Zinefest Afterglow
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
The 7th Annual Twin Cities Zinefest has come and gone. This was the 3rd year that I had a contributing hand in its organizing. Ostensively, Sarah Morean has been coordinating the entire show for the last three years but I’ve been kept busy working on promotional items, signage and odds & ends.
For 2010, it was decided to change the two day festival to a one day show. The second day was always a little sluggish anyway. The result was that Zinefest as a one day show had twice the energy compared to the past two years. It was an amazing group of zine makers charged up by their proximity to each other.
I heard the panels and zine readings were a real hit this year. I never leave my table for more than 2 minutes at a time, so I’ll have to take others word for it.

The after-party was very well attended and totally rocking. It was organized by Lacey Prpic Hedtke with a panel discussion by Andy Sturdevant (which I also missed because I was eating pizza).
Andy even wrote and illustrated a zine that served as a catalog of some of his most favorite zines from his personal collection:

Joe Biel and Elly Blue took the train in from Portland and stayed with us for the weekend. You couldn’t ask for more pleasant houseguests and Sarah and I were regaled with their mischievous stories from back home.

Now here’s the real news: as much fun as working on Zinefest has been these last three years, 2010 was the last year Sarah and I will be involved. Sarah will be organizing the Minneapolis Indie Xpo, and a person can realistically only volunteer so much of their time before they burn out.
Massive gratitude goes out to everyone who exhibited and attended Zinefest this year and in previous years. What a fun time.



Drawn while sitting.


