Fun Fan Fest (Photos)

Some pictures from the second edition of Fun Fan Fest, this time at one of the big halls in Fabra i Coats. Check and see you next year!

Panoramic shoot of the fair

Our desk with "Natureza, Luz, Homem" and "Bright on 30", publications our guest country this year, Portugal

"Pilgrimage" by Ekaterian Solovieva and others where also well recieved by our visitors.

This was the "music zone" where diferent noises where put together for the for the special issue of the fair.

And here, Helena working on the "graphic zone", for the other 50% of the fair fanzine.

Desk with the portuguese fanzines. Really an interesting stuff!

Photo Book Day & És_Festival

Today is #PhotoBookDay, and this year we are too busy to plan something cool, but don't worry, Saturday we are going to be at Carrer Vic in Barcelona, where, all along the street there will be desks full of self-made stuff. The És_Festival is curated by Somos Emperador, a four young artist collective from Barcelona.

If you want some information of the Photo Book Day, you can click here and go to the website. Find on the map you nearest event and go there. Our friends from Photobook Club Barcelona, Photobook Club Girona and Photobook Club Madrid are doing things, if you are near, ho there!

But! THAT'S not all. Stay tuned because today night we will have a next photozine called "In Heaven". A nice publication from the young photographer Reginald Levy.

Fun Fan Fest (photos)

This Saturday took place the first edition of Fun Fan Fest at Boca Nord, a young center (with a gym on the 2nd floor) for the people of El Carmel neighbourhood. The place was really friendly so, despite it rained a little bit on the morning, in general, the experience was really good. People had the chance to watch (touch) the original collage book "El confort dels estranys" by Pere Saguer, the last zine we have published.

Really surprised of the amount of artwork (graffiti) that fills outside and inside the building

Alexander Rios (left) & a friend on the first desks of the fair.

Our desk! We are sad to inform we no longer will be available to bring the Slovakia flag. :(

Ediciones Valientes (right) & Petit comité del terror (left).

Núria from Ediciones del Martes (left) & Lindero Libros (right).

During the fair, there was a collective zine. Here Monostereo printing the covers.

And the last. A interesting conversation between Enrique (left) from TD papeles & Pere Saguer (right)

Fan Fun Fest

This saturday in Boca Nord (Carrer Agudells 37-45 Barcelona) is going to take place the first edition of Fun Fan Fest, a meeting for creative authors, small publishers and self publishers. The event, is organised by Boca Nord with the collaboration of Playanueva Nueva.

The festival opens at 11:00, and during all day you will be able to enjoy different activities from people we already meet in other festivals: Irma Marco (Hola Ediciones) is going to make a collaborative zine with all the people of the festival, Monostereo is going to do/show silkscreen printing,  Ediciones Valientes is going to work with people related on any kind of drawing for a big drop-down comic (or something like this, better go there and check, no?), Sonia Esplugas is going to make a plant-veggie-zine with plants veggies and… green stuff (;P) and during all day music with Sr.Galleta and a Chaphretracker with Tirsomàtic.

Random picture. (Libros Mutantes a couple years ago)

And on the desks? Who? Ok, here all the list of people that has confirmed: Alexander Rios, Alicia Carrera, Bad Weather Press, Colectivoelectroculo, Ediciones del martes, Ediciones Valientes, El Chico de los Rombos, + PETIT · COMITË · DEL · TERROR +, Enrique Rodríguez (Musgo), Guitza!, Hola Ediciones, Javier Soriano, Las lindas Pobres, Las tres Plumas, Lentejas Press, Unamesacamilla, Elena Ortiz, Lindero Libros, Marina Forés, Marta Cachinero, Monostereo, Shook Down, Sr Miau, TD Papeles, Virtual Room, Sabandija Ediciones, Esporas Invasoras, Anodina zines, Irkus (Medalariso), Helions Crew, Cartu Àrtic, Tutú Olivos & Rummora.

FLIA 2014: brief description.

The last October was eventful. The same weekend we were at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair, we were also at the second edition of FLIA. (See pictures of the last year here.)

The desk. With a flag from Slovakia as a tablecloth.

It was a very warm day, but thanks to the good faith of the girls from Lindero Libros (Noe Lavado and Helena Rovira) we could manage to fit under a sunshade. On the other side of the table we were nicely accompanied by Ignacio Navas, who was selling his last photozine «Yolanda». An amazing publication.

The girls that handdle Lindero Libros.

Overall, considering all the publishers who came and the people who attended the event, we think it’s right to think that FLIA has already become one of the major fairs to consider in the world of self-publishing.

(On the right) Irkus, the ambassador of Fatbottom.

(with a cup of coffee) Edu, from Adolfo Press.

Tropèl and his "tunning carriage".

And yes, there was some cool street music too. Thanks to all who made it possible.

Tenderete 7

And yes, tomorrow we move again to València where the Vendo Oro colective organized again the Tenderete Festival. Perhaps the earliest zine comic festival of the year? The festival is going to take place at La Llimera, at Carrer Pérez Escrich nº13 the 4th and 5th of January.

Poster for the festival: tenderete-7 / 4 & 5 January 2014

We are gonig to have two new photozines: No saquen las flores from Pere Saguer and 2pm6am from Irene Serrano, both of them in full colour! And as usual, some music from Orgonomy Records.

"Capitalismo Barbarie" by Carles Palacio, "Caravan" by Robert Roura",
"No saquen las flores" and "Christopher discovered america by mistake" by Pere Saguer

For this edition of Tenderete, Martin is working on a "small press map" of spanish publishers and HERE are our answers (in spanish). The questionnaire is inspired in Anna Ehrlemark and Fijuk team "Small Press Map" project, with the aim of creating a map of European independent graphic scene.

"Christopher dicovered america by mistake" (second edition) and "No saquen las flores" both of them by Pere Saguer

FLIA 2013: Barcelona

This saturday 28, in Vallcarca (Barcelona) we are going to be on the FLIA selling two new zines, some Manhattan, Food Chain, Collage Age and Gonzalo's Fanzine (the ones left on Fatbottom Books). As usual, we are going to have some new music from Orgonomy Records AND A ZINE from Leonardo Amico, so come at 10:00 o'clock in the morning if you want some because there are only a few left!

Hope see you all there!

Libros Mutantes 2013

A few days later, we noticed that some of Bad Weather stuff where on a picture in the digital version of EL PAÍS. The desk/stand was from Sandwich Mixto, a nice place you should visit if you go to Madrid! You can read the text (in spanish!) here.

Copyright photograph from: SAMUEL SÁNCHEZ