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DAY of DISTROS is a virtual fundraiser for Albuquerque Zine Fest! Visit participating distros on the Summer Solstice (June 21) between Noon and the stroke of Midnight.

Buy some zines using the discount code: DAYOFDISTROS2024 and receive 5%- 10% off! ABQZF will receive a portion of each sale. It’s THAT easy! THANK YOU to the following participating distros: Please check out their catalogs, and order some zines on Friday, June 21. Thanks for supporting these distros and ABQZF!

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR ZINE Olivia Hunte; Intersections Zine PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE ZINES YOU'LL BE TABLING AT ABQZF7! WHY DID YOU CREATE THEM? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT? Intersections was created because we wanted a space where individuals with intersecting identities can be represented in positive and supportive media. Within the pages of Intersections you can find people expressing themselves and sharing their experiences of navigating life with their various, marginalized identities. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING/WRITING ZINES? HOW DID YOU GET STARTED? A little over a year. WHAT MAKES A ZINE A ZINE TO YOU? DEFINE "ZINE," IN YOUR WAY. For me a zine is a self-publication where counter-narratives exists. My favorite thing about zines is that there are no restrictions. It's a space where folks have their creative autonomy. HOW DO ZINES CONTRIBUTE TO LITERARY CULTURE?  Zines are a form of storytelling and artistic expression that tends to go against dominant culture. DO YOU HAVE A ZINE CRUSH?! IF SO, ARE YOU WILLING TO REVEAL THE OBJECT OF YOUR ZINE AFFECTION?  No, not at the moment. ☺️ WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT MAKING ZINES? WHAT DO YOU FIND TO BE MOST FRUSTRATING ABOUT THE PROCESS?  The thing I enjoy the most about making zines is creating a space where people can share themselves and their stories. What's most frustrating about the process is stapling my zines; it's hard work! HOW HAVE ZINES HELPED YOU GROW AS AN ARTIST/WRITER/MUSICIAN/THINKER/MAKER?  Zines have given me the space to be comfortable with sharing myself with those around me. HOW MANY ZINES ARE IN YOUR COLLECTION AND WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITES?  I'd have to double check my numbers, but I have a few copies from Brown and Proud Press that are pretty dope! WHAT KIND OF ZINE DO YOU WANT TO WRITE/CREATE THAT YOU HAVEN'T EXPLORED YET? (TOPIC, FORMAT, STYLE, ETC.) Hmm good question. I'm so immersed in what I'm doing with Intersections- exploring intersectionality- that I haven't had time to think about that. WE WILL PROMOTE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WHEN WE POST YOUR INTERVIEW. On instagram: @inter.sec.tions

Thanks!

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR ZINE?

Amaris Feland Ketcham, Tarantula Hawk Wasp

PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE ZINES YOU'LL BE TABLING AT ABQZF7! *

WHY DID YOU CREATE THEM? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?

These zines are tiny lyric essays about the tarantula hawk wasp. I have been working on a “poetic inventory” of Albuquerque, (including the Sandia Mountains to the Rio Grande and parts of the West Mesa Open Space). It is analogous to a “scientific inventory” of a location’s biodiversity, where field ecologists catalogue all of the flora and fauna present in the area. Unlike a scientific inventory, the works moves beyond a strictly literal cataloging; instead it explores the relationship between “wilderness and civilization,” human impact on designated nature zones/open space, and how wilds reemerge within the city.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING/WRITING ZINES? *

HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?

This is actually my first zine.

WHAT MAKES A ZINE A ZINE TO YOU? *

DEFINE "ZINE," IN YOUR WAY.

To me a zine is a handmade, do-it-yourself form of publishing.

How do zines contribute to literary culture? *

I think that zines are incubators for ideas. They allow for experimentation, risk, and failure--and therefore growth.

DO YOU HAVE A ZINE CRUSH?! IF SO, ARE YOU WILLING TO REVEAL THE OBJECT OF YOUR ZINE AFFECTION? *

Not yet. Perhaps I'll meet my zine crush at Zinefest!

What do you enjoy most about making zines? What do you find to be most frustrating about the process? *

I like playing with different materials and ideas, drafting and revising. The most frustrating part is finishing a small print run and finding a typo.

HOW HAVE ZINES HELPED YOU GROW AS AN ARTIST/WRITER/MUSICIAN/THINKER/MAKER? *

I started making this zine to think through some of the issues of the poetic inventory that I have been working on. First I started making artists books out of some of the poems, then hammering others onto pieces of wood, turning some into small art projects, and really just experimenting with what a poem can be and how it can be communicated.

HOW MANY ZINES ARE IN YOUR COLLECTION AND WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITES? *

My collection is still growing, but I just learned that someone I've known for years used to make comic zines about archaeology field work. I now have a stack of reading that I'm really excited about.

WHAT KIND OF ZINE DO YOU WANT TO WRITE/CREATE THAT YOU HAVEN'T EXPLORED YET? *

(TOPIC, FORMAT, STYLE, ETC.)

Autobiographix/essay comics.

LIST ALL SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, OR OTHER ONLINE SPACES WHERE YOUR WORK IS DISPLAYED. *

WE WILL PROMOTE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE WHEN WE POST YOUR INTERVIEW.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR ZIINE?

Art Luman, Horrible Vacuum International, etc.

PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE ZINES YOU'LL BE TABLING AT ABQZF7! WHY DID YOU CREATE THEM? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT?

In addition to the myriad thrilling offerings from Horrible Vacuum Intnl, we will be peddling BANDS! new and old, as well as some other offerings from affiliate producers.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MAKING/WRITING ZINES? HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?

At least half of my life but much more actively in the past 7 years.

WHAT MAKES A ZINE A ZINE TO YOU? DEFINE "ZINE," IN YOUR WAY.

The smell of toner and the personal touch of a maniac.

HOW DO ZINES CONTRIBUTE TO LITERARY CULTURE? 

The provide a personal, largely off-net, culture of information, thought, and literature that is so much more direct than any other channel of media dissemination. People make zines. People read zines. You get zines from people. There are no gods, no masters, no rules, no committees.

DO YOU HAVE A ZINE CRUSH?! IF SO, ARE YOU WILLING TO REVEAL THE OBJECT OF YOUR ZINE AFFECTION? 

The works of Marya Errin Jones, I believe you know her. Also Diane Toepfer's Jagger Hair.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT MAKING ZINES? WHAT DO YOU FIND TO BE MOST FRUSTRATING ABOUT THE PROCESS? 

Layout / design. Layout / design.

HOW HAVE ZINES HELPED YOU GROW AS AN ARTIST/WRITER/MUSICIAN/THINKER/MAKER? 

I like the creativity of working within the limitations of the format.

HOW MANY ZINES ARE IN YOUR COLLECTION AND WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITES? 

Probably > 50. Jagger Hair, Mocha Chocolata Momma, Next Stop Adventure, Freeze Dirtbag, Wig Wam Bam, I Heart Barry Manilow, Non-Hierarchical Lists, Rat Man vs. the Mutant Fungus

WHAT KIND OF ZINE DO YOU WANT TO WRITE/CREATE THAT YOU HAVEN'T EXPLORED YET? (TOPIC, FORMAT, STYLE, ETC.)

mitochondrial zines that can be inserted into cells and be distributed like a virus.

LIST ALL SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, OR OTHER ONLINE SPACES WHERE YOUR WORK IS DISPLAYED. 

http://horriblevacuum.com 

@hvac_international (insta) @horriblevacuum (twitter) 

@artluman (twitter) @markgunkhvac (twitter)