What advice would you give to a first-time zinester or to an aspiring zinemaker?
Try to attend as many in-person events as you can. It’s useful to see how other zinesters table, what different zine communities are like, and where you feel comfortable. When you make your zine, do it to please yourself – not anyone else. You can’t please everyone. But certainly get feedback from people you trust and admire. Don’t be afraid to reach out to zinesters you don’t know for guidance and tips – most people are really friendly and willing to help you out if you ask nicely. And of course, make sure you buy and trade for zines created by POC. If you don’t have any in your collection yet, check out our zine spotlight for suggestions!
What’s the best thing that ever happened to you because of zines?
POCZP recently went on a 13-city Race Riot! tour celebrating zines by people of color. We met so many rad people (many white allies attended each event) and had the opportunity to do POCZP panels at six universities! We love the way zines can bring people from all walks of life together.
The second leg of the Race Riot! tour will be in the fall of 2013, through the Southwest and up the West Coast. “Like” us on Facebook to stay informed, and follow poczineproject.tumblr.com to learn more about zines by POC, great work by our allies and more.
Read more about POCZP at Get to Know Your Zinester: POC Zine Project « LA Zine Fest
We’re psyched to table and lead a panel discussion/reading at this year’s L.A. Zine Fest! Click the link above to read our interview on their blog.
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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: People of the Sun Distro Q&A for L.A. Zine Fest 2013
We’ve been in touch with Isidro Fox at People of the Sun Distro since last September. Fox sent their zines to be included in the POCZP archive last year and we recently signal boosted their call for more poc zines to share at this year’s L.A. Zine Fest.
Check out L.A. Zine Fest’s Q&A with Fox. Here’s an excerpt:
What’s the best thing that ever happened to you because of zines?
It seemed like every time I wanted to completely give up on writing, I’d randomly get an email from someone talking about how great my writing was, and how they’re surprised I’m not a real hot-shot yet. I always find that pretty funny, being that I honestly go through a lot of moments where I think what I’m creating is utter crap, and yet there are these people who think I’m the best and keep asking me to publish a book or something because the small amount of writing they’ve seen is a real tease. There’s also those people who find my writing through these zines, tell me I really cheered ‘em up, and though I know that can’t always last forever, I’m still glad I was somehow able to pick-up someone’s chin – if only for a night.
POC Zine Project will be at L.A. Zine Fest on Feb. 17! Visit our table and attend/support our multimedia reading and discussion at the fest. We look forward to building with you, people of earth! More details coming soon … <3
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posted 05 January, 2013
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