~ Early Web Links ~

The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) is a community organization dedicated to preserving and archiving queer zines, with this particular page showcasing their SWAG store featuring buttons, t-shirts, and zines with slogans like 'Read. Write. Resist!' and 'Queer Space Communism.' A labor of love for queer DIY print culture, QZAP combines archival activism with a small merch shop to support their mission of collecting and celebrating queer zinester history.

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.

The Papernet is a webring dedicated to connecting zinesters from around the world, welcoming physical and digital zines, distros, event organizers, and review blogs. It offers a member directory and simple instructions for joining via Webringo, making it a cozy hub for the indie zine community.

The Tildeverse Zine is a community publication produced by members of the tildeverse, a network of shared Unix servers and pubnix communities. Three issues are available for download in HTML, PDF, and EPUB formats, with open contributions welcomed via pull request or IRC.

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.

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.

Bwamp is a quirky personal hub run by an indie creator offering zines, tapes, computer games, and a blob section alongside links to collaborators Blueberry Soft and Xenon Fiber. The mix of physical and digital media suggests a small DIY artist collective with an offbeat, lo-fi web aesthetic.

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.

The EBABZ Digital Zine Library is a curated collection of free and purchasable zines hosted by the East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest, featuring over 100 works from independent creators on topics ranging from mental health and politics to art and cooking. A rich archive of grassroots publishing, it offers direct PDF downloads or links to view and purchase each zine, celebrating the DIY spirit of Bay Area zine culture.

The New York Moon is an experimental internet publication that follows the actual lunar cycle, releasing new editions with each phase of the moon. Mixing radio art, audio performance, guerrilla recordings, and written projects from contributors like Diego Stocco and Peter Kowalchuk, it occupies a strange and compelling niche between literary magazine, sound art gallery, and radio broadcast.