Contributors

Here is a list of contributors to the Zine, with their bio and presence on the internet.

CONTRIBUTORISSUE(S)BIO
Zach Acherman (He/Him)#1 ; #2 ; #5 ; #7 ; #8 ; #9 ; #10Comic creator, 2D compositor and animator living in Vancouver, BC. He draws his own webcomic “Express Weather Delivery (EW Delivery)” and has done 2D compositing for a number of cartoons for clients such as Netflix and HBO Max.
Bastián Pascal González
(He/Him)		#7Mexican filmmaker of independent animation. Two decades of making 2D animated shorts all on his own for film festivals and the internet. Some will make you haha, some may punch your soul. In the meantime he’s also worked on live action, teaching, press and, sure enough, a few comics.
BurnedCoffee
(He/Him)		#3 ; #8Burnedcoffee is the username of Alvaro Munoz Ruiz: animator, artist and human in progress. Recently he has been spending some time trying to hone his writing skills in secret until the day comes to unleash it onto the unsuspecting public. In the meantime you can find some of his drawings if you look for @burnedcoffee_art on Instagram.
BootlegPotato
(They/Them/Any)		#10DM Larson (aka BootlegPotato) has been posting comics online since 1999 and has created works for children’s books, magazines, commercials and marketing campaigns. Current works include Saturday Tales, To Wander, and the comic strip Yo Free Pizza.
Haruka Kanata
(She/Her)		#8Daytime translator, nighttime comic artist. Raised in Osaka, Japan, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon, US. Sci-fi, fantasy and historical fiction are my main source of daily nutrition.
Mario A. Gonzalez
(He/Him)		#6Writer, artist and teacher. Creator of the webcomics Nihil Negativum, Clink and Wyliman.
María Izquierdo Barri
(She/Her)		#5 ; #7 ; #9“As a Concept designer, Storyboard and Comic Artist I’ve worked in several entertainment projects like video games, animated short films and webcomics. Today, I’m the co-creator of ‘Song for Cantalagua‘, a webcomic which has been updating for 5 years. I love plants, sweet bread dipped in chocolate and pigeons.”
Emiliano Carrasco “Jectoons“
(He/Him)		#1 ; #2 ; #3 ; #4; #5 ; #6 ; #7 ; #8 ; #9 ; #10Mexicanadian animator. He makes 2 other Free Culture Comics, “Random Vignettes” and “Duso“, and edits Fodongo.
Federico Kempke
(He/Him)		#3Federico Kempke is a storyboard artist, filmmaker, designer, illustrator and amateur movie critic who has worked with several Vancouver studios throughout his career. Look out for his newest project!
Peny0u
(She/Her)		#4Penyu in Indonesian means tortoise but Peny0u is an artist from Indonesia with passion for the arts of sequential work.
Amanda S. Rovaron
(She/Her)		#2“I am an animator based in Vancouver. As an immigrant, it has been an incredible journey both for my career and my personal life being able to work on the craft in different countries and with so many ethnicities from all over the world. For ‘The Battle‘ I used the idea of how much cats can be lovable a****les and what I deem to be their match to it. Thank you all for reading it. Cheers!!!”
Amelie Shypilova
(She/They)		#4; #5Illustrator and comic artist from “so-called Vancouver.” Much of her work embraces themes of queerness, identity, and fantasy. Having illustrated a children’s book “Walk My Cow” and self-published various mini-comics, her dream is to publish a graphic novel. To keep up with the creatures she makes, follow @amesketches on Instagram!
Sharvari Shah (She/Her)#2Under the umbrella of Shar Can Draw, Sharvari illustrates instances from her life and creates relatable art. Her art often deals with ideas of gender, socio-cultural values and her new experiences as a mom She is the author and illustrator of Strange Touch, graphic novel available at: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CC7K6RMY
Sprak
(They/Them)		#1 ; #3 ; #6 ; #10Sprak is a queer Canadian artist, currently based in Vancouver. They work in 2D animation and love making cartoons. Creator of “Coffee O’Clock“, an ongoing autobiographical comic about coffee, dogs, LGBTQ+ rep, and more. They’re always interested in collaborative work and creating cool things together.
Juanele Tamal
(He/Him)		#4Juanele Tamal is a Mexican physicist and part-time cartoonist, who started out in Mexico’s indie comics scene in 2007. Since 2011, Editorial Resistencia has published several of his comic books, starring either the little boy Moquito or his many funny animal characters, including Patote the duck and his cousins, Pato Blanco and Patas Negras, as well as Borola the dog and Chocolomo the cat.
N. Toyohito
(He/Him)		#6N. Toyohito is a biologist. He only just recently decided to approach comics in a more serious manner and started his own manga titled “Antumbra“. He is constantly trying to improve his skills and not pull his hair from all the mistakes done on each page! You can follow him on: https://comicscamp.club/@ntoyohito
Owen Twaites (He/Him)#1A proud neurodivergent aspirational himbo, professional CGI animator and amateur everything else!
He takes making whimsy very seriously, and spends his free time writing animated show pitches and designing boardgames.
His latest TTRPG boardgame Epithetica can be found at instagram.com/epithetica.
Tom Truszkowski
(He/Him)		#9Tom Truszkowski is a computer programmer, musician, vinyl and 8-track collector, sci-fi fan, and the cartoonist behind Station V3 and its various spinoffs.  He lives in Scranton, PA with his wife Karen.