~ Early Web Links ~

The Iranian is a long-running English-language publication founded by Jahanshah Javid in 1995, covering news, culture, and commentary about Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Its archive spans from 1995 to 2021, preserving decades of features, essays, and contributor work that document Iranian life and geopolitics across multiple eras.

Quarantine Zine Club is an archive born out of Melbourne's 2020 lockdown, created to keep the zine community connected during isolation through shared submissions and monthly creative prompts. Hosted by Sticky Institute, the site preserves zines contributed by community members between April 2020 and February 2021, offering a time-capsule snapshot of grassroots creative expression during the pandemic.

A research guide from Olympic College Libraries compiling major physical and digital zine archives, from the Barnard Zine Library to the Queer Zine Archive Project and the Library of Congress Zine Web Archive. Students and researchers exploring zine culture will find curated links to hundreds of self-published works covering politics, art, creative writing, and counter-culture movements.

Consumer World is a long-running consumer advocacy hub curating breaking consumer news, shopping bargains, scam warnings, and price comparison tools all in one place. Founded in 1995, it covers everything from shrinkflation and fake product alerts to mortgage rates and prescription drug discounts, making it a go-to resource for savvy shoppers and consumer rights advocates.

Chaos Theory: Tales Askew is an online zine or literary publication that appears to have been running since at least 2011, reaching its 14th issue at the time of this snapshot. The splash page hints at a creative writing or speculative fiction publication associated with the Genspace community, with a farewell message suggesting the final issue.

A collection of scanned punk and hardcore zines available as free PDFs, assembled by a dedicated archivist who wants to preserve underground music culture. Highlights include issues of Maximum Rock N Roll, tour zines, anarcho-vegan cookbooks, and interviews with bands from Boston, Philadelphia, Iceland, and beyond.

Littlemouse.fun hosts a curated collection of printable and screen-readable zines covering anarchism, trans DIY HRT guides, anti-nationalism, abolitionism, and meditation, alongside a few original works by the site creator. The collection is a thoughtfully assembled radical library with both self-authored zines and formatted reprints of influential texts, complete with print-ready PDF layouts in letter and A4 sizes.

Created by Elke Zobl, the Grrrl Zine Network is a comprehensive international directory of grrrl, lady, queer, and trans folk zines, distros, and DIY projects spanning dozens of countries and multiple languages. The site also offers extensive resources on third-wave feminism, cyberfeminism, zine history, academic writing, and how-to guides for zine creation.

The Book of Zines, edited by Chip Rowe, is a comprehensive directory covering every aspect of zine culture including archives, libraries, distribution, legal issues, reviews, and history. A go-to reference for self-publishers and zine enthusiasts, it also accompanies a published book available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo.

Electric Velocipede appears to be a literary or speculative fiction publication with a distinctive name that evokes early mechanical transportation. The site is largely a splash page with minimal visible content, but the title suggests a zine or small press journal focused on experimental or genre fiction.