LICZ! wouldn't exist without the help of Sara, GRZF's organizer. We're super grateful, and super excited to make the drive on August 16th. So even if you aren't applying, mark your calendars and we'll see you there! ✨

💥 Echocelium 💥
An independent writer and artist that enjoys combining the two mediums into zines and illustrated short stories. I enjoy using colorful toonish styles in order to cover heavier themes that tend to get poor or less visibility.

💥 RingofBees 💥
Jay is a zinester from Grand Rapids with a love of creepy crawlies and cartoons. With a focus on bold linework and vivid colors their style is bright and inviting. They make sketchbook zines, spooky comics, and funky stickers.

💥 Fiddlesqueak Fables 💥
Hi! I'm Fiddlesqueak and I make gothic horror stories and artwork that is meant to shine a light on unrepresented and unattractive subject matter based in historical fantasy.

💥 @cyclopticat.bsky.social 💥
Making art to send my cat to a good college.

💥 The Reza Minute 💥
The Reza Minute is a full-time designer, part-time artist, and writer. Their work center on the intersection of their cultural and queer identity. They also love the band My Chemical Romance.

💥 the (trans)cribe 💥
A Midwest-based writer, zinester, recovering academic, and anarchist poet. Their zines and art speak to their personal Queer experience and visualize a possible liberated Queer future. They are passionate about free sharing information and breaking down of boxes and binaries.

💥 Tuyetnhi P. 💥
Viet-American artist and zinester with a knack for fantastical mundanity and multicultural semblances.