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100 FANZINES / 10 YEARS OF BRITISH PUNK 1976-1985

Mott, Toby (editor)

2001 / 9780982643105 / PPP Editions

NY Art Book Fair limited edition exhibition catalog ($100); reproductions of 100 British punk fanzines from the Mott Collection and two essays: “Glue Was All Over My Fingers” by Toby Mott and “We Are the Writing on the Wall” by Victor Brand.

 

ADD TONER: A COMETBUS COLLECTION

Cometbus, Aaron

2012 / 9780867197532 / Last Gasp of San Francisco

Collects out of print issues (#44-48) of Cometbus, including 'Lanky' (a novella), 'Back to the Land' (oral history of the chil­dren of hippie homesteaders), interviews and short stories.

 

ADJUSTED MARGIN: XEROGRAPHY, ART, AND ACTIVISM IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Eichhorn, Kate

2016 / 9780262033961 / MIT Press

“...examines New York's downtown art and punk scenes of the 1970s to 1990s, arguing that xerogra­phy–including photocopied posters, mail art, and zines–changed what cities looked like and how we experienced them.” (Publisher)

 

ASIAN TRASH CINEMA: THE BOOK (PART 1)

Weisser, Thomas

1994 / ATC-ETC Publications

Selections from zine Asian Trash Cinema; zine later retitled Asian Cult Cinema.

Some individual zine issues available on archive.org

ASIAN TRASH CINEMA: THE BOOK (PART 2)

Weisser, Thomas

1996 / ATC-ETC Publications

Selections from zine Asian Trash Cinema; zine later retitled Asian Cult Cinema.

Some individual zine issues available on archive.org

 

ASIAN CULT CINEMA

Weisser, Thomas

1997 / 9781572972285 / Boulevard Books

Combines Asian Trash Cinema books 1 and 2. Reviews of more than 1,000 films, plus cast, credits and release dates; the roots of martial arts movies; extensive director filmography; an in-depth look at all the major players.

 

BAD ATTITUDE: THE PROCESSED WORLD ANTHOLOGY

Carlsson, Chris; Leger, Mark (editors)

1990 / 0860919463 / Verso

Selections from Processed World zine published 1981-1990; all issues of Processed World zine available on archive.org

https://archive.org/details/badattitudeproce00carl

BEHIND THE ZINES: SELF-PUBLISHING CULTURE

Klanten, Robert;  Mollard, Adeline; Hübner, M. (editors)

2011 / 9783899553369 / Gestalten

Behind the Zines not only documents outstanding work, but also shows how the self-image of those who make zines impacts the scene as a whole.  (Publisher)

NOTE: absolutely no relation to the current zine titled "Behind the Zines".

 

BELOW CRITICAL RADAR: FANZINES AND ALTERNATIVE COMICS FROM 1976 TO THE PRESENT DAY

Sabin, Roger; Triggs, Teal (editors)

2000 / 9781899866472 / Slab-O-Concrete

Covers the end of the hippie-era underground press to the start of the Internet.

https://archive.org/details/belowcriticalrad00sabi

 

BEST OF 2600: A HACKER ODYSSEY

Goldstein, Emmanuel

2008 / 9780470294192 / Wiley

Collection of the zine's strongest, interesting, and most controversial articles covering 24 years of changes in technology, all from a hacker’s perspective.

Individual issues of zine available on archive.org

BEST OF INTENTIONS, THE: THE AVOW ANTHOLOGY

Rosson, Keith

2003 / 0972696741 / Fork In the Road Press

Collects AVOW #1 to #15

https://archive.org/details/bestofintentions0000ross

 

BEST OF INTENTIONS, THE: THE AVOW ANTHOLOGY

Rosson, Keith

2009 / 9780972696746 / Microcosm Publishing

Second edition, collects issues 11-16 and selections from the first ten issues.

BEST OF JAMMING!, THE

Drayton, Tony

2021 / 9781913172305 / Omnibus Press

Jamming! documented the musical landscape as it evolved in Britain between 1977 and 1986. Fully illustrated throughout, The Best of Jamming! includes numerous stand-out pieces from the zine's impressive 36 issue-run.

BEST OF LADY CHURCHILL'S ROSEBUD WRISTLET, THE

Link, Kelly; Grant, Gavin J. (editors)

2007 / 9780345499134 / Random House

Selections from the zine/literary journal issues #1-19.

 

BEST OF PUNK MAGAZINE, THE

Holmstrom, John; Hurd, Bridget (editors)

2012 / 9780061958359 / Harper Collins

The very best of "Punk": featuring original articles, behind-the-scenes commentary, and backstory on each issue as told by editor-in-chief John Holmstrom.

https://archive.org/details/punkbestofpunkma0000unse

 

BEST OF TEMP SLAVE!, THE

Kelly, Jeff (editor)

1997 / 9781891053429 / Garrett County Press

Selections from Temp Slave zine.

 

BIG RUMPUS, THE: A MOTHER'S TALES FROM THE TRENCHES

Halliday, Ayun

2002 / 9781580050715 / Seal Press

Inspired by Halliday's long-running zine, The East Village Inky.

 

BITCHFEST: TEN YEARS OF CULTURAL CRITICISM FROM THE PAGES OF BITCH MAGAZINE

Jervis, Lisa; Zeisler, Andi (editors)

2006 / 9780374113438 / Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Includes essays, reporting, rants, and raves from the magazine's first ten years, along with new pieces written for the collection.

BOLDLY WRITING: A TREKKER FAN AND ZINE HISTORY, 1967-1987

Verba, Joan Marie

1996 (ebook 2003) / ‎9780965357500 / FTL Publications

A history of Star Trek fanzines from 1967-1987. Updated in 2003 as an ebook.

BOOB JUBILEE: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE NEW ECONOMY (SALVOS FROM THE BAFFLER)

Frank, Thomas; Mulcahey, Dave (editors)

2003 / 9780393324303 / W. W. Norton & Company

Second collection from The Baffler, 1998-2003

https://archive.org/details/boobjubileemadcu00tomf

BOOK OF ZINES, THE: READINGS FROM THE FRINGE

Rowe, Chip (editor)

1997 / 9780805050837 / Henry Holt

Includes selections from: Basura, funkapotamus, Teenage Gang Debs, Hey! Hey! Buffet!, Beer Frame, Stay Free, Reign of Toads, Verbivore, Mystery Date, Bust, Underbelly, Hitch, Murder Can Be Fun, Pills-a-Go-Go, Sidney Suppey's Quarterly & Confused Pet Monthly, Crank, It's a Wonderful Lifestyle, Crimewave USA, ecdysis, Ben Is Dead, Nancy's Magazine, MOO juice, Chum, XYY, Crap Hound, Kooks, Flatter!, Chip's Closet Cleaner, View From the Ledge, Meanwhile, The Realist, 15 Minutes, Bubba's Live Bait, The Last Prom, Don't Say Uh-Oh!, Pawholes, Cometbus, Farm Pulp, Batteries Not Included, bOING bOING, Sidewalk Bubblegum, FAT!SO?, The Duplex Planet, Roctober, Mommy and I Are One, 8-Track Mind, TV Grind, The Secret Handsignals of the DBA, Preparation X, Voices from Sprits Magazine, Milkcrate Digest, Inquisitor, Heinous, Shark Fear Shark Awareness, Thrift SCORE, Living Cheap News, Ersatz, McJob, X Magazine, 15 Minutes, Rollerderby, Temp Slave!, The Buck in the Field, Pathetic Life.

https://archive.org/details/bookofzines00chip

 

BURN COLLECTOR: COLLECTED STORIES FROM ONE THROUGH NINE

Burian, Al

2000 / 097023130X / Buddy System Records

First edition. Reprints from issues 1 to 9 of Burn Collector zine.

https://archive.org/details/burncollectorcol0000unse

 

BURN COLLECTOR: COLLECTED STORIES FROM ONE THROUGH NINE

Burian, Al

2010 / 9781604862201 / PM Press

Second edition. Includes new introduction.

https://archive.org/details/Burn_Collector_9781604864762

 

BUST GUIDE TO THE NEW GIRL ORDER, THE

Karp, Marcelle; Stoller, Debbie (editors)

1999 / 9780140277746 / Penguin Books

Collects material from Bust 1993-1999, plus some new material. Includes: Courtney Love's (unsolicited) piece on Bad Girls; the already immortal "Dont's For Boys"; and interview with girl-hero Judy Blume.

https://archive.org/details/bustguidetonewgi00karp

 

CHEAP COPIES! THE OBSOLETE! PRESS GUIDE TO DIY HECTOGRAPHY, MIMEOGRAPHY & SPIRIT DUPLICATION

Dana, Rich

2022 / Obsolete-Press.com

DIY guide that explains the history and how-to of the mimeograph, hectograph, and spirit duplicators that were used by the avant-garde, political radicals, wannabe publishers, low-brow artists, and— perhaps most famously— by early zine makers. This book is packed with info, instructions, illustrations, and reference material that will help you get started printing zines, posters, flyers, stickers, and more, without fancy equipment or expensive supplies.

CLASSIC COMPUTING: THE COMPLETE HISTORICALLY BREWED

Greelish, David

2011 / 9780615538129 / Classic Computing Press

A collection of all 10 issues of Historically Brewed/Classic Computing, the newsletter/zine of the Historical Computer Society.

 

CLASSIC COMPUTING: THE COMPLETE HISTORICALLY BREWED

Greelish, David

2014 / 9780615538129 / Classic Computing Press

Expanded edition of 2011 version.

 

COMMODIFY YOUR DISSENT: SALVOS FROM THE BAFFLER

Frank, Thomas; Weiland, Matt (editors)

1997 / 9780393316735 / W. W. Norton & Company

First collection from The Baffler, 1988-1997

https://archive.org/details/commodifyyourdis00fran

CONSTANT RIDER OMNIBUS, THE: STORIES FROM THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FRONT

Lopresti, Kate

2007 / 9780978866594 / Microcosm Publishing

Constant Rider issues 1-7, Kate's personal history as a patron of public transport.

https://archive.org/details/constantrideromn0000lopr

 

DEATHROW: THE CHRONICLES OF PSYCHOBILLY: THE VERY BEST OF BRITAIN'S ESSENTIAL PSYCHO FANZINE

Wilson, Alan

2006 / 9781901447552 / Cherry Red Books

Collects all 38 issues of Deathrow Database, a quarterly fanzine published from the early 1990s to 2000.

 

DESERT ORACLE, VOLUME 1

Layne, Ken

2021 / 9781250800350 / Picador Paper

Collects material from issues of the zine Desert Oracle, "the voice of the desert".

DESPITE EVERYTHING: A COMETBUS OMNIBUS

Cometbus, Aaron

2002 / 0867195614 / Last Gasp of San Francisco

Selections from Cometbus #1-#43, the first twenty years of the zine; reissued 2015.

 

DISHWASHER: ONE MAN'S QUEST TO WASH DISHES IN ALL FIFTY STATES

Jordan, Pete

2007 / 9780060896423 / Harper Collins

Inspired by Pete Jordan's ("Dishwasher Pete") zine Dishwasher.

Individual issues of zine available on archive.org

 

DISPATCHES FROM BEHIND THE WHEEL: THE OMNIBUS

Dessaint, Kelly

2019 / 9781930935440 / Phony Lid Books

Contains the definitive versions of all four issues of Behind the Wheel, expanded and updated with new illustrations and additional content.

Early versions of columns at https://idrivesf.com/the-column/

 

DORIS: AN ANTHOLOGY, 1991-2001

Crabb, Cindy

2005 / 9780972696784 / Microcosm Publishing

Selections from the first ten years of Doris fanzine. Note: There seem to be two editions of this anthology - one with a yellow cover and one with a blue cover, both appear to be from Microcosm Publishing, 2005 and 2009.

 

DREAM WHIP ISSUES #1-10

Brown, Bill

2011 / 9781934620953 / Microcosm Publishing

Collects issues 1 through 10 of Dream Whip zine, spanning 1994 to 1999.

 

DUPLEX PLANET: EVERYBODY'S ASKING WHO I WAS

Greenberger, David

1993 / 0571198147 / Faber and Faber

Collects material from The Duplex Planet, unlikely conversations with the residents at the Duplex Nursing Home in Boston.

https://archive.org/details/duplexplanet00gree

 

DWELLING PORTABLY: 1980-1989

Davis, Bert; Davis, Holly

2008 / 9781934620083 / Microcosm Publishing

Dwelling Portably has been crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence for nearly 30 years. Collects 1980-1989.

 

DWELLING PORTABLY: 1990-1999

Davis, Bert; Davis, Holly

2009 / 9781934620205 / Microcosm Publishing

Collects 1990-1999.

 

DWELLING PORTABLY: 2000-2008

Davis, Bert; Davis, Holly

2008 / 9781934620618 / Microcosm Publishing

Collects 2000-2008

 

DWELLING PORTABLY: 2008-2012

Davis, Bert; Davis, Holly

2010 / 9781934620571 / Microcosm Publishing

Collects 2008-2012.

https://archive.org/details/dwellingportably0000uns

 

DWELLING PORTABLY: 1980-2012, TIPS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO SPARKED THE TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT

Davis, Bert; Davis, Holly

2014 / 9781621063070 / Microcosm Publishing

eBook edition all four volumes of Dwelling Portably.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DORIS, THE

Crabb, Cindy

2011 / 9780983125518 / Doris Press

Collects issues 19-27 of Doris, as well as some extra new material.

 

ESSENTIAL HIP MAMA, THE: WRITING FROM THE CUTTING EDGE OF PARENTING

Gore, Ariel (editor)

2004 / 9781580051231 / Seal Press

Collects material from the first ten years of the zine Hip Mama.

https://archive.org/details/essentialhipmama00gore

FACTSHEET FIVE ZINE READER, THE

Friedman, R. Seth (editor)

1997 / 9780609800010 / Three Rivers Press

Includes selections from: Sidney Suppy's Quarterly and Confused Pet Monthly, Holy Titclamps, Gulp, The Freakie Magnet, Hip-Hop Housewife, Hitch, Chemical Imbalance, Verivore, DIS, Pinch Point, Crank/Crank, babysue, Celluloid All, Ersatz, Farm Pulp, Theoryslut, Hip Mama, Organ & Bongos, Hermenaut, You Sank My Battleship!, It's A Wonderful Lifestyle, Twisted Image, Schlock, Batteries Not Included, Pasty, Strange-Looking Exile, Black Sheets, Snevil, Happyland, Cupsize, How Perfectly Goddamn Delightful It All Is, to Be Sure, Scram, 8-Track Mind, Sony Free, Girlfrenzy, Long Shot, Lies, Mouth, Diseased Pariah News, Claustrophobia, Boycott Quarterly, Bust, Lility, Hysteria, Fat Girl, Princess, Out West, Exile Osaka, Grade D But Edible, Mudflap, Cometbus, American Job, Temp Slave!, Twilight of the Idols, The Duplex Planet, Probable Cause, Food for Thought, Cooking on the Edge, Curmudgeon's Home Companion, Convivium, Religion of the Month Club, Beer Frame, Peaches & Herbicide, Gun Fag Manifesto, 2600, Pills-a-Go-Go, Eye, Murder Can be Fun, Hungry Freaks

https://archive.org/details/factsheetfivezin00frie

 

FAN INTERFERENCE: A COLLECTION OF BASEBALL RANTS AND REFLECTIONS

Faloon, Mike; Reynolds, Steve (editors)

2013 / 9781938583049 / Blue Cubicle Press

Anthology from 15 years of the critically acclaimed Zisk zine, the “Baseball Magazine For People Who Hate Baseball Magazines”. Featuring contributions from academics to punk rockers, comedians to fans with an ax to grind, it examines the intersection of baseball, lifestyle and music, all colored with bit of nostalgia, a great deal of humor and, often, a tongue planted firmly in cheek.

FANZINES: THE DIY REVOLUTION

Triggs, Teal (editor)

2010 / 9780811876926 / Chronicle Books

Oversized art book of the earliest handmade fanzines and continuing up through the e-zine scene and contemporary publications.

 

FAT! SO? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR SIZE

Wann, Marilyn

1998 / 9780898159950 / Ten Speed Press

Inspired/based on issues of zine of FAT!SO?

https://archive.org/details/fatsobecauseyoud00wann

 

FOUND: THE BEST LOST, TOSSED, AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Rothbart, Davy (editor)

2004 / 9780743251143 / Fireside Books

A collection of lost, tossed, and forgotten items found by Davy Rothbart that offer a glimpse into other people's lives.

https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780743251143

 

FOUND II: MORE OF THE BEST LOST, TOSSED, AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS

Rothbart, Davy (editor)

2006 / 9780743273077 / Fireside Books

Another collection of lost, tossed, and forgotten items offering a glimpse into other people's lives.

 

FOUND MAGAZINE: THE EARLY YEARS

Rothbart, Davy (editor)

2014 / 9780980089011 / Quack Media

FOUND: THE EARLY YEARS includes contents from out-of-print FOUND #1 to #4) and 25-page introductory essay by founder Davy Rothbart.

 

FREAKS ARE WINNING, THE: THE INNER SWINE COLLECTION

Somers, Jeff

2002 / 9780971371903 / Tower Records

A collection of the best nonfiction articles, editorials, American Wedding Confidentials, reviews, and other, less-definable stuff culled from issues #1-#24 of The Inner Swine published since 1995.

 

FROM A TO ZINE: BUILDING A WINNING ZINE COLLECTION IN YOUR LIBRARY

Bartel, Julie

2004 / 9780838908860 / American Library Association

Establishes the context, history, and philosophy of zines, then ushers readers through a guide to create a zine collection, including both print and electronic zines. (Publisher)

https://archive.org/details/isbn_9790838908869

 

FROM GIRLS TO GRRRLZ: A HISTORY OF [WOMEN'S SYMBOL] COMICS FROM TEENS TO ZINES

Robbins, Trina

1999 / 0811821994 / Chronicle Books

Includes chapter on riot grrrl zines/comics.

https://archive.org/details/fromgirlstogrrrl0000robb

 

FROM THE GUT: COLLECTED ZINE WRITING

Fife, Kirsty

2021 / 9781527286207 / Cross Words Zines

From the Gut is a compilation of zine, illustration and personal essay work taken from projects undertaken between 2011 and 2021 including the zines Hard Femme, Move Under Yr Own Power and Make It Work.

FUTURE GENERATION, THE: THE ZINE-BOOK FOR SUBCULTURE PARENTS, KIDS, FRIENDS & OTHERS

Martens, China

2017 / 9781629634562 / PM Press

Tenth anniversary reprint, first printed in 2007 and out of print for many years. Covering sixteen years, it uses individual issues as chapters, focusing on personal writing, retaining the character of a zine that changed over the years—from her daughter’s birth to teenagehood and beyond. Includes new afterword.

https://archive.org/details/Future_Generation_9781629634562

 

GHOST PINE: ALL STORIES TRUE

Miller, Jeff

2010 / 9781926743042 / Invisible Publishing

Thirteen years worth of sparkling true stories from the life of author Jeff Miller, compiling the best of his long-running zine. From his youth in suburban Ottawa in the late 1990s, to travels across Canada and North America and his current home in Montreal, Miller’s stories are equal measures funny and sad, nostalgic and unsentimental, punk rock and grandparents.

https://archive.org/details/ghostpineallstor0000mill

GIRL ZINES: MAKING MEDIA, DOING FEMINISM

Piepmeier, Alison

2009 / 9780814767511 / NYU Press

Alison Piepmeier argues that these quirky, personalized booklets are tangible examples of the ways that girls and women ‘do’ feminism today. The idiosyncratic, surprising, and savvy arguments and issues showcased in the forty-six images reproduced in the book provide a complex window into feminism’s future, where zinesters persistently and stubbornly carve out new spaces for what it means to be a revolutionary and a girl. (Publisher)

https://archive.org/details/girlzinesmakingm0000piep

 

GIRLJOCK: THE BOOK

Roxxie (editor)

1998 / 9780312151348 / St. Martin's Press

An anthology of articles originally published in Girljock magazine explores getting in touch with the rugby-player within, the perfect jogbra, and lesbian athletes in soccer, surfing, tennis, golf, and swimming.

https://archive.org/details/girljockbook0000unse

 

GIRL'S GUIDE TO TAKING OVER THE WORLD, A: WRITINGS FROM THE GIRL ZINE REVOLUTION

Green, Karen;  Taormino, Tristan (editors)

1997 / 9780312155353 / St. Martin's Griffin

Contains material from: Diabolical Clits, youtalkintame?, Pucker Up, Charm Booklette, Hope, Hip Mama, Pasty, Alien, Pisces Ladybug, Scrawl, Fat Girl, I Love Amy Carter, Girlie Jones, Plotz, provo-CAT-ive, Bust, Easy, Ben is Dead, Doris, Blue Stocking, Pawholes, h2so4, Sewer, Brat Attack, Scram, Hey There Barbie Girl, I Am A Cliche, Rats Live on No Evil Star, Boji for the Mentally Ill, Quarter Inch Squares, Maxine, Femme Flicke, Googlebox, ROCKRGRL, Bamboo Girl, Cupsize, Looks Yellow Tastes Red, Kusp, Princess Charming, resister, Mons of Venus, Ocho y Media, Not Your Bitch, Wrecking Ball, Battle Dress. Also includes new essays as introductions for each chapter.

https://archive.org/details/girlsguidetotaki00taor

 

GUINEA PIG ZERO: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE JOURNAL FOR HUMAN RESEARCH SUBJECTS

Helms, Robert (editor)

2002 / 1891053841 / Garrett County Press

Collects material from issues of the zine; Guinea Pig Zero provides a fascinating look at the people who sell their bodies to science. Some individual zine issues available on archive.org

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