A round up of zine related things I wanted to share.
Digital, freely available zines
- Pride and Rage by Sour Queer Press A free zine regarding the feelings of disabled/immunocompromised queer folx and the subsequent prides/community events/world without masks. What is community when it has left you behind? I originally found this via @pixouls@post.lurk.org
- Understanding the RICO Charges in Atlanta - A Sweeping Indictment Seeks to Criminalize Protest Itself - "The defendants include 42 people already charged with “terrorism” for allegedly participating in the movement to #StopCopCity, many of them on the basis of actions as simple as entering a forest or posting to social media; three more people already charged with felonies for allegedly distributing handbills; and another three people charged last May with “money laundering” and other crimes for organizing legal support for activists. None of these previous charges has resulted in a single conviction."
Subscriptions
- My new zine: "How to Gender Euphoria" !!! by Joscelyn Transpiring - A zine set to launch in 2024 by and about trans folk.
Wiggle Bird Mailing Club - A homegrown zine subscription for queer/trans zines and comics.
They recently accounced they are accepting submissions for the 2024 year and pay $550!
Anna Jo Beck's Zine Subscription - "A new zine in the mail by a guest zinester (or me) every month"
Other
- Pocket Thoughts Zines - Always has pocket sized shorts highllighting interesting zines.
- Roll for Zines - By catmothcrow, a cool but small series where the zinester rolls a variety of dice to decide whether to make/read a zine.
- PUNK ZINES : UK 1978 - 1984 - PUNK ROCK FANZINES FROM A GREAT TIME OF MUSIC AND DiY REVOLUTION !
How to Emerge: Towards the Emergence of Equitable Zine Fairs - "Towards the Emergence of Equitable Zine Fairs" is a new, interactive webzine showcasing the work of 15 emerging zinemakers and meditating on questions of representation and access. Zine fairs and art book fairs often produce a scarcity model; paper, printing, funds, and relevant skills can be a hindrance to young artists, especially those working outside of the west. This project draws inspiration from the recent in-person Emergence Zine Fair in NYC, organized by Hyperlink Press and Yellow Pearls Zine, and offers an opportunity for DIY, emerging zinesters to present their work in a new online format. In place of the sometimes exorbitant pay-to-participate fair model, Hyperlink Press redistributes its commission fee to imagine and enact a system in which artists and zinemakers are paid-to-participate. In doing so, they ask: how much would change if artists and bookmakers were instead paid for their time, labor, and participation? Through the webzine, Hyperlink Press hopes to address the constraints and challenges of making zines, as well as celebrate the generosity and love fundamental to the zine community.
Visit our website to explore this online project and three others! www.artistsbooksmiami.org www.howtoemerge.artistsbooksmiami.org