Dayana is a DIY enthusiast and engineer in Los Angeles. They strive to find the intersection between art, technology, and the sciences. Their hobbies include live coding, making chainmail jewelry, music, crafting, and learning new things. Besides being an artist, Dayana also enjoys baking yummy cinnamon rolls and cakes.

Julie Fiveash is Kinyaa’áanii born for Naakai. Their maternal grandfather’s clan is Táchii’nii and their paternal grandfather is Bilagaana. Julie is Diné and Latinx, their pronouns are they/them/theirs, and they identify as non-binary and queer. They are originally from Arizona and currently reside in LA. They create zines on being queer, Indigenous, and all their anxieties about existing on this weird and frustrating planet. Please talk to them about libraries and any cool bugs you’ve found recently.

Noah is a creative entrepreneur with a passion for art and technology. In 2015, he founded Zine-o-Matic, a monthly subscription box service for zines and indie art that has grown to become one of the largest distributors of zines in the world. Noah also co-developed ReadyTeddy, a virtual reality experience that helps children prepare for MRIs. In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, Noah has experience as a videographer for the Herb Alpert Foundation and as a film research engineer at the Pickfair Institute for Cinematic Studies. In his free time, Noah enjoys renovating an old house, playing Stardew Valley, and building an unreasonably large rubber band ball.

Sean Lundy (he/him) is a queer L.A. transplant originally from Texas. After graduating from Columbia College in Chicago, and growing tired of the cold windy city he settled in Southern California. Where he enjoys working amongst intellectuals and the creative scene. Sean enjoys photography, treating friends to brunch, thrifting, hiking, museums, and volunteering. 

Vi explores the intersection of education, art, and community building, creating inclusive spaces where marginalized BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities can feel seen, empowered, and connected. Her work is also a personal exploration of what it means to be Vietnamese American, and how culture, identity, creativity, and community shape the way she moves through and contributes to the world.

Ziba is a public librarian in the city of Los Angeles that was first introduced to zines at Long Beach Poly High in the late-nineties. Ziba makes ZebraRadar Zine which features her AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) screen name from the same time period. Before L.A. Zine Fest Ziba helped organize the Long Beach Zine Fest for four years. Ziba first attended L.A. Zine Fest in 2012 tabling as Three Amigos Press with two other zine makers. When Ziba is not in L.A. you can find her on the airwaves at Long Beach Public Radio.

Chloe Hiu See Tsang is a Chinese-American multidisciplinary visual artist, born and raised in LA. Working across 2D/3D forms, they create fantastical beings full of whimsy, silliness, spookiness, dread, joy, and anger; vessels to witness and process the human condition, Asian diaspora, mental health, queer identity–as a ‘personal is political’ tool of resistance. Their very first zines were childhood hand-drawn comics starring their stuffed animals “Cat Cat” and “Lamb Lamb”. They received their Bachelors in Art with an Emphasis in Book Arts from UC Santa Barbara, and have led zine classes for incarcerated youth across all of LA. Chloe currently engages in mediums including illustration, graphic design, letterpress, ceramics, and tattooing. Some notable projects include zine publications for KCSB 91.9 FM (UCSB), Matchbox Magazine (UC Santa Cruz), as well as ongoing manga projects Frogbert the III and I’m Obsessed with Myself and You Should Be Too.

Luis Blackaller Bages made his first zine with a mimeograph in 1986 and sold it for coins in the streets of Mexico City. He describes himself as a writer, filmmaker, cartoonist, printmaker, archivist, educator and self-proclaimed 21st century luddite. Currently a Los Angeles resident, he presides over Cartoon Distortion, a graphic arts and book making zine collective that brings cartoon art, public art, film, photography, literature and popular culture from central Mexico to the Californias.