My New Zine Meowoscopes

I finally made a zine after almost a nine-month-long hiatus. I am also utilizing my blog after an absence of over a year. Wow - check me out!

Meowoscopes is an 8-page zine dedicated to how star signs interact with cats. It is a fun little zine perfect for cat lovers. I did all of the doodles on the cover and on the inside pages. I have a stack ready to go after spending some time stapling today.

If you want a zine please send $3 USA or $4 international using my PayPal link below. In the message box please include your complete mailing address. I can't wait to send these out!

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Just A Few Zine Reviews - Dark Dreams Edition

Here are a few zine reviews. They all have what might consider a dark theme. I guess to me it is just an everyday theme. I hope you pick up some new zines and get to readin'! If you have any zine recommendations that I should check out please let me know!

I bought a few zines from Pioneers Press recently - in the mix are the two below:

Spell Skulls And Their Uses: A pocket sized mini zine complete with a tiny skull. Use this skull for a variety of reasons. There is even instructions on how to make your own that make even newbies to clay work (like myself) not scared!

Major Arcana Of The Punk Rock Tarot: I do not have this deck but wanted to check out the thought process behind it. Plus I like seeing people's different views on cards. There is art work for every card mentioned. Fun for people into punk and tarot!

Eternal Nap: A new zine on one of my fave things to talk about: cemeteries! Plus I am in it so ya - go pick up a copy. There are nice photos, a cute cover, and some history on stones. The only fault I would say is the recipe included. It was just taken from a book, a few things crossed out to make it vegan and no credit to where it came from. 

EBABZ 2016 Wrap Up

I did it - it is over. I DID IT! I was so worried that I was not going to do it, letting myself down, others down. I did not even want to talk about it the week leading up to it, in case I was thinking something bad and then EBABZ would be mentioned thus making EBABZ bad. That is how my mind works, it sucks, but I have gotten a bit better about it. My mind seems to go into overdrive though leading up to big events and EBABZ is the biggest event I do each year (the only one I did this year). So yes I was nervous.

 Thanks for the photo Matt!

We got there right when the event started but since I am a table pro I knew I could get things sorted out in a minute. Found my table - same spot as last year and bonus they remembered a chair for Matt. My only table flaw was forgetting to see if the new LED holiday lights I brought needed batteries - they did, I had none.  I said hi to a few people and Matt joined me. The first hour was slow and we were hungry so Matt went and got us a stack of taquitos from Flaco's at the farmer's market plus the water I forgot in the car as I jumped out as he went to find parking.

This year I walked away with more unsold/not traded zines and less zines I bought from others. People seemed to not be in the trading mood. It is okay though. Matt and I bought as many zines, books and art as we could. I would have bought more but each time I got up the crowed gathered around me and I had to fight my way through. At one point as the event wrapped up, I ran down the street to get a smoothie and cookie - only vegan option around. As soon as I got out of EBABZ my ears were assaulted with 'hey girls' and a few scumbags who wanted to get my attention.This made me glad the day was coming to an end and I could go get proper food.

I made new connections, saw friends, got inspired and came back with zines to read all week. Sure there was cliques (something some people still cling to past high school), I was tired and sales were down but in the long run - I did it and I am happy!