A mostly Zines-focused newsletter
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 corner this year. Check out my neighbors’ stuff: Alyssa Ragni’s riso comics and V. Vale’s RE/Search Publications.
Visit My Virtual Table @ BAQZF
For those of you who are far away from my regional zine fest adventures, I am tabling virtually with Bay Area Queer Zine Fest this year from now til Sep 14th!
Check out the 50+ virtual tablers this year on the BAQZF website, or find highlights on their Instagram.
Here is a selection of my wares.
Including this debut mini-diary comics collection. The Heatwave zine collects a diary comic about the heatwave, the comic about Wini my snarky air purifier during wildfire season, and a comic about collective care — and a resource list because you know I love giving yall links.
Local Zine Fests, Zine Fests Everywhere!
AND if you are faraway from the zine shenanigans that I highlight, you can ALSO sleuth and find your own local show(s)! Abby Kacen has put together this public service of a map of: “Active Zine Fests, Comics + Small Press Shows, and Art Book Fairs in the U.S. and Canada”. A slightly different culture and vibe but equally worth checking out are your local anarchist book fairs! Some public libraries also have good zine collections.
Links b/c ILY
While we’re on the topic, here are some extra “why zines” links for ya:
“why you should turn your substack into a zine (and why you shouldn’t)” from commonplace zines
(oh, oumou sylla sent a newsletter in july that was a great little intro and political why to zines, but i can’t hardlink it wompwomp.)
Other Offerings
🤓 I’m doing a reader survey: Tell me what you’d like to see more of from me! Much appresh.
📚 Buy my zines: print books here, digital books here.
🔔 Subscribe to my Substack, Wandering Grace. I’m working on an essay about what it means to commit to a place — challenges and all.
💕 Support via Patreon. I’ll be posting a project update about my next book-in-the-works in my quarterly studio update.
🍃 Order a copy of Utterly Compelled: A Fernland Studios Anthology. An excerpt of my visual poem “The Body of Water That Is You” is included in this anthology, featuring 16 contributors, edited by Zoë Gamell Brown and MaKshya Tolbert, and published by Loam.
