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Notes from the San Francisco Zine Fest: Amy Martin

Mark Frauenfelder at 12:42 pm Wed, Aug 26, 2009

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Carla and I had a nice time at the 2009 San Francisco Zine Fest on Sunday. This week and next, I'm sharing some of the photos I took of the zinesters who came to sell their comics and zines. I'll post a new photo each day.

This is Amy Martin; she's autographing a copy of her comic book, The Single Girls, for Carla. Amy's business card says she's "obscenely feminist." She's not obscene, though. The characters in her comics mainly discuss their hang-ups, lets-downs, and infrequent moments of joy regarding dating and sex. Her drawing styles is loose and lively. If Jules Feiffer were a woman and had a comic book based on Sex and the City, it might be something like The Single Girls. I liked it!

The Single Girls cost $6 and you can order it from her website, Amy Martin Comics.

Previous San Francisco Zine Fest photos:

Sean Logic and his zine, The Great MySpace Swindle

Hellen Jo and Calvin Wong

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • heidiheidi

    librarian girls represent.

  • Anonymous

    Yay for glitter girls! :D

  • jennyhart

    Glitter girls represent.

  • jimh

    I lurve her, and I’ll also bet there’s a ukulele somewhere just out of frame…