Robert Trujillo/Tres's Page

Peace mayng, I created my first zine last Nov-December of 2007.I published it January of 08 and as the saying goes 'its been ON since then". I started kinda late in the Zine arena. I jumped into it because I wanted a free format to put my thoughts down besides my sketch-books. Im into publishing comics, childrens books, graphic novels, and novels but im not there yet.Zines are a necessary and meditative discipline for me to take steps toward those endeavors. The subject matter is reflective of my interests which are mainly based on my cultural background, learning more about my roots, about social justice and how to present those things in a creative way.

The zines are published by me for "Come Bien" Books-a group for illustrators and writers of color to collaborate on pieces/articles that are both informative and creative.

"SS" Still Searching
The subjects I choose to focus on in "SS" are Ethinc Studies, Political Education, Social Justice, Music, Illustration, Creative Writing, Hip Hop Culture, and Personal Experience of course. Since I published the zine I've printed about 120 color -silk screened copies and about 200 black and white copies of the pages and cover.

If you want to go and cop one please holler at these stores/distros:

CALI
-Amoeba Records, Berkeley,CA
-Imix Book Store, Los Angeles, CA
Insurgentes Book Store, Los Angeles,CA
-Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland,CA
-Walden Pond Books, Oakland, CA

Georgia
-Sweet Candy Distro, Acworth, GA

Texas
-Monkey Wrench, Austin,TX

Maryland
-Atomic Bookstore, Baltimore, MD

New Zealand
-Cherry Bomb Comics, Auckland,NZ

NYC
-Blue Stockings, New York, NY
-Forbidden Planet, New York,NY
-Fresthetic, Brooklyn, NY
-Good Records, New York, NY
-St. Marks Bookstore, New York, NY
-Zakka-Brooklyn,NY

My Second Zine Called "Oneirokrites' (Egyptian Dream Enterpreters)
was created for African American and Afro-Latino students I work with in East NY, the Upper West Side-Manhattan, and Every young person under thae age of 21. Really its for anyone interested, but the artwork/info was focused on empowering these young students I taught about other African American artists, authors, and activists. Its about a quarter of the size of "SS" and hella limited Edition, Feel me?

If you want to trade zines im down, holla at me beatdontstop@gmail.com

-Robert Trujillo/Tres
Trust Your Struggle Collective
"Come Bien" Books
CA-NYC