
Above: Skinned Teen in 1994The "You Are Her" zine showcase at Goteblüd will be getting an extra dose of awesomeness this weekend with a panel discussion this coming Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7pm.Featured speakers:- Iraya Robles ("Marks in Time", Sta-Prest)- Bianca ...Ortiz ("Mestiza", ...
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One of the biggest and best-est indie craft fairs out there just got bigger and better-er! The Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco is taking over the SF County Fair BLDG (humble abode of our own fine event!) for two days of crafting craziness.....

Get a jump start on your hand-crafted holiday shopping this year at the first ever Handmade Ho Down this Thursday, December 3! This is a nice chance to meet over 55 vendors from around the Bay and support local artists... all while drinking...

This Sunday, Nov. 29, members of the San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy will be setting up at the Cartoon Art Museum to create original one-of-a-kind cards, artwork, and comics & zines for your gift-giving pleasure...

Our pals over at Goteblüd are putting on "You Are Her", an expansive show celebrating Riot Grrl and the underground female zines of the 1990s for the next month!...

All of us here at the Zine Fest are truly excited about the upcoming Zine Mart at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)...

SF Zine Fest Rock Paper Scissors is buying zines wholesale for their big exhibt/Zine Mart at the Berkeley Art Museum today... Bring 10 zines to Rock Paper Scissors, 2278 Telegraph Ave. Oakland on Saturday, November 7th between 12:30-3:30. We buyzines outright for 50% of selling price.

SF Zine Fest
We just found out about this delightful event tonight at Booksmith, so if you can make it, go! Looks fun!
When: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM
Where: The Booksmith / 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco
At this event, authors Arne Johnson (documentary film maker of Girls Rock!) and Karen Macklin (author and editorial d...irector of Zest Books) will take attendees through the process of making a real, DIY zine. Participants will actually create their own zine, which will be available for collaborators to retrieve at Booksmith in the coming weeks!

Nikki McClure's work is somehow both tranquil and invigorating; it serves as call to action to preserve the pleasures of simple living in an often crazy world. If you know Nikki's work but you've never seen it in person, you really ought to drop by her new show at Needles & Pens.....

One of our favorite and most stalwart Bay Area zinemakers, Tomas Moniz, will be having a release party for the newest issue of his fantastic radical parenting zine, Rad Dad #15...

François made it out to Indy Arts' "Best of the Fests" panel discussion last night, hosted by Mission Comics & Art....

SF Zine Fest Yah! Forgot to mention the awesome zine panel at Chrome Bags tonight! Go!

My trip to New York for my friends' nuptials coincided nicely with the annual NY Art Book Fair, so of course I had to make time in my vacation schedule to check it out. The NY Art Book Fair was FREE and open to the public...

Some of you might have heard about 24 Hour Comics Day, an annual event where comics creators of every ability level are challenged to write and draw a full 24-page comic in 24 hours straight.....

























