BRANZINE FEST
Saturday, July 5th 2025 from 10AM – 5PM
at the AGSM, $2 cash admission fee
We’re bringing indie comics to Brandon on July 5th with the first-ever BRANZINE FEST!
Enjoy a full day of our exhibitor marketplace, featuring Prairie-based cartoonists, comic makers, graphic novelists, zine creators, publishers and print artists, BranZine seeks to connect these artists to their community in Westman and beyond! Enjoy the artist market, and also take in panels and workshops in comic making. These are comics in YOUR community, Wheat City! Don’t miss it!
The artist market will be located in the Main Gallery alongside the current exhibition Through my window, there is a view. Creators will be selling original work, prints, comics and zines, stickers and stationary, and showcasing both their ongoing and published projects! Featuring: Curt Shoultz, RAW (Rural Arts Westman), Coyote’s Sunset, Toonstalk World Press, cutesium’s art cafe, Onix Angel Creations, Liminal Print Shop, Crow in the Rain, Scott A. Ford, WMRL Shoppers Mall Branch, Alex Plante, Jeremy Carter, Merissa Mayhew, Rebecca Koval, Jean Cabot, and Prairie Comics Festival.
DIY zine activity will be available in the Moon Lounge all day!
Panel and Workshop schedule for BranZine Fest!
11 AM – Workshop – Intro to Zines for Everyone!
with Sherri Thom
11 AM – Panel – Comics and Graphic Novels as a Literary Tool
Moderated by S.M. Beiko
with Alex Plante, David Howell
1 PM – Panel – Getting Technical: Resources for Making Comics
Moderated by S.M. Beiko
with Scott A. Ford, Celeste Côté
2 PM – Panel – How do we make ideas into images that can turn into stories?
with Curt Shoultz and Merissa Mayhew
3 PM – Panel – Getting Technical: Comics Writing
Moderated by S.M. Beiko
with Alex Plante, At Bay Press (Matt Joudrey)
4 PM – Mental Health in Comics
Moderated by S.M. Beiko
with Alex Plante and Onix Angel
For more information about this event, please send us an email or visit the BranZine Fest page on the Prairie Comics Festival website.
Poster art by Brandon-based artist Merissa Mayhew.
