a place for zinesters - writers and readers
-
Erica S.
- Pittsburgh, PA
- United States
- Share
- Blog Posts (5)
- Discussions (24)
- Events
- Groups (6)
- Photos (5)
- Photo Albums
Erica S.'s Groups
-
Mini Zine Folks
104 members
-
Distro Owners
59 members
-
Minicomix!
72 members
-
Mental Health Zines
102 members
-
Steel City Zinesters
10 members
Erica S.'s Discussions
Help a Zinester Find Work
Replied Nov 25
Zines In Fiction
Replied Nov 24
Erica S. / Black Light Diner Distro
Latest Activity
A group for people who create comix/graphic zines/sequential art publications of all types.
Ah yes, those thousands of paying zine jobs. They just can't get anyone to DO them!
No, I've never hired anyone, but I've had dozens of interviews, and Nicole is right: you say the least amount possible in order to get yourself hired, and stay ab...
There was a late-season episode of the Simpsons where Lisa starts a zine (calls it a newspaper, but really, it's a zine) as a response to Mr. Burns buying the newspaper. A bunch of other Springfieldians start zines too. Bart also drew a self-produ...
I ordered a zine grab bag from a music distro I used to order from quite frequently. Most of them were crappy punk rock music zines (disappointing, as I've never been a huge fan of punk and especially not hardcore punk), but there was one in there...
Sharpie pen FTW!
I've never handwritten a zine because my penmanship is atrocious, but one piece of advice I read is to write your zine in a larger size than it will be printed at, and then shrink it down on the copier. Most people write more nea...
I don't usually write letters to zinesters I don't know, because it's hard to switch gears from "writing-style" critique, the kind meant for people in my writing group (when I belonged to one) and that I trade writing with over email, to "zine-sty...
With all due respect, Dan, your employers aren't going to care about your feelings. Welcome to the real world! If you want to improve on your writing by putting it out there for an audience to review, especially an audience you want to PAY you for...
I'd leave it in, but perhaps add a postscript about how you're not with him anymore and your paths have diverged? Something like that would probably just make me stop reprinting the zine entirely, myself.
I do the zine Breakfast at Twilight, the minicomic Evolution Comics, and run the fledgling distro Black Light Diner.
Black Light Diner Distro!
Black Light Diner Distro!
| Etsy Buy Handmade davenportavenger |
Erica S.'s Blog
black light diner distro update, october 2009
Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I posted about the new zines and comics available at Black Light Diner Distro, and there are a ton of them!
BOOTY #19 (Amherst, MA)
Covering the time period between September 2003 and March 2005, this issue of Anne's personal comic book includes work stories, an encounter with an animate snowman, a last-minute, surprisingly cheap… Continue
BOOTY #19 (Amherst, MA)
Covering the time period between September 2003 and March 2005, this issue of Anne's personal comic book includes work stories, an encounter with an animate snowman, a last-minute, surprisingly cheap… Continue
Posted on October 18, 2009 at 5:15pm —
black light diner distro update, june 2009
Hey, this is just a heads-up on the new zines and comics available at Black Light Diner Distro!
HIGH ON BURNING PHOTOGRAPHS #4 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Ocean's personal zine is a text-heavy meditation on such topics as sob… Continue
HIGH ON BURNING PHOTOGRAPHS #4 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Ocean's personal zine is a text-heavy meditation on such topics as sob… Continue
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 8:12am —
black light diner distro update, april 2009
Hey everyone! This is a short update listing the newest zines and comics in at Black Light Diner Distro!
YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE #9 (Somerville, MA)
I love journal comics! This is by Carrie McNinch, former author of "Assassin and the Whiner." In her new comic, Carrie devotes a comic strip per day to detailing activities both important and mundane. Watch Carrie run the rat… Continue
YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE #9 (Somerville, MA)
I love journal comics! This is by Carrie McNinch, former author of "Assassin and the Whiner." In her new comic, Carrie devotes a comic strip per day to detailing activities both important and mundane. Watch Carrie run the rat… Continue
Posted on April 21, 2009 at 8:12pm —
black light diner distro, february update 2009
Hey everyone, just wanted to show you some of the comics and zines that have been recently added to Black Light Diner Distro!
EIGHTEEN LONG DAYS (Amherst, MA)
Leann’s travel diary documents her journey to Chicago in January 2007 to take a writing class with cartoonist Lynda Barry (one of my favorites, too). On the way, she celebrates Xmas with family, bonds with her sister, explores art galleries, and trawls the Windy City. The drawings a… Continue
EIGHTEEN LONG DAYS (Amherst, MA)
Leann’s travel diary documents her journey to Chicago in January 2007 to take a writing class with cartoonist Lynda Barry (one of my favorites, too). On the way, she celebrates Xmas with family, bonds with her sister, explores art galleries, and trawls the Windy City. The drawings a… Continue
Posted on February 9, 2009 at 2:06pm —
Black Light Diner Distro IS OPEN
Well, it's been open for awhile now, but this is the first I've talked of it other than on my own LJ and We Make Zines. Black Light Diner is a distro specializing in (though not limited to) comics zines, minicomics, and other forms of sequential art zine-type publications. Some things in stock right now:
Art School Chronicles #1: This 24-hour comics zine documents Jessica’s first year as a g… Continue
Art School Chronicles #1: This 24-hour comics zine documents Jessica’s first year as a g… Continue
Posted on December 13, 2008 at 11:03pm — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 12:37pm on October 3, 2009,
Don Cocor said… - Hello! How's it going?
- At 3:49pm on May 8, 2009,
Heather Wreckage said… - Hey I would love to be distroed! I've always wanted to be but I was too scared to submit. I'll definatly email you. Where did you find my zine? I've never heard of it.
- At 9:44pm on March 22, 2009,
Sticky Institute said… - Hello friend of Sticky. If you have made a zine recently, are still reprinting old copies of a zine, have old copies lying around or are thinking of making zine, we want you to stock it with us! If you haven't stocked with us before, here's how you do it. Visit our website (www.stickyinstitute.com) and download a stockists form. Fill it out and send it with up to ten copies of your zine to Sticky, P.O. Box 310, Flinders Lane, VIC 8009. We have them on the shelves for 6 months at which time, if they've sold out we'll pay you and if they haven't totally sold out we'll pay you for the copies you have sold and send the remaining copies back to you or donate them to the Exchange Box. To those of you have stocked with us previously, keep sending us your zines! Zine culture is alive and kicking in Australia and Sticky is an ardent defender of zine culture!
Love from Sticky!
- At 1:26am on March 6, 2009,
You Don't Get There From Here said… - Howdy Erica! Yep...I am interested!
- At 11:57pm on December 20, 2008,
Lucie Jones said… - thanks for accepting my request. REally like this site!
- At 2:53am on October 10, 2008,
AndrewLips said… - i reconise your picture....dan john?
- At 4:45pm on September 2, 2008,
dearwassily said…
I make zines too! Actually, yes, I feel kind of weird on here, and I don't really understand the whole thing yet. But I am trying to get back into the zine realm, albeit very slowly, and still very much outsiderly.
- At 7:15pm on September 1, 2008,
dearwassily said…
Hi, Erica! I received your letter. I have my zines ready to send you, minus an envelope big enough to send them, which I will have to get tomorrow. My zines will be in the mail for you Wednesday at the latest.
About
Badge
© 2009 Created by Krissy PonyBoy Press on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
