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International Zinesters visit IPRC!
TweetHey IPRC fans! IPRC Volunteer Blue here, posting to share my experience with two really wonderful visitors to the IPRC, Asao and Canaco….
They have a really wonderful that is similar to IPRC, though much more temporary, in their town Hamamatsu. Their awesome project is called Zing! If you want to learn more and follow what …
Liveblogging Raiders of the Lost Archives
Tweet12:05 PM.
We’re just ankle-deep in cataloguing, with 8 Raiders now representing, and 20 zines now catalogued.
Here’s the scarily large load of uncatalogued zines.
Lori D. says “The coffee is delicious. Come on over!”
Team Zine LAB, which is currently just one person, is winning with 9 zines catalogued!
“A small, good thing” in the wake of violence
TweetDear IPRC Members and Friends,
It’s with no small amount of reservation that I compose this post.
I’m a writer and the director of an arts nonprofit–so what authority do I have to comment on the recent shootings in Clackamas and Connecticut?
In truth, I have as little grasp on these issues as anyone else.
What I do have, …
Finding Herself Here:
An Interview with Lindsey Kugler
TweetLindsey Kugler was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She loves gel manicures, doodling, and does not own a bicycle. Here is a memoir of intimate vignettes and pictures about a year of professional and personal service. Lindsey wrote and produced Here as a student in the IPRC’s Certificate …
Yeti Coloring Contest Video
TweetThe coloring contest! It wasn’t really a contest…but it made a great little animation. Thanks to Nicole J.
Photos from IPRC’s Grand Opening Bash
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Huge thanks to the 300+ revelers who christened the Center’s amazing new digs:
The Rabbit Foot String Band warms it up, old-timey style.
KGW was on hand to cover the event in a live broadcast, although they seemed a little perplexed by all the “zines.” Fortunately, Program Coordinator A.M. O’Malley knows how to deal with the press.
Lisa …
Q&A with Lisa Mangum
Tweet Lisa Mangum is co-editor of the anthology GAZETA: Comics from Bangkok to Belgrade; a scholar and historian of East European comics; and a contributing author of Stripovi: Contemporary Comics in Croatia in Serbia She studied animation at Evergreen and CalArts and did her graduate research on independent comics in Serbia. She currently runs a …
Photos of the IPRC’s Amazing New Space
TweetWord is spreading about the dynamic & spacious new IPRC headquarters. Last night we had our largest, most productive crowd yet:
Poetry Certificate Program students Loren and Sarah Bask in the glow of the IPRC’s creative fire, with tech support from Michael D’Alessandro. Comics Program student/volunteer Fiona makes copies in the background.
Comics Program students Asher and …
IPRC Zine Machine – Submissions Call and Layout Guides!
TweetWell, I breifly mentioned this project in my post about The new, bigger IPRC, but here are finally the full details!
Introducing the IPRC‘s wonderful, new Zine Machine!
Justin Hocking, the Independent Publishing Resource Center‘s Executive Director, picked up this old machine at a local hardware store five years ago… It had a few hiccups, but, with the help of …
Greetings from the new IPRC!
TweetGreetings!
It’s my second shift volunteering at the new IPRC. For the past few weeks, I’ve watched the space evolve because certificate program classes were continuing prior to the space opening to the public. Now that the space is open and in action, people are trickling in for the first time and trying to find their …
