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Litchfield County Zine Fest 2019
6 years ago
Firstly, apologies; I forgot to snap a photo of my table, which I normally do at events. That's my bad.
Secondly! Event! Yay!
The second Litchfield County Zine Fest was held on September 22nd at the same venue as the first year, the Kent Community House, Kent CT.
Good news, it wasn't QUITE as warm in the venue as the year before, and the hall seemed to have new (or just, working?) A/C and fans, so it was comfortable.
Having been the year before, I knew the way, which helped. This year I was accompanied by one of my dearest friends, who has moved to the same city as me and she helped with set up and keeping an eye on the table. There seemed slightly fewer vendors that last year; this year's event had a lot less warning that it was happening and that might have affected things. That said, we had the same issue as last year in that for all the advertising, it's just not drawing in the public the way it should. That said, it was a fun day and some sales were made, FoxTails, Too! was a popular item on my table.
I also got to give a short presentation on using digital techniques in zine production, from scanning and enhancing pencil work, lettering comics, pasting digital files to produce comic pages, etc. That was fun, and something I'm still learning more and more about myself.
All in all, it was a fun day, and I love seeing the other creativity in the zine and smallpress world. As long as Litchfield County Zine Fest keeps running, I'll keep supporting it! And so should everyone in the CT/MA/NY areas!
Secondly! Event! Yay!
The second Litchfield County Zine Fest was held on September 22nd at the same venue as the first year, the Kent Community House, Kent CT.
Good news, it wasn't QUITE as warm in the venue as the year before, and the hall seemed to have new (or just, working?) A/C and fans, so it was comfortable.
Having been the year before, I knew the way, which helped. This year I was accompanied by one of my dearest friends, who has moved to the same city as me and she helped with set up and keeping an eye on the table. There seemed slightly fewer vendors that last year; this year's event had a lot less warning that it was happening and that might have affected things. That said, we had the same issue as last year in that for all the advertising, it's just not drawing in the public the way it should. That said, it was a fun day and some sales were made, FoxTails, Too! was a popular item on my table.
I also got to give a short presentation on using digital techniques in zine production, from scanning and enhancing pencil work, lettering comics, pasting digital files to produce comic pages, etc. That was fun, and something I'm still learning more and more about myself.
All in all, it was a fun day, and I love seeing the other creativity in the zine and smallpress world. As long as Litchfield County Zine Fest keeps running, I'll keep supporting it! And so should everyone in the CT/MA/NY areas!
