Join us for KC Zine Con #6 — our first all-VIRTUAL zine fest! Explore the virtual table map and buy zines from some great online shops, attend livestreamed workshops and panels, chat with your fellow zinesters, and celebrate ZINE culture!
Hey zinesters, we’ve got some news to break! The bad news is we won’t be having a zine fest this year. The good news is we’re putting together a great calendar of in-person and virtual events to tide you over until KC Zine Con returns in 2022! We’re calling it Zine Scouts. As the name […]
Happy International Zine Month! We are so excited to kick off the month, and begin Zine Scouts with everyone. Every day we will post a prompt on our Instagram page. Create a mini-zine, piece of art, or any creative endeavor based on the prompt and share it with us (either in the comments or tag […]
Join us on #tinyzinetuesday over Zoom for a virtual Zine Scouts meet-up. Watch as Zine Scouts Troop Leader walks Dayna everyone through how to print and fold their passport mini-zine, learn about upcoming Zine Scout events, and hang out and meet your fellow Zine Scouts! You can even bring the last zine you read and […]
Join us at the intersection of the personal and political for a Zines as Activism workshop! At this workshop, you will create an outline for your own mini-zine about a topic of your choosing, while learning about the revolutionary history of zines in relation to social justice and political activism. This workshop is recommended for […]
Celebrate Halloween with KC Zine Con at our first-ever Zinester's Trunk or Treat! Join us outside at 39th and Pennsylvania (the parking lot in front of Boomerang Vintage) for an afternoon of DIY spookiness. We've invited some local zinesters to sell their zines (and pass out candy!) from their car trunks and bike baskets. Wear […]
Work on zines and make new friends, all from the comfort of home! Join KC Zine Scout "Troop Leaders" for a super-casual, super-fun VIRTUAL Zine Scout Meet-Up. Zine Scouts will be hanging out on Zoom (https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/94928698357) and working on their zines, and we hope you'll join us. Have an idea for a great workshop or […]
We’ve got some big news to announce: the epic return of KC Zine Con will be on June 11th, 2022! That’s right, zinesters, we’re back… and we’re in June now! KC Zine Con #7 will be a hybrid event, with opportunities to participate both in-person and virtually. Join us (in-person) at Plexpod Westport Commons […]
Everyone's favorite KC Area Zine Trunk-or-Treat is back! Catch us in the north parking lot of Plexpod Westport Commons (just off 39th and Warwick) on Sunday, October 30th, from 2-5pm. We'll have zinesters selling their wares, candy to pass out, and costumes a-plenty!
KC Zine Con is an annual DIY publishers' festival. This year's fest will take place at Goofball Sk8boards and will host dozens of zinesters selling their self published works. During KC Zine Con #8 you expect to meet and directly support the vending zinesters, tour the Neither/nor Zine Library, attend workshops, learn how to make your own zine(s), and connect with KC's thriving diy publishing community!
