On Sunday, myself (Claire ABoF) and a a few good friends headed to the London Zine Symposium. I used to write and publish a music fanzine myself back in the day but I was never really impressed with my efforts and it was bloody hard to get out there too so I really didn't know what to expect.
We entered a bustling room with an array of wonderfully creative looking fanzines (and vegan cakes!). As we meandered around the room, what struck me most about these fanzines were the number of different varieties and topics each covered. There were beautifully drawn comics, political, feminist and music zines and even zines purely based around art and photography.
I felt more and more inspired to draw and write about something again! There was a real community feel around the symposium, we even bumped into a few people there as well. It was nice chatting to all the lovely people and seeing so much creativity and positivity there was in one room. I could have wandered around a little longer but we had a tight schedule to adhere to!
Despite the rush, I did pick up some brilliant zines whilst I was there.
You should check these out and try and get yourself copies if you can. I'm really looking forward to next year's symposium - you should try and make it down too!
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