Keyholes & Cages at Twin Cities Zine Fest

Twin Cities Zine Fest is this Saturday. I have just finished a collaborative zine with works from local artists; Erica Williams, Benjamin Flint, Joel Starkey, Heather Garcia, Jessica Hansen, Emily Chesley, and William Hessian (me). The zine entitled "keyholes & cages" will be available for the first time at the zine fest at Powderhorn Park.

The zine is a collection of submissions based on the theme; keyholes and cages. The submissions included drawings, paintings, poetry, photography and collage. Special thanks to artist Erica Williams who is putting the zine on her table at the festival.

A big thanks to all of the artists who submitted work.

At the zine fest I will also be selling my own surreal zine called cat hole.

If you are interested in owning a copy of the 'keyholes & cages' zine, please contact me at: william.hessian at gmail.com

Cat Hole

Cat Hole is a surreal zine (miniature comic book) about a cat a hole and a muffin tree.

WARNING: there is animal nudity and sexual themes in this zine.

Limited edition to only 49. Cat Hole has been available to purchase starting on August 11th. Get yours while they last.

the throne - portland zine (version 1.0)

The Throne: People I Like

In Portland Maine, during the 5 months I lived there, I consistently kept running into amazing people. One impressive person, led me to another, to another. I either wanted to learn from them, had crushes on them, wanted to collaborate with them, or just learn more about them. I had just moved to the Copy Center at Staples and was spending my days playing with these amazing creatures called copy machines....and thinking of my new friends. It was clear that it was time for a zine. The next day I was asking to take portraits of people, in hopes that they would create a self
portrait page of themselves for the zine. I called it 'The Throne: people i like'

The Idea
Each participant gets a page of the zine with their picture on it, they get to complete the page however they want, writing, drawing, painting, collage. Once it is returned to me, I include it in the newest version of the zine.

Versions
The first version contained 8 pages. When another 8 friends turn in their pages, then a new updated version will be released. Each version would be bigger than the last. The only tricky thing is getting people to complete their submissions.

Check out version 1: