The last of the epic 2025 Short Run Comix Festival haul, today's FANzine Live New Releases video looks at a LARGE-size zine with powerful art, few words and many emotions.
WATCH: youtu.be/mS-YnfbTqMY
The Lansing Independent Comics & Zine Fest was this past weekend, and Phoenix Productions was there! Read all about it right here...!
Today's FANzine Live New Releases video shows the magic that happens when two graphic novelists share haiku poetry with each other. A jam like you've never seen before!
WATCH: youtu.be/6dRLf78N3mA
#sundaystevewillis continues the post-SPACE First Person series looking at a classic story...which brings up stories of his fellow college cartoonists (Matt Groening & Linda Barry, among others), flirting with "going pro" and more. Plus, Morty!
WATCH: youtu.be/3z-lLETyETQ
It's ZINE FEST season, and I'll be up in Lansing, Michigan tomorrow with some great Phoenix Productions zines and books! Click here for the details...and come out to say hi!
Today's FANzine Live video is a treat: Two creators opening up their sketchbooks to show us how they draw, what they draw...and so much more!
WATCH: youtu.be/Kh8vbAohyXY
Today's FANzine Live New Releases video looks at a pair of intimately told (autobiographical?) stories. With little more than a ballpoint pen and a creative design sense, these zines show us what's possible. (Oh, they're BIG zines, too!)
WATCH: youtu.be/j6HcItvFFZk
An in-depth look at free speech and billboards, and a quack in Washington State who's happy to abuse the privilege...all in this zine. 😉
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Excited to get back to my old stomping grounds this weekend!
With the flair of Chris Ware and Seth, but in a style all its own, the series featured in today's FANzine Live New Releases video is a feat in storytelling.
WATCH: youtu.be/AF5OVF71nGI
Is there a better #SundaySteveWillis than when Steve walks us through one of his classic comics? Let's check out this 80s direct sales book...and get the stories, technical insight and more from the Phoenix Master!
WATCH: youtu.be/JSQ6PQ4JKqI
SPACE 2026 is in the books! The Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio is one of the great "zine centric" events, and this year's edition was no different. Take a look at a sampling of video from the show...and the huge zine haul!
WATCH: youtu.be/e4lNETh9WcA
The struggle with addiction is real, and this zine dives into it in a creative way through storytelling and riso printing.
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Is there anyone better at infusing a vintage feel using digital tools? Perhaps, but I haven't seen them. Let's hear about this zine from the creator himself!
WATCH: youtu.be/fuceH28cHfU
Some zines...well, they're in a class of their own. Put enough of them together, and you have a Phoenix Master. Check out a sample of what puts Joe Hutchinson in that category!
WATCH: youtu.be/KN1jjvaTHxo
How cool is this: Picasso-like modern art principles in a simple minicomic!
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It's all about the Do-It-Yourself nature of zines and zinemaking today at FANzine Live as we look at Alex Wrekk's Stolen Sharpie Revolution, which is in its SIXTH printing! Quite a book...
WATCH: youtu.be/35D-s7GaBX8
It's all about the Do-It-Yourself nature of zines and zinemaking today at FANzine Live as we look at Alex Wrekk's Stolen Sharpie Revolution, which is in its SIXTH printing! Quite a book...
WATCH: youtu.be/35D-s7GaBX8
#sundaystevewillis The day after SPACE 2026, the legendary pair of Steve Willis and Bruce Chrislip sat down to look over a special zine that Bruce assembled to reflect on their many cartooning jams...which led to an amazing oral history talk!
WATCH: youtu.be/2rvN8yd-sZI
We've looked at Haiku Comics before...but this zine turns those tiny packages into a full-sized, colorful experience.
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Traveling through dimensions with a curious companion...feels like so many childhood adventure tales!
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A zine that considers the structure...and the meaning behind...the Passport.
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What a powerful - and tragic - first couple chapters of this biography comic!
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Kicking off a week of Reel Short Looks at Short Run Comix Festival zines, check out this piece by a Seattle-area high schooler!
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If your boyfriend had a rough day, just be sweet to him for a minute. Trust me, it helps. 💙
I need that kind of sweetness right now.
main: @adrianmitchvue.bsky.social
We wrap up SPACE Week with the debut of a long-awaited comic in today's FANzine Live Phoenix Spotlight...a bonus-sized issue of hero goodness!
WATCH: youtu.be/NlvdCVLD5KY
It's tradition that the organizer of SPACE drops a zine or two at his big annual show, and 2026 is no different. Let's check them out in today's FANzine Live New Releases video!
WATCH: youtu.be/ERb-CQVnnN4
SPACE 2026: www.backporchcomics.com/space
SPACE Week is drawing to a close, but we can't do so without taking a look at an issue of perhaps the single zine title most associated with the 27-year-old zine fest. And oh, what a collection of creators!
WATCH: youtu.be/anjDmGtaXVk
