Two-Fisted Librarians #4

This past weekend I attended the Olympia Zine Fest in Olympia, Washington. It was lots of fun!

I had copies of issues 1-3 for sale, and people even bought some! Hurray! However, despite the presence of the poster in the above photo, I wasn't able to print issue #4 in time for the event.

But I did manage to print it for the Zine Librarian (un)Conference that happened on Monday! Hurray!

More details on where to find it soon.

Call for Submissions: Two-Fisted Librarians #4! Plus: Our Next Appearance!

Now that you've all had you chance to read the first three issues of Two-Fisted Librarians (either online or in print) it's time for you to submit to issue #4!

The deadline for issue #4 is SEPTEMBER 30th!

"What?! But that's so soon! Why?! How will I write/draw/knit my not very long story/recipe/drawing by then?"

Well, I can't tell you how you'll get it done by then (perhaps magic or some sort of futuristic technology? You are librarians; I'm sure you can find that sort of information somewhere), but I will tell you why!

Two-Fisted Librarians will be at the Olympia Zine Fest in Olympia, Washington, October 23rd-25th.

Yes indeed! We will be travelling by strange contraptions (buses) to far off (more than 65,000 rods distance away!), foreign (we're in Canada) lands that have never been visited (by us) in order to provide the thrilling librarian themed adventures that the public craves, and we'd love to have issue #4 completed by then.

So submit your felted 3D statues of librarians fighting monsters, your fumetti photo comics of the horror that is The Taxonomist, your pinup drawings of modestly dressed librarians, your epic sea shanties of pirate librarians on the high seas, your hastily rewritten Dungeons and Dragons adventure where you fought some orcs in a library, or whatever it is your potentially deranged mind can come up with. The chaos of astral libraries! The sadness of books that are never checked out! The ghost cat in the library! Send them to twofistedlibrarians@gmail.com by September 30th!

All contributors will get a copy of the issue in which they're published, a "Two-Fisted Librarian" button unavailable anywhere else, and the amazing feeling of actually creating something!

Don't feel like you can create something? (You're wrong, but okay!) Why not trawl through old comic book covers and send us some that could be repurposed for the cover to our issue.

Zine launch photos!

On Friday we had the launch party for Two Fisted Librarians at Lucky's Comics! It was a successful event and lots of people came (thank you!). Also, much to my amusement, it turned out that the employee working there that evening is getting their MLIS from SLAIS. I had no idea!

People crowded into the shop!

 

Ean Henninger drove up from Washington state to read an excerpt from his piece from issue two!

Anna Ferri read an excerpt from her story in issue one!

 

Adena Brons read an excerpt from her story in issue one! (Though she also has a story in the second issue.)

And if you look in the background of the photos of people reading you can see two comic pages in the window. These are a submission for the third issue of Two Fisted Librarians! If you want to be included you should start writing now!

Two Fisted Librarians #2 on Etsy

You can now order Two Fisted Librarians issue #2 (and issue #1) on Etsy!

We'll have updated info on physical locations where you can buy TFL soon!

Plus, we're hard at work on issue 3 (we already have an awesome submission from Colleen Frakes! If you want to submit something please email us.

We were at the Portland Zine Symposium and had an awesome time!

Two Fisted Librarians at SLAIS!

It's the start of the school year, and recently Two Fisted Librarians was invited to participate in the LASSA (The Library and Archival Studies Student Association) orientation for new students at SLAIS (School of Library, Archival and Information Studies) at the University of British Columbia. Let's hope some of them want to contribute to the second issue!

Zine Launch Party!

When: Friday, September 6th, 6pm
Where: SLAIS Lounge, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, UBC
What: Finally! The Vancouver launch of Two Fisted Librarians!

Yes, finally people in the city where this zine was born can get their hands on copies of Two Fisted Librarians. We're crashing the LASSA potluck to bring you all the best in steampunk, crime noir, and horror stories about librarians.

PLUS! You'll be able to get your very own Two Fisted Librarian button. How awesome!

Here's the Facebook event.

Two Fisted Librarian Buttons

Check out these rad Two Fisted Librarian buttons that I got made at Portland Button Works! They'll be available at the launch party in September. Wait, launch party? Yep, stay tuned for more information!

Two Fisted Librarians at the Portland Zine Symposium!

I'll be tabling (and helping to run a discussion about zine libraries) this weekend (August 10th and 11th) at the Portland Zine Symposium! I can't wait. I'll see you there!