CZF 2024 exhibitors & table map

table number	exhibitor/distro name	website	description
A1	Mara Gervais	​maragervais.bigcartel.com	​Mara Gervais is amskapi pikuni & fil-am, queer, gender-fluid non-binary, and from Davis, California. They make zines, stickers, and prints - all their work is homemade. They're obsessed with reading comics, skateboarding, and eating spaghetti!
A2	Jessie Lynn McMains / Rust Belt Jessie	rustbeltjessie.tumblr.com	Xennial. Queer. Cross-genre writer, small press publisher, and spoken word performer.
A3	​YOLOW Zines	instagram.com/yolowzines	​YOLOW Zines is Low (they/them), making zines in so-called Minneapolis, MN on occupied and stolen Dakota and Anishinaabe land. They specialize in collaborative, community art zines on topics like food, biking, cats, death, and more!
A4	Jacob Hill / FlatVend	flatvend.glitch.me	​FlatVend is a collection of my self published work talking about Aromantic relationships, anticapitalist grumblings, and personal poetry.
A5	​Venadito Press	​instagram.com/venaditopau	​Venadito Press is a DIY publishing project based out of the Midwest that specializes in queer, trans and BIPOC perzines and journalcore writing. Started in 2016 by Chicanx artist pau venadito (they/them), Venadito Press is currently seeking submissions for their new compilation zine on millennial teen culture: TEEN SNOT.
A6	​Dear Diary Zine Fest	​deardiaryzinefest.com	Dear Diary Zine Fest ​aims to celebrate the healing and transformative power of telling our stories through perzines.
A7	Portland Button Works	portlandbuttonworks.com	​Portland Button Works specializes in making custom buttons, magnets and other items for your project, school, band, non-profit, memorial, pub crawl or whatever reason you may need tiny pictures to pin to your clothes!
A8	BluRaven C. Houvener / ​BCH Comix	bchcomix.com	​BluRaven C. Houvener is a Michigan based comic/zine creator and head of BCH Comix. BluRaven believes there's no better inspiration than day to day life, and seeks to show that in the serious yet comedic pages of their work.
A9	​Abby Kacen / Mild Pain	instagram.com/mild_pain	​Abby Kacen, a cartoonist and zinester from Athens, GA now living in Cincinnati makes introspective autobio zines and fictional comics about music, growth, and change.
A10	​John Porcellino / ​King-Cat Comix / Spit and a Half Distro	spitandahalf.com	​John Porcellino was born in Chicago in 1968. He's been self-publishing his King-Cat Comix zine since 1989, and running the Spit and a Half Distro since 1992.
B1	​Kelly Wang	cchianart.com	​Kelly Wang is an alternative cartoonist, printmaker, and musician based in Chicago, USA. They currently self-publish their work through their own small risograph press REESO PRESS and play music in a punk band.
B2	GABO	galvosaur.myportfolio.com	​GABO is a Mexican-American illustrator raised in the burbs of Chicago. He has a fiery passion for making sci-fi and fantasy zines. He has worked for DC Comics, Image, Oni Press and Webtoon.
B3	Andrea Bell	andreabelldraws.com	​Andrea Bell is an illustrator and comic artist from Chicago, who grew up playing in the woods and making up stories. Throughout her work today she relies on these memories of adventure, nurturing nature, and adolescent independence to resonate with your inner kid.
B4	​Luke Schuler / ​Boss Nostalgic 64	lukospicturehouse.com	​Luke Schuler is a Chicago-based artist known for his comic series "Boss Nostalgic 64" and his work as the Assoc. Creative Director at Creepy Co.
B5	Max Huffman / Hypermutt	maxhuffman.com	​Max Huffman is a cartoonist from North Carolina whose current project is the serial Hypermutt. He lives in Chicago with his cat Bonky and works as a professional doorstop.
B6	​Kevin Huizenga / Fielder	kevinhuizenga.com	​Kevin Huizenga hails from the great city of Chicago and has been making zines and comics for decades and is OK at it.
B7	Charlotte Cha	​ykccha.carbonmade.com	Charlotte is a comics artist based in Chicago who hopes to also one day call themselves a fiber artist. They specialize in indulgent romances and is obsessed with their dog Moonie.
C1	Jam Doughty / Wormy Orchids Art	​etsy.com/shop/wormyorchidsart	​I'm Jam! I'm a nonbinary artist and educator living in Chicago. I create zines and illustrations that aim to help people see themselves as part of an ecosystem.
C2	​​​​Madal Draws	madeleine-lyon-design.com​	​Madeleine is a freelance designer-illustrator from Grand Rapids MI. She is fascinated by cryptids (the subjects of her zines) and other fantastical, whimsical subjects.
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C4	​​Bonnie Guerra	​​hidden-palace.zone	​Bonnie Guerra is a cartoonist based in Chicago Il, she makes adult comics about cute animals.
C5	​​Alondra Solis Guzmán, Miguel Solis, Deuce Leist / ​Clown Dog Collective	​clowndogcollective.tumblr.com	​Clown Dog Collective makes zines about art, our dog, the local music scene, Chuck E. Cheese, and other things that we are fans of!
C6	​CHema Skandal!	​instagram.com/chemaskandal	CHema Skandal! is a graphic artist and music enthusiast. Founder of ZINEmercado, La Pulga Negra Press, Celulosa Poster Fest, Grabado Popular Printmaking, Tritón Soundsystem and other cultural enterprises. He also works with other artists and is part of the printmaking collective Instituto Gráfico de Chicago as well as other groups based on mutual aid.
C7	​​Teddie Bernard	​teddiebernard.net	​Teddie Bernard is a queer cartoonist, printmaker, and writer whose work explores identity, artistic journey, and failed connections. They're currently working on a queer-noir graphic novel and live in Chicago, where they wish for colder weather.
C8	Marnie Galloway	​marnie-galloway.com	​Marnie Galloway is a Chicago cartoonist whose recent self-published comics are about motherhood and identity.
C9	​Rachel Bard / ​The Chinchillustrator	​​​behance.net/rachelbard	​I create unusual zines in a variety of formats and styles. I print and assemble all of them by hand. I like to experiment with unconventional book formats and materials and my zines are short, all-ages, and can usually fit in the palm of your hand.
C10	​Beth Hetland	​​​instagram.com/bethhetland	Beth Hetland is an award winning educator and critically acclaimed cartoonist. She teaches several comics and comics adjacent courses at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been cartooning for 18 years. She's known for her interactive book structures, collaborating with Kyle O'Connell, and her newest book, a psychological thriller, "Tender" published by Fantagraphics.
D1	​​​Johnny Misfit & family	​​​johnnymisfit.com	​Johnny Misfit is a local Chicago guy, who combines his love of zines and movies into his series Movie Watchlist, that reads part perzine, part Letterbox review. He is joined by Family members, sharing their unending creativity through kid-friendly zines about cryptids, mysterious happenings, Minecraft and more.
D2	​​Heather Colby	antiquatedfuture.com/artist/heather-colby	​Heather Colby has been spilling her guts in perzines for well over a decade. A librarian who is fueled by friendship & mail, she lives on the south side of Chicago.
D3	​leslie perrine​​	​​​leslieperrine.com	​leslie perrine is an illustrator and book artist living in saint paul, mn. she loves making up creatures and the worlds in which they live.
D4	​​​Anna Jo Beck / Zine-A-Month	​​annajobeck.storenvy.com	​Anna Jo Beck is a zinester who writes how-to zines on life skills (like personal finance, health insurance, and Spanish grammar) as well as movie fanzines (about Bong Joon-ho, drag, and movies shot in CDMX).
D5	​​Eric Bartholomew / Junk Drawer	​​​junkdrawerzine.storenvy.com	​Junk Drawer is an exploration into ephemera, and things that don’t often fit in yet find their place in a random collection.
D6	​​​​Midwest Perzine Fest	midwestperzinefest.wordpress.com	MWPZF showcases personal zines which manifest the emotional, the insightful, the reflective, and the political.
D7	​​julia eff / CRAPANDEMIC	​​​crapandemic.storenvy.com	​julia eff's work centers on being queer & weird & growing up/getting older/surviving in an unforgiving world, the music they listen to, and nostalgia for something that maybe never was as real as they felt it. Their distro, CRAPANDEMIC, collects more of the same from creators worldwide--goths talking about their feelings, the stuff they love, and stuff they want you to know; all made by hand & on sliding scale. Come say hi!
D8	​​​Support Ho(s)e Collective	sxhxcollective.org​​​	The Support Ho(s)e Collective is a small Leftist formation of queer, trans*, formerly and currently incarcerated sex workers and trusted co-conspirators based in Chicago, IL, Austin, TX and New York City. We work to build radical community for all sex workers through political education and public agitation.
E1	​​Midwest Books to Prisoners	instagram.com/midwestbooks2p	​We build bridges of solidarity with people behind bars through sharing reading materials and publishing submissions from incarcerated artists and authors as zines.
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E3	​​​Taxonomy Press	​​instagram.com/taxonomypress	​Taxonomy Press is a risograph micropress in Detroit. We publish the quarterly newspaper Floral Observer all about interacting with nature.
E4	​​Asterisk Press	​asterisk-press.com	​Asterisk Press self-publishes a variety of zines that are colorful, multimedia, sometimes goofy, and all ages/kid-friendly, ranging from travel, cooking, comics, and more.
E5	​​​PASTE UP MORRAS	​​instagram.com/pasteupmorras	​We are a female collective from the edges of Mexico City, we make graphics to wheat paste on the streets. We also have workshops to teach how to stencil, how to wheat paste, how to make stickers and fanzines, DIY culture and more. :3
E6	​​Mac McGuire	instagram.com/mac.nificent_art	​Mac McGuire is a queer Chicago-based Illustrator creating zines inspired by the natural world, her life experiences, and the occasional strange dream.
E7	​​Eve Gordon	instagram.com/from.eves.studio	​Eve is a a naturalist at heart with a passion for conservation and scientific education through zines! Many topics focus on nature-based zines featuring cool facts and animals!
E8	​​​Perfectly Acceptable Press	perfectly-acceptable.com​​​	​A small publishing house and Risograph printing studio in Chicago.
F1	​​rojas oliva /​ desvelosydudas	​​desvelosydudas.tumblr.com	​rojas is a queer farmer, bike-mechanic & writer :) their zines hate borders, binaries & boredom
F2	​​​DePaul Zinesters	​​instagram.com/depaulzinesters	​DePaul Zinesters is a student artist collective from DePaul University. Our members bring anything and everything to the table, from comics and poetry, to fanzines and how-to's, the DePaul Zinesters have a wide range of interests.
F3	Brad Rohloff / Bred Press	store.bredpress.com	​​Bred Press is an artist books, comics, and zine publishing house located in Chicago.
F4	​Via Mortola	​​instagram.com/via_mort	From the rolling hills and salt water breezes of California emerges V! A fruit fallen from the produce truck to share takes of Horror and Romance.
F5	​​​Moody	​instagram.com/moodythezine	​Moody is a handmade zine publication made up of paid artist contributions with an emphasis on queer and BIPOC creatives from around the country and world. Each issue is a multi-media exhibition in a zine, featuring not only images of work, but stories, poems, notes on the creative process, QR codes to online content, and whatever else has been on the featured creatives' minds.
F6	FiiLTHY GLO​	​​fiilthyglo.com	FiiLTHY GLO is an art zine rooted in Chicago catering to the experimental ((&& slightly strange)).
F7	​​Michael Kay	​​​instagram.com/serpentenial	​Comic artist Michael Kay is a gay horror-artist hiding in the depths of the midwest, writing comics and zines about ghouls and handsome men.
F8	​​HiJiN(X)	​linktr.ee/hijinx.ai	​HiJiN(X) is an anti-binary Corean immigrant residing in Waawiyatanong (Detroit). They are driven by their disconnection and connection with the diaspora created by US imperialism and colonization. Their zines explore themes of loving as trans, queer, poc, and decolonized human living towards liberatory and freeing love with abundance!
G1	​Spring Up Collective ​​	​​​​timetospringup.org	Spring Up is a community of practice embodying consent and liberation within our relationships, creative practices, and daily lives. For 10 years, we have used fiction, art, zines, role play, and community education to popularize the skills and frameworks necessary to be free together.
G2	​​​Liana Fu	​​​lianafu.com	​Liana Fu (they/she) is a queer Cantonese writer and zinester from Chicago. They create hybrid, nonlinear, collage-like art that reflects the precarity and fluidity of the queer diasporic experience.
G3	​J. E. Paeth & Aaliyah Lachel'e & M. Lehmann ​	​angelarchivist.carrd.co  mlehmann.cargo.site peanutbuddarart.com	M. Lehmann is a queer Latino filmmaker and cartoonist originally from Arizona,  and currently is a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their work primarily focuses on interwoven themes of the queer experience and the gothic/macabre, as well as including heavy internet culture influence.  ​𝐉.𝐄 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬. Aaliyah Lachel’e is a Chicago based artist and illustrator working towards a BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Aaliyah's work aims to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality; the goal is to bring magic into viewers everyday lives, and to do it in full color.
G4	​​Isu, Pebble, Prairie.zip / ​Lunar Stardust Cereal Collective	-	​Lunar Stardust Cereal Collective is a group of friends who make zines about fandom, queerness, music, cycling, after-school hobbies, and cats.
G5	​​​Arianna Unabia Aquino	​​ariannaua.com	​Arianna Unabia Aquino is a Filipino-American graphic designer and printmaker from the Midwest. She is navigating the world and processing life, one zine at a time.
G6	​​​#Blkgrlswurld ZINE	​blkgrlswurld.com	​Courtney Long is the Sr. Editor of #Blkgrlswurld and Co-host of the Heavy Girls Podcast. She currently lives in Chicago writing about the Chicago music scene.
G7	​​​COMA THEORY	​​comatheory.neocities.org/idx	​COMA THEORY consists of two midwestern artists, Kels, sometimes pennamed Kass, and Argyle. CT is an ongoing project under which to publish independent narrative art, collaborate with other artists, and indulge in our mutual love of transformative work.
G8	​Mel Valentine	​melvalentinev.com	Mel Valentine Vargas is a Miami born, Chicago based, Latinx comic creator and illustrator. They work largely with digital media and have a BA in illustration from Columbia College Chicago. Mel is the artist of the CZF 2024 poster!
H1	​CZF organizers	alexnallcomics.storenvy.com ​​eliasgonzalezcreates.com emilylsteffen.com violetbfox.info/zines	Some of the CZF 2024 organizers (including Alex Nall, Elias Gonzalez, Emily Steffen, and Violet Fox) will be sharing their own work!
H2	​​Quimby’s Bookstore	quimbys.com	Quimby's is an independent bookstore that sells ​books, comics, zines, and more.
H3	​​MILK (Milwaukee Indie Local Comics)	​​milkcomicfest.org	​MILK is a one-day festival featuring local cartoonists and artists from the Midwest. MILK 2024 is being held in Milwaukee on Sunday October 6th.
H4	​​ISG Columbia	​engage.colum.edu/isg​​	​The Illustration Student Group is the student-run portion of Columbia's illustration program, a community that combines weekly meetings with fun events.
H5	​​Crust Fund Pizza	​crustfundpizza.com	​Crust Fund Pizza is a monthly pizza popup with all proceeds going to charitable organizations in Chicago.
H6	​​​Indie City Games	indiecitygames.org​​	​Indie City Games is a Chicago-based non-profit working to provide local independent game developers and artists with space to create, share, meet, collaborate, and showcase their work. Our mission is to foster an intentional, mutually supportive community around multimedia, interactive art.
H7	​​​PrintNinja	​printninja.com	​PrintNinja is a custom printing company offering affordable, high-quality offset printing and superb customer service.