Chris Moody
Zines: horse gurl press <3: queer, fun, vivid, recycled paper, refurbished ink, punk nature, etc.
When I lived in Denver I worked with Kelly and Mel on bringing back the zine fest out of hiatus as well as several other zine library thangs! If I still lived there I’d definitely still be there, love the zine library and I hope it lasts till eternity! I don’t live in Denver anymore, but I miss it. I make lots of zines, collages, etc. and take a lot of pictures and write and stuff, one of my biggest pet peeves is discarding paper…. so I always end up saving every little scrap… even scraps of scraps of scraps…. when I’m old I will definitely be holding on to scraps from decades ago. I love fruit and big hairy bellies! 🙂
Melissa Black
Zines: Seagulls: is a reflection of being a kid at the beach. Parents would always compare their squawks to human laughs. This is speculation on what the seagulls were laughing at. Magical Old People: giving life and stories to old photographs found randomly covering the block as well as antique shops in New Orleans, LA and Golden, CO.
Connection to the DZL: I think it’s really important for people to have access to self-made publications and art. It is super rewarding seeing people’s excitement over picking up a zine for the first time or seeing those who are avid zine readers see what an impressive collection we have. No one seems to leave disappointed, and I’ve been glad to be a part of that shared experience for so long. Also, I helped bring back the Denver Zine fest after a 5 year hiatus, what could be more exciting than that?!
Bio: I’m an avid creator and will dabble with any art form I can get my hands on. My most recent endeavors include pottery, figure drawing, scratch cooking, and playing music with my friends. You’ll find me reading cookbooks cover to cover with my head in the clouds thinking what can I do next?
Kaitlyn Lafferty
Zine: Perpetual Ambivilance, a personal zine about misadventures in life with drawings and art about my feelings and other magical musings I create about my short time on this earth.
Connection to the DZL: I love zines, and people- it made/makes sense. Currently I primarily lead zine workshops for the library off-site.
Bio: I am a very introverted lover of reading, writing, drawing, and intimate conversations. Currently I work at the MCA and aspire to be a really great human and to do work around social change. You’ll probably find me reading philosophy, drinking coffee next to a river listening to its babbling.
Lye Lawrence
Zines: miscellaneous art zines, comics, and how-tos
Connection to the DZL: I grew up in the rural south and didn’t hear the word zine until my early 20s, but I always made and loved zines. My friends and I would make those little one sheet 8-page comics and newsletters about the projects and characters we were daydreaming about and pass them around in middle school. Later on, I got into indie comics and slowly edged into zine culture from that angle. It didn’t take long to discover the power in self-publishing; how zines were telling so many stories I’d never heard before. Anyone can make zines, and everybody has something that would make real good content for a zine. When I found out that Denver Zine Library existed, I was really excited to know that there were other people who saw the value in them too, and in keeping the voices they contain available to everyone. I now serve on the ZineFest planning committee, lead design efforts, and publish the newsletter.
Bio: I’m an organization-loving designer by trade, spending my spare time making all kinds of art unseriously. Right now I’m making a purrzine about my cat, Anise. You can find me wandering the Denver Botans during the warm months and hibernating in my burrow in the colder ones. Talk to me about plants sometime.
Lily Kosmicki
Zine: Dream Zine is a collection of dreams featuring mixed media art. Creature Zine is a non-narrative collection of slightly misunderstood creatures, who were drawn together.
Connection to the DZL: The DZL is a treasure. This special place is an important archive for Denver and the zine world. I am so happy to be involved as the workshop coordinator and to help foster literacy, creativity, and community that comes with zine reading and making!
Bio: I am a person, my favorite color is yellow, I am an avid daydreamer, a part-time surrealist, and I think about a world to come where the books were found by the golden ones which were written in pain and awe by a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for, and I think the best temperature is 72 degrees. There’s a lot of things I care about, a big one being libraries in all shapes, forms, and modes