Bryant (aka MQ). Artist, author, & inclusive design geek, she draws inspiration from way way too many years of being Black in America. MQ is the creator of "terrible allies," a comic about allies and "allies."
Twitter: @mushrooQueendom
Instagram: @terribleallies and @mushroomqueendomart
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venmo @MushroomQueendom
paypal.com/paypalme/mushroomqueendom
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Eroyn Franklin
Anand Vedawala
Nasimeh B.E. (she/her) is a multi-faceted artist of mixed Iranian-American descent. She has exhibited at many zine fairs and art events over the years, and in addition to creating illustrated zines, often brings her typewriter to create custom poems on-the-spot for patrons. She loves hiking and going out into the trees, which bring her both comfort and creativity.
LINKS
facebook.com/Nasimehehe
instagram.com/nasimehehe
twitter.com/nasimehehe
nasimeh.me/store
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venmo @Nasimehehe
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
HeySoupFace
Eli Brandwein
Eunsoo Jeong
Nicky (she/her) is a queer cartoonist using comics to explore the intersections of her identity. She makes bilingual comics that explore her diaspoRican identity and the fight for Puerto Rican independence. She has contributed work to Pandemic by Curious Publishing, the SF Aids Foundation Pride2020 line, and offers her illustration services for stories centering diverse people and experiences.
LINKS
instagram.com/artofnickyrodriguez
twitter.com/tiff_a_nicky
gumroad.com/artofnickyrodriguez
DONATE
venmo @NickyRodriguez95
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Breena Nuñez
Anjelica Colliard
Niall Bree
Your friendly neighborhood super villain and ontological machanicist moved to Oakland to write his latest graphic novel series, In Search of the Black Panther Party., and also franchise villainy to the west coast.
LINKS
facebook.com/aldous.huxley
instagram.com/alan_t_clark
twitter.com/aldouslhuxley
alanclark.org
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venmo @Alan-Hemphill
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Ajuan Mance
Avy jetter
Lawrence Lindell
PM Press is an Oakland-based independent, radical publisher of zines, zine anthologies, comics, books, and media to educate, entertain, and inspire. Our aim is to deliver bold political ideas and vital stories to all walks of life and arm the dreamers to demand the impossible. We’re old enough to know what we’re doing and young enough to know what’s at stake. Join us to create a better world.
LINKS
facebook.com/pm.press
instagram.com/pmpress
twitter.com/PMPressOrg
pmpress.org
DONATE
pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_list&c=154
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Silver Sprocket
Shotgun Seamstress
Wren - Nourishing Resistance zine
“Migration” zine by Pressed Flower features four characters in different tan, beige, cream, and brown hues on the left side of a mauve cover looking to the right.
Pressed Flower was created by Lily (she/her), Nicole (she/her), and Ashendri (she/her) in 2020.
LINKS
instagram.com/pressedflower.pub
issuu.com/pressedflowerpublication
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Flash Thrive
honey
Autumn Wild
A member of Rock Paper Scissors Collective wears a black hoodie, has a big enthusiastic smile, and holds up peace signs with both their hands as they table and exhibit art at an event. The table has a large variety of colorful zines, print, artworks, and a big blue sign with yellow font that reads, “Rock Paper Scissors Collective”.
Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Rock Paper Scissors Collective was founded in 2004 by a group of emerging artists in the Oakland arts communities. Our passion to support art for and by the people of Oakland is as strong as ever!
RPSC offers free and low-cost classes, curated and open call art shows, retail of independently produced handmade goods, art workshops, community events, and youth involvement.
Community forever!
LINKS
facebook.com/rpscollective
instagram.com/rpscollective
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Ara Jo
Lawrence Lindell
Anjellica Colliard
Sarah Tang Steinmetz wears a fuzzy black sweater, a watch, black dangle earrings, and has her hair tied back as she smiles with her hands in her pockets in front of a store that has a variety of trinkets in the glass.
Sarah Tang Steinmetz is a Chinese American Jew living in Richmond District. Her favorite day of the week is Sunday because that's when she can stock up on seasonal fruit, flirt with the hummus guy, and buy $6 bouquets of flowers at the farmers market. You can often find her in Golden Gate Park or walking along Ocean Beach, saying hello to every dog and baby she passes.
LINKS
instagram.com/dudeitssoeasy
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Bijou Karman for her playful color palettes, Jason Jagel for his dreamy world where anything goes, and Unity Press for their diversity and representation of trans and non binary folk.
Nine members of the SFSU Comic Arts Club pose together for a group photo. In the first row, four of the members are kneeling. From left to right: one member wears a black sweater, black pants, black shoes, glasses, and has their hands in their pockets. Next member wears a white cardigan, light blue jeans, white shoes, and smiles cheerfully. Next member wears a green long sleeve, jeans, sneakers, and glasses. The last member in the first row, wears a red and white baseball tee, jeans, black shoes, and holds up a peace sign while cheerfully smiling.
In the second row, five members are standing. From left to right: one member wears a black jacket, gray jeans, and has their hands in their pockets. Next member wears a green hoodie, blue jeans, glasses, and has their hands crossed. Next member wears a gray sweater and holds up a peace sign while smiling. Next member wears an orange sweater, dark pants and smiles to the member on their right. The last member in the second row, wears a black jacket, dark pants, and has their hands in their pockets.
SFSU Comic Arts Club is a conglomerate of comic artists, writers, and enthusiasts from San Francisco State University.
LINKS
facebook.com/groups/1775606716041278
instagram.com/sfsu_comicarts
DONATE
bit.ly/39rJqCr
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Tyler Cohen
Nick Sousanis
Jonathan Pogorelskin
Small Supply artist Danielle Freiman sits cheerfully with a big smile at a table sharing her art at an event. Danielle wears a white blouse, glasses, and shoulder length hair with bangs. The peachy-pink table includes various orange and white zines and a sign that reads, “good for mental health.”
Danielle Freiman (she/her) of Small Supply is a queer interdisciplinary artist based in San Francisco. She has been making zines since 2015 as a way of sharing information about mental health, self-care, and womxn's health. In her free time you can find her carefully arranging objects, making playlists, and shaking rocks out of her shoes.
LINKS
instagram.com/smallsupply
DONATE
venmo @smallsupply
paypal.me/smallsupply
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lily Xie (@lolydraws)
Madeleine Jubilee Saito (@madeleine_jubilee_saito)
Maribeth Helen Keane (@maribethhelen)
Space Quail wears a denim jacket with multiple embroidery patches and a black t-shirt as they sit behind a table of zines during an event. The zines include various colorful illustrations of cartoons and whimsical characters laid on a black cloth with starry print.
Space Quail(They/them) is a cartoonist that does illustrations, comics, and zines. Their work most ranges around mental health in some shape or form and a few different kinds of zines about different topics. They just want someone to connect with their work whether it be big or small.
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venmo @space_quail
paypal.me/spacequail
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
I dont have any favorites. Each zine maker I find, i tend to like their work in some way.
Interior of a zine by Suitable 4 Framin’ showing four images of graffiti artworks. On the left page are three images of graffiti on crates that read “BEAR vs SHARK” and “KUMA”. On the right page is a black and white image of a character in a black hat staring intensely and holding up an image of a man’s face (logo from skating apparel company, Obey).
Artist, Creative Director, and Zine maker from Oakland.
LINKS
instagram.com/suitable_4_framin
suitable4framin.bigcartel.com/category/zines
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paypal.me/Iqvinder
venmo @Iqvinder-Singh
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Craphound
Zipgun
Turkeyneck
Tanaya Joshi wears a gray button up long sleeve and glasses with her hair down as she smiles in front of a black table with two small plants, colorful cards, and several prints which are also displayed on the wall behind her. These prints include drawings of various animals such as giraffes, alligators, and unicorns.
Tanaya Joshi is an illustrator at heart, who disguises as a Product Designer by day. These days, you'll find her watching Bollywood movies and romcoms, taking long nap with her cat, drawing, cooking, or engaging in passionate conversations. Much like the artist, Tanaya's work is a work-in-progress! She hopes to give you a glimpse into her life and deliver smiles and a-ha! moments.
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Venmo: @tanaya-joshi
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Lillian Liu of Pencil and Post
Jackie Lee of Secret Planet Print Shop
Priya Dali
Tinydeltas artist Lining Wang wears a black shirt and a yellow floral printed long sleeve as they exhibit their art at a busy event. Lining stands cheerfully as a variety of their zines are displayed on a table with an ocean blue cloth.
Lining Wang (they/them) lives in the Bay Area. They have exhibited at Small Press Expo and LA Zine Fest. After falling in love with comics as a kid, they hope to tell weird, complicated, and devastating stories of their own. Outside of making art, you can catch them watching anime, napping, and adding to their collection of soft and/or shiny objects.
LINKS
instagram.com/tinydeltas
tinydeltas.com
DONATE
venmo @liningwang
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Higu Rose
Jane Mai
Yi-Yi Kung (a solitary animal)
Tori Huynh holding up double peace signs while standing behind a table arrayed with her zines and prints.
Tori Huynh is an art director and illustrator living in Los Angeles. In the day, she makes movie posters and at night she is an illustrator, storyteller, and podcaster with her two best friends on The Last Adventure.
LINKS
instagram.com/golmorejungle
twitter.com/golmorejungle
torihuynh.com/store
gumroad.com/golmorejungle
DONATE
venmo @tori-huynh
paypal.me/torihuynh
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Skye Ali
Tillie Walden
ohgigue
Comic drawing by Tyler Cohen of a flustered character that has fogged-up glasses and is wearing a mask. Bags of cherries and peaches sit on the table as the caption reads “I was shocked to see: summer fruit at the farmer’s market! Despite the way it feels… time isn’t really standing still!”
Tyler Cohen (She/They) is a cartoonist who uses autobiography and surrealism. Her book, Primahood: Magenta, won the 2017 Bisexual Book Award for Graphic Memoir; appears online at PEN Illustrated and MuthaMagazine.com; and in print in numerous anthologies, including the Eisner Award-winning Drawing Power and Ignatz Award-winning Qu33r.
LINKS
instagram.com/tylerzonia/
twitter.com/tylerzonia
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PayPal: tylerspiral@gmail.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Avy Jetter
Ajuan Mance
Rachael House
Black and white t-shirts with colorful text that read “VLY GRL” lay across an exhibiting table along with other prints, pins, patches, buttons, and zines created by VLY GRL, artist and illustrator Alisa Damaso.
VLY GRL is a line of fun accessories, apparel and zines with a mission to smash the "bimbo Valley Girl" stereotype. VLY GRL was created by designer and illustrator Alisa Damaso, a San Fernando Valley native. When Alisa's not making things, she's listening to spooky podcasts, cooking Filipino food, or singing in the band Vincent Gargiulo National Park. She lives and works in San Francisco.
LINKS
facebook.com/vlygrrrl
instagram.com/vly_grrrl
twitter.com/VLY_GRL
gumroad.com/vlygrl
vlygrl.com/
DONATE
venmo.com/AlisaDamaso
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Trinidad Escobar
Koreangry
Tanna Tucker
A drawing by Zachary Sweet of a green, multicolored snake with the head and arms of a snarling cat coiled around a manicured hand.
My work is about uplifting the underdog.
LINKS
instagram.com/zacharysweets
zacharysweet.bigcartel.com
3 FAVORITE ZINE MAKERS
Floss Editions
Nothing Good happens at 4am (Avy Jetter)
Lazer Zine (Alex Sodari)