We Want the Airwaves: QPOC Artists on the Rise

118: Queer & Trans Comics & Zines


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A panel featuring four of Nia King's favorite artists: Sawyer Lovett, Joe Hatton, Vo Vo, and Cristy C. Road. Zines played a crucial role in reducing social isolation for many of us, whether we were one of the only punks of color in our scene (Nia in Boston, Joe in the Dakotas, and Vo in Sydney, Australia), or the only gay in our rural Virginia town (Sawyer). Cristy C. Road discusses growing up in Miami's predominantly Black and brown punk scene and using zines to process heartbreak and trauma.

Other important zinesters that received shout-outs (or should have include):

  • Mimi Thi Nguyen
  • Jackie Wang
  • Lauren Jade Martin
  • Suzy X
  • Osa Atoe
  • Adee Roberson
  • Lawrence Lindell
  • Breena Nuñez
  • Ajuan Mance
  • the Queer Zine Archive Project
  • Jenna Freedman/the Barnard Zine Library
  • this list truly never ends.

Shout out to Amirah Mizrahi for the transcription and Maliha Ahmed for running tech.

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