Life is Shit Festival Zine, Vol. 4

Names of Contributors

Words: Jack Evan Johnson [0-1] Girls Rock Vegas [16-17] Brian Garth [20, 37] James Norman [22, 23] Roo Abdel-Al [24] Alexis Havana [27] Liz Charon [32-33] Jehu [41] Becky Tucker [42, 45]

Images: Miles Caporicci [ii] James H. Smith [1] Alexis Lee [18] tremulant [19] Mikayla Whitmore [20, 26] Ang Kerfoot [21] Jason Nicolosi [22-23] Mary Sabo [24] Dillon Shines [25] Karin Miller [27] TG Miller [28-29] Mariposa [30] Erica Martinez [31] superdaimos [33] Jack Evan Johnson - Founder Ryan Mills [34] Executive Director Roy Thomas [35] Tsvetelina Stefanova - Director K.A. Oakley [36] Sponsorship Manager Tsvetelina Stefanova [37] Angie Randazzo - Dive Bar Owner April Teixeira [38] Head Of Security Pierson Brown [39] Nate Bruce - Dive Bar Owner Jeffrey Bennington Grindley [40] Chairman Of The Beard David Davis [41] James Howard Adams - Artistic Dictator Christopher Sanchez [43] Poster Art Zach Williams [44]

Brock Frabbiele Zine Art & Layout

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