This Community Voices column is written by Thomas Boeing, who owns Indie Northern Kentucky in Dayton with his wife, Ren. Each month, Boeing writes about a different artist featured at iNK. You can reach him at tom@indienky.com. Long gone are the days of goofy ads in the back of comic books for x-ray glasses and sea monkeys. […]
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Community Voices: One Page Comics with Two Page Turns
This Community Voices column is written by Thomas Boeing, who owns Indie Northern Kentucky in Dayton with his wife, Ren. Each month, Boeing writes about a different artist featured at iNK. You can reach him at tom@indienky.com. When you enter Indie Northern Kentucky, or iNK for short, and scan the wall of zines and comics, […]
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Community through creativity: From zine enthusiasts to local shop owners
Tom and Ren Boeing transformed their love of zines into a fully fledged business, one focused on bringing the hobby’s local community together. Zines are self-published, small-circulation magazines, comics or newsletters that include text, original artwork and other unique characteristics. According to Tom, the appeal of zines is that they can be about anything, offering […]
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Indie Northern Kentucky brings zines, alternative comics to NKY
If you’ve walked past Petri’s Floral in Bellevue recently, you may have noticed a new addition to their storefront: the logo for INK, a new business sharing their retail space. INK stands for “Indie Northern Kentucky.” They describe themselves as “Northern Kentucky’s zine, alternative comics, self-published, and small press bookstore.” Starting in June, INK will […]