Zine Scene

Zine Scene: The Color of Night

Madison Smartt Bell: The Color of Night (Vintage, 4/15/11) The term “revelry” has fallen out into disuse. When you hear…

Zine Scene: Faesthetic

Faesthetic is changing the way zines are marketed and redefining that for which they stand. Much more than a high-quality…

Zine Scene: Lynd Ward

Before Daniel Clowes and Adrian Tomine, before Frank Miller and Alan Moore, and even before Stan Lee and Jack Kirby,…

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: 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: Be Good or Be Good At It — A Celebration of Zines, Touring, and Community

Every other week, Zine Scene uncovers writers’ and artists’ adventures in the world of independent publishing.  This guest installment comes…

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: 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…

Zine Scene: The mundane treasures of John Porcellino’s King-Cat

At 20 years old, John Porcellino’s hand-drawn comic zine King-Cat is a veritable dinosaur of the industry. When publication began…