I love collecting and making zines. If you don’t know what a zine is, I’d define them as DIY, independently published magazines. There are no rules - they can be any size, any shape, any colour, one page or multiple pages, handmade, digital, any subject. For me that’s the best thing about them - there are no creative limits - you can publish whatever you like.
I decided to document my zine collection as I wanted to showcase the variety of publications I’ve found over the years. Some are still available to buy and some were limited edition. The ones I own cover a broad range of topics - music, random, funny, weird, illustrations, photos, collage, diaries, mental health, social issues, perzines, comments on popular culture and society, nostalgia. I’ve also created some of my own which are for sale in my Etsy store.
Council. A zine about social housing - Pippy makes zines
This is a zine about hummus - Cubesville
Lockdown 2. A companion zine to virtually the same - Emma Evans
Made with stuff delivered to my home - unknown
My Teenage Diaries. 1992 Issue #1 Best Friends - Teresa Stenson
When one of us shines, all of us shine. The Moira's Rose's Zine 4856 - Hamish Steele
Our Covid Lockdown Diary - Kirsty and Holly
Here in my head #16 a 24 hour zine. Autumn 2015 - Catherine Elms
Our 2nd Covid Lockdown Diary - Kirsty and Holly
Here. In my head. #18. A 24-hour zine. July 2017 - Catherine Elms
Our Covid Lockdown Diary 3 (not another one) - Kirsty and Holly
Becoming Brian Molko A coming of age mini zine about sexuality - Seleena Laverne Daye
Inappropriate ABCs *for intermediate readers* - Pocket Thoughts
Best of Leeds - Girl Gang Leeds
I can draw you stuff - Jahoer
Misuses of the word vagina - Pocket Thoughts
Pocket Thoughts 13
Respect at punk shows: a radical guide - Craft or DIY
Boring comics issue 1 - Emma Thacker
Haz Mag - Special Tedition
The screever: issue 12 / summer '19 - Lee
Shy punk 2 - Rebecca McCormick (clumsykisses)
London Calling A 40th anniversary celebration zine - Rebecca McCormick (clumsykisses)
I want to control time - Janice Leung
Plastic - Nick Soucek
Supporting someone with mental illness - Zulaikha
Paul Rudd Zine - Hamish Steele
When stuff feels hard #1 - A never felt better zine
A non-exhaustive inventory of things we dug up from our Sheffield allotment over 2017 and 2018 - Nick Soucek
FOMO Fear of Missing Out - Made by Soph Illustration
Ways to be kind - A never felt better zine
If Love Island were pizza - Kayti Peschke
Nine Lives - Kristyna Baczynski
Isaac A zine about a big cat with small ideas - Mel Reeve
If Love Island were pizza and dogs. The sequel... - Kayti Peschke
The Screever issue 11 Spring 2017 - Lee and Nat
Back of the bike issue #1 - backofthegig zines
My cat vlad - parttimepunkpress
I feel sick and I'm scared of dying: the ramblings of an emetophobe with death anxiety
Myths of creativity no.45 - thingsfoundandmade
The Professionals - Daz Darryl
A mini zine about fashion - Suzyska
The new social - 100 real people
A mini zine about dancing - Suzyska
Social media - Museum of Youth Culture
Back of the gig PS I love gigs. Issue #9 - backofthegig zines
The new social - redux - 100 real people
CHEWn! A food and music zine #1 - CHEWn zine
Chris Bourke Sketchbooks 2008-2018
CHEWn! A food and music zine #3 - Matt
EmergencyExit 2. Coping through avoidance - Ben Smith
Unbelonging #1 The class issue - InkAndPaperOriginal
The DIY Eye issue 1 - Jo Waterhouse
Aarhus 2011-2019 first edition - Iskra Dinova
CHEWn! A food and music zine #4 - CHEWn zine
Muncie Girls tour diary - Muncie Girls / Matt Martin
Forza A zine of words and pictures Issue #1
Issue 8 / Bomb the Twist. The Low Road
Bookin; it DIY A responsible guide - Dit Lancaster / Craft or DIY
Rumble zine issue 1
Origins of anxiety vol 1 - unknown
The One with the Girl Gang - Girl Gang
Kids in America - Jesus and his Judgemental Father. Summer tour 2016 - Danny, Danger, Sofia and Flo
Girl Gang Leeds presents fanzine: a fanzine about fans - Girl Gang Leeds
Move under your own power - Kirsty Fife (diyarchivist)
Ladyfuzz issue 3, April 2016
Bear - CJ Reay, Black Lodge Press
A collaborative zine for International Women's Day (2015) - Ren Aldridge
MWMW #2 - Ren Aldridge
Moving Woman Writing (MWMW 1) - Ren Aldridge
Making art during fascism - Beth Pickens and Amanda Verwey
Out in the sticks. Interviews with drummers from the UK DIY music scene. #1 becoming a drummer - Jaca Freer
Women who rock issue #1 - Stephanie Inmon and Daisy Salinas, Girls Rock Dallas
Speakeasy issue 8
Speakeasy issue 4
Speakeasy issue 7
Coup de Main. The Neighbourhood presents.. Chip Chrome and the Mono-tones
Ladyfuzz issue 6, September 2018
Pictures from the Pandemic (March - May 2020) - Suzyska
Nice outfit - who are you supposed to be, Cyndi Lauper? - Snapping Turtle Press
I made a zine #2: The Nowhere Collective - Suzyska
Lather Rinse Repeat Issue #1 - Suzyska and Carrie
York Creatives Winter Zine 2021
Photographing women in music (2006-2014) - Suzyska
One Sunday - Kristyna Baczynski
Advice we didn't need, from men we didn't ask - hoyfc.com
What to do with a million years - Juno Calypso
Lost in Japan - Tom and Laura
Season ticket dickhead - Siobhan Britton (Slug Ink Press)
OCD Lightful: a zine about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Charlie Birch
Good Vibes. A collection of uplifting and positive illustrations - Soph Illustration
Dumb sh*t people have said to me at work - Janice Leung
Sibling. Our London - Sibling skate group (words and edit by Jeng)
Hand me down - Kristyna Baczynski
Cross Bones issue 1 - Andrew Summers
Lady killers - Celebrating women in music. The 90s issue - Shell
Grow n' pains. Being careful / issue #1 - Sarah Crossley
Our journey - Safety 4 Sisters (Seleena Laverne Daye)
Archive it ourselves - Kirsty Fife (diyarchivist)
Twenty years of bleeding: a menstrual voyage - undividual
Diary of a teenage girl crush - Seleena Daye
Make your own fun: a zine about making zines - Kristyna Baczynski
What's your flavour? A zine about crisps - Seleena Daye
You can't save the world on an empty stomach - Ellastrated
Drive thru life - Jess Hargreaves
Grains of Old East
Thankyou letters - CJ Reay, Newcastle Nerd Punx
Music Venues of Leeds - Claire O'Brien
Jewing Queer Issue #1 - Rum Samuel
Planes, trains and fireworks - Anke Weckmann
One way ticket to Cubesville #22
Shadowplay #19 (2006) - Alex Lawson
Peops #7 - Fly
Snapping Turtle Press issue no 1 - Henry Raby and Lizzie Alderdice
Sweet Shop Syndicate issue two - Chris 12-oh-5 and Rich
Everlong Bristol punk fanzine #9 (2007) - Shane Baldwin and Dave Lown
Do the dog skazine issue #58 (2010) - Do the dog music
TNSrecords fanzine issue #11 Strummercamp 2011 special - Andy TNS
TNSrecords punk and ska fanzine issue 12 Sept/Oct 2011 - Andy TNS
A short fanzine about rocking issue 20 Winter '07
Screamager fanzine - Rich Martin (ed)
Palimpsest issue 1 - James and Will
Can't decide #4 - Phil
The amazine - Lazy Oaf
Trace trace - Steve (2004)
So, which band is your boyfriend in? #1 Making the documentary - Suzyska
Feisty zine - Feisty Vinny (2008)
Ont road #18 Diy punk and travel zine / Go Fuck Yourself zine - Schwarzbrennen / Lucy, Freya and Lykke, Kendra and Luke
So, which band is your boyfriend in? #2 Making the documentary - Suzyska
Dog rough #1 - Dan (2004)
So, which band is your boyfriend in? #3 Making the documentary - Suzyska
Strike a Chord #2
Strike a Chord #1
Mad Mam "Let me talk to your boyfriend" - Sinah Hasselbach
Fanzine Colectivo - Entonces, en que banda toca tu novio? - Uterzine
Fan Club Zine 012 - Fan Club Notts
Pocket thoughts Wisdumn - Pocket thoughts
Weirdo Issue 1: Identity and community in British Subculture - Naz Toorabelly
A Damn Tiny zine - Kristyna Baczynski
Weirdo The Music issue (issue 2) - Naz Toorabelly
Me you and every one we know - cranialbleeding
Rock Against Racism Live. 1977-1981 - Syd Shelton
No comment - the defendants guide to arrest - No Comment
The Post-Punk Years 1987-1990 - Richard Davis
Song explanations - Spoonboy
London Punk & Protest 1979-1981 - Yan Morvan
London Subculture 1979-1981 - Yan Morvan
House Train Italy 1991 (signed copy) - Tony Davis
Berlin December 1989 - Richard Davis
Crowds 1977-1981 - Syd Shelton
Hip Hop Years New York 1982-1992 - Janette Beckman
Druids 1996 London, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire (28/10/20 free copy) - Homer Sykes
Street Portraits - Syd Shelton
UK Rave 1991 - Tony Davis
Punks 1980s - Shirley Baker
The Troubles. Belfast 1980s-1990s - Andrew Moore
Glasgow 1970s-1980s - Douglas Corrance
Manic Street Preachers Ireland 1991 - Wally Cassidy
The Scene Zine #2, La Bella Musica, winter 2022 / A feast of bones - Streetlife York collaboration
Anxiety - talking to my inner self
Boshemia Summer 2021 - Sarah Lawrence, Sarah Q Ahmed and Eileen Elizabeth
Fans and Clubbers 1978-1995 - David Corio
Femzine 1 - Nono and Jule? (German zine)
Multi-kid 3 - The multikid crew
The Fury Photo issue. No.17 - Mark Novotny (bought in 2008)
The Alt Soc Agenda - Durham Alt Soc exec (~2005)
Surface Noise issue #1 - unknown
Manchester Punk Fest 2019 - Sarah and Josh / Shout Louder
Photographing women in music 2014-2020 - Suzyska
International Women's Day 2020 Zine - edited by Suzyska
Last Hours #12
Last Hours #14
Last Hours #11
Rancid News #8
Rancid News #7
Tidal magazine - Occupy theory occupy strategy
Razorcake #55 - Todd Taylor
Ablaze #11
Ont road #18 Diy punk and travel zine / Go Fuck Yourself zine - Schwarzbrennen / Lucy, Freya and Lykke, Kendra and Luke.
Super Sisters
An Introverts Colouring book - LivDoesDrawings
I made a zine #1 - Suzyska
Fruits 3 no.116 - Fruits (2007)
Occupation: Legend. Queens of Noise - Claire O'Brien
A Journey. A zine to read in your sleep - Junk Food Comics
emo diary issue ii: appear offline - Emo Diary
The Bath - Junk Food Comics (Sam)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Rainy Day Activity Book - Pizza Eaters
Nineties Daydreaming - Shell ufocatcher
Shout Louder presents Papercuts. A celebration of the punk rock community - Sarah Williams
They vs Them - Dominic Brooks
The tiny little book of bunny behaviour - Lyndsey Green
Dancefloor etiquette - Aiyush Pachnanda
Monsters of Rock August 17th 1991 - Tony Davis
The Lazy zine: Issue 1 winter 22-23 hibernation - Josie Ray
Foxy Feb zine - Lyndsey Green
Coup de Main. Trust 19 - Coup de main
Lists! Lists! Lists! - Shell ufocatcher
Coup de Main x Erny Belle collaborative zine
Nineties Daydreaming 2 - Shell ufocatcher
A free fanzine about the time I broke down - backofthegig zines
The Gigfather (Back of the Gig #10)- backofthegig zines
The directory of UK Emo, DIY and punk artists you should book (and where to find them) - Surface Noise
Murder on the National Express - backofthegig zines
The Curious Incident of No Gigs in the Nighttime (Back of the Gig #8) - backofthegig zines
The Great Gigsby (Back of the Gig #5) - backofthegig zines
E is for Emo... an unexhaustive A-Z of emo and beyond - Surface Noise
How to be a photographer - Alex G McDonell
You are a mountain- neomintsart
My Teenage Diaries. 1992 Issue #2 First "boyfriend" - Teresa Stenson
Not everything here happened, but all of it is true - Teresa Stenson
2 Metres apart - a collection of social distancing measures from the Covid-19 pandemic - Pippy makes zines
YouTube ads I could do without - Teresa Stenson
We'll make it through this. The hospital handbook - recovery_doodles
Two times being overly earnest as a child made me come across as a liar... - Pippy makes zines
Ugly baby Jesus OR The little grayscale zine of the good lord - Chris Printed This
Some cats are Tsundere - Annie Gaines / Lucas
Abandoned - Vaginaguck
Punk in my soup 2 - Alex
Meet the artist - Annie Gaines
Hip Hop Years New York 1982-2020 - Janette Beckman
Windows Down issue #1 - Matt Viel
Windows Down issue #2 - Matt Viel
Remote outposts - Greg Harvester
Back to the old school - the unofficial Grange Hill fanzine - Aaron Thirsk
Seen.by.Zine 001 - Maria Maza
Visions! Scrapbook special - Dave Emmerson
Shout louder presents Papercuts. vol 2 gigs festivals and tours - Sarah Williams
Collector - Jessica Hoofnagle
Chemicals - Mhairi Braden
I enjoy being a girl (mostly) - Gemma Correll
Microconfessions - Violet Reed
Ugly Girl Gang 3 - Tuesday Basson
Pit Crew hardcore zine #01 - Pit Crew
A Collection of Sketches zine - Eva Malley
A year in the BN1 - 2023 - Pit Crew
Highlands Travel Diary - Katriona Chapman
The Disco Life Issue 02 - Mul
Hamburg No 1 - Ben Livesey
Some people call us checkies - Mike Duckett
A new kind of astronaut - Georgie Mac
Gigzine (a year of live gig sketches) - Mike Duckett
Jade's Halloween Movies - Jade Doran
The forest is my cathedral - Rachel Holborow
An illustrated guide to York indie businesses - Mary Davidson
Love Island Language - Suzyska
A day in the life of a Parisian pigeon - Mary Davidson
Tomatoes are a fruit (not a vegetable) - Mary Davidson
Ok music taste - Emma Evans
How to give them their flowers - Mary Davidson
Places we used to hang in the mid 90s - Teresa Stenson
I'm glad you're here, and I love you - Teresa Stenson
Don't even think about wheat pasting your manifesto on the side of a building somewhere... - Nic Fife
The answer is in the paint - Nic Fife
The Anthropo-zine: Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (Joshua Sammy - Pixel Vistas)
Is this what you wanted? - Emma Evans
Nathy Zine #1 - Nathy SG
Crying in the club - Eva Malley
Shepherd's Pie, a zine about acts of love - Morgan (@Sharkmakesart)
Nothing to Lose Punk 1970s - Caroline Coon
Newcastle 1969 - Robert Blomfield
Berlin Wall 1985-1990 - Melanie Friend
The world student games Sheffield 1991 - Linda Stewart-Pitts
Romanticising Winter - Eva Malley
Chaotic Baby - Midnight zines
Oracle - Midnight zines
Instagram Anxiety - Midnight zines
Things I have learnt about Jason Donovan - Teresa Stenson
Testing the pen - Teresa Stenson
My Teenage Diaries / Split-zine music fest special - Teresa Stenson / Confessions of an ex-zine editor
Singer looks like a daddy long legs - Teresa Stenson
All Kinds of Storm (thoughts on home and place and change) - Teresa Stenson
Retro Junk: 5. Spooky Special - UFO Catcher
All about UFO catcher - UFO Catcher
Just a Girl in a Band - Suzyska
Baby goes to Iceland - Emory art model
Travel is stressful - Darcy Isla
The Lure a drabble - Toni Hipwell
Lewk at Dis - Darcy Isla
I was a teenage mixtape - Darcy Isla
Fluffy cats (winter edition) - robindajiart
50 ways to play with your rules- d0ruk
The rotting stalks me like a sweet smell - Chloe Heffernan
Diet Coke Dreams - Lefthanded Zines
Blade issue 1 - zines_by_blade
Grrrl Punx Zine - Issue IV - zines_by_blade