Expozine

Expozine
Status Active
Genre Alternative Press
Location(s) Montreal, Quebec
Country Canada
Inaugurated 2002
Organized by Arcmtl
Website
http://expozine.ca/en/

Expozine is an annual small press, zine[1] and comics[2] fair in Montreal, Quebec. It is reported to be Canada's largest zine fair[3] and one the largest small press fairs in North America attracting some 270 exhibitors and 15,000 visitors each autumn.[4][5]

The first Expozine took place in 2002[6][7] and has continued to showcase independent publishing from around the world every subsequent year.

Expozine has showcased work from notable small press writers and publishers such as Invisible Books,[8] Broken Pencil, Maisonneuve,[9] New Escapologist,[10][11] Kate Beaton,[12] and Drawn and Quarterly.[13] It was co-founded by Billy Mavreas[14] and Louis Rastelli.[15]

Expozine Alternative Press Awards

The Expozine Alternative Press Awards recognize the best of the publications available at a given year's Expozine fair. It awards to publications in the categories of book, zine, and comic, in Canada's two official languages of English and French. The awards are granted at an annual gala separate to the main Expozine event.

Distroboto

Expozine has an all-year-round companion project in the form of distroboto: a city-wide network of cigarette machines repurposed to dispense small press publications.[16]

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/5027
  2. ↑ http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/08/23/rentree-quebecoise-2014
  3. ↑ http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/11/15/crooked-fagazine-is-smutty-tribute-to-zine-culture-at-montreals-expozine-fair/
  4. ↑ http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/5027
  5. ↑ http://roverarts.com/2013/11/expozine-2013/
  6. ↑ http://www.arcmtl.org/en/expozine/
  7. ↑ http://www.quillandquire.com/events/2012/10/19/alternative-markets-why-publishers-are-turning-to-zine-fairs-to-woo-new-readers/
  8. ↑ http://bluemetropolis.org/azure-scratchings/expozine-the-best-of-small-presses/
  9. ↑ http://bluemetropolis.org/azure-scratchings/expozine-the-best-of-small-presses/
  10. ↑ http://bluemetropolis.org/azure-scratchings/expozine-the-best-of-small-presses/
  11. ↑ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/artifacts-hold-zine-culture-endures-age-internet-170841191.html
  12. ↑ http://www.harkavagrant.com/?id=227
  13. ↑ https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/blog/2012/11/expozine-dq-montreal-weekend
  14. ↑ http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201111/25/01-4471502-expozine-dix-ans-dedition-parallele.php
  15. ↑ https://ca.news.yahoo.com/artifacts-hold-zine-culture-endures-age-internet-170841191.html
  16. ↑ http://cultmontreal.com/2014/03/archive-montreal/