CZF will be back on Saturday October 10th!! We're thrilled to be returning to the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center, thanks to the generous partnership of @chipublib.bsky.social!

Chicago! Come on by DePaul University for DePaul Zine Fest on Saturday from 12:30-6:00pm. I'll be tabling with a whole bunch of new zines.

If by chance the DePaul Zine Fest is cancelled tomorrow I'll bring a bunch of zines to the @chicagozinefest.bsky.social Valen-zine event next weekend!

CAKE applications have been extended! Did you get your application in? Cakechicago.com/apply

Looking forward to attending Pilsen Zine Fest this weekend!! Find it at 1002 W 18th St, Saturday December 13 & Sunday December 14, from 2–6 pm. While you're there check out the Pilsen Holiday Market & @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social! #zines #Chicago

Behold, our SLICE 2025 exhibitors! Check out slicexpo.org/slice-2025 to see who's going to be at The Sheldon on October 18. Perhaps... your new favorite artist? 🤔

Zine Club Chicago and Chicago Public Library’s Richard J. Daley branch joined forces to plan the event. | ✍️ Sydney Richardson

Thank you to @chicagoreader.com and reporter Sydney Richardson for a great preview of South Side Zine Fest! You can check it out in the print edition and online here: chicagoreader.com/city-life/fe... #SSZF2025 #zines #DIY #SouthSide #Chicago

🤯🥰 #CZF2025

Please everyone wish us a successful #CZF2025 tomorrow!! 🙏🏻✂️💗 #zines

my body is in minneapolis but just know that tomorrow this is where my Heart will be

#CZF2025 is tomorrow!! Come on out to the Harold Washington Library Center, Saturday July 19th from 11 am–4 pm. Bring your friends, bring your kids, bring your good vibes! www.chicagozinefest.org/czf2025.html Thank you @cartoonstudies.bsky.social for helping sponsor #ChicagoZineFest!! 💖🌟✂️💗

Have you seen any #CZF2025 posters out in Chicago?? Thank you to our print sponsors, Perfectly Acceptable Press and PrintNinja, for providing gorgeous posters of Kelly Wang's art! We'll have riso-printed posters for sale on Saturday. #ChicagoZineFest

Can’t make it to South Side Zine Fest? We’ll match you with a zine pen pal! We’ll be hosting a pen pal station so festgoers can create and send some fun snail mail to a new out-of-town zine friend right from our event. Sign up for a pen pal here: tiny.cc/SSZF2025PenPals #SSZF2025 #zines #DIY

come on by, it will be a fun and low-key convo that will hopefully inspire you to make your own zine!

can confirm that the Harold Washington Library buttons are very good.

happy Chicago Zine Fest is this Saturday to all who celebrate

MANY opportunities to procure a zine in the next month-- - July 19: @chicagozinefest.bsky.social - July 26: trading at the zine swap w Dick's Lending Library - July 26: ALSO vending at the @kersplebedeb.bsky.social popup - August 1: Sappyfest, Sackville NB - August 16: Zine Dream, Toronto

Tomorrow!! Thursday July 17th there'll be a fun show & tell event with Detroit-based printmaker & publisher Rachel Hays of Taxonomy Press. Register to attend at www.eventbrite.com/e/show-tell-... Much gratitude for our partner & sponsor @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social, the zine center of Chicago!!

We'll have these buttons for you this Saturday at #CZF2025!! 😍 Thank you to @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social for providing these beautiful souvenirs for the fest! 🦫💜 Artwork by this year's poster artist, Kelly Wang. 🌟🎨💖 Come check out their art during the fest at table 3 and at www.cchianart.com.

We'll have these buttons for you this Saturday at #CZF2025!! 😍 Thank you to @busybeaverbuttonco.bsky.social for providing these beautiful souvenirs for the fest! 🦫💜 Artwork by this year's poster artist, Kelly Wang. 🌟🎨💖 Come check out their art during the fest at table 3 and at www.cchianart.com.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to Touch Grass Read Zine this weekend to support @chicagozinefest.bsky.social ! Will we see you at @chicagozinefest.bsky.social at Harold Washington Library this Saturday? 👀

Want to get involved with South Side Zine Fest? We're looking for volunteers to help out on the day of the event! To sign up for a one- or two-hour volunteer shift sometime between 10 am-5 pm on fest day in exchange for our gratitude and a fun zine grab bag, email us at zineclubchicago.com #zines

Please join us at #CZF2025 for "My First Zine," a panel discussion featuring some of Chicago's most prolific zinesters sharing stories & advice on their zine-making journey! This engaging panel happens this Saturday July 19th at 11:30 am—be there!! #zines #ChicagoZineFest

One week 'til #CZF2025!! Come out Saturday July 19th from 11 am–4 pm to support the independent artists who will be sharing their work. 🖌🌟✏️ Explore our gorgeous new venue, the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center. Free workshops all day! www.chicagozinefest.org/czf2025.html #zines

MEET OUR #SSZF2025 ZINEMAKERS: MIDWEST PERZINE FEST! Midwest Perzine Fest, organized by founder Jonas (they/them), Angel (they/them), Red (they/them), and Alex (she/her, they/them), is a Midwest- and Chicago-centric zine fest that celebrates the radical, DIY art of #perzines. #zines #DIY #Chicago

One week 'til #CZF2025!! Come out Saturday July 19th from 11 am–4 pm to support the independent artists who will be sharing their work. 🖌🌟✏️ Explore our gorgeous new venue, the Winter Garden in the Harold Washington Library Center. Free workshops all day! www.chicagozinefest.org/czf2025.html #zines

This Sunday! It's TOUCH GRASS READ ZINE!! Please join us from 5–7 pm at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social in Avondale for a reading by six fantastic local comics artists, including @gingerrbridge.bsky.social & @maggieumber.bsky.social & @daimondrewthis.bsky.social. Come out to support #CZF2025!!

Our second workshop during #CZF2025 will be "Zine Scene Characters: Design Like a Pro"! Learn the do’s and don’ts of character design through shape, color, & personality. Explore character design applications, then create your own original characters using fun shape prompts. All ages welcome!

Excited to announce the programming at this year's #CZF2025!! From 1–2 pm, we'll host "Narrative Zine Making: Approaching Zines as Therapy." Join us for a zine-making workshop focused on emotional expression, processing, and healing, facilitated by licensed art therapists. #zines

This Sunday! It's TOUCH GRASS READ ZINE!! Please join us from 5–7 pm at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social in Avondale for a reading by six fantastic local comics artists, including @gingerrbridge.bsky.social & @maggieumber.bsky.social & @daimondrewthis.bsky.social. Come out to support #CZF2025!!

Consider volunteering for a 2-hour shift to make #CZF2025 happen! Tasks including setting up, checking zinesters in, showing people how to make zines, and more. Volunteer by filling out the form at tinyurl.com/czf2025volunteers.

We're looking forward to attending the New Expressions Art Festival on Saturday July 26th, featuring teen & adult emerging artists. Always excited to support our local talent!! #zines #comics #Chicago

TONIGHT!! Can't wait to make #zines about our fave queer icons with y'all! ✂️🌈

We can't wait to attend @cakechicago.bsky.social this weekend! This year they're in a new venue in Irving Park and have an absolutely stacked program of workshops and panels. Consider helping out for a few hours to get a free CAKE shirt!! #comics

The newest issue of our very occasional email newsletter includes updates about @zineclubchicago.bsky.social, @cakechicago.bsky.social, and our CZF reading on Sunday July 13th! czf.beehiiv.com/p/zine-club-... #zines

Things are heating up in Chicago, and with CAKE! We’ve got something for everyone in our program lineup, and we’re kicking things off with our Special Guest programs 🔥 Use the link in our bio to get the full descriptions!

if you have any good trans zines (anything from like, informative shit, diy hormones, or just cool stuff written by trans people) that are good for distro, send them over! the rolling library always has free zines at our events and we'd love to hand out more

New booklet! "Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents?" This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies. Full description in the cover alt text. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...

Zine Prom at Marz Community Brewing Co. was very fun, meeting new publishing friends, making zines and watching the fabulous zinesters go head to head in a best-dressed contest. This event precedes Chicago Zine Fest on July 19. Read more and check the party pics at mckinleypark.news/neighborhood...

The fun doesn't stop when the show ends! Check out out After-CAKE events! Saturday 6/26 at Tangible Books hosted by Max Huffman and CRAM Books and Sunday 6/29 at The Native hosted by Bianca Xunise!

TOMORROW! 🌈 Last call to RSVP if you're joining us online. (No need to RSVP for our in-person gathering.) More info at zineclubchicago.com #zines #queerzines #DIY #ZineClubChicago #GerberHart

Very excited to share the list of zinesters who will be tabling at #CZF2025! Please plan on joining us for the Chicago Zine Fest on Saturday July 19th. www.chicagozinefest.org/czf-2025-exh... #zines #ZineFests #ChicagoZineFest2025

Some places GlitterGuts will be shooting the next couple weeks • 06.05 - ZINE PROM @ Marz Taproom • 06.08 - PERFECT PRIDE PARTY @ Color Club • 06.11 - MASQUERADE @ Empty Bottle • 06.12 - CUSTOMER APPRECIATION PARTY @ Sidetrack • 06.14 - NOCTURNA @ Metro

This Saturday June 7th: Planting Seeds: Indigenous Zine Fest 2025 at the Newberry Library in Chicago! Our friends at ZINEMercado are co-sponsoring this exciting event—come out to support Indigenous artists! #zines

After eight years, we're restarting our newsletter, so we're not so reliant on social media to share info. Want to keep up to date with all the CZF news? Subscribe to our monthly-ish email! czf.beehiiv.com/p/zine-prom #CZF2025 #ChicagoZineFest

After eight years, we're restarting our newsletter, so we're not so reliant on social media to share info. Want to keep up to date with all the CZF news? Subscribe to our monthly-ish email! czf.beehiiv.com/p/zine-prom #CZF2025 #ChicagoZineFest