2019 exhibitors

2019 exhibitors

A list of the fabulous exhibitors and invited guests scheduled to table at the 2019 Twin Cities Zine Fest. Attendees and table numbers are subject to change!

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Table #Exhibitor nameZine or distro titleBioWebsite
37 B+ gallery ChicagoQTs in Bed Issue 1 and 2, End Times, COOP4LIB Co-Op ZineChicago art and community collaborative group, social justice art, crafts, and activism by local creatives.plusgallerychicago.com
48 Aa.z. terryBlue Screen PressA.Z. TERRY (she/her) is a Minneapolis based artist making comix about herself, high school teenagers, sex, and drugs. Some of her stories are real, some are made up, but she can no longer tell the difference.azterry.com
57 BAaron KingIslands & Odysseys, The Fantastic VeilAaron runs weekly RPG sessions in Minneapolis and turns those games into resource zines.erinking.itch.io
51 BAlex NallSchool Approved, The Rain is Slow ComingAlex Nall is a cartoonist and teaching artist from Chicago, Il. alexnall0.com
09 BAlexis CookeAnxious InkAlexis is a Minnesota-based artist whose work has been published though Sparkler Monthly and a variety of anthologies. She loves making slice of life queer romcoms and mental health auto-bio work. Her favorite pastime is spoiling her two cat-sons and girlfriend and chowing down on some fermented food.alexiscooke.com
20 AAri S. MulchBlack Bile, The Prometheite, Changeling, GAY4GIRLS, Loan From The Girl Zone, Fat Bitch NudesAri Mulch is a cartoonist based in Minneapolis that makes horror and LGBT comics.arimulch.com
13 BArt FemmeGrrrl Bomb, Found, Estranged, FledglingMs Finne lives and works in Minneapolis as a zine comic artist and art teacher. She also thinks she is a pirate. artfemme.tumblr.com
14 AAudra GrenzChipped BeefAudi stays quietly hidden in St. Paul, the opposite side of the river, where she lives with Tony Mews, the cat. Chipped Beef is her exploration into self, what it means to be alive and attempts to create community through shared experiences while also being an excuse to basically self publish her diary. thebeefischipped.tumblr.com
46 AAustin B ChapmanLow RollerLow Roller is a branding project by Austin B Chapman focusing on lowbrow comics and products.instagram.com/lowrollerco
11 BB. Erin ColeLittle Brain ComicsB. Erin Cole is a cartoonist and historian in St. Paul, MN. She draws comics about brain injury, mental health, depressed planetary bodies, and weird history.instagram.com/littlebraincomics
53Belli Research InstituteBelli Research InstituteAn experimental research-based creative writing project focused on politics, power, memory, madness and more.belliresearchinstitute.com
52 ABen NadlerThe White Snake, Sonder, Heretics!Ben Nadler is an illustrator and writer in Chicago. He has published 2 graphic novels and an annual short comics anthology series. bennadler.ink
39Boneshaker BooksBoneshaker BooksBoneshaker is a volunteer-run radical bookstore and community space in Minneapolis.boneshakerbooks.com
50 BBrett Von SchlosserFiendish ClutchesBrett Von Schlosser is a cartoonist, Illustrator and silk screen printmaker. He specializes in the Grotesque and absurd. he lives in Minneapolis. fiendishclutches.com
08 BBrianna QuinteroLa Vie en RoseBrianna Quintero is based in Minneapolis, and loves slice of life moments that make life a lil sweeter. briannaquintero.com
17BBryan MayRestless LegsBryan May is a therapist from Minneapolis who has been documenting tender punk life for over a decade with sentimental photozines that capture moments in time from bottomless grief to soaring euphoria. These zines are vignettes showing the brief moments of joy and beauty that can peek through crippling depression and mental illness: the nervous butterflies that come with travel, adventure, and friendshipcargocollective.com/bryanbrybry/photo-portfolio
25 AC. HAACKSKI-MASK JERRYC.HAACK is a dirtbag cartoonist and meathead painter from Minneapolis. chaack.com
38 ACarolyn Swiszcz and Ramona WebbZebra Cat Zebra and The Art WhaleryCarolyn Swiszcz is publisher of the bi-monthly mail order zine, Zebra Cat Zebra. Her twelve-year-old daughter Ramona also makes zines and stickers under the name the Art Whalery.carolynswiszcz.com
26 ACarter ThurmondQueer Antics PressCarter Thurmond was born and raised in Louisiana and has published many queer, political, and philosophical zines since 2015.etsy.com/shop/QueerAntics
42 BChan ChauWe are all Superstitious, Shake It Up, When I Met YouChan is a Twin Cities based cartoonist and illustrator. Their work has been featured throughout various anthologies and has worked for several animation studios.chanchauart.com
40 BChristine MZines by StineMinneapolis transplant Christine finds inspiration in observation. She creates zines about her urban experience and life as a female in construction.instagram.com/zinesbystine
22 ACreative Creature CarlaSinking; Majestic, Magical, MythicsCreative Creature Carla is a daft Minnesotan artist that adores creating, whom aspires to one day be the little old granny that children think is a witch.instagram.com/creativecreaturecarla
32 AD. WingWhat You Left BehindD. Wing lives in St. Paul, MN. She creates zines and comics covering diverse topics such as Chinese American experiences and histories, nature and haiku.dwingcomics.tumblr.com
48 BDestiny A. DavisonThe DrollDestiny A. Davison is a writer and illustrator from Minnesota. She writes about the real, the unreal and the in-between. She illustrates the mess. destinydavison.com
56 ADio CramerDesign By Nature, Some People Have Tattoos, April is the Cruelest Month Dio is a passionate tea drinker, aspiring comic artist, and chronic multitasker. diocramer.com
03E. Joy MehrJEM DistroE. Joy Mehr lives in Minneapolis and has a daily diary comic on Instagram at @ejoymehr. instagram.com/ejoymehr
40 AEl Horsfall, Em Fern, Mikki ColemanScream QueersScream Queers is a collaborative art and literature zine at the intersection of horror media and queer theory. Em, El, and Mikki merge their art forms to make these zines quarterly, each revolving around a different theme or subgenre of horror.instagram.com/screamqqueers
16 BElam BonebrightSleepless, Film FleurElam Bonebright makes zines and comics about suspense, classic cinema, and generally creepy things.elambonebright.com
43 AElijah BaileyFinal 8, Don't Say Boyfriend, Dead Eye, The New Life of DeathElijah Bailey is a comic artist and student from Minneapolis. He writes and illustrates a variety of comics, including everything from comedy to horror.twitter.com/ElijahNikolai
59 BElla Kampelman and Mackenzie FlomTender; Make Me Feel Human; Are You Crying?; Dramatically New RangesElla and Makenzie are artists living in Minneapolis, MN who think about subtle feelings, overlooked moments, and personal lists. Together they make zines at work, about work.ellakampelman.com


makenzieflom.com
49 BEmma Alice JohnsonMelt GirlEmma Alice Johnson has made zines for more than 20 years. She likes monsters. freaktension.com
57 AEric BrokerMusings of a Concert Pianist
12 BErin DorbinUncommon Spaces & Everyday PlacesErin shares her connection with everyday American landscapes through film photographs snapped starting in the late 1990s, through today. Every image is a prompt for sharing a personal story of place. erindorbin.com
29Family Tree ClinicFamily Tree ClinicFamily Tree Clinic champions sexuality education and advocates for reproductive and sexual rights at the legislative level, including abortion access. familytreeclinic.org
43 BFrances WetherallA Blank Page BurnsFrances Wetherall is a writer dedicated to the natural world and thus, magic. With her words, she searches for all things both fantastic and real.talesfromthewindowseat.blog
16 AFrank MylesEverything Is BadEverything Is Bad is an illustration series/fundraising project by Frank Myles, who is a graphic designer based in Kansas City. The semi-regular fundraising projects aim to "make everything a little less bad" by selling merch and donating all of the proceeds to worthy organizations (such as RAINN and the National Network of Abortion Funds).instagram.com/everythingsbad
52 BGeorgia PeachesPeachy Smut BooksGeorgia is from Minneapolis and does hand-made queer smut books. georgiapeachesart.com
59 AGrace DesmaraisSpoons: a diary on chronic illness, Healing Year, Tubes: a hospital diary, A Dungeons and Dragons Zine, Cryptid ZineGrace Desmarais is a French-Canadian cartoonist, currently living in Eastern Massachusetts. Grace spends most of her time drawing auto-bio comics about chronic and running comics workshops throughout Western Mass.grace-desmarais-illustration.com
10hclou art a love letter: fuck white supremacy; no energy vampires; how to serve the ultimate clapbackheather c. lou, m.ed. (she/her/hers) is an angry gemini earth dragon, multiracial, asian, queer, cisgender, disabled, survivor/surviving, depressed, and anxious womxn of color artist based in st. paul, minnesota.instagram.com/hclou
02Institue for Aesthetic AdvocacySad Girls to Riot Girls and the Aesthetics of Affect; Hopeful Women: A Response to Sad Girl Feminism; Twerking for TenureThe Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy is a Minneapolis-based artist collective which uses aesthetics to break through our filter bubbles and catalyze critical cross-cultural conversations in the post-digital world. This curated zine exchange between two very different (and diverse) groups of college students -- riot girls at Hamline University and Christian Evangelicals at North Central University --- brings these disparate campus cultures together to debate 21st century feminism (from medical patriarchy to #MeToo to Justice Kavanagh) and proves, we believe, the enduring power of art to tap into unexplored common ground.allisonbaker.com/zines
07 AJ Bladder (AKA Cris Homa)Feels Like Failure: A Pickles Dickson AdventureJ. Bladder is a full-time indie chump who draws funny-sad comics about bacteria, demons and nihilist pickles. He also does visual art and other stuff under the name Chris Homa.chrishoma.xyz
45 BJami SailorCuspianJami is from Detroit. Their zines focus on the concept of home and growth.
36 AJasmine Gill and Brigid McBrideUnited CrushA zine of LGBTQ and/or POC joy, survival, and healing. A combination of love letters to our past selves and celebration of the inner children that still live in us. unitedcrushzine.bigcartel.com
23 AJay RossHow Do I Play D&D?, Raging Hearts: Passion on the Battlefield, Dispatches from Other WorldsJay is a strange creature from the forest who makes zines and games about wizards and games.gumroad.com/tanoreth
11 Ajimmy cooperfurious beautiful zinesjimmy cooper is a minnesota poet, fake punk, and radical queer. they have been described as “bad and loud,” a “heartthrob,” and “interesting,” whatever that means. furiousbeautiful.tumblr.com
05 BJohn & James CoatsDino BeastsJohn and James are twin brothers from Des Moines who self publish adventure comics featuring dinosaur barbarians, weird monsters, and mystical creatures. dinobeasts.com
45 AJonasFixer EraserJonas is from Chicago and writes zines about punks, mental illness, friendship and whatever else
33 AJosh “Meatbag” Mead Duplicator MonolithJosh “Meatbag” Mead is a Minneapolis cartoonist who makes comic books: autobio, superhero, space operas, crime & experiments. He likes them all.instagram.com/meatbag149
38 BKarl NoyesRoosterhouse PublishingRoosterhouse has been publishing zines since 2009 focused on first-person accounts, street art, abstractionism, and the urgency to tackle the climate crisis.roosterhouse.org
42 AKate McDonoughI Don't Want Kids and that's OK, Doormat Reformed, Thrift Shop, Recollections of Beauty Kate McDonough is an illustrator from Minneapolis, currently calling Iowa home. She creates zines about living with anxiety and trying to see the humor and beauty in life.prettyprettyugly.com
46 BKayli TovarNuestra Señora Santa MuerteKayli is an aspiring comic artist trying her best but is constantly conflicted with which story to start working on. Is currently working her life away and has accepted it.instagram.com/kayli_kins
61Kitty Andersen Youth Science CenterYouth Mental Health Activism Health Crew - a group of 17 high school youth - are coming all the way from the Science Museum to share what they learned about themselves, biology, mental health, and a whole lot of other topics in between. smm.org/kaysc
15 BKristinn TippingHow To Human, Where There Are Monsters, A Book For Sad PetsKristin Tipping is an asexual graphic artist and comic creator with a master's degree in illustration from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She is known for her strangely endearing bittersweet work full of fluffy animals, queer feelings, and existential dread. kristintippingillustration.com
08 ALace MarieStage Fright, Just Lips, Hurricane, Sacred, March For Our LivesLace Marie is an Disabled, C-PTSD Survivor, Writer, Photographer, Mixed Media Artist, Storyteller, Advocate and Activist living in Downtown St.Paul MN. As an artist and human being she is in continual awe of the mysterious beauty, strength and truth that can be found in the raw, ugly vulnerable moments of our lives.lacemariepoetry.com
19 ALeda ZawackiLittle Gods, My Escape from a Sea Monster, Smoke Signals, The Octopus, FaunaLeda Zawacki is an independent comic book artist living in Minneapolis. Her comics explore themes of mythologies, fantastical creatures, and empowered women.cupofstars.com
22 BLee BurnettA Dragon's Wish, Flower Boy, I Like Giants-kimya dawson zine, Lightweight Love, Under the BedLee is a comic artist who focuses their storytelling on LGBT romance, high fantasy (DnD), and emotional trama. Lee will be debuting the first chapter of their graphic novel, A Dragon's Wish, this year at TCZF. instagram.com/tiny.dinosaurs
47 BLiz SuxIt'll Be Alright, Shelf Life, Aslan's Ghost, Perishable GoodsLiz Sux, aka Liz Bolduc, is an autobiographical comic maker living in Boston, MA. Liz's work focuses on personal anxieties, reclaiming childhood memories and day to day life as a librarian without the degree. lizbolducsux.com
15 ALiz WalkerEverybody Likes LizLiz Walker makes autobiographical comics and other randoms zines in the Witch District of Minneapolis. She is also a painter, freelance writer, and podcast co-host.everybodylikesliz.com
17 ALizzie HutchinsSummer 2018, Films in 2017, Let Go, Spring 2019Lizzie Hutchins lives in Minneapolis and constructs poetic zines about place, cinema, friendship, art-making, and soul-searching.lizziehutchins.tumblr.com
21 ALogan Rodgers / DJ MercuryShe's in Control Zine, Broken Shoe Lace SamplerLogan Rodgers and DJ Mercury are a writer/artist combo that like goth tunes, stupid comedy, and have been friends since high school. Catch DJ Mercury 2 - 4 AM Thursday mornings on 90.3 KFAI Fresh Air Community Radio. kfai.org/program/shes-in-control
06 ALucy ComerHeartaches + Mess ups + Playlists, It Hurts to be SixteenLucy Comer is a Minneapolis based illustrator with a strong love for zines. Her narrative work focuses on empathy, intimacy, and connection.lucycomer.com
25 BM.S. HarknessA Savage Journey to the Heart of an Anime Convention M.S. Harkness is a small press creator and auto-bio cartoonist from Minneapolis MN. She loves weightlifting and youtube compilations of car crashes but almost none of her zines are about that. msharkness.com
20 BManuel ZeglinFingerhorseManuel Zeglin currently resides in the Twin cities and makes zines about weird mutant creatures and small town lifeinstagram.com/manuelzeglinart
05 AMark EhlingMinneapolis Mail ClubMark Ehling is a writer and artist living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His most recent project is the Minneapolis Mail Club—a monthly zine detailing the odd corners of his home city in the form of comics, stories, postcards, and ephemeral scraps of mail-art.newcarriage.com
41 AMelissa Mariko KieselburgArt by MarikoQueer nerd comic artist & illustrator. Co-creator of Collision Course.marikodraws.tumblr.com
14 BMichael BeachyMastering the dungeon of the self, aberrations, acme robotic brainMichael Beachy likes drawing sad monsters, and is one of those guys who tries to never leave northeast Minneapolis.instagram.com/Michael_beachy
51 AMike CentenoFutile ComicsMike centeno hails from the beautiful (yet politically turbulent) streets of Caracas, Venezuela. He writes comics about his immigrant experience, political turmoil, and mental health. Pizza is his weaknessmikecenteno.com
54 BMindy RhigerProper Noun Press & Front Porch ComicsMother-daughter team make zines and comics in Minneapolis. propernounblog.wordpress.com
07 BMinneapolis Anarchist Black CrossAgainst Innocence; To Struggle Means We're Alive; Lockdown: Prison, Repression, and Gender Nonconformity Minneapolis Anarchist Black Cross is an abolitionist organization focusing on supporting prisoners and working towards a future without prisons. Come check out some zines about how terrible prisons are and what we can do about them.
18Minnesota Nice Zine DistroMinnesota Nice Zine DistroMinnesota Nice is a zine distro based in the Twin Cities, MN.mnnicedistro.wordpress.com
56 BMolly WorkA Year in the Life, Portrait of a Werewolf, Anxiety ListMolly writes zines that make her laugh. Hopefully others will laugh, too.
21 BMonica HowellChibi PressMinneapolis’ Chibi Press publishes zines, artist’s books, and letterpress prints. chibipress.wordpress.com
41 BMystery Spot BooksPacific Tourist Redux, Flood Plain Color Field, The Forest, Nature's Nation, Scanned Land, Labadie, Drawings of Background Objects in TV ShowsMystery Spot Books produces small-run artist books, zines, and other publications that trace the contours of place-based experience in the human-altered landscape. Named for the tourist trap wonder attractions often encountered on road trips, Mystery Spot is a project of artist Chad Rutter and writer Emily Roehl.mysteryspotbooks.com
33 BNatalia PoteryakhinZombaliaNatalia (known as ironnatalia online) is a 19 year old making comics, zines, and films. She's trying to document how weird life feels before she actually gets used to being an adult. nataliapoteryakhin.tumblr.com
13 ANathan G. O'BrienHotDogDayzZINES//MIXTAPES//TRASHhotdogdayz.bigcartel.com
54Neva RoseDot to Dotting Space and Dot to Dotting CatsNeva Rose is 8 years old. She loves cats, chess, and making zines.
04 ANo Good ZinesLetters To The People I've Lost, 2019 National Poetry Month Compilation, Western Philosophy 101No Good Zines hails originally from KC but now lives in the Milwaukee area. Their work is a mixture of personal memoir, poetry, illustration, and borderline obsessively narrow focused interests (philosophy, coin magic, etc). nogoodzines.com
46 ANobian HenanLady BirdNobian Henan is from Kansas City, Missouri. She enjoys incorporating her culinary background into her zines. instagram.com/ladybirdlovesyou
31 APatrick LayScreaming Mimi Kids, Multi-Patrick is a cartoonist from Ohio, making comics for kids and teens about zany adventures, ghostly happenings, and the things we owe each other.patricklaycomics.com
26 BPete FaeckeDethclimber, Hairguy, Boy HowdyPete Faecke is a weirdo cartoonist living in the twin cities. His work revolves around loving comics, fetishizing men, and trying to unlearn capitalist socialization. peterfaecke.tumblr.com
10pickle witch bean farts; how to tie knots, pickling I am a #picklewitch making magic in Minneapolis, Mn. To reclaim the word and image of the witch is to reclaim the right to trust my intuition, gather with other wise women, trans, femme folks, learn about healing plants, and resist gender roles for which womxn have historically been persecuted. Food is a sacred part of my healing practice.picklewitch.org
06 BRachel ZaidmanPooetryRachel's first zine displays her artistic portrayal of potty humor through rhyme. She is publishing her first children's book in the near future and lives in Minneapolis with her two cats.outonalimerick.blogspot.com
32 ARebkaDrawsHow to Build a House; Home Made KimchiRebkaDraws is a Milwaukee writer/illustrator. Her zines and comics touch on themes relating to biracial/Korean identity, sexuality, and other personal experiences.instagram.com/rebkadraws
58 BRoshan GanuBlingaling ThoughtsBlingaling Thoughts is super amused by Minneapolis and captures her funny thoughts in zines, while walking around this land of a 1000 lakes (and avenues and streets...)instagram.com/blingalingthoughts
01Sam GlitterWursyGlitterWurst Zine DistroGlitterWurst Zine Distro is run by queer trans and disabled artists, writers and zinesters all across the world. Our work focuses on issues of queerness, transness, disability, chronic illness, size, sexuality, and more! etsy.com/shop/GlitterWurst
44 ASarah Evenson!RUMTUMSarah Evenson is a genderqueer zine/book/paper/print-maker based in Minneapolis. Together with their partner, Jade Juno, they have just started RUMTUM, a collaboration examining the liminal, joyful nature of queerness. sarah-evenson.com
27 ASarah MaiFish Out of WaterSarah Mai is an illustrator and artist based in the Twin Cities who is particularly interested in plants and small animals. I make prints and zines!sarahmaiartist.wixsite.com/illustration
50 ASarah MoreanLady BitsSemi-professional oversharer Sarah Morean returns to Twin Cities Zine Fest with old favorites (OCD, Lady Bits #1) and new releases.smorean.wordpress.com
12 AScott BryanGet it Away From MeScott Bryan fails at most things beyond cleaning his psyche by pouring words onto paper and the internet. He edits for Music in Minnesota and runs the online novel/zine Get It Away From Me. getitawayfromme.com
47 AShad AndrewsBounty, But with Swords, My First DnD CharacterShad Andrews is an artist that loves to play dnd and then cry about his dnd characters. And then make zines about his dnd characters.shad-andrews.com/portfolio
17 BShawnee MillerFallow OchreShawnee Miller is an artist from Northern California who makes zines full of semi-autobiographical whimsical illustrations and other glimpses at hidden worldsshawnee-miller.com
24Shift MNShift MN Shift MN is an organization under JustUS Health and envisions LGBTQ communities where everyone has equitable access to resources that cultivate sustainable wellness practices. We advocate for for healthier LGBTQ communities through outreach, education, social media and policyshiftmn.org
04 BSpogSpogartspog is a non binary artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. converting honest art & thought fragments into easily digested zines. instagram.com/spogart
55 Asunshine gaothings seen, things unseen; for the first time; out of step; survival foodsunshine gao draws stories about home--whatever that means, with all the complications that entails. They've studied philosophy, taught ecology, cooked noodles, and sold produce; now, they're learning to make comics in Minneapolis.sunshine-gao.com
09 ASwamphouse PressSwamphouse Homebrew: A Quick and Easy Tabletop Game Guide, Queer Revenge Fantasies, Things I Came Out As Before Coming Out as Non Binary, Instances of Transphobia Where the Word "Transgender" has been Replaced with "Vampire," Red And Green: Conservationism and Conservatives in the American West, Gay Space Dads: Coming Out and Star TrekBrendan and Mar are Swamphouse Press: a tiny zine group focused on the intersection of nerd and queer identities. swamphousepress.tumblr.com


twitter.com/swamphousepress
27 BSydBThe Light on the River, Egghead Vol. 1, etc.SydB is a queer cartoonist, zine-maker, and part time barista from Kansas now living in Minneapolis. Common themes she explores in her work are nostalgia, magical realism, friendship, and daily life. She enjoys collecting fake pastries and breads, reading fanfiction, and cuddling her fluffy shadow of a cat, Puff. okeysydb.com
44 BThe Art ManorFriends Forever AfterCartoonist / out of practice animator. Loves to draw Seriously cute things and lovey dovey stuff!phachau.com
19 BViolet C.A.P.Glitch Time, BFF, Years Worth of Bull$#!TViolet C.A.P. is a Greek American cartoonist and illustrator located in Minneapolis, MN and currently studying at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Their work focuses on human relationships as well as the things they love such as gay women, magical realism, and food.violetcap.com
39Women's Prison Book ProjectWomen's Prison Book ProjectSince 1994, the Women’s Prison Book Project has provided women and transgender persons in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education to fiction, politics, history, and health. We are an all-volunteer, grassroots organization; we seek to build connections with those behind the walls, and to educate those of us on the outside about the realities of prison and the justice system.wpbp.org
58 AZ AkhmetovaBLOOD STOP POWDER, Gods Can't Die, Frog Food, Make Your Own Modular Stuffed AnimalZ Akhmetova lives in Saint Paul. They love to draw, sew, cook, and teach people about all of the above. They work in a library.azakhm.com