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The folks at OngOng Press are hosting a free zine workshop at the Capitol Hill branch of Seattle Public Library on Monday, July 14!

Plus: Portland’s having a big zine conference in August! The Portland Zine Symposium will have bunches of tables for buying, trading and selling zines.

:: Portland Zine Symposium
:: August 23 & 24
:: Portland State University
:: Free!
:: Pdxzines.com

Seattle zine stuff

The library does a good job putting stuff like this together.

Granted, the zine workshop on Monday is officially for teens. But they won’t turn you away. Just register first.

The reason I know this is because I went to a comics workshop also aimed at kids and teens. Also at our lovely Capitol Hill neighborhood’s library. I got to meet one of the illustrators for American Splendor.

Which is also a movie, of course.

Which I recently watched again.

Way better than seeing it on a plane. Enjoyed it. A lot.

Especially because I just saw the R. Crumb show at the Frye this year.

And ’cause I have a better appreciation now for the art of comics in general. I made this for Ouch My Eye Studio’s June show Apocalypse Now. It’s on through Sunday, July 13—that’s tomorrow!—so hurry over and check it out!

Anyway back to Monday’s workshop!

Here’s what’s on tap:

Lucy Morehouse brings snacks, lots of random things to cut up, stencils, stamps, scissors, glue sticks, and access to the over-ride key for the branch copier (free copies!).

It’s a very basic Zinery 101 class.

We do a short bit of introduction and then folks make a four-page zine with a cover.

So if this is your magical world, you should come out Seattle. Three cheers for public libraries! —Ongongpress

:: Zinery 101 workshop
:: Monday, July 14, 3 to 5pm
:: Capitol Hill branch of Seattle Public Library
:: Call the Capitol Hill branch at 206.684.4715 to sign up.

There are other workshops scheduled for other library branches, too, in July and August. Just ask at yours.

There’s also this!:
:: Zine drop-in
:: Free supplies
:: University Branch
:: Thursdays, 3 to 5:30 pm
:: July 17 & 31
:: August 14 & 28

Check out this list of other classes and workshops hosted by the Seattle Public Library.

Design Kompany doesn’t recommend them all.

They have a class called ‘My Space Tips & Tricks.’

What’s up with that?