OC Zine Fest

Hi everyone! I’m Sam (she/they) , one of the comic artists tabling at the oc zine fest. I’ll be taking over the ig account today! ^_^

I make comics around overlooked histories, the natural world, dreams, and more—mostly within a framework of Japanese and Japanese American history and mythology. Pictured are some of the zines I’ll be bringing to the oc zine fest!

There’s comics about food, mythology, Japanese American farming history, horror short stories, and a children’s picture book about moon rabbits 🍡 I haven’t tabled since 2019 so some of these zines are a bit old/pre pandemic (kind of like time capsules haha) but I also will be bringing/debuting a new zine, The Moon Jar, that I’ve been working on the past spring and summer ❤️

please comment, dm, & send any questions (about zine and comics making, art, what I’m working on, media recs, etc.) through the story feature and I’ll try my best to answer them :)

Thank you to the oczine fest and for putting together such a great event 🥰

As I’ve been slowly starting to table irl events again, I’ve found that it’s been important to step up my table presentation game. For a long time, I was a flat-on-the-table kinda guy. However, I’ve noticed that people are more likely to pick stuff up if it’s elevated! So I went to Daiso and got some zine holders - a few for mini zines (that I’m going to add something to the bottom of to elevate them like stadium seating… and maybe paint if I have time 😇 ), a few for larger zines, and then two boxes (with handles!) to hold all my zines to and from the fest. I’m hoping this will keep me better organized. I also always use a tablecloth, but I haven’t decided which one I’ll bring to yet. I used to be part of a distro called Q***r Anxiety Babiez (rip) and we always used an old Powerpuff Girls sheet!
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What are some of your favorite ways to display your zines at fests or tabling events?
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