The London Zine Symposium 2010

Yesterday was the sixth annual London Zine Symposium at The Old Rag Factory in East London, and Lucy and I were again lucky enough to be allocated a spot for Lazy Soosan.

Lighter, brighter, bigger and better than last year, the day saw the usual mix of zines, small-press comics, distros and radical culture. We had the pleasure of being sat amongst Tukru of the Kent based zine distro - Vampire Sushi, Girl Photographer (aka Eleanor Jane) and the Brighton Zine Fest Collective: all absolute proffessionals and ol' timers at LZS, so it was great to be surrounded with such experts!

Other highlights include Love To Print/Girls Who Draw, Mark Pawson, Sh*t Birthday, Forest Publishing, Bel's Art World and of course, Josie Long who was there promoting her zine: Drawing Moustaches in Magazines Monthly, which you can dowload here, and also giving zine readings along with Charlotte Cooper, Isy Morgenmuffel and Patrick Saff.

It was also great to catch up with Fever Zine who, despite an epic print fail, which was a giant shame, still managed to be there to help on the main zine table, and of course, shop! And speaking of shopping, I picked up some great little treats, and although I've had a quick flick through them all (I couldnt resist..!), I'll be saving the big read for my fast approaching flight to Canada. I'm starting to feel a little anxious about the 7 hour trip alone, and am collecting each every distraction I come across! Suggestions are most welcome!

The main Lazy Soosan news from the day, was of course that we launched 2 new issues to coincide with the symposium which made it a little bit more special, and was great to see such a great response to our now 7-strong collection of zines. More news will follow soon on that though!

But yes, going back to the big day, we had such a great time, met some super people, discovered some perfect little zines and we're very much looking forward to next year!

Meltdown...

It has been so very hot the past 3 days, well, very hot for England, 28ºc today, which I suppose in the grand scheme of things isn't all that hot, but definitely hot enough to warrant a constant desire for ice cream! It's reported to be cooling down over the next few days which will be a bit of welcome relief! Although soon enough it will be winter again, then I'll be cursing myself for ever wishing the sunshine away!

Rummage

On Sunday, Lucy and I took part in the first ever Rummage at Superette organised by Leona Clarke of Lady Luck Rules OK. It was a rather rainy start to the day, but having eventually braved the elements and the busses with our trolleys full of jumble, we had soon managed to set our space up and were raring to go!




The doors opened at 12, and the shoppers came streaming through for the next 5 hours! It was pretty much non-stop from the word go, but we did manage to sneak a quick look around the other great stalls, see some very lovely prints and illustrations, meet some great people, have a bit of a natter, and munch on cream cheese bagels and cup cakes!






If you couldn't make it down yesterday, heres a small selection of the excellent illustrators you missed out on!
Suzy Q and the Owls, Cat Sims, Noodoll, Anorak Magazine, Garudio Studiage, Leona Clarke, Belinda Chen, Katey Harvey, Girl Gang and Brennan and Burch. For details of everyone else who took part, visit the Rummage Facebook page.

Roll on Rummage number 2!
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Pick Me Up

On Saturday I went to Pick Me Up - a contemporary graphic art fair at Somerset House. Alongside some limited edition prints on sale and works on display from the likes of Mr Bingo, Melvin Galapon, Claire Scully and Siggi Eggertsson, there were pop up shops from Nobrow, Le Gun, Concrete Hermit and the amazing Peepshow Collective.

The big treat of course, had to be the perusing around Rob Ryan's studio that had been temporarily transported in it's entirety to Somerset House for the duration of the exhibition. Seeing the man and his crew in action - screen printing and cutting out those obscenely intricate paper cuts was pretty damn interesting!

Plus, Print Club London ran a series of screenprinting workshops and live demos featuring a very long list of guest designers - a veritable feast of up and coming graphic design and illustration goodness!










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Lazy Soosan - back in action!

So it's been an awful long while since we last saw some sign of life from ol' Sooz... but she has been living up to her name and has been particularly lazy for the past however long.

But, today I can exclusively reveal that not only are we participating in two particularly super events in May, we also have two brand spanking new issues waiting to be launched at said events! Scratch the old myth - good things come in twos these days!

1.RUMMAGE! @ Superette The Illustrators Special


Leona of Superette and Lady Luck Rules OK has kindly asked Lazy Soosan to participate in the first ever Rummage: an arty afternoon jumble sale focusing on different artistic disciplines each round. 1st up - Illustrators! Come along on Sunday 2nd May from 12noon - 5pm to 66a Sclater Street - just off Brick Lane. There will be some excellent illustrators selling their wares including Anorak Magazine, Noodoll Laura Bird, Cat Sims and plenty, plenty more!

2. The London Zine Symposium 2010


We will also be at this year's London Zine Symposium 2010 on Saturday May 29th at the Rag Factory, again, just off Brick Lane. We had such a great time last year and are super happy to have made the cut again this year!

Tell us you're coming by signing up to the facebook pages for each event. We'll look out for you and give you a big ol' smile and a wave!
RUMMAGE!
The London Zine Symposium 2010

Exciting times at Lazy HQ!
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