Mallory Gevaert

Zine Scene: The F-Bomb

Looking for a little anti-holiday cheer? Tacoma-based zine The F-Bomb might just be the ticket. Since January of 2009, The…

Zine Scene: No More Coffee

Zines might seem like an odd fit for that old high-toned workhorse of publishing, the literary short story. But Ben…

Zine Scene: Mosh

For those who think that the zine is only a recent, Western phenomenon, look no further than the Malaysian zine…

Zine Scene: Rummaging through Nostalgia (guest column and playlist by Katie Haegele)

Zine creator Katie Haegele is author of the found-poetry publication Word Math and The La-La Theory and has been a…

Zine Scene: Eugene S. Robinson’s A Long Slow Screw

With his band Oxbow, Eugene Robinson has become known for his simple, primal lyrics howled over increasingly complex arrangements and…

Zine Scene: Megane

Star Graphics’ Yoshi Shimura cites a simple reason for publishing the zine Megane: “I want to liven up the Japanese art…

Zine Scene: Pink Noises

For the past ten years, Tara Rodgers, a.k.a. Analog Tara, has dedicated herself to studying female electronic musicians and the…

Zine Scene: Firebrands

In the introduction to Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas, by the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, Taylor Sparrow writes, “If you don’t…

Zine Scene: Adam Pasion, Sundogs, & Wasabi Distro

As an American expat living and working in Japan, Adam Pasion faces several difficulties in publishing his journal-style mini comic…

Zine Scene: Loserdom

Anto McFly, who produces the eclectic DIY punk-rock zine Loserdom with his brother Eugene, is not the only zine writer…

Zine Scene: Shortcomings

Adrian Tomine's graphic novel Shortcomings, a collection of three Optic Nerve issues, is held together by an overwhelming sense of…

Zine Scene: Starlite Motel on the necessity of independent publishing

What is it really like to be a zine writer in today’s world of megacorp publishers and big media? Amber…