Ephemera is an ongoing zine series about fan studies and fandom culture. This project seeks to creatively explore the vast world of fandom and associated fan activities, like fanfiction and cosplay, through visual art and analytical or ethnographic writing.

The zine is edited and published by Dylan Lalanne-Perkins. Work from other creators is submitted in various forms and is then reviewed, edited, and laid out in a spread.

This spread has writing submitted by Eliot Stewart (editor, “Porch Beer Zine”), with an image and creative layout by Dylan.

“Convos with Queers” is a recurring interview series in Ephemera, featuring conversations with people engaged in different fandom spaces.

This spread features an original poem and photograph about the TV show “Supernatural” and its convention spaces.

Ephemera’s open call for submissions has been advertised on fliers all over San Francisco.

“Looking for visual art, photography, analytical writing, personal stories, short fiction, straight-up garbage, secrets, memories, the thoughts languishing in the back of your mind or the collections languishing in the back of your closet…”

A zine comprised of found, vintage snapshots of imagined queer couples.

A collage-based zine about transgender cowboys!

A zine exploring various items housed in the archives at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, NY. Made in collaboration with the Bard Center for Experimental Humanities and the National Park Service.

A zine about medically transitioning (hormone replacement therapy) and the weird side effects of testosterone.