Zines

An authoritative guide to zines and alternative comics, Below Critical Radar traces the rise of zines from the end of the 1960s era underground press to the start of the Internet publishing boom.

A major zine and ezine resource guide, The Book of Zines includes information on zine making, legal issues, and distribution, along with interviews, a zine history, directories, and articles.

This collection of zine extracts comes from Factsheet Five, perhaps the leading authority on zines. Along with a brief, informative history of zines, the Factsheet Five Zine Reader anthologizes 73 extracts from almost as many zines.

Spanning the history of the zine from early experimentation with underground presses to contemporary zines and ezines, with an emphasis on graphic design, this illustrated compendium showcases the best, most thought provoking, and strangest fanzines ever produced.

One of the first academic books on the topic of zines, Notes from Underground is the most frequently cited source for zine history. perhaps more than any other work, Notes from Underground is essential to any research into zines.

Has a number of entries touching on different aspects of zines. Look up "zines" in the index.