I had so much fun at Canzine today. This was my first zine convention and I had a great time promoting haiku and Old Pond Comics.
Some haiku friends stopped by!
My table included Old Pond comics, cherry blossom zines, and interactive comics.
My 2014 collection of forty haiku-comics (in black in white) was fresh off the press. I also reprinted three mini comics (in color).
My cherry blossom haiku poems were printed in a fan book that looked like a cherry blossom while open. I also reprinted some copies of a my Cherry Blossoms 24 hour zine I made in July 2012.
My two mini-zines How to Write a Haiku and The Seven Stages of Writing were some of the most popular items.
My interactive zine featuring translations of Basho Frog Haiku was also very popular. People were intrigued by the format that allowed you to mix and match different translations.
I would surely go back to Canzine. The audience was great and the camaraderie amongst vendors made this a very special event.
I was sharing a table with the very talented Heather Joan Tam and her beautiful Ballast Canting pamphlet-stitch zines.
Our table was right next to Colin Upton’s and Kris Sayers’.
Colin Upton set up a gallery on the wall behind his table.
Kris Sayers (top left) invaded Colin Upton’s art gallery. Colin Upton had to take drastic measures (bottom drawing) to prevent an invasion from Sayers — using a cannon to protect his territory. It was all in good fun.
See you next year!
Old Pond Comics 
Glad to hear you had a great time, Jessica. I wasn’t able to drop by – maybe next year.
Elizabeth- Ann
Hi Liz. I’ve been going to Canzine for years: I love seeing the creative handmade publications people come up to showcase their comics, poetry, stories, etc. This was my first show where I had a table. It was fun to talk to people about haiku and see them try the interactive zine.