#zines

[foxsnails]

Starting off my challenge to make 1 zine every week until march, it’s some of my favourite baby birds!

I’m doing this challenge to try to kick my habit of overthinking and never starting stuff, though I will admit I’m posting this now on my self-appointed deadline day because I spent the whole week overthinking, gotta start somewhere I guess. Once I forced myself to just sit down and just start drawing it only took me an hour which makes me feel a bit silly

[pusong-mangga]

edit: apparently op is on tumblr! send them some love!

[monstermonger]

🐈‍⬛The Illustrated Collection of Black Cats' Musings🐈‍⬛

As a quick break from Drawtober-- I made a lil black cat zine recently!!! :D

I somewhat mentioned it earlier, but I also wanted to show some "behind the scenes," like the inspiration for the pics + exactly how I put together the zine itself, if anyone was curious! you can check it under the cut C:

~2 years ago, my sister moved away to California. She loves taking long walks and sent me photos of little nooks from around her new area not long after.

Since I couldn't visit anytime soon and was feeling a lil sentimental, I decided to draw some of the photos, add some cats for extra coziness of course).

Looking back on the illustrations a year later, I had a vague feeling all of them were linked. so I planned out an idea for a zine, since I love turning things into little stories!

The original title was "Black Cat the Poet" but after sitting on it a bit, I felt the little blurbs were more just little passing thoughts. So I changed the title to "An Illustrated Collection of Black Cats' Musings" and it feels more fitting :)

So exactly how they're made! -

I ordered a bunch of double-sided prints. Each 8.5x11 sheet = 1 zine once cut up. I actually included EXTREMELY faint cut lines on the prints, if you look superduper close you might see them lol.

After cutting them into individual 2.5x5" pages, I use a hole punch to make two holes on each mini page. I use the holes to tie some white waxed thread through to bind them all together.

And there!

TBH a large part of the idea for this format stemmed from my desire to make zines that are simple and affordable to ship-- basically things that can fit in a lil' rigid envelope ($2 domestic / $4 international cost) rather than a package ($6 domestic / $21 international cost......).

Also, it's much less expensive for me to order 40 unbound/uncut 8.5x11 prints, than to order 40 14-page zines. It all works out quite nicely, and all the extra handmade touches, while leaving each one a bit imperfect, also makes them more special than if it was mass-bound i think. I still like the convenience of ordering things pre-bound sometimes, but this one was a fun change.

So yeah! Thanks for reading if you got this far :D

[jesterattack]

From The Intercept

"The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine"

"Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment."

By Seth Stern

November 23 2025, 6:00 a.m.

The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine

Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.

[tizzymcwizzy]

for the final project in my riso & letterpress class i created an artist's book about the last few weeks of my final semester at school! there was this very special collision of the artemis II mission, watching project hail mary, and spending time with my friends that gave me some really precious memories that ill treasure forever :)

[fanzines]

'Transfem DIY HRT' and 'Transmasc DIY HRT' are a pair of zines aimed at teaching transgender people how to safely self-administer DIY Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Both zines are 100% free to download here from Little Mouse (who also made the zine). Print, share and distribute to those who need it!

The information contained in this zine is collated from, and openly available from, DIYHRT.info. PS: Follow FANZINES on BlueSky... 👀

[hillbillyoracle]

New Free Minizine: "Recovering from Reactivity"

[[ get a printable and read only version here (it's free) ]]