{"id":1943,"date":"2016-04-26T01:14:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T01:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/2nd-annual-long-beach-zine-fest-introduces-city-library-s-very-own-collection\/"},"modified":"2016-04-26T01:14:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T01:14:48","slug":"2nd-annual-long-beach-zine-fest-introduces-city-library-s-very-own-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/2nd-annual-long-beach-zine-fest-introduces-city-library-s-very-own-collection","title":{"rendered":"2nd Annual Long Beach Zine Fest Introduces City Library’s Very Own Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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All photos by Stephanie Rivera.<\/em><\/p>\n

Newspapers may be dying, but not zines\u2014as evidenced by the second annual Long Beach Zine Fest which on Sunday took hold of the Museum of Latin American Art once again to showcase the DIY subculture of exposing the public to artwork and think pieces in creative ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of my outlet for being able to talk about [life experiences],\u201d said 27-year-old painter Annie Chang who was tabling various forms of zines. \u201cBecause they are pretty personal and I feel [\u2026] it\u2019s the perfect platform for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"stupidFor Chang, those experiences usually revolve around feminism and drug addiction. One of the smaller zines at her table was titled Stupid shit people say to Asians<\/em>. One page read: \u201cCome on, let\u2019s go out on a date. We can get sushi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chicago transplant Rebecca Lu came out Sunday because of her interest in illustration and because of the strong sense of community among zinesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community is really strong to me,\u201d Lu, 23, said. \u201cWhen I first came here [California] and started going to zine fests, everyone was super nice and I felt like I could relate to a lot of people here. Just the stuff they were doing was really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year the zine fest saw a new participant\u2014the Long Beach Public Library, which in November 2015 started its very first zine collection thanks to its newly hired librarian Ziba Perez Zehdar.<\/p>\n

With over 400 titles and counting, any LBPL card holder can check up to 25 zines at a time for three weeks at either the LBPL\u2019s Main Library or Mark Twain Library. According to Perez Zehdar, this makes Long Beach the only public library in the state circulating zines and one of about five in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just really want access to information for all,\u201d Perez Zehdar said. \u201cWe want people to be able to take the time to take 25 zines home and read them and be inspired to make their own zines.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was during a visit at one of these public libraries, the Salt Lake City Public Library, that Perez Zehdar was inspired to create a zine library. Their collection includes more than 3,000 titles, making them the largest circulating zine collection west of the Mississippi\u2014a feat she hopes Long Beach will beat.<\/p>\n

Perez Zehdar also showcased new zines she purchased for the library\u2019s collection on a recent trip to Cuba.<\/p>\n

Currently all zines are stored in the library\u2019s adult graphics section but Perez Zehdar hopes that once the collection grows, personnel can take the time to categorize zines suitable for different age groups.<\/p>\n

Donate zines to the Long Beach Public Library at 101 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90822.<\/em><\/p>\n

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