I started creating zines by invitation of Stagger Press and The Contributor. They supplied some of the tools we needed and Melissa Willis and I did the rest.
For most of March, I could not seem to sell a paper because I was so busy creating stories and helping create images to go with the story. The first design I got out and showed to people left my hands immediately. I’ve actually sold as many zines as papers and sometimes more.
I went to the dump Trump protest at Centennial Park where there were about 10,000 people lining the streets. I only got a couple blocks down the street before I was out of both papers and zines. I got so many rave comments from the people who bought the zines. It’s really fun to just tell a whole story with images and just a few words.
The Paper Doll Rebellion series is my favorite so far. It looks like we will have four issues. The paper doll rebellion — a hidden history — has people intrigued, laughing and nodding their heads. I won’t tell you more than that because I’d love for you to come and seek out an issue from your vendor.
Some of you may have read my story about Thor. This will become a zine soon. The thing about zines: we can tell our stories in the way that we want to tell them. The paper will allow this also, but there’s some thing about being able to include images from a fellow artist and say whatever comes to our mind unedited which is very liberating. Also It is something I produced on my own.