Zines
Online Zine Collections
The TCC Zine collection is a small but mighty one. We hope that it has ignited an interest in finding more zines. In that vein, this page hosts links to publicly accessible zine collections in the Puget Sound region as well as fully digitized, online zine collections for you to continue to learn from and engage with.
- Papercut Zine Virtual Library"Papercut Zine Library is a free, volunteer-run browsing library with a collection of 16,000+ zines & independent media" (PZL).
- Internet Archive Zine CollectionsThis link leads specifically to various digitized zine collections hosted on the Internet Archive.
- Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library"The mission of Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library is to organize as a non-hierarchical collective for the purpose of sharing and distributing information" (Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library).
- Sherwood Forest Virtual Zine LibraryThe Sherwood Forest Zine Library is a fully functioning independent media library focusing on zines and DIY culture. Located in Austin, TX.
- QZAP (Queer Zine Archive Project)"The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) was first launched in November 2003 in an effort to preserve queer zines and make them available to other queers, researchers, historians, punks, and anyone else who has an interest DIY publishing and underground queer communities" (QZAP).
- Digital Transgender Archive (DTA)"The purpose of the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA) is to increase the accessibility of transgender history by providing an online hub for digitized historical materials, born-digital materials, and information on archival holdings throughout the world" (DTA). This link leads directly to the DTA digitized zine collection.
- Indigenous Action"Indigenous Action (IA/originally Indigenous Action Media) was founded...to provide strategic communications and direct action support for Indigenous sacred lands defense." This link is "a collection of printable Indigenous zines for distribution" (IA).
- Asian American Feminist Collective Zines"Asian American Feminist Collective (AAFC) is a grassroots racial and gender justice group based in New York City engaging in intersectional feminist politics grounded within our diasporic communities" (AAFC). This link is to their Resources page, featuring digitized zines.
- POC Zine Project"POC Zine Project's mission is to makes zines by POC (People of Color) easy to find, distribute and share" (POC Zine Project).
- DC Punk Archive Zine Library"The DC Punk Archive Zine Library is a virtual collection of zines gathered from the archival collections of individual DC Punk Archive donors" (DCPAZL).
Zine Events
- East Bay Alternative Book and Zine FestUpcoming: December 2, 2023
- Seattle Art Book FairUpcoming: May 11-12, 2024
Public Zine Collections in the Puget Sound Region
- ZAPP at Seattle Public LibraryZAPP (Zine Archive and Preservation Project) "was dedicated to preserving and promoting self-publishing in Seattle and beyond. ZAPP collected more than 30,000 zines, minicomics and other self-published and small press titles" (SPL Website). The collection was donated to the Seattle Public Library and can only be viewed in the library, by appointment. Visit the link to set up an appointment and to learn more about the ZAPP collection at SPL.
- Timberland Regional Libraries Zine CollectionsThe Olympia branch of TRL has a collection of over 1,700 zines and the Lacey branch has a smaller collection of over 400. Zines can be enjoyed in the library or checked out and taken home. Visit the link to search the TRL catalog for zines.
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