~ Early Web Links ~

A library research guide from Salem State University created by zine librarian Dawn Stahura, covering everything a beginner needs to start making zines, from choosing a topic to selecting formats, templates, and printing methods. The guide includes mini-zine tutorials in English and Spanish, Canva and Google Slides templates, a student zine collection, and resources for teaching with zines in an academic setting.

Nice Marmot is a thoughtful personal blog by a U.S. Navy veteran who weaves together firsthand military history, current events, and geopolitical commentary with a distinctly lived-in perspective. Posts draw on the author's own service experience, including time aboard USS Stephen W. Groves during the tanker war in the Persian Gulf, making for unusually grounded and personal writing.

1312 Press is an anarchist zine distro operating out of Occupied Coastal Salish Territories, publishing and distributing printable zines focused on anti-fascism, anti-colonialism, and anti-police politics. The catalog includes titles covering topics like antifascist skinhead history, Indigenous land defense at Standing Rock, settler colonialism, and resistance to grand juries, with many available for both reading online and printing.

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.

ZEMOS98 is a Spanish cultural organization and festival platform dedicated to deconstructing dominant mass-media messages through critical media arts and activism. Their annual festival, labs, TV productions, and publications make it a hub for experimental media culture and European remapping initiatives.

This is a Magazine (about nothing) is an eclectic online publication from 2001 featuring contributors, curated compendia, and a live drawing tool called liveDraw. Its playful self-described identity as a magazine 'about nothing' suggests a creative, art-and-culture zine with a collaborative editorial spirit.

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.

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.

A low-bandwidth podcast archive hosting daily episodes of TOSOM (The Other Side of Midnight), optimized for listeners with limited data caps. The site provides a practical alternative feed so fans can consume roughly 20 episodes per month using only a fraction of a typical 10GB bandwidth allowance.

Jeff Kaufman's personal blog covers a wide range of topics including effective altruism, urban housing policy, parenting, contra dance music, and technology. The site features regularly updated posts with thoughtful analysis on civic and social issues, alongside links to his music projects and coding work.