Getting ready for the Auckland Zinefest! It's today from 12-5 at the Old Folks Ass. on Gundry St off Krd. C'mon down!

Zinefest + cystitis

I'm chuffed as to announce that I'll be at the upcoming Auckland Zinefest.

I was going to do a fanzine about the old movies my pal & I watch but got sidetracked by my cat's medical drama and am now doing a tragi-comic zine about her recent cystitis.

More on the AKZF here, and here it the poster by the talented Lucy Meyle

The wonder wares - purchases and trades from the Auckland Zinefest

I didn't even get a proper look around, being tied to my table but there was tons of great stuff at this years Zinefest, here's a few treasures I gleaned.

The ridiculously talented Buzzferkchurnt selling his hand coloured prints at crazy low prices

And again

On the left: Seeing With Closed Eyes by Liam Bowen

On the Right: Geo by Angeline Chirnside

Liam draws funny comics of his weird dreams

Angeline's Geo is full of fascinating conversations on geodesic domes, NZ history, communist architecture, laughter crystals and fan fiction.

Health, Wealth and Happiness, "a found-art nightmare catalogue"

Highly saturated de and re-assembled ephemera

New surprises on each page

A wonder to behold

I am slowly amassing a collection of 'Let Me Be Franks'

They are soo addictive

AKL Zinefest 2013 - wares

Saturday the 27th of July was the Auckland zinefest held in the beautiful, crowded St. Kevin's arcade. I was next to the talented Laing sisters, Sarah and Melissa. 

I took this photo from the design assembly site, more photos of the day over there. 

My sister was also represented on my table, I illustrated a story she wrote, which tied with Stop Being A Pud for best literary zine, wa-hoo! 

I also designed the layout, love the combination of French blue and white.

Shorty remains unimpressed by my efforts.

Another of my zines, this one bursting with crude puns. It was my top selling zine but that might have been because it came with a FREE 'cool shit' sticker.

You ain't nothing but a hot dog - more terrible jokes

And lastly I finally illustrated my Mr. Celery poem, which is about 5 years old now.

 I always get this line in my head when I eat celery: 

'String and water in a tube/is not such sustaining food'

P.B. & Celery

I finally got around to illustrating my short poem 'Mr. Celery', which I wrote some years ago on a sleepless night in a windowless room in Edinburgh. 

His debut will be at the AKL zinefest, the 27th of July in St Kevin's arcade. 

This painting didn't make it into the zine, wrong orientation.

Octo-zine Part II

Here's my 2nd zine themed octopi for Presence Zine's Q & A with the AKL zinefest stall holders.
It's a bit too small to see but she's making a zine about why you should never date a hermit crab. More fun with limited colour palettes.
Read the A's to the Q's here