Day two of the Chicago Zine Fest continues Saturday, April 30 with the main attraction, a zine exhibition from 11 am- 6 pm.

This ever-growing exhibition day welcomes upwards of 250 zinesters showcasing self-published work.

Supplemental programming includes these workshops:
– Revolutionary Mothering: from zines to anthologies. Join Mai’a Williams and China Martens, two editors of Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines, to talk about creating in difficult environments, zines and book anthologies, life, art and revolution. Mama-centric, but open to all.

– Drawing Out the Issues: Comics Journalism. Using our recent series for Truthout (“Growing Season”) as a basis for discussion—as well as our upcoming book Threadbare: Clothes, Sex, and Trafficking—the Ladydrawers Comics Collective will informally talk participants through the basics of longform, collective, comics journalism investigations.

– Lumpen Live Taping & Radio Transmission. Live radio segment broadcasting directly from CZF 2016!

– Youth Reading. Join the youngest members of the zine community while they show us all up with their zine skills.

– Cute Animal Drawing Workshop. Fun ways to draw cute animals for kids ages 6 to 12. Learn basic skills to create infinite cute animals.
– Busy Beaver Button Co. Custom button making workshop!

PLUS, there will be a photobooth from Glitter Guts and free morning coffee service from Halfwit coffee roasters.

Saturday’s exhibition is at Plumbers’ Union Hall, 1340 W. Washington Blvd. Free parking is available in the main lot.

The event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
2016 artwork by Erik Rodriguez.
Visit chicagozinefest.org for more details.