Zine Club Chicago Online: It’s Been a Year — Our Annual Zinemaking Workshop with Liz Mason 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday, December 18, 2025 Online! Free! * RSVP to zineclubchicago.com required for Zoom link *
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That is, it’s the time Liz Mason brings her annual Zine Club Chicago year in review zinemaking workshop to Zoom. For the third year in a row, join us online for this thoughtful and fun opportunity to make a time capsule that captures your own personal 2025.
Did you come to the past years of this ZCC workshop? If so, bring the zines you’ve made and see how things in your life have changed. And of course, happy to see you if you’ve never attended in the past. Grab your paper, a pen and some scissors, and we’ll show this year the door!
Please join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: It’s Been a Year —Our Annual Zinemaking Workshop with Liz Mason at 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday, December 18, 2025!
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club Chicago events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 6 p.m. CT Wednesday, December 17 (the evening before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 6 p.m. CT on Thursday, December 18.
Liz Mason, who is a founding member of Zine Club Chicago, has been self-publishing zines for almost three decades. Recent works include Caboose #15 I Was There, Awesome Things #4,Cul-de-sac #9and The Most Unwanted Zine. Her work has also been published in such publications as The Chicago Tribune, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, The Zine Yearbook, Third Coast Review and more. She managed Quimby’s Bookstore, home of wild and weird reading material in Chicago, from 2001-2025. In January 2025 she enrolled in the Master of Science in Library & Information Science program with a specialization in Archives and Records Management at Chicago State University. Catch her on 107.1 FM CHIRP Radio in Chicago, Wednesday mornings 6-9AM CT or co-hosting the podcast Rough Draft with Keidra and Liz. Find out more about Liz at lizmasonisawesome.com
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free community event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin. Anna Jo Beck is the creative force behind our visuals. Liz Mason is our indispensable co-conspirator.
Image description #1: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with a photo of zinester Liz Mason standing next to an open file cabinet drawer and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: It’s Been a Year; Our Annual Zinemaking Workshop with Liz Mason; Online! Free! Zoom info on quimbys.com; 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025”
Image description #2: A full-color photo of zinester Liz Mason inside a white cardboard booth with lettering that reads: Self-Publishing Help; Free!; The Zine Doctor is In”
If you’d like to watch a recording of our panel discussion, you can find it here: tinyurl.com/BOTP2panel
If you want to read Bodies on the Page 2 (and believe us, you do!), pop over to jamiekadas.com to snag your own copy or visit the South Side Zine Library located inside the Richard J. Daley branch.
We’re planning some fun Zine Club Chicago events to close out the year! Keep an eye on this space and Instagram for announcements about our upcoming in-person and online gatherings.
Image #1 description: A photo of Bodies on the Page 2 contributors posing around a table featuring copies of the collaborative zine.
Image #2 description: A photo of the Bodies on the Page 2 panelists and moderator talking while seated at a long table.
Image #3 description: A full-color photo featuring the cover of the zine Bodies on the Page 2 in top of a stack of zines.
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover of the amazing new collaborative zine Bodies on the Page 2, which will be released TOMORROW at our event curated by editor and publisher Jamie Kadas! We’ll be celebrating with a panel discussion and tabling featuring the zine’s contributing artists, community zinemaking for adults and kids, storytime for children, and snax!
After our event wraps, we’ll be heading down the street to Bernice’s Tavern for Maco Soto’s October Comix Reading! Everyone is invited to our informal afterparty as we keep the self-publishing party going in Bridgeport. The reading begins at 6 p.m.
Image #1 description: A full-color photo featuring the cover of the zine Bodies on the Page 2 in top of a stack of zines.
Image #2 description: A full-color flyer featuring illustrations of four commix artists and this text: “October Comix Reading featuring Maco Soto, Wren Ambrose, Darya Foroohar, and Ruby Carter, with vending by Luz Chains; Bernice’s Tavern, 3238 S Halsted, 10/18/25, 6 pm, 21+, cash only bar”
Robin Carnilius (they/them) is a Chicago-based multimedia artist and storyteller who creates pop culture media with a focus on LGBTQ+ and PoC representation and nerd culture. Follow @robincarnilius
Robin will be in conversation with fellow panelists will be in conversation with fellow panelists Clau Rocha, Katie Armentrout, and Megan Kirby, along with moderator Jamie Kadas, for a discussion about how these artists choose to express the joys and challenges of living in their bodies through their work.
Image description: A full-color flyer featuring a drawing of zinemaker Robin Carnilius, the image of a sheet of notebook paper and a No. 2 pencil, and this text: “Bodies on the Page; Presented by Zine Club Chicago; Panelist Robin Carnilius; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; 1 pm-4 pm Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025; Chicago Public Library, Bridgeport.”
Zine Club Chicago on Marz Zinemaking Hangout: The Ghosts in You Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. Logan Square/Bucktown 7 – 9 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Free!
What haunts you? In this most strange and unusual of seasons, we’re teaming up with our friends at Life on Marz Community Club to explore the spectors that keep us up at night. Y’all are invited to help create a group zine on the theme The Ghosts in You.
Please join us for Zine Club Chicago on Marz Zinemaking Hangout: The Ghosts in You, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, October 22 at Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown.Free!
Our own DJ Lizography Debt will curate a playlist of haunting tracks during this event! Liz is a zinemaker, DJ at CHIRP 107.1 FM, and a founding member of Zine Club Chicago.
We’ll provide all the zinemaking supplies and some trick-or-treat goodies, too —costumes encouraged! Just bring your creativity. Life on Marz Community Club, our favorite locally owned taproom and café space, offers awesome alcoholic, CBD, and non-alcoholic beverages from Marz Community Brewing Co. and more, plus some very fun snacks, for purchase.
Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free community event series is produced by Cynthia E(idolon) Hanifin. Anna Jo Beck is the zine fiend behind our visuals. Liz Mason is our phantasmagoric co-conspirator.
Image description: A black-and-white flyer with yellow highlights that features a background photo of a basket of plush emotional support ghosts and this text in chartreuse: “Zine Club Chicago on Marz Zinemaking Hangout: The Ghosts in You; 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, October 22; Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave.; Featuring a haunting playlist by DJ Lizography Debt; Free!; Info at zineclubchicago.com”
Megan Kirby (she/her) is a writer and illustrator who lives in Chicago. She’s published places like The Chicago Reader, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, and more. She writes a recurring zine called Coffee Spoons, and loves to make art about bodies, pop culture, and kitsch. Follow @dweebulous
Megan will be in conversation with fellow panelists Clau Rocha, Katie Armentrout, and Robin Carnilius, along with moderator Jamie Kadas, for a discussion about how these artists choose to express the joys and challenges of living in their bodies through their work.
Image description: A full-color flyer featuring a drawing of zinemaker Megan Kirby, the image of a sheet of notebook paper and a No. 2 pencil, and this text: “Bodies on the Page; Presented by Zine Club Chicago; Panelist Megan Kirby; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; 1 pm-4 pm Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025; Chicago Public Library, Bridgeport.”
Katie Armentrout (she/her) is a cartoonist, a licensed nail artist, and an ordained minister who draws from life as it hits her. You are sure to find her boppin’ around Chicago in real life, mostly never on Instagram, and in your dreams 24/7 XOXO. Follow @karmatrout
Katie will be in conversation with fellow panelists Clau Rocha, Megan Kirby, and Robin Carnilius, along with moderator Jamie Kadas, for a discussion about how these artists choose to express the joys and challenges of living in their bodies through their work.
Image description: A full-color flyer featuring a photo of zinemaker Katie Armentrout, the image of a sheet of notebook paper and a No. 2 pencil, and this text: “Bodies on the Page; Presented by Zine Club Chicago; Panelist Katie Armentrout; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; 1 pm-4 pm Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025; Chicago Public Library, Bridgeport.”
Clau Rocha (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and divinatory practitioner working as a library professional. Their hybrid research-studio practice centers on reimagining archival spaces and queer Latinx narratives through storytelling and divination, collaging together aesthetics from both academic library spaces and familial altars. They received their MA in Visual and Critical Studies from SAIC in 2022, and was a recipient of the MAVCS Fellowship award. Their work has been featured in exhibitions such as “Contigo, Diana Solis” at Co-Prosperity, “Home Not Home” at Pilsen Arts & Community House, and in independent publications such as Stanza:Nonbinary Anthology and Mujer Manifesto. Follow @frog.eyes.toad.heart
Clau will be in conversation with fellow panelists Katie Armentrout, Megan Kirby, and Robin Carnilius, along with moderator Jamie Kadas, for a discussion about how these artists choose to express the joys and challenges of living in their bodies through their work.
Image description: A full-color flyer featuring a photo of zinemaker Clau Rocha, the image of a sheet of notebook paper and a No. 2 pencil, and this text: “Bodies on the Page; Presented by Zine Club Chicago; Panelist Clau Rocha; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; 1 pm-4 pm Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025; Chicago Public Library, Bridgeport.”
We’re thrilled to welcome back longtime Zine Club Chicago collaborator Jamie Kadas as curator of our second Bodies on the Page event, editor and publisher of the Bodies on the Page zine series, and moderator of our panel discussion!
Jamie Kadas (she/her) is an artist and public high school art teacher. She has been creating indie comics for over 10 years and recently co-organized the inaugural South Side Zine Fest. Jamie’s artwork uses personal experiences to tell stories about body image, anxiety, and womanhood. Additionally, Jamie designs fat pin-ups that reimagine pop culture in a more inclusive light. These illustrations come in the form of prints, stickers, buttons, greeting cards, and even on her own handmade pottery! Follow @curvygirlcomics and jamiekadas.com
Jamie will be in conversation with panelists Clau Rocha, Katie Armentrout, Megan Kirby, and Robin Carnilius for a discussion about how these artists choose to express the joys and challenges of living in their bodies through their work.
Image description: A full-color flyer featuring a photo of zinemaker Jamie Kadas, the image of a sheet of notebook paper and a No. 2 pencil, and this text: “Bodies on the Page; Presented by Zine Club Chicago; Moderator Jamie Kadas; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; Join us for a panel & zine release event!; 1 pm-4 pm Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025; Chicago Public Library, Bridgeport.”
Bodies on the Page 2, a collaborative zine edited and published by Jamie Kadas, explores the joys and challenges of living in a human body through the diverse work of 11 contributors. Zine Club Chicago is excited to celebrate the release of BOTP2 with a free community event curated by Jamie that features many of the zine’s contributors!
Katie Armentrout (she/her) is a cartoonist, a licensed nail artist, and an ordained minister who draws from life as it hits her. You are sure to find her boppin’ around Chicago in real life, mostly never on Instagram, and in your dreams 24/7 XOXO. Follow @karmatrout
Celina Barajas (she/her) is an Animator/Illustrator living in Chicago. She studied Traditional Animation at Columbia College Chicago and has worked on over 48 animated television commercials as a clean-up animator/digital ink & painter with Calabash Animation Studio. She joined the Comic Con scene back in 2013 (C2E2, NWI CC, Chicago Zine Fest, Pocket Con, Cincinnati Comic Expo, LatinX Comix Chicago, Indiana Comic Con) and has been working on her own art and comics ever since. Her love of coffee and animals is evident in her work, which has been described as happy and playful. Her first self-published comic, “Color Me Whimsy”, which premiered at Chicago Zine Fest in 2016, is considered a reflection of her bubbly and whimsical personality. Follow @celinabarajas and artbycelinabarajas.com
Jude R Bettridge (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in comics, zines, and fiber arts — because they are a terrific show-off. Their work is the personification of a chatty-grandma-in-a-grocery store, discussing topics such as retelling nostalgic memories, experiences with the mundanity of adult life, conversations with their cat, mental health, queer identity, religious trauma, and more. Their portfolio aims to entertain, challenge, and creep out everyone, while subliminally begging the question, “is this person actually ok?” Spoiler alert: they’re probably fine. Follow @hey_jude_1118 and judebettridge.com
Robin Carnilius (they/them) is a Chicago-based multimedia artist and storyteller who creates pop culture media with a focus on LGBTQ+ and PoC representation and nerd culture. Follow @robincarnilius
C.E. Hanifin (she/her) is a zinemaker, writer, arts organizer, and social worker from the Southwest Side of Chicago. Her zines and community work explore the power of our personal stories to forge connections with others and inspire transformations of the heart and the world around us, often through the lens of her life as a Chicagoan. C.E. is the producer of Zine Club Chicago, founder of the South Side Zine Library, and co-organizer of South Side Zine Fest. Follow @zineclubchicago
Lee Honey (she/her) is your (self-proclaimed) favorite domme’s favorite bottom butch brat. When not curled up in bed, she’s at the drafting table drawing something horny or gay … most likely both. She’s a cartoonist and has been an active member of the Chicago kink/BDSM lifestyle since late 2019. Lee has published a number of written works and co-hosts a monthly erotic storytelling event alongside her friend B. She’s also the illustrator for her and B’s POC-focused kinky coloring book, available on Etsy. Follow @its_lee_honey
Jamie Kadas (she/her) is an artist and public high school art teacher. She has been creating indie comics for over 10 years and recently co-organized the inaugural South Side Zine Fest. Jamie’s artwork uses personal experiences to tell stories about body image, anxiety, and womanhood. Additionally, Jamie designs fat pin-ups that reimagine pop culture in a more inclusive light. These illustrations come in the form of prints, stickers, buttons, greeting cards, and even on her own handmade pottery! Follow @curvygirlcomics and jamiekadas.com
Megan Kirby (she/her) is a writer and illustrator who lives in Chicago. She’s published places like The Chicago Reader, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, and more. She writes a recurring zine called Coffee Spoons, and loves to make art about bodies, pop culture, and kitsch. Follow @dweebulous
Liz Mason (she/her) publishes zines with names like Caboose and Cul-de-sac. Her work has been in places like Punk Planet, The Zine Yearbook, The Chicago Tribune and the back of the toilet at her friends’ houses. She’s worked at Quimby’s Bookstore for two and a half decades and is now enrolled in a Library & Information Science Masters program at Chicago State University. Find her @caboosezine and LizMasonIsAwesome.com as well as 107.1 FM CHIRP Radio in Chicago, Wednesday mornings 6-9AM CT. Follow @caboosezine and LizMasonIsAwesome.com
Andrea Pearson (she/her) is the Chicago cartoonist behind the comic zine series No Pants Revolution. She also runs the small press comic and art zine distributor Aquatic Panda Distro. You can see some of her comics and scribbles on her Instagram. Follow @saturn2169 and Aquaticpandadistro.com
Clau Rocha (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and divinatory practitioner working as a library professional. Their hybrid research-studio practice centers on reimagining archival spaces and queer Latinx narratives through storytelling and divination, collaging together aesthetics from both academic library spaces and familial altars. They received their MA in Visual and Critical Studies from SAIC in 2022, and was a recipient of the MAVCS Fellowship award. Their work has been featured in exhibitions such as “Contigo, Diana Solis” at Co-Prosperity, “Home Not Home” at Pilsen Arts & Community House, and in independent publications such as Stanza:Nonbinary Anthology and Mujer Manifesto. Follow @frog.eyes.toad.heart
Thank you to Jamie Kadas for designing our visuals for this event!
Image description: A full-color graphic featuring photos and drawings of the 11 contributors to the new collaborative zine Bodies on the Page 2, with this text: “Meet the Authors! Join us for our Zine Release Party & Panel Discussion!; Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 from 1 p.m to 4 p.m.; Chicago Public Library, Bridgeport; Bodies on the Page; Liz Mason, Megan Kirby, Jamie Kadas, Lee Honey, Robin Carnilius, Celina Barajas, Andrea Pearson, Clau Rocha, Katie Armentrout, Jude R Bettridge, and Cynthia E. Hanifin; Find more information at zineclubchicago.com”
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