auckland zinefest

Saturday was Auckland Zinefest.

 

Erin Fae 

Some Three Worders were there.

They were easier to spot as they were setting up.

 

Sarah Laing & Melissa Laing

 

 

Some faces were very familiar to the Three Words team.

  

Toby Morris

 Some familiar faces included Three Words supporters.

 Other familiar comics creators were present in less obvious forms.

 

Angeline Chirnside

Zine archivist and chair of the recent Three Words Auckland City Library Comics, Zines and Feminism panel discussion, Angeline Chirnside, was busy organising.

 

 Tara Black, Richard Fairgray, & Theo Macdonald

And then the tables were stocked and the doors opened.

 Customers were a mix of comic familiars...

 

Tim Danko 

...some of whom had tables themselves.....

 ...while others were simply drawn by the crowd, to discover.....

 ...to meet artists and learn about zines.

 

Indira Neville 

It was a great opportunity to catch up with peers.

 And everyone had a wonderful time.

Many thanks to Auckland Zinefest organisers, including but not limited to, Linda Lew, Simrin Ahmed, Sophie Watson, Jess Fu, Hamish Noonan, & Ya-Wen Ho, and everyone else who helped in myriad ways to make a very successful zinefest 2015.

three words: comics, zines and feminism

Auckland Zinefest invited Indira Neville, Sarah Laing and Rae Joyce to talk about Three Words as part of their Comics, Zines and Feminism events.

 

Photo credit: Leanne Radojkovich

The panel was chaired by Angeline Chirnside and was held in Auckland City Library's Whare - and it was a full house. A lot of Three Words contributors were there to support us as were some comics guys - thanks all!

 

Photo credit: Leanne Radojkovich

After a brief introduction from Angeline - three words to describe each of us - we spent some time introducing each other before talking about the anthology, some of our contributors and how they fit within the NZ comics scene as currently defined.We also took questions from the audience.

The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and we can't wait for Three Words to be out there!

stuff news

Great piece about Three Words in Stuff News, mentioning our forthcoming panel discussion at Auckland city library, as part of Auckland Zinefest.

in profile: linda lew

 

Linda Lew started her first comic series Anz and Dot in 2012, armed with colouring in pencils and bad bird-related humour. 

 

 

Anz and Dot are two anthropomorphic birds that are a bit too smug and cynical for their own good, but they mean well. Linda tries do comics on bird related activities or observations but seeing as she's not an ornithologist, it can be a bit difficult at times. So the topics in this series are wide ranging.

 

Other than comics, Linda is passionate about drawing, creating and making zines (she's one of the organisers for Auckland Zinefest). You can see a range of Linda's works at her blog.