Tag: International Zine Month

  • It’s International Zine Month!

    It’s International Zine Month!

    HAPPY INTERNATIONAL ZINE MONTH! Come along as we celebrate a month full of zine things! Find out about zines, zine libraries, zine history, how to make your own zine and more! International Zine Month 2023 would not be possible without the lovely Alex Wrekk, who came up with the idea in the first place. Visit…

  • 3 Chairs at Quimby’s in Chicago!

    3 Chairs at Quimby’s in Chicago!

    3 Chairs at Quimby’s in Chicago! When I come back in my next life I want to be an artist AND I want to work at Quimby’s in Chicago. Quimby’s is an independently owned bookstore that sells independently-published and small press books, comics, zines and ephemera. They favor the unusual, the aberrant, the saucy and…

  • If you are a dreamer, come in…

    If you are a dreamer, come in…

    If you are a dreamer, come in,If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer…If you’re a pretender, come sit by my fireFor we have some flax-golden tales to spin.Come in!come in! — Shel Silverstein Indeed, if you are a dreamer, a wisher, a magic bean buyer…then you…

  • Hold-in-Your-Hand Art Installation

    Hold-in-Your-Hand Art Installation

    When I published my first book, LOOK UP! Musings on the Nature of Mindfulness, I imagined a complementary art installation: framed photos from the book, poems printed large and hung like tapestries, a CD of woodland sounds in the background. I had other ideas, too. (I still do.) A show at New Haven’s Kehler Liddell…

  • What is MANIFEST (zine)?

    What is MANIFEST (zine)?

    LET’S START WITH: WHAT IS A ZINE?According to Wikipedia, a zine — pronounced zeen — is a small circulation, self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced via photocopier. It has no defined shape or size, and may contain anything from poetry, prose, and essays, to comics, art, or photography. A zine…

  • Happy Birthday, MANIFEST (zine)!

    Happy Birthday, MANIFEST (zine)!

    It was rather serendipitous last year that the first issue of MANIFEST (zine) came out just in time for International Zine Month! An auspicious debut and an amazing first year! So, today we celebrate! Happy Birthday MANIFEST (zine)…and many more!

  • What is life without music?

    What is life without music?

    What is life without poetry?What is life without music? Sponsor MANIFEST (zine) today for just $25.00 and get 2 issue of this new art/poetry zine PLUS a FREE Spotify playlist that dances around the themes of change and Divine Intervention. CLICK HERE to learn more, or just…  ONE ISSUEJuly 2020Divine Intervention$5.00 SUBSCRIPTIONAnnual, 20202 issues$10.00 PROJECT…

  • MANIFEST (zine): Divine Intervention

    MANIFEST (zine): Divine Intervention

    Part artist book, part chapbook, MANIFEST (zine) is the creation of Branford, CT writer / poet / artist Jen Payne. Consider it a hold-in-your-hands art installation featuring Jen’s writing and mixed-media collage work, along with photography, quotes, and bits and pieces of whatnot that rise to the surface as she meditates on a theme. Layered…