~ Early Web Links ~

The Salford Zine Library is a community archive dedicated to collecting and preserving self-published zines, currently seeking pop-up and exhibition opportunities across the North-West of England. Visitors can browse the collection, submit their own zines, and stay updated on events like Zine Club through this digital home base.

Brad Enslen's personal blog covers a lively mix of political commentary, tech observations, and offbeat humor in a short-post microblog style. The site also features a personal directory, a movies section, and connections to IndieWeb webrings, making it a charming corner of the independent web.

An archived message from the Nettime mailing list, this page preserves the original 1995 call for the first net.time meeting, a landmark gathering that gave birth to one of the internet's most influential forums for net criticism and digital cultural politics. Posted by Geert Lovink, the document is historically significant as the earliest known mention of the nettime mailing list, connecting art, theory, and internet culture through events like the Venice Biennale.

GB's cozy corner of the web blends a personal blog with zine-making, doodles, book lists, and a curated blogroll, all tied together by a warm indie-web sensibility. The site participates in webrings, distributes zines through Ko-fi and ZinesForever, and documents everyday life through short reflective posts.

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.

Lauren's blog Flotisserie is a thoughtful micro-blog covering media criticism, AI ethics, book culture, and the state of digital discourse. Posts link out to notable reads while adding sharp personal commentary on topics like LLM misuse, influencer credibility, and the erosion of authentic intellectual engagement.

Zineopolis is an art-zine archive curated by Dr Jackie Batey at the University of Portsmouth, preserving visual zines created by Illustration degree students alongside donated and purchased works since 2007. The collection champions uncensored creative expression outside traditional publishing, focusing on art-heavy zines and offering workshops, research resources, and short films about zine culture.

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.

Plaintext Distro is an anti-capitalist zine distribution collective that makes low-tech, DIY, and culturally-minded zines accessible to readers worldwide, with a particular focus on topics like right-to-repair, digital decentralization, indie game-making, and software art history. Their catalog features zines from a rotating cast of small-press creators, and the collective participates in events like the Dublin Small Press Fair and Edinburgh Zine Fair.

Via Galactica is Croatia's first science fiction, fantasy, and horror e-fanzine, online since 1997 and still publishing despite hosting troubles. The site features issue archives, SF news, convention coverage, links to Croatian SF writers, and commentary on genre topics like Lord of the Rings.