The LA zine fest got me missing the feeling of putting pen to paper. The DIY aspect is so liberating- you can print whatever you want however you want! Whether the pages are filled with photos, doodles, collages, opinions, comics, poetry, or manifestos, zines provide a freeform field for people of all backgrounds to express themselves and find people who relate.

Flocks of people gathered in the Helms Bakery district Sunday to appreciate over a hundred zine stalls. With such a diversity of styles and content, I tried to check up on women/poc run zines, and ended up taking style pics because i couldn’t not. I was so overstimulated by beauty the event itself merited a zine of its own. Here’s my online attempt.

Featuring: Teen Angels * Dum Dum Zine * Brown Recluse Zine Distro * Tiny Splendor * Rosi

I asked for their most "happy or funny" zones I ended up with two treasures: 1) Nerds of Color (Sci fi issue) 2) Ain’t Shit (A punk zine) If you wanna get into zines, I’d heavily recommend submitting

This zine is a veteran. Started in the 80s, most the submissions are coming from Latin@ youth, prisoners, and tattoo artists across California. With an obviously distinct bend for presenting strong women and community.




pleasantly surprised to find these qwoc illustrations framed and waiting by Rosi. (I took these pictures from behind some white dude hope he was down)

learned about Risographs and neon colors from Tiny Splendor who had some brutally hilarious things to say about adulthood for liberal arts students in their zines. "Ok so I’m an adult now, I guess"