Zine Not Dead Fest
art comics and zine fair
Zine Not Dead Fest is fast approaching. It’s the events inaugural year in what seems to be Chicago’s premiere comic and zine festival. It’ll be on June 15th, a Saturday from noon to 6pm. Naturally, we’ll be there with a focus on our front list.
^ It’ll probably look a bit like this. Books spilling everywhere…
Nuie, self-titled zine • The Necrophilic Landscape by Morgan Vogel • Parc by Jul Gordon • Frozengirl by Iku Kawaguchi • Compact Magazine ed. Stephen Z Hayes, Raighne • Röhner by Max Baitinger • Copy Kitty by Kyung-Me • Mirror Mirror 3 by Plum • Retreat by Jaakko Pallasvuo • Lost in the Fun Zone by Leif Goldberg • It Felt Like Nothing by Fifi Martinez • A Tunnel to Another Place by Apolo Cacho • Nocturne by Tara Booth • Vanishing Perspective by Alexis Beauclair • Wander Maunder by Justin Skarhus • 2001 by Blaise Larmee • Mirror Mirror 2 ed. Sean T Collins, Julia Gfrörer • Yours by Margot Ferrick • Extended Play by Jake Terrell • Virus Tropical by Powerpaola • Someone Please Have Sex With Me by Gina Wynbrandt • Trying Not To Notice by Will Dinski • Mirror Mirror 1 ed. Blaise Larmee • ITDN by Andrew Burkholder • Strong Eye Contact by Christopher Adams • Rudy by Mark Connery, ed. Marc Bell • Things You Carry by Vincent Stall • etc etc etc
We’ll have a limited collection of our titles. Likely no more than a few of each.
^ I’ll be out of town during the fair. Brianna Perry and Sarah Cuje will be holding down the 2dcloud table. Stop by 51G. Corner pocket.
^Brianna Perry, precious-silly-thing on tumblr. Recently had an art show at apartment.gallery
^Sarah Cuje, pistisq on tumblr. Burning Books publisher, apartment.gallery host.
Other exhibitors worth checking out: Justin Skarhus of Entropy Editions, Maggie Umber, Angela Fanche + Katie Lane, Organ Bank, Gina Wynbrandt, Cram Books, Dog Eye Press, Max Huffman, Neoglyphic Media, King Kat Comix/Spit and a half distro, Lucie Vanderelst + Nick, Ron Regé Jr, Lale Westvind, Amy Lockhart, Sonnenzimmer, Kevin Huizenga, Conor Stechschulte, etc etc etc. A murderers row of artists and labels. 2 of the organizers themselves, Bred Press and Perfectly Acceptable will have also tables. Not sure if Max Morris will have a table there, but he is an amazing organizer. In any case, sounds like a fun Saturday :)