Long Arm Stapler

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Long Arm Stapler! This episode, I'm joined by Davis, CA-based Mara Gervais. We talk about their work, mix CDs, traveling for zine fests, an attempt to manifest a Davis zine fest (which, since the time of recording, has been manifested and is happening Fall 2024) and more! You can find more of Mara's work :Instagram: @_maralane https://maragervais.bigcarte...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Long Arm Stapler! This episode, I'm joined by Bay Area-based Caspian Walters, who also helps organize Bay Area Queer Zine Fest. We talk about the internet, the vulnerability of perzines, their textile compilation zine Storied Stitches, BAQZF, and what Caspian will have on their table at the upcoming Los Angeles Zine Fest (@lazinefest) on June 23rd! Find more o...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Long Arm Stapler, a podcast about zines! Today I'm joined by Skylar of Sapphic Bushtit. We talk about her work, making art and being vulnerable, neurodivergence, and another Santa Rosa Zine Fest recap. For more of Skylar's work: https://kofi.com/sapphic_bushtit https://www.instagram.com/sapphic_bushtit/ For more of my work, check out: Instagram: @lngrmstp...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Long Arm Stapler, a podcast about zines! Today I'm joined by Jordan Sea of Rain Barrel Zine. We talk about zine community, Sonoma County Zine Club, do a quick recap of the recent Santa Rosa Zine Fest, and Jordan's new zine podcast! For more of Jordan's work, check out:Instagram: @rainbarrelzine https://linktr.ee/rainbarrelzine Instagram: @socozineclu...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Long Arm Stapler! This episode, I’m joined by Bonnie and Donna of Grid Zine Fest in Salt Lake City, Utah. We chatted about the fest’s origins and history, general zine fest organizing, and how queer SLC is! If you’re in the area, make sure you check out Grid Zine Fest on May 18th. It’s my favorite out of state fest!! Find Grid online: Instagram - @gridzin...

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...