I never had plans to make an Icelandic zine, it just kinda happened after I found myself helping linguistics students learn the language at a school I didn’t go to. And while I know it’s an unusual topic in the zine world, it’ll be a refreshing one.
Covers the basics of the language (from proper pronunciation to numbers to common phrases) and includes a bunch of interesting facts about Iceland.
32 (8 double-sided) pages, black & white. 3$ in person, plus a bit more for shipping.
The past few days have been quite exciting and sleep-deprived for me. I created 4 zines in the span of two months, one being a last-minute mini zine that was finished at 5 in the morning on the first day of ExpoZine, in hopes of sharing a table with others to get my stuff exposed. I got to sell a bunch of zines and made some nifty trades with some pretty awesome people. ExpoZine is a pretty darn awesome event and you should definitely go to next year’s if you’ve never been.
On to the new zines. The third one is called Cookin’ Up A Storm and includes a whopping 75 healthy recipes in a whopping 84 pages. Most recipes were created by me. It’s also the only zine I’ve created completely digitally (plus the text is readable but a little blurry) so I have to admit I’m not very proud of this one. I plan on fixing it up and making an old-school version of it eventually. I do have a few of these printed though, selling them cheaper for their size at 3$ a pop.
My last-minute creation was a fun adventure of realizing that I haven’t lost my drawing skills that I abandoned long ago; it’s a mini zine called How To Keep Your Cat Happy. Every page has a humorous tip accompanied by a slightly trippy cat drawing. I’m selling them for 1$ each. I almost sold them all at ExpoZine so I’ll be making some new ones this week, hopefully on different-colored paper.
I’ve got plenty of zine ideas in mind but I need to focus and prepare myself for all the craft fairs coming up in the next month. First up is McGill´s Market Cooperative Fair happening this Thursday November 21st from 12pm to 5:30pm. I’ll be selling my zines there along with one-of-a-kind jewelry and accessories.
Deviant Ravenhood 