STUFF AND THINGS
contains mostly a collection of things from the internet that amuse me like cats & fandoms with a side of light social justice.
no Nazis no TERFs and fuck off fascists
Some of the ephemera I’ve been going through to have on hand at my Keynote Reading at Reed College on Thursday!
Hey Look! I’m giving a keynote talk for the Reed College Zine Fest this year! Join me on Thursday March 20 from 6-8!
I was interviewed by Austin on Ledger podcast about zine Brainscan, the process of writing, and my book Stolen Sharpie Revolution: a DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture being a permission slip to make zines! I had a super fun time talking about the creative process with Austin and it left me feeling inspired!
It’s International Zine Month and a fellow zinester and tumblr friend, @custer-mp3, could really use some help!
This was written by my good buddy @jonasty1
My dear friend Julia needs help relocating following an eviction. It is a terrible situation, and it is urgent. This is after a legendary run of bad life luck. I can’t sit while my friends fall. Thoughts and good vibes are neither currency nor a safety net.
Julia is a wonderful person, and a gifted writer. Their zines about being non-binary resonates in a way that I’ve rarely read elsewhere. I admire them in many ways, and care about them quite a lot. They are falling right now, and need to know that someone is here to catch them.
They need money for a move, and about 5k to secure a new home (deposit, first and last month rent). The struggle is real. It’s daunting, but everything we can raise will go far.
I used to have this fear, that I would lose my job, lose my home, lose my means and find myself alone to fend for myself. Maybe most people have this fear at some point. I just have to trust that people who care would do everything to catch me. They would be the lifeline, the ladder–even when I felt as though I were becoming an emotional and financial burden.
I know now, but still have to remind myself daily, that true compassion has no expiration date.
Please help if you can.
It’s here! Happy International Zine Month!
Flyer design this year by Jordan Ducree, a graphic designer and web technician in Portland, Oregon. Text inspired by the continued celebration of IZM set forth by @alexwrekk and other contributors since 2009, updated in 2024 by Novie Nimble and Joshua James Amberson of @antiquatedfuture
If you’re in Portland, you can pick copies of the flyer up (for yourself or to distribute) at Grover’s Curiosity Shop.
Available to download and print from here.
Also available for free from @spiralhouseshop @portlandbuttonworks
Reed Zine Fest in Portland Oregon!
Saturday March 30, 2024!
I have a new zine! And it’s a split zine with one of my favorite people, Jonas!
Shouting at Seagulls is an imaginative zine project by Jonas and Alex Wrekk that tells parts of a story through postcard correspondence between two characters, Joni and Cassie. Postcard-sized snapshots between Joni and Cassie show a playful friendship, thoughts on growth and aging, reflection on their past, and a bi-coastal distaste for seagulls.
32 pages, ¼ sized zine, color cardstock cover
Follow the link above to purchase it for $5 postage paid in the US for just the zine OR if you would like to purchase it from Portland Button Works and The Spiral House Shop you can find it here OR if you would like to purchase it from Etsy you can find it here.
#Reposty: @diyconspiracy_net via @reposty_app
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“ July is #InternationalZineMonth2022!
What a better celebration of #IZM22 than speaking with its founder and longtime zinester extraordinaire @alexwrekk!
Go to 𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲.𝐧𝐞𝐭 and read an in-depth interview plus tips on how to participate in the zine month this year.
Bands and labels, please don’t spam our inbox asking for record reviews as we’ll focus primarily on zine reviews and interviews with zine publishers for the whole month of July.
#zinestergram #izm2022 #alexwrekk #stolensharpierevolution #zine #fanzine #zineculture #zines #ilovezines #reading #selfpublishing #diypunk #zinedistro #brainscanzine #diyconspiracy ”
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfec8dmrmOY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Yes, I’ll be making the poster of prompts for International Zine Month very soon. It’s been a busy few weeks. I had a birthday, a summer cold, and a deluge of orders for Keep Abortion Safe and Legal buttons over at @spiralhouseshop and @portlandbuttonworks
Stay tuned! #izm2022 #zinestergram #internationalzinemonth #julyisinternationalzinemonth #zines #zinelife
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Just in time for my 45th birthday and July is International Zine Month! It’s the 7th priming of Stolen Sharpie Revolution! There’s a new foreword by @zinelib reflecting on the 20th anniversary of this little red book! Thanks @silversprocket for printing the new edition!
#zinedistribution #zinedistro #zinestergram #zinesofig #zines #zinelife #zinelife #stolensharpierevolution
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Tonight!
8:30 PM Eastern
7:30 PM Central
6:30 PM Mountain
5:30 PM Pacific
Please join us for the Midwest Perzine Fest Online Perzine Reading, featuring readers Heather Anacker, Nichole Bael, Julie Halpern & Liz Mason, Jessie Lynn McMains, Lynne Monsoon, Red Schulte, and Alisha Walker, with moderator Jonas.
Livestreaming at 7:30 p.m. CT Friday, April 8 on the MWPZF YouTube channel: tiny.cc/mwpzfyoutube. More info at quimbys.com
This event is free! PayPal donations to support our fest (we’re planning our first in-person Exhibition Day in Chicago!) are greatly appreciated: midwestperzinefest@gmail.com
Sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Flyer by Caroline Cash.
This spring, Midwest Perzine Fest is celebrating perzines — and the friendships they help forge — with a virtual event featuring some amazing zinemakers! The Midwest Perzine Fest Online Perzine Reading will be streamed live on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. Central Time on the MWPZF YouTube channel: tiny.cc/mwpzfyoutube
The readers for the event, who all will be sharing work on the theme of friendship, are Heather Anacker, Nichole Bael, Julie Halpern & Liz Mason, Jessie Lynn McMains, Lynne Monsoon, Red Schulte, and Alisha Walker. The evening’s moderator will be MWPZF founder Jonas.This event is free! PayPal donations to support MWPZF (which is planning its first in-person Exhibition Day here in Chicago!) are greatly appreciated: midwestperzinefest@gmail.comThis event is sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Poster designed by our Cartoonist-in-Residence Caroline Cash.
Image Description: Below is a poster in comic book style and muted gray. At the top half In bright pink letters it reads Midwest Perzine Festival. An illustration of a person with short hair in gray scale shouts the date illuminated by white dialogue bubbles: “April 8th, 7:30pm CST, Free” The bottom of the poster features and illustration of two people (one brown with short hair and animated eyebrows and one white with black wavy hair and glasses) sharing a book and excitedly saying in white dialogue bubbles “Moderated by Jonas” and “Live on the Midwest Perzine YouTube Channel.” Along the bottom of the poster in author style with smaller black slanted letters reads the name of all the features also listed above.
International Zine Month Kickoff! Day 1: What’s a Zine? | #IZM2021
Neat! A Video about Internation Zine Month with music by The Copy Scams!
Both Brainscan #33 & #34 are now available at Vampire Hag Zine Distro on the UK! So if you are in the UK or EU and wanted to save on postage, you can order from them!
