Bang Bang Zine (BBZ) is a Kuala Lumpur–based zine brand and store dedicated to illustration and risograph printing. Founded in 2017, it explores storytelling through printed matter, drawing from daily life, quiet observations and moments of imagination. Its offerings have grown to include art prints, merchandise and workshops, nurturing a creative circle of artists and makers. Through its Zinemate: publishing project, BBZ has collaborated with local and international artists to publish a wide range of zines. As part of risograph studio Inkink Der (IID, est. 2019), it continues to grow as a platform for creative sparks through print and beyond.
Address: GM-08-10, 8th Floor, Kompleks GM Bukit Bintang, No.2, Jalan Robertson, 50150 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Booth Type: STANDARD BOOTH (MYR 700) - Table with 2 Chairs
Category: Artist, Illustrator, Publisher, Other
Category Other: Risograph Printer
Genre: Art, Illustration, Zine, ArtistsBook
Website / Link to Portfolio: https://www.bangbangzine.com/
Publication/Work:
1. SOMEART of Bang Bang Zine (temporary title)
by BBZ
This publication collects works by Bang Bang Zine printed with the risograph technique, featuring risograph prints, zines, posters, and collaborations from over the years. It highlights the studio’s ongoing exploration of print, colour, and storytelling through the unique lens of risograph printing. A simple look into the work we’ve made, and the ideas we’ve printed along the way.
This will be a Risograph-printed publication.
2. Nowhere Familiar
Chapter 1: Kuala Lumpur in My Eyes (A City I Never Truly Knew) (temporary title)
by Chya Chyi
Nowhere Familiar began with a quiet thought. I never truly knew Kuala Lumpur, and I never knew how to love it. Born in Terengganu and raised in Kuala Lumpur, not in the city centre but in a taman, Chya Chyi grew up in spaces that felt familiar by address, but never truly seen. This self-publication begins with somewhere vague. Not fully kampung, not fully city. A middle space that shaped the artist’s sense of self through quiet disconnection. This first chapter, Kuala Lumpur in My Eyes (A City I Never Truly Knew), uses writing, drawing, photography, and collected fragments to reflect on spaces once overlooked. It is not about mapping geography, but about quietly noticing. Finding quiet in complexity. Finding complexity in the quiet. And beginning to observe outward while answering inward.
This will be a Risograph-printed publication, initially planned in 10 x 18cm format.
Bang Bang Zine
Bang Bang Zine (BBZ) is a Kuala Lumpur–based zine brand and store dedicated to illustration and risograph printing. Founded in 2017, it explores storytelling through printed matter, drawing from daily life, quiet observations and moments of imagination. Its offerings have grown to include art prints, merchandise and workshops, nurturing a creative circle of artists and makers. Through its Zinemate: publishing project, BBZ has collaborated with local and international artists to publish a wide range of zines. As part of risograph studio Inkink Der (IID, est. 2019), it continues to grow as a platform for creative sparks through print and beyond.
1. SOMEART of Bang Bang Zine (temporary title)
by BBZ
This publication collects works by Bang Bang Zine printed with the risograph technique, featuring risograph prints, zines, posters, and collaborations from over the years. It highlights the studio’s ongoing exploration of print, colour, and storytelling through the unique lens of risograph printing. A simple look into the work we’ve made, and the ideas we’ve printed along the way.
This will be a Risograph-printed publication.
2. Nowhere Familiar
Chapter 1: Kuala Lumpur in My Eyes (A City I Never Truly Knew) (temporary title)
by Chya Chyi
Nowhere Familiar began with a quiet thought. I never truly knew Kuala Lumpur, and I never knew how to love it. Born in Terengganu and raised in Kuala Lumpur, not in the city centre but in a taman, Chya Chyi grew up in spaces that felt familiar by address, but never truly seen. This self-publication begins with somewhere vague. Not fully kampung, not fully city. A middle space that shaped the artist’s sense of self through quiet disconnection. This first chapter, Kuala Lumpur in My Eyes (A City I Never Truly Knew), uses writing, drawing, photography, and collected fragments to reflect on spaces once overlooked. It is not about mapping geography, but about quietly noticing. Finding quiet in complexity. Finding complexity in the quiet. And beginning to observe outward while answering inward.
This will be a Risograph-printed publication, initially planned in 10 x 18cm format.