Ink & Iron Zines

First order with one of the ICE Raid Response Guide zines is out, and headed halfway across the country! It's definitely the furthest any of my zines have gone, such a huge leap for me and for the shop fr.

Always excited to get to break out the wax seals, though I haven't gotten much better at the actual wax sealing lol, hopefully I'll get more practice soon.

If you've been wondering where I've been and what I've been working on since the start of 2026, it's been this. The whole time. I spent the end of 2025 angry about what ICE was doing to innocent people, and ravenous for answers on what to do about it. After much research and even more writing, this 40-page zine contains every bit of knowledge I gained on the subject, all in one place. The ICE Raid Response Guide zine covers topics such as: -What your rights are when dealing with immigration agents -How to tell ICE agents apart from normal cops -What to pack in your ICE Raid Response go-bag -Protest gear you can make yourself -A variety of methods of resisting ICE raids -Links to further resources on immigration rights and resisting ICE -A flow chart for what to do during an ICE raid in many situations Each zine (ordered from my shop) comes with a Know Your Rights card, and a whistle for signaling others to help when an ICE raid is happening.

If you don't want to order from me though, worry not, because you can make these kits yourself! I created a full instruction guide for making everything in the kit but the whistle, including binding zines, laminating red cards, and making the tags that go on the whistles by hand, with step-by-step instructions to guide you the whole way. All the files and instructions you need are free to download here.

(Yeah the secret reason this took so long was because I made two zines, and one is a huge instruction manual that took forever to write) The best part is, the instruction guide has three methods for making each piece, one that requires bare-minimum equipment you can probably find lying around your house, an in-between version, and a "fancy" version that requires specialized equipment like a laminator. So no matter who you are or what resources you have, you can make these kits and get the word out on how to stop ICE.

While I'm under no illusions that this zine will single-handedly stop what ICE is doing in our country, I think it's a great place to start. One of the reasons I started this project to begin with is that I couldn't find this information all in one place, to have one resource to direct people to that contains a lot of the information people are looking for on what to do about ICE. I don't think anybody has all the perfect answers for what to do about ICE, including myself, but I think trying is more important than being perfect right now. So I'm out here trying to use what I do best, making zines, to fight back.

I'm gonna be fr, I'm usually not much of one for Black Friday, but I've gotta admit that it kinda became pretty important for me this year, as a milestone to race towards while working on my most recent zine to cap off my series on the rise of fascism in America. The "Bash the Fash" zine bundle represents four long months of diligent work making zines by hand, page after page, and now looking back at the 150-page journey I went through, I really couldn't be more proud. And through the end of the year, my life's work is only $19.99! The "We Won't Be The Last" button is available on a variety of my ripped paper pride flag backgrounds as well!

Hello everyone! As always, the announcement post for the zine ended up being too long for the excerpt to fit into; you'd think after this many zines I wouldn't surprise myself with my own wordiness lol. So without further ado, please enjoy this excerpt:

Hey everyone! I'm happy to announce that "Coal In The Dead Canary Mine: The Last Siren Before The Storm" is finally up on the shop! And for once the zinemaking process didn't have some huge disaster in the middle that added a week of work for me, so let's hope that continues haha

This zine is my last in the series I (unintentionally) started with my very first quarter zine, "We Won't Be The Last," about the rise of fascism in the United States, examining the workings of the fascist machine in real time as I've watched it roll over my country. In that series I have gone over how fascism intersects with xenophobia, transphobia, and ableism, and how it uses people's existing biases to turn normal people into true believers in the All-Powerful Leader. I've looked at fascist messaging and how propaganda is used by political figures in the modern day, and contrasted the modern rise of fascism to the historical examples of it from every angle I know how. In 118 total zine pages before "Coal In The Dead Canary Mine," (now 150 including it) I have done everything I could to break down the fascist machine to its component parts, and point out every crack in its armor I can see. I have tried to warn people of the storm's coming, through my zines and in every way I can in real life, and it has left me with an undeniable feeling of still being almost exactly where I started.

I wrote "Coal In The Dead Canary Mine" in recognition of the fact that the time for warnings is nearly over. The time where historians and political commentators ringing the fascism alarm on the news is still useful is coming to its end. Depending on where you live, ICE has already taken some of your neighbors, even some of your family, and they will not stop unless they are made to. "Coal In the Dead Canary Mine" is a fire alarm in an inferno, that I wrote in lieu of running around shaking people by the shoulders trying to get them to believe that all of this could collapse around them.

This is my last zine about fascism, at least for the time being, because I feel I've said all there is to say about it. There are no more warnings to be had for what is to come, as you all know what the storm on the horizon looks like well enough by now. The only question that remains is when they are going to show up in your neighborhood, and what you will be willing to do when that time comes.

Hey all! I'm happy to announce a (somewhat) new version of my zine on protest safety, Fight Smart! is out and available as a free download on my shop! I've added cut lines to make it easy for anyone to print it and make it themselves, with only a pair of scissors needed.

Fight Smart! is also available as a physical copy if you want it on the beautiful bright-colored paper, and I've dropped the price to make it more reasonable to buy in bulk if you've got friends or a protest group who you think could benefit from these. Those are as always available on my shop, so please consider checking it out and getting something handmade for those you love this holiday season!

Nerd stuff about zinemaking below the cut:

I wouldn't fault anyone for feeling almost unable to mourn at all this year, either, as there are times where there is so much sadness and pain sloshing around in the world that your body just doesn't have any more room for it all. I can feel the despair there, the mourning, but I haven't been able to bring myself to cry. Not for lack of feeling like I'm on the verge of doing so, though. I haven't even been able to get angry about it, which if you know anything about me or have read my zines, you would know is highly unusual. The righteous anger that normally keeps my engine running on a plentiful stock of spite just has nothing to spare today. Even writing this has left me with an unusual feeling of having said all there is to say, to one extent or another. All trans people deserve better than the world has given us. We deserve peace, and happiness, and to be left the hell alone to our own devices. They can tell you you're crazy for believing that, but it will never be any less true.

There are times in my life where I would have imparted some wisdom about hope in hard times here, but this year all I can say is this: Hold onto whatever is keeping you sane. Whether it is your faith, your determination, or your anger, hold onto it like a life raft in a maelstrom. There is no higher duty for any of us than surviving, first and foremost. And please hold onto the trans people in your life, and tell them you love them while you have them. In times like these it means more than you know.

The Supreme Court just made an emergency ruling to block a lower court ruling demanding SNAP (Food Stamps) be funded, unilaterally taking food out of the mouths of 40 million people in America. (link)

Needless to say, I'm fucking pissed about this, and I've been working to set up a small food pantry in my neighborhood to help ease the pain for hungry people in my area. If you want to help people who are in need of food aid during this time, please consider donating to a food bank near you.

Many food banks are going to be overwhelmed with food donations in response to this news, so please consider donating money if you're able. Even $5 can stretch a lot further in the food bank's hands than it can in yours, because food banks can buy in bulk and get discounts you may not have access to. Monetary donations also allow food banks to get items they know are in high demand.

Please consider finding a food bank near you and donating or volunteering there, it makes more of a difference than you think.

This image can be printed on a full sheet of paper and cut in half for easy distribution:

Hey everyone! I just finished up the writing for the next zine (can't wait to show y'all!), but I figured I'd take a bit of a look back and let y'all in on the process I use for making my block prints! Maybe this will be helpful to someone looking to get into block printing, or just interesting if you're wondering how it's done. Here's the full process step-by step (with pictures) for your enjoyment below the cut!

Happy Samhain, everyone! I hope you're all celebrating tonight, whether you're running out and about in costume or chilling at home and hunkering down for the night. I'm definitely more inclined for the latter myself, especially after the absolute marathon I just finished running getting these prints ready to see the light of day!

No amount of paper was spared, I got comical amounts of ink on my hands day after day, and I had to use every flat surface in my studio for drying space (and eventually make a drying line because I ran out). Truly a labor of love if there ever was one.

I'll be posting a bunch of process photos on how these prints all came together over the weekend, but for now I'll simply post them here for your enjoyment: