From BAMF

Celebrating independent publishing in southern Indiana and beyond

BAMF will take place December 7, 2024, 12:00 – 5:00 at Harmony School, 909 E Second St.

Established in 2017, Bloomington Zinefest (now called BAMF) is an annual series of events celebrating self-publishing culture in Indiana and beyond by providing space for writers, artists, radicals, and other exhibitors to sell and trade their zines.

Masks will be required and the venue is wheelchair accessible.

The event is a benefit for Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross.

Safer Spaces Guidelines

Don’t be a jerk.

BAMF organizers aim to provide an inclusive environment for participants regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender, ability, or religion. We asked exhibitors and attendees to keep the space free of oppressive and harassing behavior, actions, and language, and to be mindful of respecting each other’s boundaries.

*Photography – We asked folks to please refrain from photographing individuals who are attending, or exhibitors and their creations, without their consent.

Also... BAMF Benefit show Friday Nov. 15th!

The Rot Spot and us put together a show as a benefit for BAMF. Come see Bleeder, GOGOGO, Hey Calypso, and Inward Heal play some wild songs and pick up some stuff we’ll have at the show. 100% of the money goes to funding BAMF and whatever’s left over will go to Bloomington ABC. Friday November 15th, Doors 7:30, show at 8:pm. $5 All Ages! Rot Spot is SOBER SPACE. Park in the Eigenmann parking lot. It’s free on weekends!

Who’s Tabling 2024

A list of who will be featured at this years BAMF!

We are updating this list as the featured folks are confirming. (update 11/10/24)

2Mutch Distro
A radical zine distro covering prison abolition, anarchist theory, Palestinian liberation, gender, sexuality, race, community organizing, as well as other leftist topics.

Agatha Thrash
Old school cut-n-past zines from Bloomington. Agatha has been writing the embarrassingly vulnerable perzine Clumsy since 2011, which is mostly about being very sad. They’ve also written a handful of one-off minis and series of vegan baking zines.

Anne Draws Comix
Anne (they/them) is a queer comics and fiber artist living in Detroit. Their art focuses on gender, place, and reclaiming craft as art. They have been making zines since their time at Oberlin College, where their honors thesis was a zine of short comics about gender and identity. Anne has been featured on panels about queer representation in comics (A2CAF 2023) and autobiographical comics (CXC 2022). They are the co-founder and current editor of the queer erotica anthology SQUiRT (fifth issue released April 2024). Anne’s latest zine, which has been described as “liberal arts for fun,” explores the discourse around being a girl’s girl through a close reading of the television show “Love is Blind.”
@annedrawscomics

Bibliobtown
A friendly neighborhood punk librarian self-publishes hyperfixations fueled by righteous anger, chutzpah, and photosynthesis.
@bibliobtown

A Boulder on the Tracks
Sliding scale books, pamphlets, etc.
aboulder.com

Close-Knit Press
How-to zines on making, mending, getting through, and getting by.

C M Wode
Exacerbating the anarchic chasm in favor of adventurous lifestyles.

The Crappy World Worldwide Loiterer’s Almanac Family Conglomerate
The Crappy World Worldwide Loiterer’s Almanac Family Conglomerate is an intergenerational team of zine freaks dedicated to their copy machine. By wingnuts for wingnuts.

Critters United
A joint project between two creatures who have a passion for creating art and sharing it with the community. They make zines based in illustration, collage, poetry, and differing mixed medias. Their topics range from silly stories about space snails, all the way to detailing strange historical events.
@critters.united

David Yoder
David is a cartoonist who does a zine about his podcast Supermansplaining, Where he reads a month of Superman comics at a time and describe them. He also will have a short comic in Mesozine issue #3.
bsky.app/profile/awesomeyoder.bsky.social

Dog School
Future psychologist, animal lover, and theory enjoyer. My work focuses on subjectivity and self-understanding in a postmodern world.

Goth Cowboy Zines
Queer zines for goths, cowboys, weirdos, & cryptids.
@goth_cowboy_zines

Impossible Press
Maker of zines, books, blank journals out of handmade paper, and prints, alongside other printed goodies like patches and buttons. The things they make for IP typically live outside their “fine art” practice yet remain in a space where they converse with one another. Their zines are often stream-of-conscious collections of photographs and writings that they create or collect on an almost daily basis. This practice is an outlet for art that would not be deemed valid or valuable by the institution I am employed by as an art educator and they hope it speaks with others in similar situations. They exclusively use a name-your-own-price scale at public events to both make their work accessible while also making the viewer determine how much they value their labor.
Impossiblepress.net @impossiblepress

Jenn Chavez
Jen Chavez is a Chicago based illustrator and comic artist. Her comics and zines primarily explore the vulnerabilities that come with opening up about various aspects of mental illness. She also has completely unrelated zines/comics that cover a range of topics from Pompeii, being raised religious, the sun and moon, to the black plague. Jen also make a lot of fan work when it comes to her stickers, keychains, and prints!
jenillustration.com/

Jone Greaves
Jone uses zines as a vehicle to explore different writing styles, absurdist themes, and surreal imagery. Premises range from an instructional manual for an ethically questionable children’s toy (Prism Person) to a personal journal recording the transformation into a crab (Intent to Carcinize). My original approach was to subvert existing paper formats (takeout menus, instruction manuals, catalogs, etc) to be strange yet still recognizable, as if pulled from some other reality. My need to include a narrative thread throughout a zine grew stronger over time, and the project has evolved into a format rife with micro fiction. Jonegreaves.com

Kaija Monson
Zines, zines and more zines! Kaijah Monson is a hobbyist and zinester based in Carmel, IN.
kaijahm.art

Maple Playschool
A play and nature-based early learning community.
mapleplayschool.org
@mapleplayschool

Meg Humphrey/DigiMegg
Meg Humphrey is a fat, queer, half-Filipino multimedia artist and body liberation focused movement coach. Her art focuses on celebrating fat bodies, weird ideas, and sincere storytelling – which is why she has found a home in making zines. She creates with passion whether it be original work, fan art, or playing her homebrewed TTRPG characters.
@DigiMegg

Michael Mclean
Michael McLean is a stay-at-home dad who spends his free time creating comics. He has been self-publishing them since his discovery of the art form. Michael is currently training his 9-year-old to take over comics production so that he can retire to the basement and take a much-needed nap. He resides with his wife and three children in Mishawaka, Indiana.
minidovecomics.wordpress.com @minidovecomics

Mild Pain
Abby Kacen (aka Mild Pain) is a cartoonist and zinester from Athens, GA now living in Cincinnati making introspective autobio zines and fictional comics about music, growth, and change.
www.mildpain.art @mild_pain

No Dice Books
No Dice is a comics and art book publisher based out of Bloomington Indiana, run by comics creator Chris Resnick and artist Baylee Pruitt. Along with their back catalog, they will be debuting 2 new books at BAMF this year!
nodicebooks.com

Nutellabit
I’m a queer artist who sometimes also likes to write. I volunteer as a youth leader and educator at Kaleidoscope Youth Community, and I really like pasta.
msha.ke/nutellabit
@nutellabit

Paracosm Press
Paracosm Press publishes zines about religion, esoterica, radical politics, and personal reflection, all from a secular and open-minded perspective.

PERF
PERF is a zine created by the Black Film Center & Archive, the only repository in the world solely dedicated to films made by and about Black people. Each issue features a special theme, materials from our collection, guides for filmmakers, and film recommendations. Contact us at bfca@iu.edu for more information!
bfca.indiana.edu/

Realicide
Cincinnati based small Anarchist record label. Vinyl, tapes, CD, zines, patches, and a whole lot of stickers.
@realicide

Ren S.K. Studio
Ren is an independent artist and designer. Themes in their work include reverence for nature, the fragile ecosystems of the rust belt and total liberation activism. After launching their studio, they fell back in love with self-publishing and printmaking that have culminated into their zine series, Non-Human Neighbors and A More-Than Human Society, and their one-off covid-19 art and poetry zine, Pandemonium. All three are limited run risograph prints. @renskstudio

Rick V.
Cartoonist, writer, anti-capitalist and funny guy. Will be hocking comic strips, a benefit zine about the Game Boy, information about Ernest P. Worrell, Razorcake Magazine, and other punk things.
itsmerickv.com

Sasha Weiss
Goth poetry, zines, comics and tarot decks about disability justice, embodiment, gender and fighting fascism.
alexandrakatherineweiss.wordpress.com/

Sequential Artists Workshop
Kayte Young is cartoonist at Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW), a non-profit online school for comics and graphic novels. SAW has comics from creators around the world, and offers courses, classes, events as well as free online workshops and many other resources for cartoonists.
sequentialartistsworkshop.org/
learn.sawcomics.org/pages/sample-comics

Shiner Comics
John G is a Cleveland based illustrator that makes comics at the intersection of heartfelt autobio with Tales to Demystify and vivid post-apocalyptic adventures in SHEE and The Valley of Wonder. @shinercomics

Sly Badges Infoshop
Sly Badges is a roving Infoshop based in Indianapolis. Our goal is to help spread abolitionist and revolutionary ideas in the heart of a backwards, reactionary state.
@slybadges

Soap Box
Travel punk zine. Traveling, personal, photography, political, punk…and more!

Studio Shift
Studio Shift strives for a world where community voices are amplified and sustained through the power of making art. We aim to provide affordable and approachable access to artistic creation and printmaking techniques in promoting personal well-being, activating civic engagement, and inspiring change. Repping Studio Shift at BAMF is Sarah Glaser (@lionbyrd), who will be showcasing some of Coastal Virginia’s zinesters, self-published and printed in risograph.

Whatever
“Whatever” is a passion work by Joe Dillon, a freelance artist living in Southern Indiana.
linktr.ee/joedillonartist @joe_dillon_artist

Comments

EmmaAintDead Sun, 11/17/2024 - 20:33

As the only self-described anarchist vendor listed for this radical leftist event, I will be keeping Realicide in my prayers. Best of luck.

In the spirit of celebrating the anarchist element that will be present, I encourage everyone checks out the Realicide catalog on bandcamp. Some decent stuff in there for harder tastes, including CIDE#127 which will be a treat for all the rivetheads out there looking for a time capsule to transport you back to the Wax Trax! And Metropolis days. Also, "DIE FOR GABBER!" goes insanely fucking hard.

With that out of the way, let's have the mandatory masking conversation for the 10th time this month!

anon (not verified) Mon, 11/18/2024 - 08:26

In reply to by EmmaAintDead

the only reason the conversation keeps happening is because so-called anarchists demand conformity, by the way, they forgot sheep on their flyer.

minona (not verified) Wed, 11/20/2024 - 09:02

In reply to by EmmaAintDead

A Boulder On The Tracks is anarchist and good people (plus they carry a lot of great material). I believe Paracosm is also anarchist but don't have any direct experience with them. So there'll be some anarchist company at least.

Now time to revisit Realicide's catalogue...

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