I’ll be vending books, zines, tees, stickers, and other ephemera at
PHILLY ZINE FEST
Saturday, November 9 · 10am – 5pm EST
Mitten Hall, Temple University
1913 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, 19123
phillyzinefest.org for more details
IF YOU ENJOYED Failed Novel Experiment: ALL THAT’S LEFT ch 1 The Rain, GET READY FOR ch 2 DEBUT AT PHILLY ZINE FEST.
Come See Me!
This past July I had a very pleasant time vending the BIG SUMMER BOOK SALE hosted by Ice Box Project Space and organized by FORTUNE / Many Folds Press x ULISES Books. Lots of people I hadn’t seen in person for many moons turned up, several by chance encounter. It felt very good to see people still doing their thing despite this post-pandemic lockdown era we live in. I also sold a lot of goods to interesting people ~ a pleasure.
I debuted a new ALL THAT’S LEFT story first time in print at the Book Sale, which people bought without knowing any hype or promo from me. Very satisfying, I hope those folks enjoyed their read.
For Philly Zine Fest, I’ll be debuting the next chapter of that failed novel experiment, so please look forward to it! =)
Here are a few photos from the book sale. Scroll below for what to expect from Philly Zine Fest.
What to Expect
Last year’s fest was very fun for me, so I’m looking forward to attending this year’s fest. 2023’s fest had a thorough selection of pure zinesters, illustrators and graphic novelists, people like me with a mix of self-published (and crowd-funded) books and zines, and representation from some of Philly’s indie and DIY centric bookstores.
There was a lot of good stuff, so bring an empty tote bag and cash or a topped up digi-cash account. Maaaany many people wore masks, so we’ll see about this year. I’ll certainly be masked up.
Mitten Hall is wheelchair accessible, which also made loading in/out very easy (what a concept). Parking isn’t hard to find, and the subway goes right there (I rec calling ahead to Cecil B Moore station to check the elevator is working, if u need one).
The flier design by the now publicly known as legendary Alex Smith, is so fitting and triumphant to me, after all these years of us doing our thing both as DIY artists and together as METROPOLARITY.
SEE U AT THE FEST <3