2023: My Mostly Midwest Zine Tour

  1. ✍ 4/8 ICE CREAM (Iowa City Expo for Comics and Real Eclectic Alternative Media), Iowa City, IA
  2. ✍ 4/22 Print & Resist Zine Fest, Madison, WI
  3. ✍ 5/20 CZF (Chicago Zine Fest), Chicago, IL
  4. ✍ 6/3-6/4 CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo), Chicago, IL
  5. ✍ 6/23-6/26 The Zine Pavilion at ALA (American Library Association), Chicago, IL
  6. ✍ 8/12 INZF (Insert Name Zine Fest), Minneapolis, MN
  7. ✍ 8/27 ZINEmercado, Chicago, IL
  8. ✍ 9/9 Zinecinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  9. ✍ 9/10 MILK Comic Fest (Milwaukee Indie Local Comic Fest), Milwaukee, WI
  10. ✍ 9/16-9/17 CABF (Cincinnati Art Book Fair), Covington, KY
  11. ✍ 10/6 ZINE NOT DEAD #21, hosted by Chicago Printers Guild, Co-prosperity, Chicago, IL
  12. ✍ 10/7 Chicago Printer Guild PAPER JAM Co-prosperity, Chicago, IL (screening The Schizophrenic Dialogues Short Film with Corrupted Frames: A Digital Gallery)
  13. ✍ 10/7 Lafayette Comic-Con, Lafayette, IN
  14. ✍ 10/14 Rain Taxi's Twin Cities Book Festival, St. Paul, MN
  15. ✍ 10/21 Chicago Printer Guilds PAPER JAM Publishers Fair, Co-prosperity, Chicago, IL
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Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards Shop Debut

maggie umber profile in light in front of storyboard pages, text reads: Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards by Maggie Umber

Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards by Maggie Umber - 6 years of storyboards collected in 80 pages - is now available on maggieumber.com.

Maggie’s compositions, drawings, and use of black and white are exceptional. Viewing this body of work inspires me to do better as an artist overall, and in the composing stages of laying out a book. I cannot wait to read the finished book! — Ash H.G., cartoonist behind The Golden Thread Zine & forthcoming graphic novel East District

🖤 Maggie


SOSF & TC Prints Debut: CPG Publishers Fair

great horned owl with moon cycle, great blue heron flying, monarch life cycle, snake and frogs, butterfly and beetle pollinating plants

I have 5 new prints from my graphic novels Sound of Snow Falling and Time Capsule! Pick up yours at Chicago Printers Guild Publishers Fair tmrw. Find me among 30 awesome publishers Co-Prosperity from 12pm-6pm. Yayyyyyy! It will be a great show - check out their feed - see you there :D

🖤 Maggie


CPG Publishers Fair 10/21

A print of a large, black silhouetted spider and a smaller one, shadowed, on a pale orange background with the words in black above WE ARE HUNGRY and below MAGGIE UMBER. The frame around this central image advertises the 2023 CPG Publishers Fair.
All for print and print for all, framed by a bold text announcing Chicago Printers Guild Annual Publishers Fair. The text is framed by the event details, stating Saturday,October 21, 2023, Noon to 6 pm and emphasizing Free Admission. The event location is specified as Co-Prosperity, 3219 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60608

After a three-year hiatus, the Chicago Printers Guild Publishers Fair is making its glorious return at the first-ever PAPER JAM! ALL are welcome to join us at Co-Prosperity (3219 S. Morgan) from noon ’til 6pm on Saturday, October 21 to meet more than 30 printmakers from across Chicago and take home some amazing artwork.

I'll be tabling! Come on by & buy some glorious prints.

🖤 Maggie


Tour Stop 13: Rain Taxi's Twin Cities Book Festival

books laying slanted on a wooden floor, with text that reads chrysanthemum: the Storyboards Maggie Umber, Maggie Umber Bunworld, PRETZEL Maggie Umber, Jonesy Maggie Umber, WE ARE HUNGRY MAGGIE UMBER
books laying on a wooden floor, with text that reads chrysanthemum: the Storyboards Maggie Umber, Maggie Umber Bunworld, PRETZEL Maggie Umber, Jonesy Maggie Umber, WE ARE HUNGRY MAGGIE UMBER

Sat 10am-5pm, I'll be tabling Rain Taxi's Twin Cities Book Festival at the State Fair Grounds in St. Paul, MN. The 2023 debut books from my Mostly Midwest Tour will be there, alongside my back catalogue, prints, cards & toys. This is my lucky 13th show stop! See you there my friends :D

🖤 Maggie


PAPER JAM / ZINE NOT DEAD Performance, Lafayette Comic-Con

Tonight in the Co-Prosperity gallery, I'll be performing at ZINE NOT DEAD #21. This event is a part of PAPER JAM and hosted by Chicago Printers Guild. The Schizophrenic Dialogues Short Film (my collaboration with Vita Rhie Quintanilla and Anthony Tadlock) will also be showing with Corrupted Frames in the gallery.

Tomorrow, 10/7 I'll be tabling at Lafayette Comic-Con. At both events I'll have copies of my newest 80 page zine Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards and other such goodies!

🖤 Maggie


ZINE NOT DEAD #21

Digital poster with two moon-headed figures surrounding a snake, above an octopus wearing a duck on its head. It is floating in the ocean with a sun setting or rising behind it.

I'm reading at ZINE NOT DEAD #21 :D! SOOOOO excited, of course my performance will be very weird. SEE YA THERE!!!!!!

Chicago Printers Guild is hosting ZINE NOT DEAD // ZINE NOT DEAD 21 🐍🐙🐍✨️ reading on Friday, Oct 6 Part of CPG's PAPER JAM 2023 at Co-Prosperity. Readings & performance by: Anya Davidson - Maggie Umber - Will Laren - Glamhag ft Nunn - Max Huffman - Gabe McGee. FREE with a $10 SUGGESTED DONATION. Please RSVP with CPG/Paper Jam to lock in a spot. Poster design: Matt Davis, Perfectly Acceptable.

🖤 Maggie


Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards Debuts at CABF This Weekend

Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards zine surrounded by prints from Chrysanthemum Under the Waves

Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards debuts this weekend Cincinnati Art Book Fair! I'll have a special in-person, show deal... Buy the zine & get a free print from the forthcoming graphic novel. I'm so excited to see you all!

🖤 Maggie


Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards Advanced Copies at Zinecinnati & MILK

Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards zine pages printed out laying spread out on the floor, sun-dappled

80 pages! 6 years in the making! Printed by me! Chrysanthemum: the Storyboards is a collection of the storyboards for my forthcoming graphic novel, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves. I'll have a few advanced copies Zinecinnati & MILK Comic Fest this weekend...the official debut is Cincinnati Art Book Fair the week after!

Storyboarding & thumbnailing are just as important as the finished comic pages. The rawness in the drawing quality is maybe not something I'm known for, but definitely a part of who I am. I have a very full calendar of comic, zine & print shows coming up (plus one performance) & I'm so looking forward to hearing what you all think of this new work!

🖤 Maggie


Tour Stop 7: ZINEmercado

ZINEmercado is this Sunday 8/27 in Chicago! I'll have my newest zine WE ARE HUNGRY. WE ARE HUNGRY started as a reading at ZINE NOT DEAD VIIII in 2018 and has finally found its way in to zine form in 2023. Stop by, say hi & pick up a copy if you're in Logan Square!

🖤 Maggie


Tour Stop 6: Insert Name Zine Fest

hand reaching out for a yellow zine that says Jonesy
hand reaching out for a black scratchboard zine that says Maggie Umber Bunworld

See you this weekend Minneapolis! Check out Insert Name Zine Fest this Saturday 8/12 from 12-5pm at Squirrel Haus Arts!! This is the 5th annual Insert Name Zine Fest, but my very first :D There will be a Queer Fashion Show organized by @addjovoco , a zine on ASL for zinesters from Adrean Clark and more! Poster by Pete Faecke. Thank you E. Joy Mehr for organizing this event! PS In addition to my usual zines, toys & prints, I'll be debuting greeting cards. I'm very excited!

🖤 Maggie


WE ARE HUNGRY Advanced Copies at The Zine Pavilion at ALA

A print of a large, black silhouetted spider and a smaller one, shadowed, on a pale orange background with the words in black above WE ARE HUNGRY and below MAGGIE UMBER.
A print of a large, black silhouetted spider and smaller ones, shadowed, on a pale orange background with the words in black above A Mother's Love for her Babies!

Preorder on maggieumber.com! A Mother's love for her babies transforms them into hunters. Printed with hand-carved linocut stamps. WE ARE HUNGRY was performed for ZINE NOT DEAD VIIII. Preorders ship on or after 6/27. Advanced copies at The Zine Pavilion at ALA tonight - Monday. The Zine Pavilion will be at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago June 23-26, 2023! Thank you all 🕸️🕷️.

🖤 Maggie

Thank you CAKE & Zine Community!

Maggie at her table cake with her zines and books. Magenta line drawings of Bunworld characters Bun and Piper surround her.

Original photo of CAKE Chicago by Junk Drawer edited and doodled by Maggie.

Thank you to everyone who has made my ongoing Mostly Midwest Zine Tour a success! To everyone who has said hi, bought a book or a Bun, commissioned me, supported my Patreon, invited me to table at their show, or promoted my art... THANK YOU.

I love being back in the comics & zine community. It means everything to be able to represent myself as an independent creator. ❤️ Thank you my midwest friends!!!! I'm so grateful to be able to make my weirdo art for you all.

NEXT UP 6/23-6/26 The Zine Pavilion at ALA ! See you there!!!!

🖤 Maggie


Tour Stop 4: CAKE Chicago

various prints of wild animals and portraits of people by Maggie Umber
various prints of wild animals and portraits of people by Maggie Umber

OMGGGG! I got into CAKE Chicago!!! I can't even begin to say how excited I am that my Mostly Midwest Zine Tour stop #4 is CAKE. I'll have limited copies of everything so stop by my table ASAP or put an order in online... Thank you thank you thank you to the CAKE organizers and volunteers who make this show possible. See you this weekend!!!!!

zines by Maggie Umber - Bunworld, Jonesy, Pretzel and a crocheted Bun toy

🖤 Maggie


Bunworld 1 Debut: Chicago Zine Fest

printed pages of Bunworld waiting to be folded with a pair of blue gloves
chicago zine fest table set up with zines, prints and toys by Maggie Umber

I'm tabling Chicago Zine Fest 11-6 today as a part of my Mostly Midwest Zine Tour. Bunworld 1 debuts!!! Thank you to Alex Nall and all of the organizers & volunteers who made this show happen!!!! I look forward to seeing everyone :D Stop by and say hi & wish a happy bday to Bun 🐰🧁👩‍🍳🎂🍰❤️❣️

pages from Jonesy by Maggie Umber waiting to be collated

🖤 Maggie


Tour Stop 2: Madison Print & Resist Zine Fest

Maggie Umber and @brujaonpizza (Jenine) sharing a table at Madison Print and Resist Zine Fest

@brujaonpizza (Jenine) and me tabling at Print and Resist yesterday! To everyone who came by our table, to all of the organizers, volunteers & to Madison Public Library for hosting us THANK YOU❣️ It was a great show!!!!!

🖤 Maggie

PRETZEL Debut: Madison Print & Resist

set up of table of zines, comics, prints and toys by Maggie Umber

Tomorrow, Sat April 22nd from 11am-4pm, I'll be tabling at Print and Resist in the Madison Public Library. PRETZEL debuts! 🥨🕷️ I can't wait to see you there :D

🖤 Maggie


Jonesy Debut: ICE CREAM

Jonesy (24 pgs, full color) will debut Sat April 8th at ICE CREAM: the Iowa City Expo for Comics and Alternative Media. This is the first stop on my Mostly Midwest Zine Tour!! Thanks to Dave Dugan for all your hard work as an organizer!!!!

🖤 Maggie