Announcing... SFZF 2010! September 4 + 5, SF County Fair BLDG

Photo by Doc Pop
It is with the greatest pride that we announce the dates of the 9th annual San Francisco Zine Fest! The SFZF wil take place Labor Day Weekend, September 4 + 5, 2010. We will be returning to the bucolic SF County Fair BLDG in Golden Gate Park for two days of creativity and fun, as we gather over 100 creators and thousands of attendees for a FREE event celebrating zines, small-press comics, and DIY art of all sorts!

We've got big plans this year, including more panels and hands-on DIY workshops, a zine reading room, more vintage zines, satellite events, and other stuff too wild to even mention yet! And of course you'll get the chance to meet and support the efforts of creators from across the West Coast and beyond, with zinesters, printmakers, illustrators, poets, cartoonists, and book artists galore. Join us for an amazing and fun time this Labor Day weekend!

Watch our website for more information as we get closer to the show, and sign up for our mailing list to receive monthly updates on what's certain to be the biggest and bestest Fest ever!

Ryan de la Hoz Zine Release Party- Gallery Heist Friday 2/5

The very excellent artist Ryan de la Hoz will be bringing out his new zine, Residual Energy, at Gallery Heist this Friday. We here at the SFZF would encourage more zinesters to have release parties for their zines, esp. if that includes free Hamm's beer. Like this one does. Also, framed works and a site-specific installation.

Friday, February 5 at 07:00 PM • Gallery Heist • 679 Geary Street San Francisco

Josh Ellingson Art Show @ Mission: Comics & Art - Sat. 2/6

There's gonna be a great show of Josh Ellingson's illustrations opening this weekend at Mission: Comics & Art, our favorite new comic shop! Josh is the director of The Local 303 and has his tentacles woven throughout the San Francisco art scene via his many reviews and articles for the web juggernaut Laughing Squid. A great show from a local artist!

Saturday, February 6 at 7:00pm • Mission: Comics & Art • 3520 20th St. Suite B, San Francisco

Cometbus Art Show - Friday, 2/5

Aaron Cometbus, probably the single most prolific, influential, and widely-read zinester to emerge form the modern zine movement, is finally getting the gallery treatment! The folks at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records will be hosting a retrospective of his past work in Cometbus and beyond, along with some possible new surprises as well. Sure to be awesome!

1-2-3-4 Go! Records • Friday, 2/5, 7:00 -10:00pm • 423 40th Street, Oakland

Indy Euphoria in Sacramento - 1/9 + 1/10

This weekend will feature the inaugural Indy Euphoria show in Sacramento, an interesting mash-up of the indy comix and vinyl toy worlds... they've got some great special guests from these different facets of the indy/DIY art scene, including Jim Woodring, Jeffery Brown, Tom Neely, Attaboy, and many more, along with lots of creators who will be familiar to Zine Fest goers: PS Comics, Damien Jay, Sparkplug Comics, Jesse Reklaw, Family Style, Susie Cagle, Jason Martin, and more! Workshops, too... including a live/undead zombie drawing session with Mike Hampton & Dan Brereton! What!?!

Indy Euphoria • The Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento • Saturday, 1/9 + Sunday, 1/10 • $6/one day $10/both days

"You Are her" Panel Discussion - Sat. 12/12

Above: Skinned Teen in 1994

The "You Are Her" zine showcase at Goteblüd will be getting an extra dose of awesomeness this weekend with a panel discussion this coming Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 7pm.

Featured speakers:

- Iraya Robles ("Marks in Time", Sta-Prest)
- Bianca Ortiz ("Mestiza", "Mamasita")
- Layla Gibbons ("Drop Babies", "Chimps", Skinned Teen, editor of "Maximum RocknRoll")

Each speaker will talk about their experiences making zines, music and art,
followed by a question and answer session.

This event is FREE and open to the general public. The store will be open
late that day from noon to close of event.



Goteblüd • Saturday, 12/12 7;00pm • 766 Valencia, San Francisco, CA 94110

Bazaar Bizarre - 12/12 + 12/13

One of the biggest and best-est indie craft fairs out there just got bigger and better-er! The Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco is taking over the SF County Fair BLDG (humble abode of our own fine event!) for two days of crafting craziness... Over 120 carefully juried artists and creators will pack the building with tons of fantastic hand-made prints, jewelry, apparel, soaps, toys, and much more! This year they're also boasting a free Magnolia Photo Booth, the world famous Swap-O-Rama-Rama, and awesome workshops with crafty authors such as Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching. This show is always a ton of fun, and 50% of the admission (a mere $2 for adults) goes to charity. It's a win-win!

• Saturday, 12/12th + Sunday, 12/13 12 – 6 PM • San Francisco County Fair BLDG • 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco