~ Early Web Links ~

SpaceTides is a free email newsletter published by the Bloemfontein Centre of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, delivering popular astronomy and spaceflight news in both English and Afrikaans. Each issue covers topics like stellar lifecycles, dwarf planets, sky observation logs, and infrared imagery from space telescopes, making it a bilingual resource for Southern African stargazers.

TAZ-LAZ is a community zine distribution network that guides people in setting up their own free zine boxes in public spaces, similar to little free libraries. The site covers everything from choosing weatherproof box hardware to maintaining and restocking locations, making it a practical resource for grassroots zine sharing.

Simmons University Library's research guide dedicated to finding, making, and teaching with zines, curated by the Simmons Library in Boston. It features directories of zine distributors, community organizations, and recommended books on zine culture, with a special focus on feminist, DIY, and POC-centered zine resources.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Le Fanzinophile is a French-language blog dedicated to archiving and sharing downloadable fanzines, covering decades of fan publications from the 1930s through the 2020s with a strong focus on cinema, fantastic film, horror, and genre culture. With hundreds of categorized entries spanning France, Belgium, Quebec, and beyond, it serves as a remarkable preservation resource for the history of fan publishing.