Johnny Gamber’s ‘Penpalling’ is punchy, accessible and adorable
Penpalling Zine, Johnny Gamber, 8pgs, pencilrevolution.com, $3.50 This delightful quarter-size zine by Johnny Gamber of Pencil Revolution Press is […]
Zine Reviews
The consequences of creative bravery in ‘Manifest (zine)’
Manifest (zine) Zine, Issue 4, Jen Payne, 20 pgs, Three Chairs Publishing, 3chairspublishing.com, $6 This fourth issue of Manifest […]
Find comfort and connection with ‘Endometri, O Sis!’
Endometri, O Sis! Perzine, Lisa Derrick and Sarah Merton, 40 pgs, £6 From the very beginnings of modern medical […]
The ups and downs in the plague year in ‘Start Over: A Year’s End Zine’
Start Over: A Year’s End Zine Perzine/Artzine, Fawndolyn, 32 pgs, fawndolyn.com, $5 The isolation of the pandemic has helped me […]
Early 90s Drunken Adventures in ‘Gray Flag #2’
Gray Flag #2 Litzine, Chris Auman, 28 pgs, Rooster Cow Press, chris-auman.com, $4.50 If you haven’t had too much […]
‘Driving Around: A Pandemic Journal’ captures the eerie ambiance of a pandemic vacation
Driving Around: A Pandemic Journal Comic, Amanda Etches, 24 pgs, etches.ink, $10 A vendor sells hot dogs on an […]
Deep anime classics, off-beat Hollywood dramas, and Hong Kong action flicks in ‘Drifting Cry Room #51’
Drifting Cry Room #51 Movie fanzine, Nick Bernal, 10 pgs, San Diego Public Library Zine Collection This excellent San […]
The ever-popular ritual of grieving through television marathons by The Depressed Waitress
I Am Not Lonely for I Have a Television Perzine, The Depressed Waitress, 42 pgs, thedepressedwaitress.com, $10 The end […]
‘The Analog Sea Bulletin’ supports the human right to disconnect
The Analog Sea Bulletin Catalog, Autumn 2020, Jonathan Simons, 36 pgs, Analog Sea, analogsea.com, free Analog Sea is a […]
Never has a hotdog been so elevated as in ‘The Hotdog Variations’ chapbook
The Hotdog Variations Chapbook, James Hawes, 14 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com, $4 Never has “a hotdog with mustard & […]
Male alienation and longing in ‘Blue
Blue Litzine, by Nathanael O’Reilly, 40 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com, $5 Ever wonder what the working-class white guy around […]
‘Bar Delicious’ is a masterful zine series where hybrid style meets hypnotic critique
The Test #18-22: Bar Delicious Blaise Moritz, five issues, 16-20 pgs each, $2 each, blaisemoritz.com This series, which spans […]