ZINES, STICKERS, & CARDS

Zines are hand-made and self-published booklets with a history that connects them to other forms of DIY (do it yourself) and DIT (do it together) publishing including pamphlets, chap books, and blogs. They are an incredibly accessible and flexible format, which allows for a range of stories and experiences and styles, and they have been an important space for feminist, queer, and other radical voices to find a platform. Anyone can make a zine – including you!

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I have been reading zines and teaching them in my gender studies classes since the early 1990s. But I didn't make my own zines until 2016 at the age of 51. During a health crisis I started drawing and writing about my experiences and those early rough drawings turned into an ongoing art practice. My zines are a mix of personal and political, and address such topics as the aftermath of cancer treatment, living in the desert, social justice, and dogs. I combine simple line drawings with brief narrative and sometimes collage.

 

In 2018, I tabled at my first zine fest and I love interacting with people who read and buy my work. After years of attending zine events, it has been exciting to be on the other side of the table and I have felt so welcomed by the zine community. Even as I now create other kinds of art, making/selling/trading zines continues to be a central part of my practice and my understanding of myself as an artist. Zines are sometimes the first place I work out an idea that will eventuate in another medium, but more often they are an end in themselves – an idea that finds expression in words and images that I can quickly get out into the world.

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Prices below (zine and sticker prices include shipping). Email me for payment options (Venmo/Paypal).