GZAGG started in 2002 after a few women got together to present a workshop at a womens radical art event in San Diego.

The catalyst was Elke Zobl, founder of the Grrrl Zine Network. As a visiting graduate student from Austria, Elke networked with local zinesters in San Diego for her research. She hooked up with Margarat Nee, creator of Radical Pet, Oya, and Dogrrrl, Glue Magazine’s Claudia Lucero, Kim Schwenk, creator of Grrrl Noire and Cyclette, and Wives Tale’s creator Britton Neubacher. A few years later some had gone on to other projects, and Ari, writer of Metasynderine, joined the collective bringing her distro expertise.

++ CURRENT MEMBERS ++

Margarat Nee
Creator of the zine RADICAL PET, her first zine was OYA: a feminist rag, published in the mid 1990s. Margarat has an MFA degree from UCSD, & participated in various community arts projects before GZAGG. She also has her own business, The Art of Dog.

Kim Schwenk
Kim is creator of the zines Cyclette and Grrrl Noire. She works as a Special Collections archivist at UCSD, and is currently getting her MLS degree. Her paintings can be seen in San Diego area exhibitions.