Archive • So Delightful • Buttondown

A mostly Zines-focused newsletter

September 8, 2025

An SFZF T.Y. Thank you for those of you who came out to SF Zine Fest this year! It was a lovely fest, as always. And it was nice to be in a cool, chill...

Fall Zine Fest dates (including SFZF 8/31!)

August 30, 2025

SF Zine Fest 2025 poster by Thien Pham Hi! I’ll be tabling at SF Zine Fest tomorrow August 31st. Table 102B. Come say hi. If you’re not local to there, I’ll...

Reader survey (fixed link)

Hi all, The link wasn’t working when I sent out my last newsletter with my reader survey. I’ve fixed the permissions, and I would still love to hear from you...

Care has been on my mind

Hello! Before we get into things today: Would you mind taking this short reader survey? In the face of my multi-passionate brain amidst my limited-spoons...

"Closets" epilogue

Hello friends, on this last day of June. (I thought this had gone out on 6/30! Let’s try this again...) In honor of Pride month and Father’s Day, and my...

Closets: the you you're meant to be

Hello, In honor of Pride month and Father’s Day, and what would have been my dad’s 72nd birthday, and what will be the 21st anniversary of his passing…I’m...

"Closets" Re-Release: revelations and absences

Hello, Happy upcoming Father’s Day. I wish for you Ocean Vuong’s gentle voice telling you bedtime stories. (It’s okay if you start to silently weep.) I wish...

Happy June: "Closets" re-release

Hello everyone, It’s June! In honor of Pride month and Father’s Day, and what would have been my dad’s 72nd birthday, and what will be the 21st anniversary...

slow and steady rites and rituals

February 27, 2025

Hi all, In a lot of ways, a lot of my early comicmaking about loss and grief were ”a way to perform rites and rituals…[which] serve to mark and assist our...

Lone Star Zine Fest this weekend!

October 18, 2024

Hi! A quick note today. Welcome to those new on the list from ABQ! Lone Star Zine Fest is happening this weekend in Austin, and I’ll be tabling on Saturday...

ABQ + ATX Zine Fests and a new webcomic

September 29, 2024

Hi there! Some things to share with you this week! (This is a buttondown newsletter for Christina’s art. I know it might look very similar to a personal...

Workshop Recommendation: Decolonize your creative practice

Hello! I have been sitting with the following phrase lately: “Radical softness, with backbone, toward collective liberation” I think it is manifesto /...

LA Zine Fest on Sunday 6/23

Hi friends, Quick note to say I am tabling at L.A. Zine Fest this Sunday, June 23rd if you are in the area. Find me at table #121! LA Zine Fest is Sunday Jun...

Visbilizing the layered truth: Two new projects

Hello! You are receiving this email because at some point you signed up for Christina Tran's newsletter updates. Two project updates for you today, wherein I...

Continued Migrations

February 29, 2024

Hi everyone, You are receiving this email because at some point you signed up for Christina Tran's newsletter updates between now and May 12, 2015 when I...