cat. moth. crow… who?

Hi there! 👋 I’m Dayna and this is my blog. A little bit about me: I value community, autonomy, joy, expression, beauty, and authenticity. For over twenty years now, I’ve been making zines, and I’m passionate about fostering zine communities both online and irl. To me, zines are a way of life, one that approaches everything with a do-it-yourself (or, more accurately, do-it-together) mentality, creating connection and increasing accessibility. On this website, I blog about zines and my life, and share tutorials, musings, and missives. I’ve been making websites for even longer than I’ve been making zines, and I just wouldn’t feel like myself if I didn’t have a home on the web.

Here are a few fun facts about me: I practice witchcraft. I live in a little yellow cottage with my husband and our two cats, Ruby Soho and Snoopy. I collect zines (obviously), vinyl records, cassette tapes, stickers, and a variety of weird little toys (mostly antique plush, but also a smattering of artist-made figurines and vinyl gacha!prizes). My other hobbies include riding bikes, enjoying live music, video production, porch-sitting with friends, exploring cities, gardening, writing my penpals, and practicing yoga. I don’t have a driver’s license, and I don’t ever want one. My favorite emojis are 💌💖✂️🏴🐌🌼🌙🐛💗✨🌱.

You can reach me via email: or via snail mail: P.O. Box 413195, Kansas City, MO 64141 USA. Visit me elsewhere online at my web-cottage, or tune in to my youtube channel.

I’m always eager to hear from folks passionate about zines and diy, and love trading zines! I am also currently scheduling zine workshops, panels, interviews, and other misc. events for 2025 and 2026, if you are part of an organization looking for someone to spread the good word of makin’ zines. Getting to share my passions with other folks is my idea of living the dream.

“Official” Biography

Dayna Moth Meyer (they/she) is a zinester, writer, and art-maker from Kansas City, MO.

They are the author of the zine series catmothcrow and Pocci, as well as The Witchy Zinester’s Pocket Book of Spells, Hagwitch, and Riding Roller Coasters with Vincent Price.Their work explores themes of identity, magic, exploration, motivation, curiosity, and community. Dayna’s zines have been archived in the Museum of Contemporary Witchcraft, the Kansas City Public Library, the Neither/nor Zine Library, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, the Denver Zine Library, and the LaBudde Special Collections at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

In addition to writing their own zines, Dayna facilitates Kansas City’s monthly Zine Club and has volunteered with the KC Zine Collective since 2017, helping plan and coordinate KC Zine Con, the midwest’s DIY Publishing Fest.

When they’re not creating art and crafting zines, Dayna works as Creative Director at Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep), and they have been the artist for all of the theatre’s poster art since 2018.