~ Early Web Links ~

Mothership Zeta is a quarterly digital science fiction and fantasy magazine edited by Mur Lafferty, publishing original fiction, nonfiction, and reviews for $2.99 per issue. Part of the Escape Artists family of genre podcasts and publications, it features thoughtful speculative fiction spanning sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and the weird.

Natrix's personal corner of the small web, viper.skin is built around a love of snakes, zines, tiny games, and handcrafted internet culture with a deep nostalgic streak for the 90s and 00s web. The site highlights creative work including art, zines, and small games, while Natrix shares their identity as a queer xennial who has stepped away from corporate social media in favor of the yesterweb movement.

Written by one of the original organizers of Brighton Zinefest, this detailed how-to guide covers the practical nuts and bolts of running a zine fair or fest, from table layouts to co-operative organizing principles. The broader blog, 'A Note On a Rainy Night,' spans art, books, crafts, music, and travel, but this popular post draws on three years of real event experience to offer advice rarely found in one place.

A University of Virginia Library guide dedicated to zines, covering their history, culture, and how to find digital collections from sources like the Library of Congress and various databases. Visitors can explore curated links to digital zine archives with a focus on underrepresented voices including people of color, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Paper Tiger Television is a long-running independent media organization dedicated to freedom of speech, personal expression, and social justice through grassroots video production. Their site offers access to an archive of activist media work, a history of the collective, and resources connecting visitors to their mission.

GEOZONe is an archive of radical geographic zines and print ephemera, collecting over 80 titles that explore themes like abolition, urban geography, climate politics, housing justice, and community mapping. The collection spans deeply political and experimental works, from strike zines to queer school charters to guides on gentrification, making it a remarkable repository for radical geography enthusiasts and activists.

ELPiS is a Web 1.0 magazine celebrating the small web, indie web, and retro internet culture, publishing irregular issues filled with essays, humor, nostalgia, and personal reflections on the quieter corners of the internet. Created by a single author and now on its 13th issue, it covers topics ranging from early search engines to web design history to secret messages hidden in operating systems.

Scrappy Capy Distro is an anarchist zine distribution site offering a curated collection of political zines covering topics like antifascism, mutual aid, feminism, and COVID safety. The collection spans everything from anti-capitalist theory to practical guides, with titles like 'Gossip as Direct Action' and 'Insurrectionary Mutual Aid' making it a rich resource for radical literature.

David Wertheimer has been publishing Ideapad since 1998, making it one of the longest-running personal blogs on the web, with archives stretching back decades. Posts cover everyday observations, technology, diet experiments, and slice-of-life vignettes written with a warm, conversational style.

ZineLibraries.info is the home of the Zine Librarians Interest Group, a collective dedicated to sharing resources, expertise, and best practices for building and maintaining zine collections in libraries and archives worldwide. Founded in 2007, the site offers guides on cataloging, collection policy, shelving, workshops, and events like the Zine Librarians unConference and International Zine Library Day.