The Zine Scene
What is a Zine?
Zine World uses the defintion "A zine (pronounced “zeen,” like “magazine”) is a self-published, small circulation, non-commercial booklet or magazine, usually produced by one person or a few individuals". Generally they're cheaply printed booklets about whatever the author/authors wants to talk about! There are a ton of different ways and formats to make them, the most common being a half page and a 1 page mini-zine. Although they originally have roots in movements like the Harlem Rennasaince, the punk scene, and sci-fi, they've become a lot more popular and mainstream lately. Nowadays they're widely available at bookstores, zine fests, protests, art markets, and many more places.
Learn more about zines in zineworld.org's Zine101 guide.
Check out my zines on itch.io
Places I get Zines Online
I generally like leftist, non-fiction zines so these are some places that I fo. Look at the next section for where to get zines free and online!
- Sherwood Forest Zine Library
- SproutDistro
- Internet Archive
- The Small Science Collective
- Haters Cafe
- Fugitive Distro
- MBTADistro
- itch.io
Where to Find Zines Online Masterdoc
I really like zines and sometimes they can be hard to find! So I made a masterdoc for where I've been able to find them free and printable online. Some of these websites are no longer updated but still have the zines. They vary from genre, format, size, publication date, and topic.