Lansing Independent Comics &amp; Zine Fest

5 Mar

LICZ! is BACK! 💥 The Lansing Independent Comics and Zine Fest is a FREE-TO-ATTEND one-day celebration of all kinds of printed matter--hosting over 50+ self-published creators with paper, staplers, and moxie!

@computerbugstudios.bsky.social

19 Apr

Thank you so much @elephanteater.bsky.social !! 😭

Ryan Claytor @elephanteater.bsky.social

I've been self-publishing my work for over twenty years, exhibited at over 100 conventions, directed a comics event for over a decade-and-a-half, and I've got a new favorite event. Jimmy @ultramega.studio thank you for doing what I didn't think was possible with @liczfest.com ! I'm blown away!

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⭑Jay⭑

Hanging out at @liczfest.com today until 4:30! Come say hi if you're in the area!

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Alex Hoffman (he/him)

@sequential.li

I got all the new @diskettepress.com books at @liczfest.com because I have excellent taste

LICZ! IS TODAY! ✨ Come by Grewal Hall from 11:00am - 4:30pm for the coolest comics and zine fest in town! Later in the day, enjoy some zine-making and an open mic night over at A Novel Concept and Dear Ollie! Use this map to navigate around the fest! Meet some creators, grab a drink, and enjoy!

Thanks for being a part of LICZ! :)

SCHEDULE CHANGE: LICZ! will now end 30 minutes earlier at 4:30pm! Unfortunately, our venue has accidentally double-booked the space toward the end of our fest. Sometimes things like this happen. To try to keep things running smoothly, we've agreed to close doors to the public just a bit early.

@smallsmallwitch.bsky.social

Don't forget! We've still got some additional programming at A Novel Concept and Dear Ollie that will remain as scheduled! So pick up your comic and zines a little earlier, then hang out with a couple of our favorite Lansing friends right after.

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Smallsmallwitch

17 Apr

Hi I have a new mini comic debuting this weekend at @liczfest.com !! If you like monster girls and bags this is for you

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Lansing Facts

@lansingmifacts.com

this and @liczfest.com is going on good weekend for looking at paper

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17 Apr

LICZ! is tomorrow! 🙀 We're getting all the last-minute details squared away. It's so exciting!! Keep an eye out tomorrow morning for our table map!

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Alex Hoffman (he/him)

@sequential.li

17 Apr

And while @danielelkin.bsky.social is selling Comics to Poets, I'll be selling Comics to Zinesters this Saturday in Lansing MI at @liczfest.com - the same great flavors almost a whole continent apart!

Fieldmouse Press @ PCX@fieldmouse.press

Poetry Comics? Comics Poetry? We will be back at the Sierra Poetry Festival this Saturday, the 18th, slinging books in the midst of all sorts of beautiful words and people. Come and join us, buy some books, bring some snacks, celebrate art!

Here's the rest of 'em--our final slate of exhibitors‼️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Secret Cinema Magazine 📚 Secret Cinema is an independent, self-published magazine celebrating overlooked, underappreciated, and unforgettable films. Each issue pairs thoughtful writing with striking visuals and a deep love for cinema.

📚 The Jousting Jester 📚 The Jousting Jester is an independent writer and illustrator who companies these two mediums in their zines to bring their short stories to life.

Here's the rest of 'em--our final slate of exhibitors‼️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Smallsmallwitch 📚 Smallsmallwitch is a nonbinary artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their work ranges from fantasy romance to instructional, and they are really into goblins and tomatoes.

📚 THE MOP THEORY HQ 📚 "THE MOP THEORY HQ is an imprint operated by Mop Theory Books, an independent publisher in Lansing, MI. THE MOP THEORY HQ is focused on publishing fiction comics and zines with a common byline of conspiracy fiction, new weird and horror."

Here's the rest of 'em--our final slate of exhibitors‼️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Tony DiPasquale 📚 Tony DiPasquale is a cartoonist from central Illinois. He's been drawing wordless comics about a little yellow guy named Nugget for five years now, and hopes to for another five hundred.

📚 Soliloquey 📚 I'm Soliloquey, a writer passionate about spreading love and joy on Beyoncé’s internet. I create Zines that explore the history of International Black and African Revolutionaries, focusing on the often-overlooked contributions of women.

Wow! Could we have made a graphic any busier?! Guess what. We're not ONLY going to have 50+ exhibitors in Grewal Hall this Saturday... We're also going to have some events at A Novel Concept and Dear Ollie too!

📚CLEF OPEN MIC NIGHT (6:30pm - 8:00pm): Join Capital Letters Eclectic Fiction (CLEF) for an open mic night! Sign up in advance at the 🔗 in A Novel Concept's Instagram bio, or cross your fingers that there's still space! Open to all genres, styles, and levels of experience! Slots are 5 minutes long.

Both events take place at 222 S Washington Square, right next to our main venue! It's basically a block party! Hope to see you there! ✨

📚DROP-IN ZINEMAKING (3:00pm - 5:00pm): Make a community zine or a zine of your own with Birdbrain Workshops! No experience or supplies required. Drop in at any time to get making!

New LICZ! shirts! (▰˘◡˘▰) We made ~40 or so shirts for volunteers and attendees who wanna snag one. $20 each at the LICZ! welcome table this Saturday! Once they're gone... they're gone!

@phnxprodscomics.bsky.social

14 Apr

LICZ! '26 is sponsored in part by @cartoonstudies.bsky.social, sending us support all the way from Vermont! It feels really special to have a name like CCS attached to this fest. Thank you so much for helping to keep this fest running, and let's get more comics made!

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Phoenix Productions

Excited to get back to my old stomping grounds this weekend!

Lansing Independent Comics & Zine Fest@liczfest.com

Even more indie creators on their way to Lansing! 😎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Even more indie creators on their way to Lansing! 😎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Ransom McCarthy 📚 Ransom McCarthy is a cartoonist, painter, and educator based in Flint, Michigan. When he's not in the studio working on comics or painting, he's probably doodling in a cafe or buying WAY too many comics.

📚 Ruby Carter 📚 Ruby Carter is a Chicago-based cartoonist. She is the author of self-published series “BOGUE,” as well as her debut book “bird comic.”

Even more indie creators on their way to Lansing! 😎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Pat ApPaul 📚 Pat ApPaul make phots and zines about the world around him, from Palestine ocupation to drag shows in Michigan. ApPauls zines range from the traditional libary printed and hand stapled, to larger news print print productions.

📚 @phnxprodscomics.bsky.social 📚 Phoenix Productions is a one-man publishing house combining anthology comics, hero comics, zines and reissues from some of the best cartoonists of the 1980s small press revolution.

Even more indie creators on their way to Lansing! 😎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Rebel PYNK/Fluff Punk 📚 Rebel PYNK is an independently ran zine publisher and distro residing in Detroit, MI. Operating under the Fluff Punk brand, Rebel PYNK is owned and ran by Chyna Jones. Rebel PYNK specializes typically in art zines.

📚 Oneeyedsuperkid 📚 Nadia, 25, lover if nature and cats, creator of The Shadow Banshee, the Dreamwalker, Bunny girl and more comics and zines! She hand draws her comics and prints them at a local print shop in NW Indiana then self publishes and sells them in the Chicago area.

Even more indie creators on their way to Lansing! 😎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 @elephanteater.bsky.social 📚 Ryan Claytor is the Coordinator of the Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor and Associate Professor at Michigan State University, as well as an award-winning comics creator.

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Fieldmouse Press @ PCX

@fieldmouse.press

See you this Saturday!

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📚 @fieldmouse.press 📚 Fieldmouse Press is a nonprofit publisher of comics and literature committed to expanding the reach and appreciation of the comics arts.

Our SECOND flyer design from local artist and LICZ! exhibitor Chris Mattei! Listen, I'm gonna break out of the semi-professional voice for a second. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

If you're a fan as well.. good news! Chris will be featured front and center at LICZ! this year, and will have a number of copies for sale! These are Risograph printed locally at Ultra Mega, from the same run that you may have seen hung up around town.

Stay tuned for the alt color variant of this design, our third flyer for this year's LICZ! Okay, back to being semi-professional. Jimmy "Soup" Coyer LICZ! Organizer

Our SECOND flyer design from local artist and LICZ! exhibitor Chris Mattei! Listen, I'm gonna break out of the semi-professional voice for a second. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

I am a big fan of comics artists in general. Getting to work with an artist like Chris for a project like LICZ! feels like, I don't know, something that is totally unreal! He's going to think I'm exaggerating, but I am not. It is dreamlike for me. I tear up if I look at them for too long.

And I think that they lend a lot of legitimacy to LICZ!, which I am grateful for.

Our SECOND flyer design from local artist and LICZ! exhibitor Chris Mattei! Listen, I'm gonna break out of the semi-professional voice for a second. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

I'm in love with these things. Oh my god. I asked Chris to draw some thumbnail designs for a poster, and his sketches blew me away. We went with three designs, because I couldn't choose. And the final prints are just nuts!

Thank you to MSU Libraries for partnering with us once again! MSU libraries' Murray & Hong Special Collections holds one the largest collections of zines in the Big 10, and one of the largest collections in comics in the world!

It also served as a big inspiration for this fest--one of the main reasons we decided to create LICZ! They'll have their own table at the fest, so make sure to drop by to learn more!

ya lookin' for more comics and zines, kid? 🔎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 @neevspoilsbees.bsky.social 📚 Neve M.A. is a queer, trans, and poly cartoonist from Pittsburgh, PA. Their work ranges from campy queer smut, to matchbooks that plant seeds, to fiction about werewolves murdering fascists.

📚 Odd Nodd Art Supply 📚 Odd Nodd's mission is to encourage and supply local artists, both established and emerging, in all their creative endeavors. We value diversity, inclusion, and representation, and are committed to being a safe place for all community members.

ya lookin' for more comics and zines, kid? 🔎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 Morg Makes Stuff 📚 Morg is a freelance creative hailing from Pittsburgh, PA. She makes colorful paper goods including informational zines, prints, cards, and more from my home studio!

📚 MSU Library Zine Collection 📚 MSU Libraries' Murray & Hong Special Collections holds the largest collection of zines in the Big Ten. From punk fanzines, to queer mini-comics, Zine Librarian Joshua Barton curates to document zine community and culture and help inspire DIY creativity today.

ya lookin' for more comics and zines, kid? 🔎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

📚 MSU Graphic Novels Club 📚 MSU Graphic Novels Club is a student organization at Michigan State University made up of artists, writers, and comic enthusiasts. Each year we create an anthology showcasing student works from a wide range of genres, themes, and skill levels!

📚 magenta sweater 📚 Emily is a writer who prioritizes creating and communicating with vulnerability, exuberance, and honest exposure. Being human together is big and messy and scary, and this is why Emily writes.

ya lookin' for more comics and zines, kid? 🔎 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️