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Alex Nall's comics chronicle the lives of people living in rural Illinois. The cartoonist and library clerk's goal is to give each character their own story.

A RISO wiki for artists, designers, and printers

I enjoy sending small, softcover zines (or booklets) as a regular letter with the US Postal Service. It keeps the shipping price low, so I...

An old underground culture quietly thrives.

Fifth Estate Magazine, radical publishing since 1965

I remain very pleased to have finally published a zine—here's a couple things I learned about zinemaking, in the process.

Zine Bakery Bakeshop #2, by Quinn Dombrowski, Tessa Walsh, Anna Kijas, Ilya Kreymer, and Amanda Wyatt Visconti

“I learned that you had spent a lifetime equally devoted to the conviction that words are not good enough. Not only not good enough, but corrosiv...

There are few things that embody the DIY, have-a-go spirit of punk more than ‘zines. Although not by any means exclusive to the punk scene, they are an intrinsic part of the genre’s history. Molly Tie has a look at the evolution of the craft and the role it has played in the history of punk.

Zines have roots in sci-fi, punk, and politics, learn a brief history about what used to be a form of counter-culture, now turned mainstream.

Monthly reviews and occasional interviews

Zine Crisis Mutual Assistance Group: Zinesters helping zinesters

Have you been wondering where to find online zines? Read more to find a list of sites, including the Sherwood Forest Zine Library.

A guide to ideating, publishing, and distributing a DIY zine, written by Rona Akbari and illustrated by Somnath Bhatt.