Zines

A great site to refer to for archive, libraries, reviews, online tips and tricks, how-to info, interviews, events, distros and opinion pieces as articles and essays and controversies.

A free encyclopedia database dedicated to all things zines, including independent presses, zinesters, authors, artists, distros, events, libraries and more.

Since 2002, Stolen Sharpie Revolution: a DIY Resource for Zines and Zine Culture has been the go-to guide for all things zine related.

Based in Canada and publishing since 1995, the Broken Pencil is dedicated to "zines, comics and alternative culture" and publishes their issues quarterly where they review zines, comics and include various other topics related to indie arts.

Founded in 1976, Printed Matter, Inc. is the world’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination, understanding and appreciation of artists’ books and related publications.

A general public group page on Facebook for all things zines, including zinesters, events, zines, questions, trading inquiries and more.

General Facebook group about zines, zinesters, zine fests and more.

A general page about zines, zinesters, zine events and more, on X (formerly Twitter).

The POC Zine Project's mission is to make ALL zines by people of color (POC) easy to find, distribute and share. Though their main site is Tumblr, where you can find more information on their mission and getting in contact, new posts and updates seem to be primarily through their Facebook page and Instagram.

"We Make Zines is an online community for zine makers and readers. Although there are many social networking sites out there, there is little that focuses on zines. We all have our facebooks or blogs, but those accounts are filled with friends from work, from the third grade, people who don't know what a zine is and some who probably don't care. This space creates a place that focuses on the zines."

An online community for zine librarians to meet and discuss as well as share methods for archiving, collection management, storing, shelving and more. A lot of great resources for beginning a collection at your institution.

Subreddit dedicated to all things zines.

Bre makes zines and art. She has tons of great videos on making zines, tips and advice for someone beginning their zine-making journey (start with the "If I Were to Start Making Zines in 2024, This is What I'd Do" video for this!), showing her own zines and more.

An Instagram account dedicated to posting one zine every day from across the globe! This is a great account to look at for zine variation, zine ideas and to see what people are doing all over the world.

Although the account has recently gone on hiatus, while the page is up, it's worth looking through as a sort of archive! Neta has very interesting, original ideas for zines, including trying different shapes and formats for her zines, which is great for inspiration and ideas.

A professional illustrator who is also a printmaker and makes zines that reflect their art style.

A Bangkok-based graphic designer and zine maker who self publishes colorful books and zines and offers different tricks, events and posts on all things zines.

Based in Seoul, Kelly is an illustrator and print maker who shares videos on zine making including tips and advice, how-to videos for print techniques that you can use for zines and general art content.