Giveaway: Zine Prize Pack

Win a collection of handmade, DIY goodness.

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Handmade Twin Cities

Zinefest 2011

By: Dana Raidt

In METRO's August issue, we celebrate all things DIY, handmade and artisan--from clothing to coffee to jewelry and beyond. In Idea + Paper + Stapler we discuss the culture surrounding zines, those lo-fi, often Xeroxed bundles of literary goodness that are so prevalent in the Twin Cities. We've done you one better by offering up a prize pack of locally produced (as well as a few from Chicago, Milwaukee and New York) zines to add to your own collection--which you'll get another chance to beef up when Twin Cities Zinefest hits Powderhorn Park September 24.

Pictured are just a few of the gems you could win by emailing giveaways@metromag.com (with "Zines" in the subject) by 5 p.m. Monday, August 15. Not convinced yet? Here's some background on the zinesters who have so generously donated their wares:

John Wawrzaszek is a student in Columbia College's fiction writing department. He is an organizer of Chicago Zinefest and puts out the zine The Muse, the News, and the Noose.

Mike Toft has been making Brain Food since 1996. It's all about the love.

Ryan Dow is a cartoonist from Minnesota who makes Introspective Comics, including Li'l Buddha Loves You.

w o m a n h o u s e is a collection of feminist critiques relating to pop culture and modern society written by women and men. It was founded by Molly Davy, with help from her best friends, co-workers and classmates Anna Garski and Annah Ruhland.

Fritz Bogott writes tall tales in Northfield, Minn. His stories have been published in magazines and in books of matches. You can read many of them on his website.

Milwaukee-based Night Light Comics just released Buzzpop #5 in June 2011.

Tinderbox is a multidisciplinary adventure in self-publishing by two longtime friends where Hans Christian Andersen meets riot grrl; a space that's created by a feminist perspective with illustrative, fairy-tale aesthetics.

Dawn Wing, a.k.a. "Sassy Spinster," is from Queens, New York. She likes to drink tea, swim, bicycle and spread the word about making zines.

Creative Ladies are Powerful (CLAP) is a progressive quarterly zine that celebrates women in all their various forms of creative living.

2D Cloud is a micro-press comics publisher based in Northeast Minneapolis. They publish paper-craft art books, mini-comics and graphic novels by an assortment of creatives, such as Nic Breutzman, Meghan & Raighne Hogan, John & Luke Holden, Noah Van Sciver, Justin Skarhus, Vincent Stall, Toby Jones and Maddie Queripel, among others.

She Must Be Having a Bad Day is a zine and blog about the food service industry published by METRO web editor Dana Raidt.

Good luck!