About

“Team False Start is a collective of zine-enthusiasts dedicated to promoting zine culture as a means to connect the pre-exisiting communities in L.A.–artistic or otherwise. We aim to create opportunities for people to share self-published works and host events that encourage ideas to spill out onto paper in pictures and words. We believe that by embracing the urge to create and sharing ideas there can be a more robust and formidable local zine community that extends beyond bookstores and bedrooms. In order to accomplish these goals, we are organizing an event that has been needed for a long time: Los Angeles Zine Fest 2012! This is an opportunity for So-Cal zinesters to come together en masse and meet and exchange ideas with those from all over the country.

Stay tuned sub-culture armies! Hold up your staple guns, Los Angeles!”

Before there was the L.A. Zine Fest, there was Team False Start.  We wrote mission statement back in February 2011. Since then, we were fortunate enough to conduct workshops at Meltdown Comics, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Camp for Girls, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Renegade Craft Fair, and Unique L.A.  Through the generosity of friends and like-minded folks, and with a little help from a very successful Kickstarter campaign, we were able to raise enough funds to make this dream a reality. On February 19, 2012, over 1200 people attended the first annual L.A. Zine Fest.

All of our struggles and triumphs were worth it.
Thank you Los Angeles!