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B10Aaron PoliwodaLow Blow comicsAaron Poliwoda has self-published 140 issues of Low Blow comics mainly about autism, and creating awareness and tolerance about autism.johnanderikaspeak.com/aaron
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K02Adam FotosBeyond Paper WallsChicago based artist Adam Fotos has been self-publishing comics for over a decade. He teaches art, comics and zine-making at Chicago State University and the College of DuPage.adamfotos.com
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J02Adam Jason CohenLow-KeyAdam Jason Cohen (b. New Jersey, 1986) is a photographer currently living and working in Chicago, Illinois documenting the social landscape and human condition with a focus specifically on the South and West Sides of Chicago. His work has been showcased in print and online in local and international publications. He also produces his own small-run limited edition books documenting his work in Chicago and is currently working on a number of larger scale bodies of work soon to be published.adamjasoncohen.photo
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A21Aim RenCATHARTICFreelance illustrator who traded the Great North for the Windy City. Graphic design is my day job. Zines are my catharsis.aimren.com
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D21Alex KostiwSigils of Trouble Sleeping; OREOS; Endless DistancesAlex loves paper. You should see her apartment. Paper, everywhere.alexkostiw.com
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J12Alex NorelliBlue Pear ProjectsWhether its an art, poetry or photobook that asks the viewer to question their assumptions of the world, or an enamel pin that makes them feel more at peace with their vulnerability, Blue Pear represents the magical and meaningful things we create and dream into existence that encourage wonder within our lives. Blue Pear fiercely values equality among people, reverence for ritual, process, shameless existence, experimentation and human uniqueness.bluepearprojects.com
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E17Alexander Furrh, Nic RoseDumpster, Shitty OrdinanceZines about dirt, zines about slime, grime and the sublime. drawings, images and renderings.alexfurrh.tumblr.com
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G10Alexandra TerryBy the Bye, TripartiteAlexandra is a budding Chicago artist and aspiring storyteller who looks to explore the human condition through her comics, creating both personal stories and fantastical worlds.
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H04Alexis CookeAnxious InkAnxious Ink produces moody young adult comics with a magical realist twist.alexiscooke.tumblr.com
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D03Ali CantarellaHasty PastryAli Cantarella is a full time freelance artist, wielding her pen for indie comics, corporate clients, and private commissions alike. When not sketching, she enjoys creating food as colorful as it is tasty, biking around her beautiful city, and leaving half-drank cups of tea on various surfaces around her apartment.thewetstain.com
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D20Alicia Rose, couteau sangPubes & 'tudesPubes and Tudes is a loose collective of femmes unified by their disgusting attitudes and disgust for the sterile, hegemonic status quo. some of us have shared the pleasure of exhibiting and hanging out together at recent small press events.aliciaobermeyer.tumblr.com
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E10Allison CatuiraBias ListAllison Catuira is a designer, art director and illustrator, born and raised in Chicago with a stint in NYC. She forgot she was an illustrator for a while, so now she's making illustrated zines that capture her love of food and pop culture from all around the world.allison-c.com
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E08Amber HuffBad BloodAmber is a graphic designer and illustrator from Chicago. She likes to draw and stuff.story-tell.tumblr.com
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E14Amelia HrubyLady Parts ZineAmelia is a feminist, philosopher, and music lover who hails from the South but lives in Chicago. In Lady Parts Zine, she writes (and prints contributions) about lady parts, whatever that might mean.readladypartszine.tumblr.com
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E16Amy MaddenYou Must Always Have A Secret Plan, Tricycle Red GuidesLittle Tricycle Red Guides are fun size, art-filled, vaguely inspirational booklets, made in Chicago with real Xerox since at least 2013. Always with art-filled centers for eyeball stimulation.tricycleredprojects.tumblr.com
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F17Amy PeltzHousesAmy Peltz is an artist, editor, and writer living in Chicago. When not working at the Art Institute of Chicago, she makes, reads, and thinks about comics.amypeltz.tumblr.com
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D04Andrea BellFair Voyage, Rose from the Dead, Big Answers from Little Dog, Tracks Zine 2016, Tracks Zine 2017 (new!)Andrea is an illustrator and comic artist living in Chicago through the best and worse seasons. Her work reflects honesty, adventure, and strong relatable characters combined with an interesting palette.andreabelldraws.com
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B17Andrea PearsonNo Pants RevolutionAndrea Pearson is comics artist from Chicago, IL. She likes long walks on the beach, sunsets and kittens.apearsonart.com
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C04Andrew LarkinGoddess of the WoodAndrew Larkin hails from Evanston and works with other amazing artists as part of the Let's Make Comics collective. Andrew loves to create collections of short, punny strips. He is also working on a new ongoing book entitled Goddess of the Wood.andrewlarkin.net
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K18Andrew MisiscoSolaceAndrew is a California transplant who has found a home in Chicago where he can pursue his dream of storytelling. His zines delve into the fantastical world of Aclion where magic is rare and wonderful and heroic deeds are remembering for all time.andrewmisisco.wixsite.com/misiscoart
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C12Andy HoodYoung AmericanAndy Hood is a self-published cartoonist. His stories tackle emotional trauma with a dark and sometimes humorous tone.andyjhood.com
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F13Anna Jo BeckAnna Jo BeckAnna Jo Beck is an illustrator, designer, and zinester residing in Chicago, IL. She is a layout queen: she works by day as the editorial art director for a few trade magazines, and by night helps organize Chicago Zine Fest. Her own zines are detailed and informative, with ranging topics from personal finance, to city hall weddings, to Spanish grammar. She's devastated she'll have to miss CZF 2017, but you'll be able to find her work at the CZF table, as well as online at annajobeck.com.annajobeck.com
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C24Anna Lisa SchneiderInward Bound ComicAnna Lisa lives and works in Holland, Michigan which is an okay place if you can tolerate tulips. She creates a weekly surreal webcomic, Inward Bound, that focuses on friendship, inner demons and adventure.annalisaillustration.com
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D18Anna Tararova, Jack Beas, Jacob KoestlerMeowvilleMeowville is an artist collective from Cleveland and all over the US.meowville.storenvy.com
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K13Anni KozachokStrange EventsAnni writes sad and funny zines about strange events in life.
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J17Ariel ChanHoloAriel is a comic artist from the sleepy suburbs of Chicagoland, making funny auto-bio comics or comics with original stories and more fantastical content.arielchan.net
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G09Aus & Lauren MelissaWheelhouseThe Wheelhouse serves as a Toronto-based supporting resource for those facing barriers of accessibility, and takes an intersectional approach to social justice. The art created by its members challenges not only gender-based oppression, but also the racist and classist structures that limit us as individuals and as a community.whdistro.tumblr.com
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E13Bandit ZineBandit ZineThe Bandit Zine is a comp zine from Grand Rapids, Michigan, focused on social-justice issues. We aim for an intersectional look at important topics in a non-academic way. We pull from a wide net of writers and artists from all different backgrounds, across the globe, to make our zine as inclusive as possible.thebanditzine.com
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C16Beth HetlandHooray for ComicsBeth Hetland is a faculty at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and alumna of The Center for Cartoon Studies.beth-hetland.com
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B13Bianca XuniseBianca XuniseBianca Xunise is an illustrator based out of Chicago, Il. When she's not doodling her feelings, she's probably somewhere eating donuts or dancing to Bauhaus.biancaxunise.com
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A19Blake JonesFunny to MeGoofy illustrator from Houston, loving to draw everything from 80's wrestlers to Godzilla guys to bad king of the hill punsblakejones.co
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G18Brad RohloffBred PressBred Press is an artist books, comics, and zine publishing house located in Chicago. Started by Brad Rohloff in 2014, it provides a platform by which to support contemporary artists working within the medium of printed and published matter. I love you.bredpress.com
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C18Brian ColemanRIP ROAST SHRED GNARRIP ROAST SHRED GNAR IS A BMX ZINE!
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G13Brown and Proud PressOn StrugglingBrown & Proud Press is a collective of people of color with the intent of sharing personal narratives of struggle through the medium of zines as a catalyst for collective healing and movement.facebook.com/brownandproudpress
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E12brown recluse zine distrobrown recluse zine distroBrown Recluse Zine Distro, based in the Pacific Northwest, is a zine distro for people of color, by people of color. Created to support and center zines written by POC; BRZD was born out of passion for zines and frustration at the lack of representation and meaningful zine material for POCbrownreclusezinedistro.com
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K19Burn BlackBurn BlackChicago based zine distro with a heartburnblackzine.com
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J03Carlos MoralesInferiority ComplexLeaving behind his ghosts in Miami, Carlos Moved to Chicago in search of Tabula Rasa, which he has found the all inclusive culture of zines.cmphoto.gallery
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D07Caroline CashSWEATYCaroline Cash enjoys long walks on the beach and writing comics about her daily existential crisis.youngmoneycomics.tumblr.com
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C13Cathy HannahChicago in FallCathy Hannah lives and draws in Chicago. She draws maudlin comics about life’s many disappointments, some of which are political or historical. Originally from Michigan, she graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a fancy degree in comics makin’ in 2003. Determined to drive up her debt and accumulate even more impractical credentials she graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an even fancier graduate degree in Art History, Theory, and Criticism in 2007. This means she is exceptionally qualified to draw a comic about how comics are great!sayrabbitrabbit.com
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C07Celina BarajasColor Me WhimsyCelina Barajas is an animator/illustrator who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and has been living in Chicago for over a decade. She began exhibiting her art at comic conventions in early 2014 and premiered her very first self-made comic, "Color Me Whimsy" last year at CZF 2016. This year she will be a part of an anthology with the "Let's Make Comics" group and will have a sequel to "Color Me Whimsy".celinabarajas.tumblr.com
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K16Chad Rutter & Emily RoehlMystery Spot BooksMystery Spot Books produces small-run artist books, zines, and other publications that trace the contours of place-based experience in the human-altered landscape. Mystery Spot Is a collaboration between Minneapolis, MN based artist Chad Rutter and Austin, TX based writer Emily Roehl.mysteryspotbooks.com
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G14CHema Skandal!Little Thoughts, Essays from The Book of Cannibals, Sybil Press Mix-Tape Collection of Zine excerptsCHema Skandal! is a graphic artist living in Chicago. His art is influenced by music and sociopolitical current events as well as human evolution.chemaskandal.com
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S06Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)CAKEChicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago’s rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics’ most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue among independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers. CAKE is an invited organization of Chicago Zine Fest 2017.cakechicago.com
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downstairsChicago Books to Women in PrisonChicago Books to Women in PrisonChicago Books to Women in Prison is an all-volunteer group that distributes paperback books free of charge to incarcerated women, including transwomen, nationwide. We are dedicated to offering the opportunity for self-empowerment, education, and entertainment that reading provides.chicagobwp.org
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S03Chicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC)CHIPRCChicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC) is a non-profit that strives to build community and foster creativity by providing access to the space, education, and resources necessary to create and self-publish literary and visual work. CHIPRC is a sponsor of Chicago Zine Fest 2017.chiprc.org
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G16Chloë PerkisUglyChloë Perkis is a cartoonist, illustrator and ceramicist living in Chicago. They address elements of queer sexuality, violence, and body image through playful comics and objects.chloeperkis.com
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D15Claudia and ActionArtist seriesArtist Action and Claudia, born and raised in Chicago have found the city as its canvas. Action wheatpastes his love of pugs and more on Chicago walls while Claudia illustrates designs and story invoking the artist life.claudianimation.com
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D16Claudia E BergerReflections, The Bear And The Moon, Finding Home, Cultivated, Parallax, Tiny Landscape ProjectClaudia is a New York City based cartoonist, illustrator and zine maker. She primarily makes autobiographic comics about mental health, but also makes comics inspired by mythology and houseplants.claudiaeberger.com
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G08Craig John Barr & Heather ElaineBabaloo ZinesEnglish Illustrator exploring the Midwest and drawing my new experiences. Venturing into children's zines with my partner and our new family obsession with trains. Heather provides Quirky DIY instructional zines.craigjohnbarr.com
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J15Cristi LópezLoop, La VueltaI am Cristi López, an emerging artist from Gainesville, Florida. I am a recent graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, where I received a BFA in Illustration in 2016. My passion for illustration stems from my desire to make work that is universally accessible. My visuals are personal and allegorical, inviting viewer interpretation.cristilopezart.com
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D13Crucial Changes Printing PressCrucial Changes Printing PressLong running punk zine out of Omaha, NE.crucialchanges.blogspot.com
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D11Daejuan JacobsFractalWriter and creator of the new comic book mini-series Fractal. A dark science fiction thriller from Chicago native Daejuan Jacobs.fractalcomic.com
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C06Daimon HamptonNeon, become, hold me downDaimon is a person, who draws silly little pictures. He can't seem to think of anything better he could be different.daimondrewthis.com
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E05Dan NelsonHot TagDan Nelson is a hot dog fanatic who has been watching wrestling since he was a small boy. Hot Tag, rather than about hot dogs, is about his complex relationship with sports entertainment, from his obsession as a youth to his own wrestling experience.hottag.bigcartel.com
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A22Daniel KittakaHello My Name IsCartoonist, training to run a sub 2:30 marathon.dankittaka.com
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B04Daniel WykeWykeryDaniel Wyke (Wykery) is a cartoonist/illustrator living in Pittsburgh, PA. He loves comics and in his spare time likes to go for long walks, eat tacos, and listen to Prince.wykery.com
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B15Dave DuganZencomixDave Dugan has been drawing comics since before the internet existed.zencomix.blogspot.com
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G04David alvaradoLife is beautifulDavid alvarado is a cartoonist and illustrator. He has created illustrations for various publications including cicada, Newcity, Narrativly and Lumpen. He is an avid self publisher of mini comics, zines and other paper ephemera.hello-david.com
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G06Dawn GrahamStay Kind! DistroStay Kind! publishes and distributes creative works, with a focus on social justice and personal narratives. A portion of all sales are donated to initiatives supporting our communities.staykind.com
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E11Debbie WongBeetlebobDebbie grew up on the tropical island of Taiwan and immigrated to the United States at the tender age of 10. She loves to draw and screenprint. She is working on collaborating on zines with other poets and provide beautiful words with illustrations to match.beetlebob-art.com
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S10DePaul University Library Special Collections and ArchivesDePaul University LibraryDePaul University Special Collections and Archives maintains a variety of zine collections primarily dating from the 1990s through the 2010s, with a strong emphasis on materials produced in Chicago and the Midwest region. DePaul's collections represent diverse topics and formats, including political action, arts, music, and personal histories, with a focus on providing accessibility to inmate populations. DePaul seeks to preserve and provide access to zines as an alternative print format often representing lesser heard voices. DePaul University Library is an invited organization of Chicago Zine Fest 2017.libguides.depaul.edu/CommunityArchives/zines
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H02downfall artsdownfall artsdownfall arts is a artist books publisher with a focus on telling the history of the future and distributing stuff about pizza cults.downfallarts.com
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E03Dylan White & Trisha RemetirZinesboroZinesboro is a roving zine library and smalltime publisher based out of Carrboro, NC. Our goal is to promote and share DIY arts through pop-up events around the Triangle and publish original artzines and chapbooks.zinesboro.com
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E06ed.Holy Demon Army Distro/Black Metal of the AmericasHoly Demon Army Distro is the only zine distro devoted entirely to the sport of kings, professional wrestling. Black Metal of the Americas is a zine devoted to covering non-bigoted black metal from North and South America.holydemonarmy.storenvy.com
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C11Edward WittNorthside Comic ArtistsEd Witt is a comic artist and writer living in Chicago. He is also the founder of Northside Comic Artists, a Chicago-based collective of comic artists from hobbyists to professionals who hold drawing events and workshops on the north side of Chicago. At Zinefest he will be selling three different anthologies created by the members of the collective and promoting the group.northsidecomics.org
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B07Eli AdamsStonerquotes, Skull Pals, Craigslist Haiku Hotel, BunsI'm inspired by cult classics, strange science, kitschy shit, cultural undergrounds, twitchy bass guitar solos, and every weirdo I've ever met.nonukesstore.etsy.com
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J13Eli HalpernPony Pony Pony PonyEli Halpern is merely the mortal vessel for the ravenous and profane appetites of A Pony Named Princess. He is a Chicago-based artist and game designer whose non-equine projects include the party game Cards Against Humanity.twitter.com/ponyponeyponypo
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B12Elliott Junkyard#bestfriend comicsElliott Junkyard is an artist of many media. He is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently resides in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He started making zines in 2010 and has not looked back since.instagram.com/elliottjunkyard
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E02Endless BummerPermanence Mythology, Dress, Good vibrations, Part Time PunkStories real and imagined by a queer southern punk from durham, north carolina
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F18Eric BartholomewJunk DrawerEric Bartholomew grew up going to garage sales, finding stuff in alleys, and collecting odds and ends of various sorts. He tries not to save too much, and writes about it instead, in his zine series called “Junk Drawer.”junkdrawer.wix.com/junkdrawer
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K09Eric Von HaynesFlatlands Press / IS PressBuilding and Breaking since 2007, Out of Pilsen Chicagoflatlandspress.bigcartel.com
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H08Erin HookanaCheetah EyesErin Hookana aka Cheetah Eyes is an artist who uses the awkwardness of flat 80's inspired illustration and crude collage to explore ideas of femininity, glamour and status.cheetaheyes.tumblr.com
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F08ErycaMy Little Friend ZineEryca was born and raised in Los Angeles, but breifly lived in Chicago and misses it dearly. She is a co-founder and former co-organizer of the LA Zine Fest. she has a bunch of zines, new and old.
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H07Eva DawsonFree SilenceEva Dawson writes in Albany Park, Chicago.freesilence.com
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G11Fiona AvocadoEntwined, Nothing Compares 2 U, Dancing In THe Dark, Thalassic Sanctuary, What is Up With Your Fruity Name?, JadeFiona Avocado is an artist, writer, media maker, educator, and agitator. Fiona’s work is multifaceted and explores many subjects, including everyday life, current events, alternate universes, and glittery daydreams. She resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.fionavocado.com
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C22Free Ass. Mag.Free Ass. Mag.Free Association Magazine (Free Ass. Mag.) is an anti-architecture/architecture [maga]zine, responding in agitation to the isolated nature of architecture by viewing the built environment through the lenses of varying media and ideas. Free Ass. Mag. will discuss topics of the inhabitable realm triggered by a single theme for each published issue.freeassmag.com
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D08Gabe HowellCowboy, Flirting With Death?, Bathroom BFGabe Howell is a transgender cartoonist and painter currently in living Chicago, Illinois and studying at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He enjoys digging through garbage and drawing sad comics about peeing in alleys.gabehowell.com
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C01GPGrime TimeChicago graffiti!instagram.com/gettopo
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K17Grant LewandowskiPainkiller, UntitledGrant Lewandowski is a Chicago based photographer that produces publications that capture the people around him. His documentary style photography looks into the lives of all kinds of people from every walk of life.grant-lewandowski.com
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F24Hannah JablonskiHow to get lost, beditationsHannah Jablonski is a Philly transplant studying art in the great city of Chicago where she makes zines about surreal experiences in the everyday and writes really long sentenceshjablonskiart.squarespace.com
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A12Hannah MathisHannahHannah tells the heartbreaking, yet hope-inspiring story of a depressed misanthrope in love.hannahmathis.crevado.com/comics
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A07Harry HillmanWahlburgh ProstheticHarry Hillman is a Chicagoland cartoonist and a terrible karaoke performer. His comics have appeared in Fresh Veggie Press's Trap House. He's got one of those faces.manorhillman.tumblr.com
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F10Heather CStranger Danger Zine DistroStranger Danger is a zine distro based out of Chicago that carries feminist zines, queer zines, trans zines, POC zines, & more — zines about identity, home, disabilities, friendship, survival, etc etc.strangerdangerzines.com
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H03Hedwig VinsonHedwig VinsonArtist type based in Minneapolis, MN. I've been sucked up into the void of classical music, will I ever emerge again? Prepare yourself for some polyrhythmic layers in these zines.walterwalterwalterwalter.tumblr.com
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F03Henry Guerra, gabi cracraftWWVHenry Guerra and gabi cracraft are cartoonists based out of Chicago IL. both make work that is driven by imagination and fantasy.primeslime.com

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A16HMGKSPORTS SPORTSSHMGK hails from the great city of Chicago and hates zines but loves SPORTS!gabrielkendra.com

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H18Hue the HuemanEmotion ExitHue the Hueman from Chicago makes magical zines and comics with full of imagination.huethehueman.tumblr.com
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K20Ill Will EditionsIll Will EditionsIll Will Editions is a multilingual zine-making project based in Berlin & Chicago. Our focus is on anarchy, anti-politics, proletarian insurrection, trans-feminism, afropessimism, anti-prison / anti-cop activity.ill-will-editions.tumblr.com
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H10invited ghostsinvited ghostsInvited Ghosts is a zine distro and blog. We share treasures hidden in dark corners of archives and new loves from the library.invitedghosts.com
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F23Isabel Ann Castro, Natasha I HernandezSt. SuciaSt. Sucia is a submission based, all Latina feminist zine. Started in San Antonio with a an unattended copy machine, we are now international and on University syllibi, our goal is to elevate our community's art and lit!stsucia.bigcartel.com
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C15Isabella RotmanNot On My WatchIsabella Rotman is a cartoonist and snake-person from Maine living and drawing in Chicago. Her art is usually about the ocean, mermaids, crushing loneliness, people in the woods, or sex. She is Artist in Residence at Scarleteen.com.isabellarotman.com
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H20J. WuLiving SouthernersLiving Southerners is a document of J. Wu's efforts to understand the complex and ever-changing American South, two years after she left it.livingsoutherners.tumblr.com
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F20Jahnny VommitHellBitchesJahnny Vommit is a visual artist born and raised in New York City. Her work is heavily inspired by the fashion and rock and roll history of the 1980s. She is also the curator of the all female alternative art zine HellBitches.jahnnyvommit.com
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B22Jakob StreiffZombknottsA dumb rookie's second time distributing garbage in the Chicago area.zombknotts.tumblr.com
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B21Jamie KadasEmbrace Your BeautyJamie Kadas is an artist from Chicago whose work focuses on zines and comics that inspire body positivity in all people.jamiekadas.com
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K12Jamie PrimackBinary StarJamie Primack is a comic artist, writer, illustrator, and self-proclaimed "space goth." Inspired by her love of sci fi and horror, Jamie's artistic style combines elements of both gothic subcultures and futuristic technology.jamieprimack.com
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J20jan descartes and roxyheartland comicJan is the illustrator, story teller and co-creator of heartland comic. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. Roxy is the co-creator and story teller of heartland comic. She lives in Chicago, IL.heartlandcomic.com
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F19Javier Suárez & Cameron del RosarioLobo HeightsJavier Suárez is a Chicano artist from Chicago. He's founder of Lobo Heights, a unique collaboration between pop culture, comics and music.

Cameron del Rosario makes comic books, has a dog and likes club sandwiches. He resides in Louisville, Kentucky.
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D05JB RoeBrainbuster 2019JB Roe is a Chicago based writer and artist from Lakeland, FL. He makes zines and comics exploring genre tropes, pro wrestling, and Showa era tokusatsu shows and movies.jbroe.com
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J01JCTributaries, CollideJC is a librarian and writes on her experience living with rheumatoid arthritis. She also compiles the zine Collide, on the intersection of physical and mental illness.jennyandthelibrarians.tumblr.com