Alt Press Fest 2026

An SLC favorite for nearly two decades! Meet DIY artists from our local zine community, browse zines and art for sale, try free activities, and catch an author talk and artists' panel. For more information on Alt Press Fest and Zines, click here . The artwork for Alt Press Fest 2026 was created by Kruttika Susarla , our featured artist. Kruttika Susarla is an illustrator and cartoonist from Andhra Pradesh, India, working across editorial illustration, picture books, lettering, and comics. She collaborates with community-engaged organizations in the US and the Global South to create books, zines, and toolkits. Her narrative work is bright, bold, and textural. Kruttika’s work for The Freedom Sisters (Pratham Books, 2024) won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators (SOI). It was juried into the Illustrators 67th Annual Exhibition in NYC and was exhibited at the 2026 Bologna Children’s Book Fair as part of SOI’s exhibit. Her self-published comics tell stories of connection, community, and labour. Her comics have been exhibited internationally, including at the Erlangen Comic Salon in Germany and the Fumetto Comic Festival in Switzerland. In 2026, she won the MoCCA Arts Festival Award of Excellence for Albo! (self-published, 2025) and in 2025, she won the Paper Rocket Publishing award for Alexander’s Curse (self-published, 2024).