Some of my favorite self-published, non-commercial print works in zine form. I used to collect these from zine fests, independent book stores, or trade my own zine for a copy of someone else's.
Cultural icon in the SF scene. Was always obsessed with this documentary photography zine.
Hamburger Eyes by Ray Potes
If this one doesn't make you smile then I don't know what to tell you. You may know Jay Howell's character design and signature style from Bob's Burgers.
Let Me Tell You Where To Stick It by Jay Howell and Audrey Erickson
Can either be read as a narrative or each of the pages can be appreciated as a standalone illustration.
Scenes From An Alley by Jeffry Kriksciun
Factual stories about murders, disasters, and chaos. True Crime in zine form.
Murder Can Be Fun by John Marr
Risograph printed by the FCCW in conjunction with a workshop held at the Los Angeles Book Art Fair in 2018.
Making Art During Fascism by the Feminist Center for Creative Work
Images and stories from Maggie's punk themed 6th birthday party at her mom's Chinese restaurant in New Jersey.
Maggie Lee: Punk Party 93' zine
Super cool poem & comic zine by Hellen Jo. Love the hand lettering.
A Bleeding Cut by Hellen Jo
By multi-disciplinary artist and writer Seth Price. This print is made with black & white xerox, it's 21 pages, and was published in 2009.
seth price: for a friend zine
Black & white photos of guys. Jesse Pollock's photography is always super good. There is also another version of this concept called Girls.
GUYS by Jesse Pollock
Written and drawn by Nigel Peake, a self-published artist from Northern Ireland.
Things, Objects and Fragments by Nigel Peake
Black & white photo copy zine by Misaki Kawai A limited edition print of 150, published in 2011.
Misaki Kawai: Romantic Melody
36 page risograph duotone print zine from 2013. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100.
Jason Roberts Dobrin - Stanford Stables - Printed Matter
A tabloid zine. 🤙
SMH Girls by Shana Sadeghi-Ray
Really cool and weird zine that's illustrated using MS Paint.
The Coldest Winter of Our Hearts by Harrison Stewart
A zine of various hairstyles and quotes of Winona Rider, illustrated by Kseniya Yarosh.
Winona Rider/Winona Rydehair by Kseniya Yarosh
3D risograph printed zine, with 3D glasses, by Sofia Diaz.
Pulp Press - Meshes 3D Risograph Zine by Sofia Diaz — The Artlands Creative
Fun and personal 24 page, 2 color risograph zine.
ON MY MIND - TAMIKO SIDORE
50 35mm color photographs printed on 28 pages.
Aimless - Film Photo Zine
Black ink on colored paper featuring stories about cool characters going on bizarre adventures.
Odnals Pral - Lando and Tsemberlidis
A cool mini-zine made with vintage and found images.
WISH BONE zine
Poems, drawings, and photography loosely on the theme of growing up. 36 pages, saddle stitched. Love this one.
GROWING UP by Matt O'Rourke
A brief history on the development of time-keeping technologies.
Weird Times by Tiffany Sia and Yuri Pattison
One of the most visually beautiful zines I've ever seen. And not in limited editions.
Bodies of Water by Peter Calderwood & Lena Gustafson
Really colorful and trippy original visual art covering every centimeter of this zine.
Nieves by Maren Karlson
Founded by editor and writer Dan Sinker this Chicago music and politics zine ran as a print publication from 1994 to 2007. Now you can find all 80 issues on the Internet Archive.
Every Issue of Punk Planet Is Available on the Internet Archive
1up MegaZine is a video game culture zine from 2001-2004, by Raina Lee in New York City at the time.
