The Indiepocalypse is real and Andrew is curating it
Very excited to have gotten the chance to this week to chat with Andrew (he/him), creator and curator of Indiepocalypse, a monthly zine featuring games, comics, and an assortment of other curiosities. Each month Indiepocalypse highlights the breathe of work happening in the indie games scene uncoupled from the expectations of major conventions or commercial appeal, packaging them up as an indie zine that is currently on its 6th issue. Our conversation touches on the challenges of curation, what it means to create a space for smaller artists, and some cool projects happening in other mediums.
You can support Indiepocalypse by buying the zines on itch.io, or subscribing to it on Patreon. Andrew is on Twitter @PizzaPranks, and you can learn more about submitting your own work to Indiepocalypse on its official site.
Things Discussed
Indie curation
Financial gate-keeping at major cons
The problems with trying to talk about AAA and indie games as the same thing
Why games haven’t had their craft renaissance like other forms of art
The lack of critical outlets for small creators
Andrew’s Cool Thing to Share
The Ambiguity Program - a weekly stream of weird old cartoons, run by comic artist Evan Dahm
Glacier Bay Books - an indie publishing house that just released its first indie manga anthology, Glaeolia
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