Rest in Peace, Kansas City Zine Collective, 2012-2015.
The Kansas City Zine Collective was a group of zine makers that did work to establish a zine culture and continue a zine legacy from 2012-2015. We introduced Kansas City people to zines and helped connect zine makers through social and educational events. Some of what we did included workshops, zine readings, gallery exhibits, pop-up libraries, zine distribution, and classroom visits. We took a large trunk of Kansas City zines with us to represent our city at the 2014 Chicago Zine fest and the next year we founded our own zine con.
Our work culminated in 2015 with the launch of KC Zine Con and the donation of a large zine archive to UMKC's Labudde Special Collections. At the 2015 zine con we released a free zine review zine.
Our collective goal of fostering and establishing a zine culture in Kansas City has been achieved. We are happy our work with the KC zine collective has come full circle.
Many of us continue working with zines. Some of us are organizing the next KC Zine con. To continue staying up to date with zine news related to Kansas City and the midwest, please follow KC Zine Con on Facebook and tumblr . The retired KCZC Facebook and tumblr pages will stay online and serve as an archive of our work.
Thanks for helping us achieve our goals Kansas City. We look forward to seeing new zine works and the community that will continue to grow from our region.











