Little Maga/Zines Gallery

A word about “Little magazines” and “zines:” little magazines are literary, non-commercial, sometimes irregularly published, and often experimental or avant-garde in nature. “Zines” are independent, self-published, and done for the love of creating something on any subject, usually paper based. Zines (rhymes with “beans”) can be simply made: handwritten, done on a photocopier, or designed using the technology at hand. Original artwork, appropriated images, cut and paste, anything handmade is part of the zinester’s arsenal. A wide range of zine subjects may be found here: personal and autobiographical zines, political, punk, antisocial, anarchist zines, mail art, travel, literary, health zines. Zines may be published semi-regularly, or as a one-shot. The do-it-yourself philosophy of zine creators has historically put them at the margins, disregarded by scholars. However, little magazines and zines are critical tools for understanding the complex artistic, social, and political environment of a place. SFPL