Schedule

Paper Plains Zine Fest #3 is a two-day celebration, exploration, and exhibition of zines and zine culture across Lawrence, Kansas, over Labor Day weekend 2024.

Info Booth + Merch Table & Hospitality Hub

9 am - 3 pm
ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. 

The ECM Community Justice Center serves as the third annual Paper Plains Zine Fest’s Day 1 Hospitality Hub and the location of our Info Booth + Merch Table, where you can learn more about the fest and purchase some awesome Jammy swag. Open to festival-goers from 9 am - 3 pm, the ECM provides a place to rest or socialize between or during the day’s programs. Offering complimentary breakfast, coffee, water, and a free Veggie Lunch (11:45 am - 1 pm), the ECM welcomes PPZF attendees to share their space, which houses the Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library’s zine collection. 

Camp Zine

10 am – 11:45 am & 1 pm - 2:15 pm
KU Memorial Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.
Malott Room

REGISTRATION REQUIRED / Limit: 15 participants

Join Zach Frazier for Camp Zine, a three hour workshop that walks participants through the process of creating a mini zine including — forms of mini zines and how to make them, xerography and LaserJet printing; content curation and reappropriation via collage; and small- and large-group collaboration.

Through exposure to and practice of all things zine, each participant will create their own ready made mini zine from supplies and printing methods made available to them through Camp Zine. Participants will receive 12 copies of their mini zines via Astringent Press in the days following Camp Zine.

This program has a lunch break scheduled from 11:45 am – 1pm. We hope that participants will join us for our free Veggie Lunch at ECM.

Zach Frazier (they/them & he/him) is an art director/educator whose research × creative practice exists in order to promote and celebrate historically minoritized narratives. They are the founder and publisher of Astringent Press, an independent qBpoc press that seeks to publish and distribute visual and/or literary narratives which would otherwise go unheard or unseen. Zach also serves as the Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

Risograph Workshop

10 am - 11:30 am
Chalmers Hall 203C, 1467 Jayhawk Blvd.
Colorbar RISOLAB

REGISTRATION REQUIRED / Limit: 15 participants

Join Monty Protest in the Colorbar RISOLAB for a mini zine workshop and Risograph printing demonstration. Risograph, sometimes described as “digital screen printing,” is a process combining the ink-on-paper appearance of traditional screen printing with the speed and cost efficiency of photocopier printing. Risograph, known for its vivid colors and tactile texture, works by transforming black-and-white artwork into a stencil. In this workshop, participants will learn how to fold and cut a tiny 8-page zine using a single 8.5 x 11” piece of paper, engage in a black-and-white collage process, and print their zine in vibrant color on the RISO. No prior zine making or Risograph experience necessary.

Monty Protest (he/him & she/her) is a member of Lawrence’s punk zine scene as well as a Zine Fellow with the Emily Taylor Center at KU and a co-organizer of Paper Plains Zine Fest. Monty operates “Full Monty Press,” a zine distro promoting art as a form of activism and community.

On Publishing

10 am - 11 am
KU Memorial Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.
English Room

Join Jessie Duke, owner of Bread & Roses Press, and Emily Rems, former Editor-in-Chief of BUST Magazine, for a discussion.

Jessie Duke (she/her) is the owner of Bread & Roses Press, a publishing house and small press distributor based in Lawrence, Kansas. Starting out in independent publishing as a founder and managing editor of an alternative weekly newspaper in her hometown of San Diego, Jessie has worked as an editor, writer, and publisher for over 20 years. In 2016, Jessie was awarded the Innovative Leader Scholarship in Book Publishing by the Yale Publishing Course.

Emily Rems (she/her) is a feminist writer and editor who recently moved from New York City to Lawrence, Kansas, for love. She was a 2021 New York State Council for the Arts fellow in fiction and is best known as the former Editor-in-Chief of the legendary feminist pop culture magazine BUST. Outside of BUST, her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Cassette from my Ex and Zinester’s Guide to NYC, among many others. She is currently a freelance writer and editor for hire, is working on a novel and a screenplay, and is an eldergoth shopgrrrl at Mass Street’s coolest store—1313 Mockingbird Lane.

Veggie Lunch

11:45 am - 1 pm
ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.

Join us for a special edition of a 38-year ECM tradition — Veggie Lunch!

Veggie Lunch is a free vegan meal typically held at ECM every Thursday. It is open to all and donation based. Veggie Lunch often features local and fresh produce from our community and is always prepared by volunteers.

Zine Release & Reception: Imagine Peace

1:15 pm - 2 pm
Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St.
Flex Space & Brosseau Learning Center

Join us for the release of Imagine Peace, a collaborative Risograph-printed zine project sponsored by the Emily Taylor Center and the KU Department of Design’s Colorbar RISOLAB.

This zine is inspired by feminists bell hooks and Yoko Ono, who call on us to imagine peace in a world beset by war rooted in domination, imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, and patriarchy.

Attend to receive a free copy of the zine, while supplies last, and socialize with Imagine Peace contributors at this dessert reception.

This event also features an installation of artwork in the Brosseau exploring the themes of war and peace from the Spencer Museum of Art’s collection, curated by Kate Meyer.

Film Screening & Conversation: Moxie!

2021 | PG-13 | 1h 51m

2:30 pm - 5 pm
10th & Mass Studios, 1000 Massachusetts St.
Suite D

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.

Join us for a screening of Moxie followed by an analytical conversation with Imani Wadud and Megan Williams.

Imani Wadud (she/her) is a Black feminist educator, artist-researcher-practitioner, and curator of public practice. She is a member of the #CiteBlackWomen Collective and her current focus on Black Life responds to a long-standing invocation from Black feminists past. Imani is a PhD candidate in American Studies at KU, and her research attends to and complicates assumptions, desires, and the effects of living in the afterlife of working together.

Megan Williams (she/her) earned her PhD in American Studies from the University of Kansas. She has published scholarly articles and taught college courses exploring representations of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability in film. As the Assistant Director of the Emily Taylor Center, Meg encourages zine making as a way of practicing feminism and creating community. She is a founder and organizer of Paper Plains Zine Fest.

PPZF Jams Out!

6 pm - 9 pm
Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont St.

A celebration and exploration of the relationship between zines and local music scenes, including a panel discussion, mini market, and live concert.

Panel: Zines & Local Music Scenes

6 pm - 7 pm
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Auditorium

This panel, moderated by Iain Ellis, features zinesters Abby Bayani-Heitzman (“Played Out,” Topeka), Bones (“Oi! Bones!,” Wichita), and Maura Dayton (“Bauhaus Stills,” Lawrence). Panelists will share some of their representative work before discussing the relationship between — and their personal experiences with — DIY publishing and local music communities.

Abby Bayani-Heitzman (she/her/siya) is a Topeka-based writer born and raised in Northeast Kansas. She earned her MA in English from Wichita State University and currently works as a news writer and grant writer for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She enjoys writing about local arts and culture in her free time and has published the zine series "Played Out" since 2021.

Bones (any pronouns) is the lead writer and editor of "Oi! Bones!", a monthly, DIY, punk zine in Wichita. Their writing focuses on local music in the Wichita underground music scene, punk rock culture, queerness, and the intersections that follow. 

Maura Dayton (they/them) is a Lawrence-based photographer who specializes in concert photography. They are currently studying photography at the University of Kansas and are set to graduate with a BFA in Design with concentration in Photography and minor in Art History in May 2025. They have contributed much of their work to The Pitch magazine, focusing on covering DIY shows in Lawrence. They have photographed a wide range of bands and artists including the Pixies, Weezer, Modest Mouse, Tech N9ne, Fit for a King, Kublai Khan TX, and various local bands within the Lawrence and Kansas City area. Outside of photography, Maura is a zine-maker, known for their zine “The Bauhaus Stills” and plays guitar for Lawrence-based fem-punk band Cat F!ght.

Iain Ellis (he/him) is a Senior Lecturer in KU’s English Department. He earned his PhD in American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University, writing his dissertation on US punk culture in the 1980s. Since, he has written and published extensively about rock music, particularly its subversive humorists. Most recently, he is the author of Punk Beyond the Music: Tracing Mutations and Manifestations of the Punk Virus, released earlier this month. In his current English classes, Iain teaches a section on zines in which students study varieties of rock journalism before perusing the rock zine collection in the Spencer Library. They then are assigned the task of writing and constructing their own.

Music Scene Zine & Merch Mini Market

7 pm - 9 pm
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Lobby

A mini market featuring Alva Dean & The Cosmic Water Closet, Amplify Lawrence, The Bauhaus Stills & Cat F!ght, Caitlyn Grace, KJHK, Oi! Bones!, Played Out, and Emily Taylor Center’s Femme Frequencies.

While some tablers will have free items to give away, we encourage attendees to bring spending cash to purchase zines and merch from the zinesters and musicians at our mini market.

Zines and merch are typically priced in the range of $1 - $20. Many tablers will also be prepared to accept payment by credit card and apps like Venmo.

Paper Plains Zine Fest Jams Out!

7:30 pm - 9 pm
Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
Auditorium

Let’s get loud in the library with live music performed by local zinester-musicians!

Cat F!ght

Fem-punk bank based in LFK!

Cat F!ght is Ali Madden (lead vocals), Clare Hawkins (bass), Lisa Hild (drums), and Maura Dayton (guitar).

Maura Dayton is also a zine maker, known for their zine “The Bauhaus Stills.”

Caitlyn Grace

Caitlyn Grace is a KCMO-based solo musician, artist, and zine maker. She writes and performs original alternative pop songs about girlhood and religion. Caitlyn’s single “Faith Full” came out in March 2024. At present, she is working on five-song EP and accompanying zine, which she plans to release later this year.

Listen to Caitlyn Grace on YouTube.

Alva Dean

Alva Dean is the solo project of Ian Cook.

Ian is an amalgamation of many things – different races, Swedish/German patronage, Chinese-Indonesian matronage, raised internationally. An in-between, a hybrid being, flowing, swimming, a life in and out of water, amphibious. He is a collection of multitudes, many selves, many-masks, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, sleeplessness, and dreams that don’t end. He receives waves, whispers, and frequencies from beyond and translates them into Art, Music, and Poetry.

Ian Cook is the creator of “The Cosmic Water Closet,” an ongoing zine project, and the author of Vishuddha, a collection of poetry that deals with communication, what it is, and how the individual does it: by speaking, singing, screaming, writing, drawing, expressing, playing, by communing with All. He has had work featured in online and print journals such as Snarl Journal, KU’s Kiosk Magazine, Avatar Review, and others.

Ian lives, writes, draws, sings, and plays in Lawrence, Kansas, with his partner Maddie, pups Mildred, and Cordelia, and rats Remy, and Grandpa.

Listen to Alva Dean on Spotify.