Ziney Links

Ziney Links:

If you're here you probably already know this one but here's a directory of zine shops, with submission info for anyone who wants to be added to the list (share widely!)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12u559Xu9QtXYuChnCKK6gTWvHbXdjC-_rRC6p8BzYLs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Palestine zine Reading list:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D6HDDbHiz6je0txmEL8pALcQtI0vpPUlQdNQJ7exMqo/mobilebasic

Mine lol

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/TheosZines?ref=profile_header

Also a really solid podcast ep about zines by Projektado Collective in their series about makeshift design. Features several zinesters including me lol:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qhIacj3O5WjrqqBqIBqq0?si=cHmnBIfeRIiivYV4Sjak5w&utm_source=copy-link

Freeeeeeeee ziiiiiiiiines baby: https://www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/recently-added-pdfs-links

https://toleratedindividuality.wordpress.com/zine-library/a

https://zines.barnard.edu/barnard-zines-online-links

https://www.kekemagazine.com/zine-library/

https://archive.org/details/zines

https://azinelibrary.org/

https://www.librarything.com/catalog/pzl/digitalcopyavailable

https://crimethinc.com/zines

https://mnnicedistro.wordpress.com/

https://coke-oven.com/

https://zinelibrary.univer.se/

https://uniongallery.queensu.ca/zine-library/zine-library.html

https://serenegecko.neocities.org/lib-zine

https://www.reddit.com/r/zines/s/jFEgoEakNb

Rad zines:

https://archive.org/details/solidarityrevolutionarycenter

A grassroots sexual justice org in boston that does zines (among other things):

https://www.pleasurepie.org/

Fat lib zines

https://fatlibarchive.org/category/zines/

Brattyxbre's zine resources (lots of instructional tiktoks, a procreate template, other good stuff):

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/11Lc8s3w5HLrs8ekKiIGrbxNjVUV591MRvLdIOp_5fiA/mobilebasic

How to make a zine in google, etc:

https://guides.douglascollege.ca/zines/print

How to make a zine in Canva:

https://youtu.be/Q0et7-rQAus

Note: if you start from scratch you can input the dimensions you want, and export as a pdf to print in booklet mode. This is the easiest way to make and print a booklet zine that I know of, except for maybe using electric zine maker

Zine templates in pdf & jpeg and a variety of sizes, adding more:

https://www.stevedoesdoodles.com/freebies

Ezm! Make a zine/ezine on a computer! A great tool for collaborative zines too!

http://unicornycopia.com/ezm/

For turning a regular PDF into a booklet file:

https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/

Another program for laying things out:

https://www.blurb.ca/bookwright

Program for arranging zine pages in multiple formats:

https://nashhigh.itch.io/zinearranger

Program that turns PDFs into signatures suitable for traditional bookbinding (or order your pages properly to be folded for a zine):

http://quantumelephant.co.uk/bookbinder/bookbinder.html

So you're thinking about starting a zine fest?

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1_zB9znql68pRQFOEJkSYx4UOQLtRj-ubNPa3fTmmsRg/mobilebasic

Video explaining how to do the "booklet mode" zine printing hack:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=EoyQJZRO4KbsEIb2&v=TUtUCRbWovc&feature=youtu.be

Program for making zines and risograph prints on a Mac:

https://spectrolite.app/

A blog that talks about the less technical aspects of making a photozine:

https://www.minifulness.com/how-to-create-publish-your-first-zine-comprehensive-guide/

Print at home zine library, and a zine prompt generator:

https://zcmag.xyz/print-at-home-zine-library/

The Quarantine Zine Club:

https://quarantinezineclub.neocities.org/zinelibrary.html

The trans digital archive has some zines but also just a whole bunch of good stuff:

https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/

The symposium on Indigenous Comics has all the talks online through here: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/engdept/mar-24-indigenous-comics-symposium

A great collection of BLM-related zines, free to read or print for yourself: https://www.sherwoodforestzinelibrary.org/copy-of-virtual-zine-library

The Queer Zine Archive!!! So much good stuff, free to read!

https://archive.qzap.org/index.php

Zig Zag does very important work, and makes it available to all here: https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/category/documents/

A good list of some zine distros, including some online free ones: https://guides.douglascollege.ca/zines/distros

Emily Carr University zine directory:

https://guides.ecuad.ca/c.php?g=665501&p=4973741

A good list of some comic cons and zine fairs in Canada:

https://www.canadacomicsol.org/comic-book-resources/canadian-comics-and-zine-festivals/

A bit of a directory from Canzine of folks & distros to check out:

https://brokenpencil.com/tcaf/canzine.html?passageName=Start

Void gallery in Saskatoon has some zines your can check out for free too: http://voidgallery.ca/zines

BCC annual zine for BIPOC/QTPOC in SK: https://mcos.ca/blog/bcc-zine-call-for-submissions-condensed-summary-for-social-media/

Their insta: https://instagram.com/browncitizencircle?utm_medium=copy_link

Canadian indie published books:

https://alllitup.ca/About

Francophone Canadian stuff that's been translated to english:

https://powpowpress.com/about/

Lots of magazines started out as zines, Briarpatch is a good example of this: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/about/history

For some classic scifi fanzines:

http://www.cdnsfzinearchive.org/

(Specifically SK ones...a fine vintage)

http://www.cdnsfzinearchive.org/sf-fanzines/downloadable-canadian-fanzines/saskatchewan-zines/

A couple international Sci fi fanzines archives:

https://fanac.org/

https://efanzines.com/

This foodzine (and foreword interview) are 🔥🔥🔥:

https://032c.com/magazine/clarence-kwan

Incarceration zines:

https://penalpress.com/

https://prisonradioshow.wordpress.com/prison-radio-zine-distro/

An interview about a zine about "the Saskatchewan Penitentiary Riot":

https://cfrcprisonradio.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/one-for-the-books-the-saskatchewan-pen-riot/

This whole site is so good but here they have a page specifically about zines within queer history:

https://www.lgbtculturalheritage.com/zines

It mentions Queer Appalachia which is pretty rad (especially post forceful decolonizing takeover)

https://instagram.com/queerappalachia?utm_medium=copy_link

This list and its sequel have some stuff I already listed but whatever:

https://thefeministbibliothecary.wordpress.com/2018/03/19/where-to-find-free-digital-zines/

This blog post goes through the process someone went through making a really tight photography zine:

https://www.shutterspot.co.uk/how-i-published-my-first-photography-zine/

If you have a NYT subscription let me know what this is about lol:

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/17/magazine/zine-dreams.html

A distro with a focus on trans and BIPOC work that is Optically Interesting, open to submissions if you check their FAQ:

https://www.nonmachinable.com/

A zine review site, with this list of distros:

https://brokenpencil.com/distributors/

A zine coop in the UK that has calls for submissions regularly and is generally a good example of what a zine coop can be:

https://coinoperatedpress.com/

Magcloud offers templates for many types of printing projects which are really easy to work with and modify to suit your needs. Their printing prices are also quite good for the quality if you're looking at printing something with perfect binding or in larger quantities etc:

https://www.magcloud.com/create/templates

You can organize your pages to print using this:

Impose

Small Press Comics blog (Greek)

http://smallpressblog.blogspot.com/?m=1

In case you came to this talk because you were a fan of Rookie and have always wondered, here's a walk down memory lane:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-legacy-of-rookie-mag-ten-years-later/

Or maybe you were more the Vice Versa generation, rock on:

http://queermusicheritage.com/viceversa.html

Not the first, definitely not the last to make this joke, but it's a gooder So*:

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/why-women-should-not-vote

*pdr is also just a great source for inspiration