Chilliwackadoodle Ol’ School Zine Machine

06/12/2026

My acting debut…😬🤪

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZeRy0jJ7kD/?igsh=ZnM5cTU4cjN4N2d0

04/25/2026

It’s giving Edith Piaf vibes…

04/25/2026

We’re definitely heading to our favourite indie bookstore today to purchase a book to celebrate the awesomeness of The Book Man.
However, I’d sure love the surprise of some folks also supporting my indie zine publishing while supporting the bookstore (or art gallery—my zines are also at Myth Valley Studio).

(Different offerings in each location.)

04/19/2026

Shoutout to the incredible and quirky Lucky’s Comics and more (in Vancouver).

I really appreciate that Lucky’s has always been a place (and there aren’t many of them) where I can find a wide array of to browse and buy.

Yesterday, we went into the city to hang out all up and down Main Street—our absolute favourite area of Vancouver; our regular getaway for years and years. Lucky’s has extensive and unique collections of comics and graphic novels, of course, but the “and more” in their masthead is an extremely well-curated selection of every genre of book imaginable—plus, offerings you definitely won’t find anywhere else (even their children’s section is incredible; I’m a K-5 teacher-librarian, so take it from me).

I was glad to have a chance to see the Spores Illustrated show in the mini-gallery, and to also pick up the no.1 edition, which I didn’t have already. I got the funny, but all-too-real-these-days Signs That You Are Getting Old zine by and Paper Rag caught my attention. There were perhaps another 30 zines that I kinda wanted to buy, but…been trying to curb bookish spending a tiny bit lately (till I can work through my considerable TBR pile). But, I had to also grab the micro-book Aug 9–Fog because it looked/sounded so enticing.

(And, yep, this here zinester does dream of having some of *my* zines for sale at Lucky’s one of these days; but, even if I never fully pursue that, or am unsuccessful, it will remain the best place to browse for cool reads for as long as it exists.)

04/15/2026

04/14/2026

A bunch of my zine creations available at The Book Man. Go take a peek!

04/13/2026

Do you like owls?
How about these owls?
How do you like them owls?
They’re a bit odd. A wee bit quirky.
Maybe you have a fave?

I’ve made 2 versions of this zine: one with just the owl drawings; the other with captions that reveal a bit more about each owl’s eccentric personality.

I’ll be adding this to my offerings at Myth Valley Studio soon.

(That song!? Who knew there was such an odd song so perfectly matched for my odd owl reel?!)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXDX500Ajkp/?igsh=eWx2bDcwNzM4enVw

04/12/2026

Since it came up with a friend again recently…to-may-to, to-mah-to…

pssssttttt…

ZINE Hot Tip:
(sound like an insider)

Say “zeen”
(not z-eye-n)

[ zine = short for magazine = like a mini-magazine = zine ]

Spread the word; help others be in the know
(although it’s not really that big a deal).

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXCwV8mgR44/?igsh=YjF2eDJwNnE3eXAz

04/11/2026

Almost done v1.0 (sans captions; just art) of this owl 🦉

v2.0 will see the owls given names and personalities via captions of some sort…still mulling….

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbi5jEpns/?igsh=d2VqM2FnaXd6d2I1

04/10/2026

My decorated record. I took a recent zine, cut it up, collaged it, imagining the titles of the various Existential Metaphorical Geometries as music tracks on an album.
I’m glad encouraged me to make a Rex Manning Day record (two days early) even when I said I can’t paint and I was fairly sure I wouldn’t make it out for the event. He said maybe create a zine that’s a record, or vice versa, or something…and so I did!

See also, posts about the zine itself ( now available at Myth Valley Studio)