BEHIND-THE-SCENES
I was invited by my friend Olaronke Akinmowo, founder of the The Free Black Women’s Library in Brooklyn, among a few other amazing Black women artists, to participate in the CANON Zine Project. Created by the library, the CANON Zine Project is dedicated to zines inspired by Black women authors whose works have created an enduring legacy for Black readers, but who are not popularly celebrated in the halls of academia. The zines created for this project are in conversation with those texts.
For my pocket zine, I wanted to use the opportunity to realize one of my latest works — the newest issue of At This Point comic strip — in print! You can see the strip and learn more about my process at that link, or learn more about the Zine Project and my process for the creation of the zine here.
This video shows the printing, trimming and folding stage of the pocket zine creation. On the opposite side, I included a poster featuring the fourth panel of the comic strip that is displayed when the zine is fully open. I enjoy poster zines because they have utility after you’ve engaged with the text in the zine.