Long Arm Stapler

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Long Arm Stapler, a podcast about zines! This episode, I'm joined by Long Beach, CA-based zine powerhouse Bre Upton. We chatted about the importance of not gatekeeping zine making resources and knowledge, how much it would've rocked to have zines earlier on in our lives, and awkward irl zine fest interactions.  You can find more of Bre's wo...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Long Arm Stapler, a podcast about zines! This episode, I'm joined by Olympia, WA-based zine maker and general DIY enthusiast elliott giannini (they/them) of Craft or DIY. elliott and I chat about perzines, projects they're working on, and COVID safety at events. You can find more of elliott's work: Instagram - @craftordiy.art Website - http...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Long Arm Stapler! Today, I'm joined by Dulce Zines, who are a couple of trans and queer BIPOC sharing their experiences. Dulce Zines is based in the South Bay Area. It was exciting to talk to Rizzo and Hasan about the Bay Area zine scene, self-publishing, the importance of celebrating QTBIPOC rage, joy, and resilience, and reclaiming years lost to fatphobia! T...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Long Arm Stapler!! I'm excited to start recording these again and I forgot how fun it is to talk about zines with people? Anyway, in this first episode, I talk with Mo Taylor about their zines, graphic design, fanzines, and one of the best parts of the zine world - the community! Mo is a graphic designer, illustrator, zinester, and drag artist currently based...

Send us Fan Mail Hi there! I'm going to start doing biweekly roundups of zine fests/happenings/calls for submissions, here's the first one. Mentioned: LA Zine Fest https://www.lazinefest.com/ Santa Rosa Zine Fest https://www.instagram.com/santarosazinefest/ Seattle Art Book Fair http://www.seattleartbookfair.org/ Sonoma County Zine Club https://events.sonomalibrary.org/event/sonoma-co-zi...

Send us Fan Mail Logo by Miquela Davis: @ghostsb4breakfast Intro/outro: Who Likes to Party Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Send us Fan Mail Hi there! I'm back! And having a few minor sound issues! But before I get into chatting about zines with LA-based zinester Christian Valles, I talk about the new Sonoma County Zine Club. More info on them: http://sonomalibrary.org/ Christian and I talk about IRL zine fests, his zines and his extensive Latinx zine archive, and finding inspiration.  Find Christian: IG: @espacio...

Send us Fan Mail I took a break! But now I'm back with LA-based artist Tori Holder. We talk about finding inspiration, marketing yourself online, her artistic process, and virtual vs. IRL zine fests. Find Tori here: http://toriholder.com https://twitter.com/thattorih https://www.instagram.com/thattorih/ INTRO/OUTRO: Who Likes to Party by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/so...

Send us Fan Mail Howdy, fine zine folk! On this episode, I spoke with local (& bicoastal) heavy hitters, Irrelevant Press. We talked about their forthcoming poetry book release, IRL zine fests they're excited about (including the Bay Area Queer Zine Symposium!!), and words of wisdom for people looking to start their own presses, among other things. Find IP: @irrelevantpress http://www.irr...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! I'm back with Eve Harms of ZC MAG and we chat about her zines, horror writing, Discord, and mutual assistance and giving people platforms to showcase their zine making. Find Eve: IG/Twitter: @eveharmswrites Web: http://eveharms.com/zines ZC MAG: http://zcmag.xyz You can help me win a podcasting grant at the first link on my LinkTree! http://linktr.ee/lngrmstplr - it wo...

Send us Fan Mail I'm back with Sabrina Sims of Starly Art Studio. Sabrina is a Black Puerto Rican femme and chronically ill interdisciplinary artist from the Bronx. We talk about retiring zines, organizing events, the tangible magic of contributing to a zine, and her newest collaborative zine, "Space for Black Hair," published in December 2021. Find Sabrina: https://www.starlyart.st...

Send us Fan Mail Hey hey zine people! I'm back with a new episode featuring zinester Laura Chenault. Laura is an interdisciplinary artist and zine maker AND zine fest organizer! We talk about queer identity, book binding, Discord as a community-building tool, and print quality. Find Laura: https://laurachenault.com/ https://laureltreebindery.com/ Long Arm Stapler: http://linktr.ee/lngrmstplr...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! I'm back and chatting with Eli Shroom of The World Beyond Our Station, a charity transmasc sci-fi zine. We talk about Eli's upcoming zine anthology, queer role models and representation, and needing to pivot when something is no longer serving you. The World Beyond Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldBeyondZine The World Beyond Tumblr: https://worldbeyondzine.tumblr...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! Pleased to announce season 3 of Long Arm Stapler, a podcast about zines. If you'd like to get in touch with me about reviewing your zine OR being on the podcast, please shoot me an email ( longarmstapler@gmail.com ) or visit my website ( http://longarmstapler.com ). Looking forward to sharing more with y'all soon! Intro/outro music: Who Likes to Party by Kevin Mac...

Send us Fan Mail Howdy! This episode, I spoke with Tucson-based zinester Yolie Contreras (Instagram: @yolie4u). We talked about collaborative zines, how her zine work has translated into a career as a non-profit organizer, the upcoming Tucson Zine Fest, karaoke, and more! Link to Yolie's article: https:// communitycentricfundraising. org/2021/04/02/its-pronounced- zeen-how-the-world-of-zines-...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! Today I'm joined by Chicago-based artist Whitney Romberg. We spoke about her creative process, in-person zine fests and why we miss those experiences, and her podcast, Building Communi-Tea. We discuss the different zine scenes in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Hopefully once the world is back open, we'll be able to have in-person community events a...

Send us Fan Mail Hi! This episode, I am joined by zine librarian extraordinaire Ziba Z, who is also a zine maker and zine fest organizer based in Southern California. We talk about international zines, Long Beach Zine Fest, and what we're looking forward to post-pandemic. Links:  lapl.org/zines  zine library of LAPL #LAPLZINES #LAPLZINELIBRARY mixcloud.com/DjZibaZ instagram.com/ZebraRadarZine...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back! For this episode, I talked to Stephanie and Janene of Girls, on Film, which is a zine about 80s movies. We talk about the weather for a bit, then launch into talking about their history of zine making, making an online zine, their process, and more! We also discuss virtual zine fests and how they differ from in person (though we all miss in person fests the most, I t...

Send us Fan Mail For the first episode of Season 2, I am joined by SoCal artist Miquela Davis. We talk about her upcoming show CRUSHES, making art fun under capitalism, and stuff she's been working on lately.  Links mentioned during the podcast: Miquela's instagram: @ghostsb4breakfast CRUSHES Submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EG9W1rCu3dB6uxKQjNF_s_7B1yWa_hlnmOKGxAyyRh8/ed...

Send us Fan Mail HOWDY and welcome to the 8th episode of Long Arm Stapler, a podcast about zines!   (please excuse the background noise; some folks were using a power drill in the adjacent studio! tried my best 😊 )   This episode, I am joined by Andi Lake (featured in episode 7), and L. Herrada-Rios, a photographer/zine maker/fest organizer/all around great person. Andi and I hosted a zine-themed...

Send us Fan Mail content warning: sex toys Welcome to the very first episode of Long Arm Stapler in 2019! I'm joined by Bay Area poet and zine maker And! Lake. She talks about her upcoming projects, including sexual poems and dildo imagery.  And! shares her creative process and favorite zine, and reads from her zine Swimming . Find And! on IG @andi_lake. We talk about the zine series Radical...

Send us Fan Mail CW: drugs & addiction Hello! I'm back! This episode features my friend Robbie of Versatile Vindication, who helped organize this year's Bay Area Queer Zine Fest. We talk queer zines, addiction, how to advertise without Facebook, Bay Area zine culture, and how we got into zines. Thanks for listening!! You can find Robbie: IG @ratchet_robbie Bone Machine Press: http://...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 5 of Long Arm Stapler with the INIMITABLE Poliana Irizarry, zine fest organizer and zine librarian extraordinaire. We talked about zine fest organizing, DIY, Fanime, and zine libraries. Poliana can be found @poliananana & @sbDIYzc Cheers From the Wasteland:  https://www.cheersfromthewasteland.com/ @baqzf intro&outro: dntel - feels like fuzz in my head Logo by Mique...

Send us Fan Mail greetings! i come bearing a fresh new episode of long arm stapler. this time around, i interviewed the folks from ABO comix, who put together a queer prisoner comix anthology! we talked about their project, as well as a cool dance party fundraiser they're throwing on march 24. links: https://www.facebook.com/events/154710565240646/  FB event for the queer prison-haters ball h...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 3 of Long Arm Stapler! I spoke with Queer Anxiety Babiez Distro co-conspirator Ali Giordani; topics range from zines and memes to fan fiction and work pants. We also discussed Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, which Ali is helping organize this year. Check out Queer Anxiety Babiez Distro: Twitter: http://twitter.com/queeranxietybbz IG: http://instagram.com/queeranxietybabiez FB: h...