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“My Other Weapon is a Zine” Tour | 8/28-9/3
Some of our favorite zinesters are spreading the Zine Fest energy with a week-long, six-city reading tour of the greater Bay Area. “Our Other Weapon is a Zine” features contribution from terrific creators such asTomas Moniz (Rad Dad), Dani Burlison & Leilani Clark (Petals & Bones) Andria Alefhi (We’ll Never Have Paris), Crosshatch Zine, John Bobst (I’m a Silly Bitch Zine), with special local guests and more. The whole tour wraps up with a big homecoming to San Francisco’s Needles and Pens the night before the Fest, including Special Guest Artnoose!
• Saturday, August 28th, 7 pm to 9 pm • SubRosa • 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Clara
• Sunday, August 29th, 5 pm to 7 pm • SLG Art Boutiki • 577 South Market Street, San Jose
• Tuesday, August 31, 7 pm to 9 pm • Rock Paper Scissors Collective • 2278 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
• Wednesday, September 1, 7 pm to 9 pm • The Avid Reader • 617 Second Street, Davis
• Thursday, September 2nd, 7 pm to 9 pm • The Peepshow • 530 McConnell Ave, Santa Rosa
• Friday, September 3rd, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m • Needles and Pens • 3253 16th Street, San Francisco
Reading Room Call for Entries
As you may already know, this year’s Zine Fest features a dedicated Reading Room, with dozens of small-press titles from Zine Fest exhibitors and other creators. An on-site zine and comics library, the SFZF Reading Room will be giving attendees an opportunity to read and enjoy dozens titles for free in a convivial and relaxing atmosphere, even including a friendly and knowledgeable zine librarian to make reccomendations.
What you might not know is that we are still taking submissions to the Reading Room! Whether you are an exhibitor wanting to share your work with the SFZF’s attendees or an out of town creator who can’t make it to the show, we’d love to include your creations in our library. Please send single copies of issues of your zine, comic, or book for inclusion to:
SFZF Reading Room
c/o PICHE
10 Inca Lane #2
San Francisco, CA 94115
Don’t forget to list the title(s), your name/company name, and a website we can direct interested folks to. Submitted titles will NOT be returned, but will be treated with extreme respect and shared with 2500+ attendees we receive at the Fest!
SF Zine Fest www.sfzinefest.com
September 4 + 5, 2010 (Labor Day Weekend)
SF County Fair Building
Golden Gate Park