HELLO BARKADA
arts & culture centered on the margins
Catch Hello Barkada at any or all of three events hosted in San Diego in October 2024—Place Space on Monday, October 14, with United AAPI Artists and The FilAm Film Collective; the 12th annual San Diego Zine Fest on Sunday, October 20; and our first Drink & Draw, coordinated with Hati Village and Radical History Club.
Hello Barkada is confirmed to join the OC Zine Fest on its 10th anniversary, on Saturday, September 7, at the Anaheim Central Library! This zine fest also marks the first time Hello Barkada will table outside of San Diego County. I will bring zines. Also art and crochet tings, like Ube and Calamansi KittyCorns, Dreambirds that fundraise for Friends of the Congo, and more.
Hello Barkada is a confirmed vendor at the 2nd annual Compressed, presented by Particle.FM and Burn All Books on Saturday, August 10, at the San Diego Central Library's Shiley Suite. Available at my table will be zines & tings, including copies of my poetry zine/chapbook MAYBE THIS TIME, which has raised $250 for Gaza Sunbirds to date.
How learning to see the entrenched practices of empire within the popular arts is shifting my perspective on what it means to be a conscientious TV viewer and filmgoer.
In this comic strip that launched the Hello Barkada Comics series, Latina body-positivity cartoonist Maxi Rodriguez shares her perspective on the value of chosen family.
How the writer of Nubia: Queen of the Amazons and Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic: The Family Snikt went from clinical lab work to comic book bylines
The animation veteran and former Adventure Time director discusses the storytelling and appeal of her award-winning Netflix show.
Thanks to the generosity of our readers, patrons, and clients, Hello Barkada featured more guest contributors in 2022! When you become a Hello Barkada patron or client, you help support independent arts journalism and programming by, about, and for marginalized communities. Be a part of the momentum we're building in 2023 and consider a contribution, collaboration, and zine purchase today!
Each activity is made to stir curiosity, start conversations, and build connections. No printer? No problem: Printing isn't necessary! These can be written, typed, and colored on in any free PDF editing application.
Our first micro-press effort is a 16-page zine featuring the first print reproductions of our 2021 comics series as well as original written and illustrated works. Profits offset our operations and help us commission artists and writers in 2023. Once 100 copies are sold, profits will also be shared with the cartoonists whose comics are featured in the zine. Buy a copy today!