Hailing from Mexico City, Inés Estrada has become a staple in San Antonio’s zine scene because her work — raw and colorful illustrations, stickers, pins, clothing and just about everything else — brings something new to the table.
As the previous editor of Tebeo Tropical, the comics column of VICE Mexico, and a long-time comics illustrator, Estrada is no rookie. She’s a self-taught cartoonist whose work has been published in VICE and The New York Times, along with several other publications, including Fanzinología Mexicana 1985-2015, a compilation of zines and comics from Mexico, which she also helped edit.
Though she’s only lived in San Antonio for a year, Estrada has created a strong presence at local galleries, zine events and artist pop-ups. More often than not, you’ll see her behind a table, offering a plethora of prints, pins, comics and T-shirts, all with a unique aesthetic that seamlessly translates between mediums. She co-organized Zine Nite at Second Saturday this past June, which brought together over 25 illustrators, designers, artists and zine creators for an event dedicated to exposing all that San Antonio’s DIY scene has to offer — and if you were there, you saw that San Antonio’s zine artists have plenty to give.
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