Exposure Unit: What makes a zine a zine?
A column about navigating the zine scene by Toronto-based zinester Rabeea Syed Have you ever found yourself folding and stapling […]
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‘Plummet’ explores how to survive if the world was literally turned upside down
Plummet Sherwin Tjia, 160 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $20 I’m sure we’ve all had nightmares of falling from a great […]
‘Frame of Mind’ provides a female-centric perspective on underground rock music
Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997–2017 Antonia Tricarico, 176 pgs, Akashic Books, akashicbooks.com, […]
Putting Print Back on the Subway Map
It takes guts to open a business in real-estate mad Toronto these days, much less one with zines as its […]
Mercedes Killeen wants to lie with her thoughts naked in ‘tulips’
tulips Chapbook, Mercedes Killeen, 16 pgs, Grey Borders Books, greyborders.com, $4 “I want to lie with my thoughts naked,” writes […]
Sexual symbolism and subliminal messages in ‘Ripe’
Ripe Litzine, Anchor and Star, 20 pgs, Anchor_and_Star, $5 The best way I can describe this erotic litzine is that […]
Art Holes: Sybil Lamb
Art holes is a column where creators diagram their work spaces. This issue, Sybil Lamb gives us a look into […]
Zinester’s Toolkit: Shrinky Dinkin all day with Eileen Chavez
Zinester’s Toolkit is a column that spotlights the tools and processes behind the craft of zines and self-publishing. In this […]
Folio: Destroy the Myth by Demian DinéYazhi’ & RISE
Folio is a section bridging the printed page with unexpected media, hosted by a different artist or curator each issue. […]
‘Chronicles [Letter Number Two of Six]’ leaves the reader with letters addressed to an unnamed “you”
Chronicles [Letter Number Two of Six] Litzine, Crash Reynolds, 8 pgs, utopiabycrash.etsy.com @indeliblecrash, $2.50 If there was a Zine Award […]
‘Bad Blood’ is a chapbook for the thoughtful punk
Bad Blood Chapbook, Dalton Derkson, 16 pgs, d13d.storenvy.com, $5 Dalton Derkson’s preoccupation with 1980s WWF wrestling weaves a stabilizing thread […]
‘View Master’ is packed with bright illustrations and eccentric stories
View Master Comic, Samuel W. Grant, 24 pgs, viewmasterpress.bigcartel.com, $5 Samuel W. Grant’s View Master is, as they describe it, […]