#printed zine

[bismutharts]

you may see a fully toki pona zine from me in the coming period, but for now, just a description of my learning process

i think it's so fun to learn toki pona. it has my favourite parts of learning languages without my dreaded part (memorising so so much)

this is part of my project to make a zine a day in april

[tamazine]

Can you believe it's already that time? Let's go again!

Today starts the interest check for Tama Zine Vol. 2!

Last year, we pulled together an amazing group of artists, crafters, writers, and designers to make this project shine and released our first volume at the beginning of 2024. We're looking forward to seeing a lot of new faces this time around — alongside any contributors from last year hoping to join us again — so don't hesitate!

Fill out the Interest Form!

And don't forget to check out the Carrd to get a copy of the previous issue and see last year's contributors!

[dase-draws]

heads up from me, a person who works a day job in a small business print shop; we love your art, we want to print your art, we want to help you out.

For the love of fuck if youre printing a comic book the number of pages needs to be divisible by 4. Its held together by staples so its a longer sheet folded in the middle. One sheet of paper in a booklet = 4 'sides' please help me.

If your book has 23 pages add 1 more. If it has 13 pages add 3 more. You get me. It needs to divide by 4 into a whole number or you will get blank pages somewhere in there. Extra pages can be anything. Make a goofy splash page. Dedicate it to your grandma. Scribble a little guy with a hat in the corner. Those pages will be in your book anyway they may as well have something printed on them.

This is such a small specific problem but its every day at this point Im having this conversation. Not that anyone has been a pain in my ass about it (and i dont mind if they are, its not a crime to not know stuff) but if even one person reads this and learns something new youre welcome i love you and thanks for reading.

This has been a friendly print shop PSA. Divide your page-count by 4 to help out your local printer today.

[lia-ve-art]

Dernières publications de 2023

>>> un dessin dans VIOLET SONGE, belle édition sérigraphié par Aude Carbone chez Epox & Botox, avec plus d’une trentaine d’artistes.

Ce dessin parle du désir d'autodétermination de femmes qui connaissaient les secrets des plantes et en usaient pour échapper aux emprises sociales (dans les Alpes médiévales et ailleurs). Plantes qui pouvaient empoisonner leurs maîtres et maris abusifs, qui pouvaient éviter des grossesses non désirées ou potentiellement fatales … Ou celles qui ont des effets psychoactifs : de nombreuses femmes ont été accusées durant la Chasse de participer à ce que leurs inquisiteurs amalgamaient au “Sabbat” (pour les associer à d’autres boucs-émissaires). Notamment en s’intoxiquant avec des onguents pour voler vers d’autres états de conscience. On disait qu'elles allaient à "La Grande Fête" ou au "Jeu". D’ailleurs, le balai placé entre les cuisses des sorcières stéréotypées actuelles tirerait son origine iconographique d’un simple petit pinceau permettant d’appliquer cet onguent sur les muqueuses, pour un effet rapide et maximal.

>>> Dans le captivant fanzine MOURRONS autour de la mort et ses tabous, édité par Pole Ka & Kimberly Clark : un texte cathartique racontant comment j’ai découvert un mort que personne d’autre ne voulait voir, en plein centre ville... Et ce que cette bouleversante découverte a à voir avec des processus [al]chimiques.

>>> Dans Cahot, une revue sur l'envie d'un nouveau monde, ma linogravure "Rebirth" sur papier fait maison.

[zodiacgirlszine]

Photos and proofs of the Zodiac Girls Zine! ♥

I love how it came out! For more info check out the Carrd! https://zodiacgirlszine.carrd.co/

[bismutharts]

'tis the season. happy april fools, and thanks to everyone whose jokes i copied down, so thanks to:

@toastyglow @ehlers-world-problems @streetlight-spam @spidermanifested and @fwizard

i have decided to do a zine challenge this april. a zine a day, hopefully, inspired by @koddlet's zinetober last year, so there's more to come, hopefully. i'm typing this on the 31st of march, so i'm giving myself a headstart

[bismutharts]

i FOUGHT with the margins on this one. after the 4th printing i decided to be done with it

additional context i couldn't fit on the back is that for the exam i needed to read 11 books, and i'd read 1 fully (it was from the middle ages, when "books" were about 18 pages), and 1 i read 1.5 chapters of, and 1 i read most of, about 4 years ago

through a combination of bullshitting, luck and not the whole exam being about the books i managed to get a 5.6 . a passing grade was a 5.5 out of 10. i never expected to get a pass and i'm overjoyed at it being OVER

i have all the books in this zine in my possession btw! and more unread books that didn't fit the pages.

the font is Poor Richard by the way. and i noticed when making the image descriptions that there's typos. we love dyslexia

this is part of my challenge to make a zine a day in april

[zodiacgirlszine]

The Zodiac Girls Zine is up for purchase!

You can now find the info on the Carrd created for it ♥ Prices and photo examples available there.

https://zodiacgirlszine.carrd.co/