#Fanzines

[spirk-trek]

Julia Howarth, editor for The Communicator (a Star Trek fanzine/newsletter), 1975.

"There is a new baby in the family. His name is Randy. He is grey, with green teeth and a great carriage. He typed the entire COMMUNICATOR. He is my typewriter, which I up and bought with $20 that should have gone to the electric bill!" "[The Communicator] was assembled by literally cutting and pasting. Articles were cut out and glued on the pages. Artwork was also cut out and glued to the page. The titles and page numbers were hand written or calligraphed. Sources of artwork were fannish artists, prints of Star Trek film clips, TV Guides and newspapers, and photocopies of pictures from professional magazines. We then took the masters to one of the few copy shops available in the 1970s to print the pages. The magazine was hand folded and collated, then stapled with a tiny Swingline Cub stapler. This magazine was a very amateur labor of love."

[fanzines]

New York City’s Black Zine Fair is raising funds for its May 3rd, 2025 zine fair at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. Please donate here.

The zine fair celebrates Black, independent publishers in New York City and is free and open to everyone!

It provides a much-needed platform where Black zine makers and independent publishers can connect, share their work and celebrate Black history in a space that’s theirs.

[oceanichymns]

et voilà! my comic for @moon-knight-zine !

[dptarotzine]

💫 Contrib Spotlight💫

Out of the darkness comes the light of our first guest spotlight! Guest card artist @krossan offers an little ghostly illumination into our deck...

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A graphic with a black background and green accents. On the top is an icon of Dark Danny from Danny Phantom. Below this is Kros with Guest Artist text underneath. The remaining left side of the graphic is further information about the artist.

About Certainly another cool project to bring to the table for someone that knows very little about Tarot cards.

Favorite DP Character Dark Danny

Favorite Tarot Card Death, Hermit, High Priestess

In the lower left are the social handles for instagram credited as krosrios while tumblr and twitter are credited as krossan

The right hand side of the graphic is an illustration of Jasmin Fenton cradling Dark Danny's head between her hands.

[dungeonzine]

⊱ 🥘 PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN 🥘 ⊰

With 140+ pages of mouth-watering and heart-warming pieces from 65 contributors, it’s a delicious dungeon meal for the soul!

🪄 See below for our bundles! 🪄

💸 dungeonzine.bigcartel.com

🗓 Nov 15th - Dec 20th

🍱〘 Main Course: Full Bundle 〙🍱

💵 USD $70 💵

🥘 1x A5 hardcover zine book (140+ pages)

🥘 1x A5 zine PDF (140+ pages)

🥘 12x digital downloadable emotes/icons

🥘 2x 5"x7" foil prints

🥘 2x 2"x6" double-sided interlocking bookmarks

🥘 3x ~2.5"x~2.5" die-cut stickers

🥘 2x A5 sticker sheets

🥘 1x glitter enamel pin

🥘 1x ~2.5"x~2.5" double-sided glitter acrylic shaker charm

🥘 3x 9.8cm (diameter) ceramic coasters

🥧 This bundle is eligible for all stretch goals.

🍨《 Dessert: Partial Bundle 》🍨

💵 USD $50 💵

🥘 1x A5 hardcover zine book (140+ pages)

🥘 1x A5 zine PDF (140+ pages)

🥘 12x digital downloadable emotes/icons

🥘 1x 5"x7" foil print

🥘 2x 2"x6" double-sided interlocking bookmarks

🥘 3x ~2.5"x~2.5" die-cut stickers

🥘 1x A5 sticker sheet

🥧 This bundle is eligible for stretch goals.

🥗 〚 Appetizers: Zine Bundle 〛 🥗

💵 USD $30 💵

🥘 1x A5 hardcover zine book (140+ pages)

🥘 1x A5 zine PDF (140+ pages)

🥘 12x digital downloadable emotes/icons

🥧 This bundle is eligible for stretch goals.

🍤〔 Hors D’oeuvres: Digital Bundle 〕🍤

💵 USD $15 💵

🥘 1x A5 zine PDF (140+ pages)

🥘 12x digital downloadable emotes/icons

🍥 This bundle is not eligible for stretch goals if purchased alone or only with other non-eligible bundles.

🥄〈 Limited item: Wooden Spoon Set 〉🥄

💵 USD $27 💵

🥘 3x engraved bamboo spoons (30cm tall, 6cm wide bowl, 2.4cm wide handle)

🍥 This bundle is not eligible for stretch goals if purchased alone and requires its own shipping.

‼️ Only 100 of these items will be sold; once sold out we will not open further preorders.

🌶〔 Midnight Snack: 18+/Pin-Up Digital Zine Add-On 〕🌶

💵 USD $10 💵

🥘 1x A5 zine PDF (~50 pages)

Midnight Snack has exclusive pin-up and other "suggestive" content from our artists and writers. This zine is rated "M" and, while not explicit, is meant for adult audiences.

🥩〔 In The Kitchen: BTS Digital Zine Add-On 〕🥩

💵 USD $15 💵

🥘 1x A5 zine PDF (300+ pages)

Wondering what went into making Melting Pot? Want to see exclusive content? Here's over 300 PAGES of full works of art and writing, sketches, artist process walk-throughs, sequel comics, and more!

🥧 ᐓ STRETCH GOALS ᐗ 🥧

🔓 200 UNLOCKED - layered wooden magnet

🔓 300 - UNLOCKED - three cover print set

🔓 400 - UNLOCKED - acrylic keychain

🔓 500 - SECRET UNLOCKED - enamel pin

🥧 Bundles Main Course, Dessert, and Appetizers are eligible for stretch goals!

↢ 🍖 ADDITIONAL INFO 🍖↣

💸 Shop: dungeonzine.bigcartel.com

🔖 Carrd: https://dungeonzine.carrd.co/

❓Retrospring: https://retrospring.net/@DungeonZine

📩 If you have any questions, feel free to drop us a message on our socials.

[transformativeworks]

Open Doors Announces New Import of Fanzine Works

Open Doors has been hard at work with their fanzine preservation project! Check out a round-up of what they've imported so far at https://otw-news.org/yt3b37r5

català • dansk • Deutsch • English • español • français • italiano • magyar • Nederlands • polski • português brasileiro • Română • Русский • slovenčina • slovenščina • suomi • Tiếng Việt • Українська • 中文

[wwcitszine]

He's just like us fr!

We can't believe our zine inspired a plot point on Shadows!

[thefugitivesaint]

Alicia Austin, ''Science Fiction Review'', #39, Aug. 1970 Source

[alena-draws]

Let me present: My entry for the "Love Across Dimensions" TRC FanZine! <3 A lovely FanZine all about characters caring for each other! It is totally free so you can download it here and enjoy it anytime! And if you do, make sure to let the different creators know you enjoyed their hard work put into this!

[sudiamondszine]

💎 CONTRIBUTOR REVEAL

We are humbled to present the Courts of our flawless Diamonds! All of our contributors have been hard at work these past several months to create the PERFECT fanzine! We'll be sharing merch preview counting down to preorders on the 25th!

[srmt-zine]

IT'S HERE!!!! Holy Shuggazine! , featuring beautiful art and writing from over 40 contributors, is now available to download FOR FREE on Itch.io!

I can't thank everyone who worked on this project enough for bringing their absolute finest work to this zine to celebrate Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'s 20th anniversary! All these years later, it's still the best fandom ever. We wanted this to be digital-first so we could release it right on the anniversary, but we are planning a physical release and will let you know when we have the details all worked out!

[spirk-trek]

Nuts & Bolts Fanzine | David Rowan, 1977

[fanzines]

'Defend The Internet Archive' linocut print by Molly White. Donate to the Internet Archive (using PayPal through their site). [Image description] Black ink linocut print of a person in a dress reaching for a book on a large bookshelf. Above is “Free people read freely”; below is “Defend the Internet Archive”.

[fa1rytunes]

⚠️ A Warning About AmaZine ⚠️

If you mod, participate in or buy fanzines, please read the following document. Myself and a lot of people who participate in the zine community think that what AmaZine is doing is exploitative and predatory. We think you deserve to know why.

If you're a contributor, please also make sure to check the document's second tab! You're not alone, and you deserve better.

Regardless of politics and personal opinions on what fanzines are and what they represent for the community, we think zine participants and supporters are entitled to full transparency regarding AmaZine's services, how their money will be used, and what their services mean for contributors.

We also have a lot of doubts about AmaZine's numbers, something is not adding up. Either their claims about being able to source better and cheaper manufacturers are untrue, or they claim money that should belong to contributors in one way or another. Several experienced finance mods have gone over the calculations in this document and confirmed that the estimated production prices I have provided are accurate. If the production prices AmaZine claims are significantly higher, you should demand receipts and supplier quotes.

If you're a moderator who is currently considering using AmaZine for your fanzine, please pay attention to the last segment of the document. Not every zine needs to be a physical zine, and there are ways to use zines for charity without even touching the money. Please consider those avenues!

Thank you for paying attention. Please research fanzine moderators and stay vigilant. Your talents are too precious to be exploited in this way.

[spockanalia-archive]

Spockanalia Archive Masterpost

With the help and guidance of Open Doors, we (@thegeminisage and @maulthots) digitized the first volume of Spockanalia and imported it to AO3, which you can view here. In order to meet AO3's terms of service, some of the content was edited or removed. The full version of the zine is preserved on this blog. Updated features include:

Text that has been retyped and can now be read with screen readers, and, if you are on a computer, resized. On all devices, line breaks will occur dynamically, meaning that you will not have to scroll back and forth to read a single line of text.

Images that have been restored to remove paper texture, noise, and ghost text from old scans, and rotated to correct sideways scanning. These images will also resize dynamically to fit any device screen. All images have alt text for screen readers.

A master list of each volume and chapter of Spockanalia can be found below the cut; since the digitization is still in progress, we will add links as they become available.

Volume I

Cover art by Kathy Bushman

Dedication art by Chester Malon

Copyright by Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna Comerford

Contents and Art Credits by Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna Comerford

Lettercol art by Sherna Comerford

The Territory of Rigel by Dorothy Jones; art by Juanita Coulson

Off the Top by Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna Comerford

A Most Illogical Song by Shirley Meech, Kathy Bushman, and Sherna Comerford; art by Sherna Comerford

Physiologica Vulcanensis by Sherna Comerford, Juanita Coulson, and Kay Anderson; art by Sherna Comerford and DEA

A Proposed Model of the Vulcan Heart by Sandra Deckinger; art by Sherna Comerford and Kathy Bushman

To a Vulcan by Sherna Comerford; art by Dick Flood

Also to a Vulcan by Devra Michele Langsam

The Vulcan Gambit by Shirley Meech; art by Sherna Comerford and DEA

Vulcan Psychology by Juanita Coulson; art by Sherna Comerford, DEA, and Kathy Bushman

Spock Shock by Sherna Comerford; art by Sherna Comerford, Devra Michele Langsam, and DEA

Vulcans and Emotions by Devra Michele Langsam; art by Sherna Comerford and DEA

Kirk and Spock by Ruth Berman; art by Sherna Comerford

'S Blood by Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna Comerford

Thoughts on Vulcan Culture by Devra Michele Langsam; art by Sherna Comerford and Kathy Bushman

Excerpt from the Young Vulcan's Handbook of Emotional Control by Shirley Meech; art by DEA

Record Review by Dorothy Jones; art by DEA

Star Drek by Ruth Berman; art by Sherna Comerford and Juanita Coulson

Acknowledgments by Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna Comerford

Postscript by Devra Michele Langsam and Sherna Comerford; art by Devra Michele Langsam