~ Early Web Links ~

Common Pest is a personal creative hub by a maker who goes by the same name, hosting self-produced zines, music logs, and various creative projects while learning HTML and CSS from scratch. The site features a charming bat-filled illustrated tree as its navigation, a blog, and a music section covering artists like Tears for Fears, the Deftones, and Twenty One Pilots.

The Olympia Zine Library is the online presence of a physical zine collection housed at Last Word Books & Press in Olympia, Washington, featuring posts about zine history, resources, reviews, and links to zine distros and infoshops. Contributors like Sky Cosby curated articles, interviews, and reading lists celebrating DIY print culture and underground publishing.

Nicezines is a dedicated hub for zine culture, featuring a comprehensive directory of zine printers and companies from around the world to help creators bring their publications to life. The site also covers zine festivals, events, and how-to guides, making it a go-to resource for both new and experienced zine makers.

Sheryl Vernon is a mom-zine creator whose work covers topics like local Minneapolis news, parenting a teenager, and school refusal, available through Scope Creep Press and a network of zine libraries. Her personal site doubles as a hub for finding and buying her zines, with a retro-styled blog and guestbook adding a nostalgic early-web charm.

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.

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.

TheZONE is a quirky, space-themed creative hub built around an ongoing e-zine called the Super Secret Zone, now on its fifth issue, featuring original comics, short fiction, art, and classified ads. Visitors can submit anonymous "super secrets" via a web form, which may be featured in future issues, giving the site a participatory and irreverent old-web personality.

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.

The New Leaf Journal is a personal publication by Nicholas A. Ferrell featuring original articles, curated links from around the web, and a syndicated newsletter archive. This edition covers topics ranging from font reviews and search engine analysis to Fire Emblem gameplay, making it a wide-ranging but thoughtfully written indie web journal.

ELPiS is a Web 1.0 magazine celebrating the small web, indie web, and retro internet culture, publishing irregular issues filled with essays, humor, nostalgia, and personal reflections on the quieter corners of the internet. Created by a single author and now on its 13th issue, it covers topics ranging from early search engines to web design history to secret messages hidden in operating systems.