I started making zines in December 2019. My zines are inspired by science fiction, conversations with friends, and observations of everyday life.
I love trying new ways to put together words and illustrations. Sometimes that’s with paper, glue, and markers. Sometimes it’s working on a computer. But mostly I like mixing digital and analog tools.
Featured zines
Playground games in the 1990s
How to Deal With Small Talk
An Incomplete History of Zany Brainy
So You Met Your Doppelgänger
(My most popular zine!)
Zine contributions
I’ve contributed pages to these zines:
Pocket Thoughts Annual #3 – I submitted “Wake the thing”
Pocket Thoughts Annual #4
Pocket Thoughts Annual #5
Pocket Thoughts Annual #6
Ghosts in the Other Room (out of print)
Broken Galaxies, vol. 1, issue 3
Webs Across the Campfire, vol. 2 (out of print) – I submitted a Halloween collage
Philly Zine Fest Anthology 2022 – I submitted “Original or the clone”
The Wrench Dispatch: The Movie Issue
Events
Lancaster Zine Fest
Vendor and workshop leader (April 2023, April 2024)
In 2023, I led a workshop on an introduction to zines. I presented a brief overview of zines. Then participants brainstormed ideas and spent the second half of the workshop making an 8-page mini zine.
In 2024, I led a workshop on how to make mini zines.
Elizabethtown College
Guest speaker (November 2023)
I was invited to speak to students in the Typography and Text Design course. We talked about inspiration and processes for making zines. I presented some of my zines as examples as well as examples from zinesters I follow online.
Sarabande Writing Labs
Workshop leader (November 2022)
I led a workshop about making lists as a way to brainstorm zine ideas. The second half of the workshop was time for participants to create an 8-page mini zine. The workshop was virtual (over Zoom) and open to everyone.
San Fernando Valley Zine Fest
Vendor (September 2022)
A virtual zine fest with free programming via Zoom throughout the month.
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Guest speaker (September 2022)
I was invited to speak to students in the Zine Creation course. For an hour, we talked about processes for making zines and the zine community. I presented some of my zines as examples as well as examples from zinesters I follow online.
Zine Distros
Zine distros (short for “distributions”) sell zines made by a variety of people. Distros may be part of a physical store or online shop.
Some of my zines are available from Common Meter Press and The SOUR Collective.
Miscellany
Zine-O-Matic – A monthly subscription service that sends subscribers a curated assortment of zines. So You Met Your Doppelgänger was included in the September 2021 delivery.
Besides having my zines on Etsy, I’m open to trading zines! For trades or anything else about my zines, please message me.