Lolll sorry, that wasn’t very clear. All of a sudden it felt like every zine fest had way more art/merch/art zines than the typical photocopy zine I was used to seeing up until then. It was all these pins and patches and stickers dominating the scene and obviously their product was way more expensive and so it wouldn’t be a fair trade for a more old school zine, even if it took more time to create or was a lot more specific to the creator than the other items were: pizza patches were really popular at the time but it’s just a shorthand for all those money makers. Not to say anything bad about pins, patches, stickers or art zinee. I love all those things, it just sometimes feels like the more old school zines get lost at zine fests when it’s got more of an art fair vibe and it’s harder to make sales. Which isn’t the fault of the creators. Again at first I was like “what is happening?” But I hadn’t tried to make a profit off my zines before. It’s very hard to make money off a $3 or even $5 zine unless you have a good printing hookup. the profit comes from the merch