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International Zine Month 2020 Day 3: Virtual Zine Events

Hello and happy Friday zine friends!

We’re already on day three of International Zine Month, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it will keep carrying along at this rapid pace! But you’re never too late to jump in and join the fun. You can pop over here for the 2020 IZM list of daily activities by Alex Wrekk. (Pssst! Go here to download your own printable IZM 2020 poster!)

Also be sure to leave a comment and let me know if you’re joining in. I’ll keep a growing list on each post so we can all check out what each other are doing.

Onto day three!

Day Three: Look up virtual zine events to attend this month!

The zine community is well and truly a versatile one! While it has definitely been sad and difficult to see so many in-person zine events need to be cancelled for the safety of everyone, a lot of people have picked things up and run with them in a new direction. The virtual direction!

Already this year there have been a number of virtual events and shows of the zine awesomeness variety as well as a few ‘zoom type’ group chat events for hanging out and getting creative. They’re popping up all over the place, but I’ve seen most on Facebook. I don’t know of any off the top of my head right now, but you can check out the resources page for a few places around the internet that may be holding virtual events or have connections to virtual events.

Of course, if you are holding a virtual zine event or know of one happening – please let me know! I’d love to help spread the word.

That’s me for today. Until next time, spread a little sunshine.

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International Zine Month Day 2: Zine Rewind!

Hello, zine friends! Welcome back to day two of that wonderful month of the year featuring all kinds of zine goodness to enjoy. If you’d like to jump in, check out the 2020 IZM list of daily activities by Alex Wrekk. (Pssst! Go here to download your own printable IZM 2020 poster!)

Also be sure to leave a comment and let me know if you’re joining in. I’ll keep a growing list on each post so we can all check out what each other are doing.

Onto day two!

Day Two: Zine Rewind! Reread your favourite zines.

Every year I have trouble with this one because I don’t like picking favourites. Hahaha. I want to pet all the zines!

Because it’s Thursday, which is a review day, I’m going to be a bit cheeky and post two zine reviews from the past – one mini-zine that makes me smile and one perzine that really introduced me to a part of me that I didn’t realise had a name. So here we are…

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Saying Goodbye to Patreon

Hello, zine friends!

In amongst the IZM goodness, I’d like to pause and make a small announcement:

I’m going to close my Patreon.

I’ve been on Patreon for quite a while now, and it has made a huge difference in getting the podcast onto a great host as well as helping the costs we zinemakers know all too well. Patron support has meant the world to me on many different levels.

That said, I’m not doing enough with Patreon. I’m not rewarding patrons in a way that I would like to, at levels I want to, and it doesn’t feel right to me to keep the page going with things as they are. I held onto the hope that I would get back to a place where I could have the time and energy to make a truly great page to show my appreciation for patron support… but it’s time I accept my limitations and accept that things will be as they are for a while in that regard.

With all of my heart, I thank patrons for all their support. I will be paying the kindness forward in every way I can.

Until next time…

Spread a little sunshine.

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Happy International Zine Month 2020 Day 1! What’s a Zine?!

Hello, wonderful zine friends! It’s so lovely to be back once again for that lovely month of the year with a zine focus of all sorts of zine goodness happening in the universe. As I mentioned yesterday, the awesome and amazing Alex Wrekk has posted 2020’s list of daily activities!

(Pssst! Go here to download your own printable IZM 2020 poster!) For this fresh and lovely first day of the month we have…

Day One: What is a zine? Come up with a definition in your own words.

I’m going to be a little cheeky with this one, dear zine friends. I’m going to borrow my definition of what a zine is from my mini-zine on that very topic! It’s a very flexible definition, which gives me a giggle, but what are zines if not a myriad of things! So here we go:

A zine is a creation that is DIY, (often) self-published, (often) copied on a photocopier featuring any topic and/or art, and/or photography, and/or any number of combinations often made into some booklet type form.

Hahaha. That’s about as clear as soup and could include so many more things, that’s for sure. Trying to define zines as fun because I think anyone who really understands zines knows that we can try but we’ll never truly cover a full definition. And that’s absolutely okay.

That’s going to be it for me today, zine friends. I’ll be back tomorrow with the next activity!

***Note: I’m running behind as per usual but should have the full set of Instagram-friendly daily activity prompts ready by the weekend, if not before!***

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Call for Submissions: Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine

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Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine!

We are a white-owned and operated company. We are here to listen and hold space for Black voices. We need to speak out while not silencing black voices.

This month’s theme is for our Black LGBTQ+ community.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!

100% OF THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THIS ZINE WILL GO TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.

Black Visions Collective is a Black, trans, and queer-led organisation that is committed to dismantling systems of oppression & violence and shifting the public narrative to create transformative, long-term change. 

We are looking for: articles, illustrations, short stories, photography, poetry, artwork of any medium, short essays, comic-strips, collage, and anything else you can put your imagination to. 

As we want to hold space for minority voices, this call out is for Black LGBTQ+ folks only – please do not submit if you fall outside of this community.

Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer than this, please send us an inquiry email, as we would like to be open to including longer formats.

Be sure to send us the following details along with your submission:

  • The name/credit you would like printed in the zine.
  • Your pronouns.
  • The city and/or country that you live in.
  • Any contact details that you would like printed in the zine.
  • A short one-sentence bio.
  • A profile photo or image for your bio.
  • Title of your work.
  • A short description of your work and how it fits with the theme.

If you wish to remain anonymous, that is absolutely fine – just be sure to let us know when you submit your piece.

The deadline is midnight BST on Tuesday 30th June 2020.

Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com
For more information on the submission process, please visit our FAQs at https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/

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Hello, zine friends!

Bear with me and cross fingers that posting has been fixed…

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Zine Review: Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud

Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud
Kassi Grace
https://twitter.com/kassi_grace
https://medium.com/@thecolourgrace

Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud is a full-colour A5 zine featuring a gorgeous thought exploration of communication, memory, and relationships in digital and physical forms.

My heart, zine friends. My heart.

Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud opens with an acknowledgement of the traditional peoples of the land the zine was made on before gently guiding the reader into a journey of communication, distance, and the strange existence between the worlds of the physical and digital. Each page features a thought snippet, one to a few sentences, along these themes. Each snippet is accompanied by a sketch, both places on lovely and colourful hand-drawn backgrounds. For me, these really added to the almost ethereal feel of the journey of this zine.

This zine is… beautiful. It really is to me. I’m not sure if it’s a matter of having grown up as the internet and computers were becoming more standard in schools. (To the point I can remember when I was a child wondering why I would want to look something up on a computer when the encyclopaedias were right there in the library as well.) Or it could be the mix of memories as well as gentle wondering about letters, messages in bottles, and more.

I feel like I’m not explaining things well at all, but perhaps that’s because I’m still in such a contemplative space after reading it. Perhaps, my favourite quote… As someone who has had and has many online and long-distance relationships of different kinds, I do want to share this:

“I have lived, and I have loved on a piece of paper.”

I must admit I had to sit with that one for a while because it brought me back to so many different memories.

I think what really got to me about this zine is that there wasn’t any pure right or wrong in it. No pure condemnation of the digital or loathing of the physical. Things are as they are, and these contemplations are simply that – contemplations that you can take into your own mind and use as a means by which to start exploring your own feelings about life.

Message in a bottle, memory on a cloud was a truly unexpected zine that has left me with so many more thoughts and feelings than I could have expected to encounter. I feel like Kassi’s gentle wanderings are something everyone should consider reading.

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Happy Mail Monday – Comic Fun Edition

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Hello friends and fellow mail enthusiasts! Welcome back to Happy Mail Monday. This week we have a test of the current international mail delays, a photography zine from a new zine friend, and an awesome comic-making activity pack!

Thank you so much for watching.

Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/truezinemarin/

*Stoner Zines – https://www.jacksonstoner.org/

*Crapandemic – https://crapandemic.storenvy.com/

*Amanda Capasso – https://www.instagram.com/post_y2k/

*George Rex Comics – http://www.georgerexcomics.com/

My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines

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Call for Submissions: Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine

600

Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine!

We are a white-owned and operated company. We are here to listen and hold space for Black voices. We need to speak out while not silencing black voices.

This month’s theme is for our Black LGBTQ+ community.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!

100% OF THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THIS ZINE WILL GO TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.

Black Visions Collective is a Black, trans, and queer-led organisation that is committed to dismantling systems of oppression & violence and shifting the public narrative to create transformative, long-term change. 

We are looking for: articles, illustrations, short stories, photography, poetry, artwork of any medium, short essays, comic-strips, collage, and anything else you can put your imagination to. 

As we want to hold space for minority voices, this call out is for Black LGBTQ+ folks only – please do not submit if you fall outside of this community.

Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer than this, please send us an inquiry email, as we would like to be open to including longer formats.

Be sure to send us the following details along with your submission:

  • The name/credit you would like printed in the zine.
  • Your pronouns.
  • The city and/or country that you live in.
  • Any contact details that you would like printed in the zine.
  • A short one-sentence bio.
  • A profile photo or image for your bio.
  • Title of your work.
  • A short description of your work and how it fits with the theme.

If you wish to remain anonymous, that is absolutely fine – just be sure to let us know when you submit your piece.

The deadline is midnight BST on Tuesday 30th June 2020.

Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com
For more information on the submission process, please visit our FAQs at https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/