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Review: The 40th Anniversary of Wimmen’s Comix

Julie Davis — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:00:11 +0000

To read the story behind the groundbreaking comics anthology Wimmen’s Comix is to be reminded of feminism’s past, and how much has (or in some cases, hasn’t) changed. In the early 1970s, while Zap and Weirdo kept on truckin’ with their counterculture stories about drugs, violence and the sexual revolution, female artists were feeling shut [&hellip

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Interview: Retro Style with Jen Oaks

Julie Davis — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:30:58 +0000

“I tend to just draw on what I like or what inspires me,” illustrator Jen Oaks said, “which sometimes fits in to what is popular at the moment.” That moment would definitely seem to be now. Oaks’ work falls smack dab in the center of several hot trends in graphic arts, from the prevailing preference [&hellip

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Jamming with Musician and Writer Abigail Young

Julie Davis — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:09:36 +0000

“I’m a serial hobbyist, a chronic dabbler who has yet to master anything,” said Abigail Young during our interview. That’s probably a different choice of words than most would use to describe Young’s artistic output, which includes everything from zines to yoga to writing and music. “My art of choice as a six-year-old was writing [&hellip

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San Francisco Zine Fest 2012

Julie Davis — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:09:51 +0000

Even in an age when print is frequently declared dead and most media is moving toward a digital environment, print continued to thrive over Labor Day Weekend at the San Francisco Zine Fest, featuring a number of extraordinary female artists. A small-press publishing showcase of stapled-together paper, silkscreening and other DIY media, the 11th annual [&hellip

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Gender Benders with Comic Artist Chloe Dalquist

Julie Davis — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:07:31 +0000

“The concept of Jamie’s character came from my own mental state in my late teens/early twenties,” explained cartoonist Chloe Dalquist, describing the inspiration for her comic Jamie the Trickster. “I was going through a phase where I wanted to be male, but didn’t identify as trans because I knew that if I actually did go [&hellip

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The Zine Scene and Mini-Comics with Gabrielle Gamboa

Julie Davis — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:48:15 +0000

When asked what advice she would give to aspiring comic artists and zinesters, Gabrielle Gamboa suggests, “Don’t limit yourself by studying only one technique or medium. Practice drawing from observation. Learn about art from before you were born.” It’s advice that Gamboa practices herself: the 1933 novel Miss Lonelyhearts, by Nathanael West, was the inspiration [&hellip

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Interview with Zine Writer Liz Mayorga

Julie Davis — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:38:54 +0000

“Nothing ever goes away completely, it just changes form,” said Liz Mayorga, one of the current organizers of the small-press exposition, San Francisco Zine Fest. “Zines are important, not just because they’re an empowering outlet, but because they build communities. Though some zines will change into a digital presence, like blogs, you still need face-to-face interactions [&hellip

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