For the love of zines
Y’all knew I was a Leo. Come on.
I’m celebrating with coupons! (Yep, I still get excited.) To celebrate, I’m offering 29% off at my InkyBlots Etsy shop – no minimum purchase! For the entire month, you can use the coupon code HAPPY29 to get your discount.
Happy shopping!
Just over 24 hours to go! ZICS is planned for August 22-23, and we need to raise the funds to put it on!
So what’s happening this year? Well, we can now announce a panel with “Megahex” creator Simon Hansellman will be in conversation with cult Indie Comic/Zine makers, HTML Flowers and Nicky Minus!
We’ve got Dr Sketchy’s hosting a life-drawing event on the Saturday night! A live show from members of Saturday afternoon’s music panel including HTML Flowers, Gonzovillain, Jess Locke, Nana Vigilante and Bad Bangers!
We’ll be running workshops, including a chance to operate a Risograph! All this plus Poetry slams, conversation panels, and the hall where the best in brightest of comics and zine scenes will be displaying their swag!
Help us make this amazing event happen! Go to http://www.pozible.com/project/197200 even $5 will be appreciated!
It’s that time again!
I say again, but this is really my first IZM insofar as actually participating and such. I have no idea what my participation is going to look like, as I’d really like to wrap up the first draft of my fourth novel by the end of the month. Ah, well. I’m a seat-of-my-pants kind of woman anyway. If you’re like me and want some ideas, Stolen Sharpie Revolution has something for you to do every day of the month! Whee!
The Terrible Two Flus… The Fortnight Flus… I will think of a name. Anyway, I am alive and – for the most part – recovered. Back to regular programming soon. 
No happy mail this week, hence the lack of a happy mail post. Well, not really, but I’m getting to the lack of posting.
As it just so happens, Wanderer and I had a little celebration of managing not to kill each other for the past however many years. Spectacular, no? I thought so.
My present from Wanderer? A computer and phone-free day.
Let me be clear: I love my technology like I love reading in a hot bath after a long, difficult day. BUT it is nice to unplug – and we definitely unplugged. We got lost. Literally, but not in a panic-laden sense. We more drifted around until we decided to look for something remotely familiar so we could start wandering back home. Even Zine Ninja had a good time.
The next day, we trekked to Melbourne for some Daiso goodness for me (my preeeciousss shoppingses) and some market-fresh meats for Wanderer.
This is probably the longest I’ve been away from the computer for a long while. It was pretty cool.
Anywho, I will be back soon with a zine review.
No happy mail for me today, but you need to send mail to receive it…
Anywho, I wanted to a round up sort of post for the day.
For anyone going to the Chicago Zine Fest, there is a DIY reading/after party going on. You can find out more on this Facebook page.
A vegan feminist zine is looking for submissions. Check it out here. With my usual way of doing calls for subs, I don’t have room for everyone, so perhaps more round-ups are in order…
In or around LA? A group of students is organising the Claremont Zinefest on April 25 and they are currently accepting submissions.
More details are here.
Sad face:
Pushed my energy reserves a bit too hard with rush orders recently. I’m going to admit defeat (at 11.15pm) and come back tomorrow with reviews. And maybe a schedule so I stop doing this to myself.
I’m having a little sale at le Etsy store.
50% off when you spend $5 or more! Just use the coupon code HELLOWORLD
I’m looking at making fewer physical journals and more digital/custom order journals. To support the focus shift, I’m offering 50% off when you spend $5 or more!
Dig into that letter-y goodness. Dear Anonymous 3 is now on Etsy.