Thanks for being a part of LICZ! :)

LICZ! IS TODAY! ✨

Come by Grewal Hall from 11:00am - 4:30pm for the coolest comics and zine fest in town!

Later in the day, enjoy some zine-making and an open mic night over at A Novel Concept and Dear Ollie!

Use this map to navigate around the fest! Meet some creators, grab a drink, and enjoy!

Don't forget! We've still got some additional programming at A Novel Concept and Dear Ollie that will remain as scheduled! So pick up your comic and zines a little earlier, then hang out with a couple of our favorite Lansing friends right after.

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SCHEDULE CHANGE: LICZ! will now end 30 minutes earlier at 4:30pm!

Unfortunately, our venue has accidentally double-booked the space toward the end of our fest. Sometimes things like this happen. To try to keep things running smoothly, we've agreed to close doors to the public just a bit early.

LICZ! is tomorrow! 🙀

We're getting all the last-minute details squared away. It's so exciting!! Keep an eye out tomorrow morning for our table map!

And while @danielelkin.bsky.social is selling Comics to Poets, I'll be selling Comics to Zinesters this Saturday in Lansing MI at @liczfest.com - the same great flavors almost a whole continent apart!

📚 The Jousting Jester 📚
The Jousting Jester is an independent writer and illustrator who companies these two mediums in their zines to bring their short stories to life.

📚 Secret Cinema Magazine 📚
Secret Cinema is an independent, self-published magazine celebrating overlooked, underappreciated, and unforgettable films. Each issue pairs thoughtful writing with striking visuals and a deep love for cinema.

📚 THE MOP THEORY HQ 📚
"THE MOP THEORY HQ is an imprint operated by Mop Theory Books, an independent publisher in Lansing, MI. THE MOP THEORY HQ is focused on publishing fiction comics and zines with a common byline of conspiracy fiction, new weird and horror."

📚 Smallsmallwitch 📚
Smallsmallwitch is a nonbinary artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their work ranges from fantasy romance to instructional, and they are really into goblins and tomatoes.

📚 Soliloquey 📚
I'm Soliloquey, a writer passionate about spreading love and joy on Beyoncé’s internet. I create Zines that explore the history of International Black and African Revolutionaries, focusing on the often-overlooked contributions of women.

📚 Tony DiPasquale 📚
Tony DiPasquale is a cartoonist from central Illinois. He's been drawing wordless comics about a little yellow guy named Nugget for five years now, and hopes to for another five hundred.

Here's the rest of 'em--our final slate of exhibitors‼️

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Both events take place at 222 S Washington Square, right next to our main venue! It's basically a block party! Hope to see you there! ✨

📚CLEF OPEN MIC NIGHT (6:30pm - 8:00pm):
Join Capital Letters Eclectic Fiction (CLEF) for an open mic night! Sign up in advance at the 🔗 in A Novel Concept's Instagram bio, or cross your fingers that there's still space! Open to all genres, styles, and levels of experience! Slots are 5 minutes long.

📚DROP-IN ZINEMAKING (3:00pm - 5:00pm):
Make a community zine or a zine of your own with Birdbrain Workshops! No experience or supplies required. Drop in at any time to get making!

Wow! Could we have made a graphic any busier?!

Guess what. We're not ONLY going to have 50+ exhibitors in Grewal Hall this Saturday... We're also going to have some events at A Novel Concept and Dear Ollie too!

New LICZ! shirts! (▰˘◡˘▰)

We made ~40 or so shirts for volunteers and attendees who wanna snag one. $20 each at the LICZ! welcome table this Saturday! Once they're gone... they're gone!

LICZ! '26 is sponsored in part by @cartoonstudies.bsky.social, sending us support all the way from Vermont!

It feels really special to have a name like CCS attached to this fest. Thank you so much for helping to keep this fest running, and let's get more comics made!

Excited to get back to my old stomping grounds this weekend!

📚 Ruby Carter 📚
Ruby Carter is a Chicago-based cartoonist. She is the author of self-published series “BOGUE,” as well as her debut book “bird comic.”

📚 Ransom McCarthy 📚
Ransom McCarthy is a cartoonist, painter, and educator based in Flint, Michigan. When he's not in the studio working on comics or painting, he's probably doodling in a cafe or buying WAY too many comics.

📚 @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social 📚
Phoenix Productions is a one-man publishing house combining anthology comics, hero comics, zines and reissues from some of the best cartoonists of the 1980s small press revolution.

📚 Pat ApPaul 📚
Pat ApPaul make phots and zines about the world around him, from Palestine ocupation to drag shows in Michigan. ApPauls zines range from the traditional libary printed and hand stapled, to larger news print print productions.

📚 Oneeyedsuperkid 📚
Nadia, 25, lover if nature and cats, creator of The Shadow Banshee, the Dreamwalker, Bunny girl and more comics and zines! She hand draws her comics and prints them at a local print shop in NW Indiana then self publishes and sells them in the Chicago area.

📚 Rebel PYNK/Fluff Punk 📚
Rebel PYNK is an independently ran zine publisher and distro residing in Detroit, MI. Operating under the Fluff Punk brand, Rebel PYNK is owned and ran by Chyna Jones. Rebel PYNK specializes typically in art zines.

📚 @elephanteater.bsky.social 📚
Ryan Claytor is the Coordinator of the Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor and Associate Professor at Michigan State University, as well as an award-winning comics creator.

Even more indie creators on their way to Lansing! 😎

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