Zine Symposium Photos, New Zines, more!

DUDES!
I just posted 8 original dog doily drawings on Etsy, as well as my 4 new zines!













I'll be posting more doilies and some hand-drawn tote bags this week.

The next message I think needs to be emphasized a few times:

SUBSCRIBERS BE PATIENT, WE ARE ASSEMBLING YOUR PACKAGES THIS WEEK.
SUBSCRIBERS BE PATIENT, WE ARE ASSEMBLING YOUR PACKAGES THIS WEEK.
SUBSCRIBERS BE PATIENT, WE ARE ASSEMBLING YOUR PACKAGES THIS WEEK.
SUBSCRIBERS BE PATIENT, WE ARE ASSEMBLING YOUR PACKAGES THIS WEEK.


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In the meantime, while we all wait for more doilies and thick subscription packages in the mail, here are some photos from the Symposium:



I was manically driving all over town to get Gocco supplies after messing up the one and only bulb/screen set I had whilst trying to make the cover for the new Dogs & Doilies Zine! (Thank you Mr. Bland)



On day 1 of the Symposium I met a dog. A small shih-tzu puppy who was very docile and had very human-like hair!



I hosted Zinester's Feud (think Family Feud) at Floating World Comics.
Sample Questions:
NAME THE MOST POPULAR METHOD OF BINDING A ZINE
NAME SOMETHING THAT MAKES A ZINE LOOK BADDDDD
NAME THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A ZINE





DAY TWO
I tabled with Meredith & Claire of When Language Runs Dry, the chronic pain zine.
Pictured: Meredithto my right and "My Acquaintance" Jeb to my left



End of Day Two

Note: I also had my "ASK NICOLE, AMERICA'S SMARTEST GIRL" sign out and was giving advice at the Symposium for $1.
I'll be posting the questions and answers on my advice blog very soon!

xoxoxoxoxoxoox
n.g.

So Much News!!!

Hello there! I have news!

Firstly,
Lookah here-
ANOTHER new issue!




What color will it be? Maybe purple. Maybe a Lavender Menace.

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TOMORROW, August 22nd 11a.m. - 2 p.m.
I'm tabling at an Open House for Potentials Yoga Studio
200 NE 20th Ave.
I'll be selling some art, some zines & books-
but there will also be
LIVE MUSIC - ART - FOOD - RAFFLE
Sample Yoga Classes - Free Yoga CD

So. If you're around, please stop by and say hello.

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LAST THURSDAY, August 26th
Zinester Social at Dovetail Bakery
3039 NE ALBERTA ST.
5 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Come buy some of my comic wares, check out tables by Zine Symposium Symponistas, eat some vegan pastries, drink some Magic Kombucha (the champagne of Kombucha, made from artesian well water for pete's sake), and hang out! Chew and chat, why not?


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ALSO!!!!




I am going to be hosting a round of Zinester's Feud on Saturday night around 8:30 or 9, BUT you should come when it starts to get some complimentary beverages and see the other rounds, right? Or to join a team!


Calling all zinesters! You're invited to the PZS Zinester's Feud at Floating World Comics...

Who: The Portland Zine Symposium
What: Zinester's Feud
Where: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave.
Why: To support PZS and show what you know about zines!
When: August 28th, 7:30-9:30pm
Facebook Event Here



The 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium is here! Help us celebrate and support the 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium, after your first day tabling or attending the symposium, spend your Saturday night battling it out with other zinesters for prizes! We'll be having at least two feuds, so get together a team of 4 or 5 knowledgeable zinesters and try for one of the two grand prizes. Sign up will be available at PZS during the day or at the event. We'll also be serving complimentary beverages for everyone's enjoyment!




SEE YOU THERE

New Issues!

Hi Everyone,
Issue 17 is home from the printer, Issue 19 is at the printer,
and Issue 18 is almost there!
Everything is going to debut at the Portland Zine Symposium this year.

You can pre order issue 17 here.
Issues 17 & 18 are different than I anticipated last year when I looked into my crystal Zine ball.
Issue 17 includes diary days from my solo writer's retreat to the forest, an article on homorobics, recipes for salad rolls & a coffee chiller, a portrait of my bedroom, ranting about the weather, a comic about what life is like to be Wishbone, a spell to keep your house safe, some experimental comic "strips", and more!

Issue 18 is being compiled right now, but is looking like the student-friendlier of the two. It includes very simple diary comics drawn whilst doing comic workshops with elementary and middle school students this year. Topics include dogs , getting a new car, Beiber-obsessed middle school girls, and what it's like to try and become a babysitter as an adult.

I still have an interview with comic artist Alec Longstreth romping around in my files, but found I had so many diary comics and drawings from the past 2 years that I couldn't fit him into these issues.







If you are a subscriber, your final package will include issues 17 & 18, and the free comic book day comic Dope Flounder. If you haven't received your button &/or card yet, you'll be getting that too.

I'm hoping to get subscription packets out before the Symposium, but if not, then expect it soon thereafter.


Issue 19 (the 2010 split with Clutch) is not included in 2010 subscriptions, but I'll have it on Etsy after the Symposium.

COMING SOON:
2011 Subscriptions featuring the 2011 calendar, issues 17, 18 & 19 & Dope Flounder for $20.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxooxo
n.g.


p.s. Wishbone's back is back in action!

Updates from Home

Hi Everyone.

1. I have officially been home from tour for a week.

2. My computer promptly caught viruses/had hard drive failure upon my return, and was taken to the kind surgeons at Red Star Machine Works, where a hard drive transplant was performed. It is now as good as new, giving me the joy of listening to podcasts whilst working on comics (instead of listening to NPRs coverage of the oil spill and wanting to jam my brushpen into my eye as a result).

3. If you emailed me over the past month about anything, like zine distribution or pet portraits or even just a love/hate letter, I will get to it I Promise.

4. I almost forgot to tell you that my friends Ariel and Aron Nels Steinke got married recently and I made them this portrait as a gift!




5. You can order Dope Flounder, the comic I submitted to for Free Comic Book Day here . Subscribers, I may try to wrestle some of these out of the hands of Tugboat Press / Sparkplug Comics for you. We Shall See!

6. SUBSCRIBERS: I put out 20 copies of issue 17 of Invincible Summer for tour, but I have to say I really want to make it better before I commit to making enough copies for the world. I appreciate your patience!

7. Turning in my graphic novel on June 1st. Aye yay yay.

Take care.

xoxo
n.g.

P.S. I got my hands on a copy of The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier, and I can't recommend it highly enough! Run don't Walk to pre order this young pirate adventure, or sit on your hands until September & snatch it up in person!

Invincible Summer 2009 Subscription

Hi Friends. I am now offering Invincible Summer 2009/10 Subscriptions!
For $20 you get 3 zines, a 2010 Calendar, and two free gifts.
Click Here for details.