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A free community event series for zine enthusiasts. Our cut-and-paste hijinks include monthly meetups, Zine Club Chicago on Marz, Zine Camp, South Side Zine Library, South Side Zine Fest + more! Produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin. zineclubchicago.com

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Friday 10/10
FULL BLEED gallery show
reception 5-7pm
at Quimby’s Bookstore!

Featuring Full Bleed contributors; Jim Terry, Melissa Kelly, Tyrell Cannon, Mr. Walters, Max Bare, Jcrash Charles Huth, Austin Winstead, Stuart John Marsh, Tony Recktenwald, Eerie Ed, Spencer Drew Bogart! & maybe more!

04.10.2025 22:07 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Small press fair Sunday 19th October! Newcastle Travelling Man basement! 11.30 till 4ish! Comics, zines, prints, poetry, prose, merch - from North East creators. Free in. Nice. Tell yer pals.
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03.10.2025 09:59 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Just some of the delectable wares available in our shop today, including a few new titles especially uploaded for Bandcamp Friday.

These and many other books, zines & records will also be available on our stall at Sherbet Dab Records & Books market tomorrow, Mason & Fifth, Westbourne Park (12-6pm).

03.10.2025 13:55 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graphic with a rainbow background, announcing, "Queer Zine! Paid opportunity! Two weeks remaining for artist applications!". At the bottom is a watercolor painting of two masculine characters kissing, cropped into a semicircle shape.

A graphic with a rainbow background, announcing, "Queer Zine! Paid opportunity! Two weeks remaining for artist applications!". At the bottom is a watercolor painting of two masculine characters kissing, cropped into a semicircle shape.

As of today, we are officially halfway through our artist application period, with just two weeks left!

"We've Always Been Here" is a queer historical zine, aiming to show that LGBTQ+ people have always existed, and always will.

If you haven't applied yet:
forms.gle/7r8B6TZ1RdaK...

#Zines #Zine

03.10.2025 14:12 — 👍 44    🔁 31    💬 0    📌 1

ZINES GLORIOUS ZINES

03.10.2025 14:24 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 1

making zines is better than posting

03.10.2025 15:16 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pssst… We've got two new #ColossiveCartographies lined up and ready to launch VERY soon - and No.70 landed in our inbox this morning.

Don't want to miss out? Of course you don't. Subscribe to get all six #zines in Series Twelve for just a tenner at bit.ly/colossiveS12

03.10.2025 15:52 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Looking forward to the AI garbage backlash that results in hand-written, hand-drawn, grainy photocopies like the best punk zines of the 80s.

03.10.2025 16:29 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Can't sleep. Just thinking about zines and this event today

03.10.2025 10:20 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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came across this gif I handmade 10 years ago 😊 #DIYzines

02.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

We loved discussing #zines as tools of resistance + community building with @wbez.org's Sasha Ann-Simons and Oscar Arriola of ZINEmercado! ✂️

01.10.2025 14:51 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

In keeping with my perpetual theme of mutual aid and community building... To borrow from @timothysnyder.bsky.social, we need to make eye contact with - and then get to know - those around us to keep each other safe. And coat your city in zines to spread the word. 📒🦋 Read On Tyranny, too. ❤️‍🩹

01.10.2025 05:38 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Monthly proclamation (as long as I remember)

riso printed zines are beautiful objects!

01.10.2025 10:58 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Found the *perfect* price list holder for my first market of Spooky Season! 🎃

This 'Thing' even matches my Wednesday jacket! 🖤😍

Ipswich folks, if you're in town on Sunday, head to The Walk 12pm-4pm.

I'll be serving 3 zines for £10.

#craftmarket #ipswichevents #fanzine #spookyzine #witchyzine

01.10.2025 12:49 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Lista chamada "Zinetober" 
1 a 5 - Fanzine
De 6 a 10 - Fotozine
De 11 a 15 - Zine-quadrinho (Comiczine)
De 16 a 20 - Zine pessoal (Perzine)
De 21 a 25- Zine literário
De 26 a 30 - Zine de Arte ou de DIY (Do It Yourself ou Faça Você Mesmo)

Lista chamada "Zinetober" 1 a 5 - Fanzine De 6 a 10 - Fotozine De 11 a 15 - Zine-quadrinho (Comiczine) De 16 a 20 - Zine pessoal (Perzine) De 21 a 25- Zine literário De 26 a 30 - Zine de Arte ou de DIY (Do It Yourself ou Faça Você Mesmo)

O Clube de Zines é uma iniciativa da Biblioteca de Zines para estimular criatividade e comunidade. Crie zines, leia zines!
Para participar
- Interprete os temas do jeito e formato que prefirir
- Compartilhe com #ClubeDeZines (assim a gente se acha)
-Envie seu zine para o acervo da Biblioteca de Zines

O Clube de Zines é uma iniciativa da Biblioteca de Zines para estimular criatividade e comunidade. Crie zines, leia zines! Para participar - Interprete os temas do jeito e formato que prefirir - Compartilhe com #ClubeDeZines (assim a gente se acha) -Envie seu zine para o acervo da Biblioteca de Zines

Para o tema do #ClubeDeZines de Outubro 2025, compartilhamos a lista "Zinetober" criada por @biribiba.bsky.social! Eaí, bora?

Como sempre, não precisa seguir a risca: o negócio é criar zines na sua capacidade, experimentar e brincar :)

Acesse a Biblioteca de Zines em www.biblioteca-de-zines.com.br

01.10.2025 13:36 — 👍 40    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 1
Hi from Phoenix's Best Place to Buy a Zine

Our last newsletter of September is out too! Are you signed up for them?
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30.09.2025 14:37 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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twincitiespbs on Instagram: "This Twin Cities art group is turning trash into treasure. 🖼️  Founded in 2017, the Twin Cities Collage Collective gathers regular…" This Twin Cities art group is turning trash into treasure. 🖼️  Founded in 2017, the Twin Cities Collage Collective gathers regularly at Fresh Eye Gallery (@fresheyegallery) for communal art-making. At these meetups, expect to find stacks of vintage magazines, paper scraps in unexpected places, and a shared sense of excitement in reworking found materials. ✨ For @twincitiescollagecollective founder allison anne (@allisonannecollage), the goal is to provide a welcoming environment for anyone who is interested in working in collage. “We really want to make it as accessible as possible.” 🫶🏽 To learn more about the artists featured in this video, check out their profiles below. Andrea Okeson / @andreaokesonart Christopher Alday / @_hurlyburly_ Jen Shaffer / @jen_shaffer_art Jenna Wynne / @pony_hotline Maggie Carter / @incognitomaggie Margaret Vergara / @marg.verg.art MELMCK / @melmckcollage Sonitha Tep / @f0g.machine Yvette Griffea-gray / @7yvelen allison anne / @allisonannecollage Brady Martin (Brado) / @hmmonmyway Ellis MacMillan / @mothscraps...#artcollective #collageart #twincitiesart #localartist #artofinstagramView all comments

Twin Cities PBS put together a nice piece about us over the summer, and it was just released over on Instagram!

01.10.2025 01:46 — 👍 16    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
Another Subculture OCTOBER on the wall in New River Studios

Another Subculture OCTOBER on the wall in New River Studios

OCTOBER 2025 - the London punk newsletter - out now

Get it first at New River tonight – subscribe for £3/mth and I’ll post you one — nearly 80 punk/DIY gigs/films/club nights for spooky time 🦇

+ BENNY LAGER writes about Oasis in NYC, LEIGH A documents Unrest 2025 on the other side. GET TO THE GIG

28.09.2025 15:05 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Pageant was the first hand-cut zine I made in late 2019! It feels like such a long time ago, and it paved the way for increasingly complicated book projects made over the years. Lately, it’s been also one of my more popular zines which is weirdly gratifying.

30.09.2025 05:46 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Don't forget you can buy Taran's Colossive Cartography, Fleece and Fibre, from us for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive67.

Or subscribe to Series Twelve at bit.ly/colossive12 and get all six #zines as soon as they're published for just a tenner (the next two are coming VERY soon)... 😁

30.09.2025 08:17 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Edinburgh pals, I'm running a free haunted generative writing workshop at the HalloZine fair on Saturday 18th October (where I'll also be tabling with @ceciliabennett.bsky.social and some seasonal zines!) There are a few tickets left here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-haunted-...

30.09.2025 08:42 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

Recommended to a student they check out the zines in great Liverpool bookshop, news from nowhere. I just popped in for a browse and there's said student! They do listen sometimes!

30.09.2025 12:58 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Ep. 1, What is a Zine?

Just saw that this is a thing!!

“Zine Your Research” podcast from Tulane University Libraries

open.spotify.com/episode/6zuc...

#zine #zines #podcast #libraries

30.09.2025 14:06 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A long arm stapler next to a paper cutter, with to be assembled zines on the left and assembled on the right

A long arm stapler next to a paper cutter, with to be assembled zines on the left and assembled on the right

Sixteen zones all laying on the kitchen counter

Sixteen zones all laying on the kitchen counter

Only made 16 for now because prints are 21¢ a pop and I’m not printing this shit at work and my printer is slow.

But I made print editions of the lyrics zine.

30.09.2025 15:32 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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"Pocket Poems" Oct. (mini, no staples, first editions) - shgrey's Ko-fi Shop These are the first ever zines I have made. Therefore, they're a little funky! I was learning how I wanted to do them as I went, the trimming is a lit...

Here is your chance to get my first ever miniest of "Pocket Poems" zine! Because these are so small, & a lil quirky, each also comes with a hand drawn book mark. There is only 45 of these lil guys total. The next zines will be in a slightly different size, with added staples for structure.
#poetry

30.09.2025 15:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Zines. Potlucks. Punk shows in parks. Someone cute writing their phone number on your hand. The kids crave authentic moments unmediated by big tech.

30.09.2025 16:26 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Latina teens are using digital zines to spark conversations on mental and sexual health, blending art, storytelling, and community care into a powerful tool for change. Read more here: bit.ly/4nR6C20.

30.09.2025 16:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We carry over 70 different titles and we are printing new stuff all the time. Look for the Wagon'o'Zines & pick up some quality leftist lit!

#alaskasky #zines #zinedistro

30.09.2025 18:38 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Awesome zine workshop with the Co-production team at Toucan talking about World Migratory Bird Day (on October 11!) and used the idea of bird migration to explore change in our own lives.

A really beautiful sentiment that led to some wicked zines!

#zines #ZinesAndMentalHealth #ZinesAndResearch

30.09.2025 19:20 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Don’t forget to join us for Girly Pop Magic ✨this Thursday✨ at Atomic Clock Brewing. We’ll have our free zines restocked so feel free to grab one!

30.09.2025 19:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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