GZF26 Zine Fair:
Meet the tablers!
The Zine Fair, a major part of any Glasgow Zine Fest, is a weekend-long marketplace brimming with DIY treasures. Zine-makers, artists and creatives from all over will join us to showcase, sell and swap their zines, prints, merchandise and more. There’s something for everyone at the zine fair, so come and wander through the hall, and check it out!
This year the fair will contain a lot of first-time tablers at GZF, including distros and independent makers.
Here’s a full list of who’s coming, click the + sign to find out more about each maker!
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Saturday 23rd May
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Andy Davy is a photographer and facilitator living and working in North East England.
He loves to share his knowledge of traditional photography through workshops, walks and one to one sessions.
He is not as angry as he looks.
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Our group makes all kinds of art and is made up of care experienced young people. We have been making zines on loads of diverse subjects since June 2025!
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Beth Xia is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Scotland. She makes zines about identity, consumerism, graphic design, and pop culture.
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Comics Youth is a charity that celebrates the voices of marginalised young people aged 8-25, building resilience through creativity and comic-making.
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I make small one of a kind photography zines. I self print and curate each one individually. Each one is unquie. All images used are my own works as a creative photographer.
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I make zines centring a wide range of subjects but they often focus on class, disability, nature, queerness/trans identity and Welshness.
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A wide range of zines and publications from an international cohort of post-grad students of illustration, graphics and photography.
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hesitantdoodle's work celebrates and uplifts marginalised voices, seeking to explore the both individuality and community through the medium of comics and zines. Their works include the wrestling series, GUTS, the ongoing webcomic Demon Guardians, A Bear's Illustrated Guide to Salmon and the Draw Your Own Adventure Zines.
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I make photo-led zines exploring religion & sexuality via the nostalgia of vintage comics and 50s pin-up culture.
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Holly Casio (they/them) makes queer zines and diy comics about pop culture, fandoms, anti-fascism, Bruce Springsteen, and societal collapse.
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Rosie is an illustrator by trade, and a storyteller in pretty much everything else. She makes wee comics about interesting (and also everyday) interactions, observations and discoveries. The comics are warm, hand drawn, often silly and fun.
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I make zines about the relationship between people, land and food in Scotland. The zines are collaborations with other artists and community groups - including recipes, interviews, illustrations, photos, maps and personal stories - as way to explore cultural identity and the politics of food.
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I make handmade and binded zines inspired by aspects of Black culture and the Black experience. I often work with unconventional materials and 3d bookmaking, featuring my printmaking work and writing.
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I make zines about pressing topics such as the rise in AI, declining literacy rates, as well as things that interest me such as physical media and clothing alterations
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We are an collective which takes the form of an image-based online archive and zine.
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Solidarity Screenings Glasgow is a DIY cultural collective based in Glasgow. We showcase revolutionary art and cinema that moves us towards liberation.
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Sweet Blood zines are made in Glasgow and sometimes other places. They explore ideas about mental health, community, neurodivergence, philosophy, politics, death, happiness and insect bites.
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The Cartomancy Collective is a group of tarot readers and artists from across the world sharing wisdom and experiences about tarot, magic and beyond.
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I make poetry comics, non-fiction comics, and zines about the intersection of pop culture and politics
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Its a non profit publication about glasgows local music scene, there is interviews and gig reviews inside.
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We are a collective of artists that make Zine You Next Tuesday together and we're on our fourth edition.
Sunday 24th May
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River makes per-zines, poetry pamphlets and fiction about topics including gender-queerness and abolition.
Aiden makes per-zines about grief, spiritual work and anti-capitalist organising.
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I am a neurodivergent self-taught photographer, artist, writer and zinemaker. I've been zine making for a few years as a way to express myself, explore our shared stories, and find connections & community.
My work ranges from photobooks based on long location based projects, to mini-zines containing a poem, essay, or short story.
I love the Scottish creative tradition of blending fantasy with stark realism, and I am drawn to creating zines about nature, climate, nostalgia, neurodiversity, Scots language, loneliness, imperfection, dereliction, sci-fi, and growing up working class in Scotland.
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Artie and Pedro is an ongoing children’s series all about adventure, fun and friendship.
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We are an artist couple who create funny cartoons inspired by our daily lives and real-life events. Together, we explore the comedy of shared experiences with cynicism, humour, and insight into what it feels like to be alive in 2026.
Individually, our practices diverge. Carlota creates cartoons drawn from her personal life, dreams, existential anxiety, observations on work culture, and insights from therapy. Marius is an illustrator and photographer who creates zines showcasing his artwork.
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We are a daughter and dad duo. Frida (9) writes and illustrates her own zines, including 'What food really thinks' & 'Stupid machines for stupid problems'. Nathan (49) creates work inspired by the absurd and obscure. Come and buy our zines from our fantastically amazing Vending Mach-Zine!
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Gemma Flynn is a member of Inkling, an independent, queer and neurodivergent Risograph print and publishing space in Govanhill. She teaches Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Strathclyde and is a member of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. She hosts the Glasgow Zine Library's 'Social Theory and Pop Culture' series and this year she is also presenting an interactive talk at the Glasgow Zine Fair, titled 'DIY Fandom: Physical Media and the Radical Politics of Gifting'
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I’m an illustrator and tattoo apprentice based in Glasgow with an interest in country music, Americana, the old west. My zines cover different country artists and the way the music influences my work and practices.
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Messy, anarchic incongruous and erratic themes in toner, riso and inkjet. The only constant is the trusty saddle stitch and love for zines.
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Zines telling stories through comics and illustrated narratives, with some comics made by my child too.
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primary colour goodness :)
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Kutty Press is a mini publishing experiment rooted in the spirit of play, process, and print. Taking its name from the Tamil word 'kutty', meaning small or tiny, the press celebrates the handmade, the imperfect, and the personal through books, zines, prints, and objects.
Run by Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh Sangtani
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I mainly do photography zines focusing on documentary and storytelling, but I have recently been experimenting with different photography processes and printing for zines.
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I am a Malaysian multidisciplinary artist based in Edinburgh, passionate about creating small, quirky and colourful zines and crafts, centered around the theme of radical expression, and finding/celebrating joy in the little things of life
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Autobiographical zines and comics based around nature, mental health and everyday life.
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Often risograph printed, my zines are bright and full of illustrative work. I enjoy trying to distil my love of the outdoors and the natural world into my zines for others to share in that joy too!
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Rabbitsoup221 is a mixed race mixed media artist and dj. There work is focused on identity though sculpture , art and music. They also run a radio show called "Rabbit Radio" which focuses of exploring indie music from east Asia.
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Radical history zines showcasing Glasgow legends like Smudge the trade union cat, the protesters of the Pollok Free State, climate activists and much more.
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I create comics and zines that take a unique perspective on life and visual storytelling. I am autistic and identify as queer. My comics are personal, autobiographical, intimate and have a queer and neurodiverse point of view.
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I explore and celebrate DIY music culture, photographing & interviewing bands, my zine is steadily growing from bands in Glasgow/Dundee to now the rest of the UK and US (The Locust, Wristmeetrazor) - my zines are all hand printed and assembled (Cont. DIY Culture) however my upcoming zine will be a professionally printed magazine.
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a collection of personal experience(s) and silly stories
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Infamous local band interviews, gonzo gig stories, sharp music reviews, and the secrets everyone knows but no one says, alongside photography, art, and writing from local creatives - Your personal guidebook to navigating Glasgow's music scene.
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Hedgehog-Boy was created to help young people who are neuro diverse, create their own comic.
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Handmade mixed media zines about life reproduced using photocopiers.
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What does it mean to love without hierarchy and violence? Từ Từ advocates for spaces and tools to experience intimacy while exploring decolonial love. We conduct creative research, make zines, workshops and gatherings on a friendship-basis.
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Funny drawings, Funny comic books, Printmaking
Saturday & Sunday
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51 Personae is a self-sustaining independent art publishing project, believing that publishing is both an urgent and valid artistic practice. It places special emphasis on life experiences in Asia and the Third World, as well as marginalized voices under suppression, exploring the contemporary forms, possibilities and potential of "realism" in art as expressive actions.
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Adda is a series of intimate and informal interviews with cultural workers exploring the intersections of organising, care, and relationality, with each issue featuring a different conversation.
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An Ear To Lend Zines focus on the art of listening and communication awareness. I also have ceramic ears for sale that can be given to loved ones to remind them that they have someone who will listen to them when they need it or as a reminder for the buyer to listen to themselves. I also have a new range of music zines and badges.
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Andromeda Zines is a queer, neurodivergent, and feminist zine distro operating out of the UK. Our aim is to create a place for small independent artists, writers, and creators to sell their work.
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Artie is Arty is a queer, trans and disabled artist. They use mixed media methods to upcycle old materials into new art with marginalised communities in mind. Their zine's are usually linked to disability but are also produced for research projects they are associated with.
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begonebehome (she/they) is a butch dyke artist, zine maker, creative and poet. they work primarily across collage and mixed media exploring dykes, gender, memory, connection, community and time. they love good bread, sufjan stevens, their partner, crafting and small trinkets.
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Black Tones is a community of Black and Brown storytellers. We release a biennial zine titled Blue Bodies. Taken from the term 'Daoine gorm', Blue Bodies is a zine for the many faces and forms that shape Black-Irish identity. We are working to create an archive of Black-Irish writing and visual art.
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Along with my friend, Grace Wright, and my wife, Alusha Romaniszyn, we make both DIY print-at-home 8-page zines and academic pamphlets exploring identity and culture.
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A repository for brown queer lgbtq+ boyz committing small acts of revolution
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Cat is a queer illustrator originally from Yorkshire but now living in Edinburgh who loves indie comics, zines and graphic novels. She has just released her new comic Scaredy Cat, about self-doubt, queer identity/ acceptance and learning to love and live out loud!
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Caterpillar Press is a queer and trans-owned, non-for-profit Risograph publishing house based in PINK, Stockport. Comprising 5 established book and print artists of varying practices, Anna Billany (they/she) makes publication work surrounding working-class identity and escapism through a Cyberfeminist lens. Pita Santos (they/she/he) is an illustrator and graphic designer who explores Filipino culture, identity and community influences. They also are part of the HappeningInMCR team and run Studio HALUHALO with Jude Whippey (he/they), a queer Filipino designer who makes work regarding digital futurism influenced by their heritage. A founding member of our press, Rudy Tomala (he/him) is a trans artist working in queer histories and archiving. Aisling Meehan (she/her) is a student designer based in Galway currently interning for our press.
As Caterpillar Press, we aim to break down barriers to publishing by creating affordable and accessible avenues to making - sharing our skills and materials as affordably as possible whilst highlighting visually stunning work from marginalised makers. We collaborate frequently with other establishments of shared values; including PINK, BRUT Life Drawing (Carolina Sepulveda), Gloaming Creative, STOCKROOM and MMU Publishing Society.
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I’m a graphic designer, printmaker and amateur historian based in South Yorkshire. I utilise print methods like silk screen, lino and riso to make zines, printed artworks, and other goods themed around art history, queerness, and other more niche esoteric and occult themes.
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Coin-Operated Press CIC is an artist-led social enterprise run by Chloe Henderson. We are based in Scotland, where we facilitate creative workshops, host zine fairs, create educational zine content, and produce, publish, and distribute collaborative zines every month.
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An eclectic range of zines covering topics such as grief, graffiti, ghosts, cats, football, LBGTQIA+ oral histories, poetry, health, humour and Croydon Spaceport
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Common Threads Press is a small, independent maker of zines that uplift histories of creative work.
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CUTT PRESS is a publishing project by Berlin-based writer Erin Honeycutt for poetry chapbooks, artist books, reprints, and pamphlets. The press explores the evolving technology of the book, the materiality of writing, and experimental distribution methods. CUTT PRESS runs two imprints: the mail-order poetry magazine VORTEXT (with Katharina Ludwig) and WOMANWOOD, the open-call smut gazette (with a. Monti).
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We're married and also run Notts Zine Fest and Notts Zine Library!
Dizzy Ink: One of the UKs longest running Riso specialists, Dizzy Ink presents a curated collection of artists from around the world, whilst also bringing interactive Perfect Notebook building!
MOAN Zine: A big Fuck You to the complexities of society which oppress, limit and shame sexual liberation, education, freedom and experimentation. An independently published zine, filled with honest and unique submissions from all over the world, each exploring fantasies, fetishes, and desires.
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I am an illustrator and printmaker based in Glasgow. The theme of food, and the growing of it, is often present in my work, as well of the championing of community and 3rd spaces - allotments, studios, record shops and libraries.
The zine-making side of my practice is a way for both the weighty subject matter and silly ideas to sprout and flourish in their own space.
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Energy Embargo for Palestine are an anti-imperialist organisation based in Britain seeking to disrupt energy flow for the isolation of Zionism.
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‘Always Here, Always Queer’ is an ongoing multi-issue zine collection excavating LGBTQIA+ histories and stories, a project to reflect on and be reflected in the queerness of the past. So far I have published 7 issues, but am planning to have the next batch out in 2026. I also make lino prints, patches, badges, charms and stickers exploring LGBTQ+ narratives, intimacies and mythologies with the transformative potential of queer bodies.
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I make zines about everyday moments and objects, focusing on creating art from ‘mundane’ everyday moments to inspire and encourage others to make art using their environment and the things they have. I do binding, mini zine-making, riso zines and more!
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I make comics as well as smaller hand made zines and books - usually with an interactive element to invite creativity and input from the reader.
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Zines to make real life strange and new: exploring apocalypses inside car adverts, a business pamphlet for astral projection; a history of local sewers in the shape of a drain cover or the human stories left in reviews for frozen peas.
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Evie is a character designer and comic illustrator from the North Highlands, creating zines, comics, concept art with topics covering feminism, disability and health, original artwork and much, much more.
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Generic (Courtney) is a creative dilettante who collages, crafts with trash, illustrates with fineliner, paints with acrylic, forages and cooks. She moved to Scotland last summer from Germany. Her zines are about plants, language, sadness, funny moments, nostalgia, history, and pop culture.
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My work is inspired by encounters with more-than-human worlds. I make zines that slip between the cute and the grotesque, featuring poetic narratives, odd-bodies, and hyper-niche fan work. Tactile and hand sewn, I LOVE printing zines with a Risograph! Eye-popping inks and lumpy textures make each zine feel alive in your hands. Pick one up, and you might feel it wriggle.
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Glasgow Leatherdykes is a leather organisation invested in running bar nights for dykes, facilitating bootblacking socials, and creating a body of work (ranging from theory to erotica) which both grounds and is grounded in these endeavours.
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I make mostly poetry zines - including collage poetry, short stories written in verse, poetry collections - in various formats.
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Hana Flamm is a zinester, barista, and historian currently based in Dublin, Ireland, although bits of her heart (and wardrobe) still remain in New York City and Cleveland, Ohio. She loves sitting in a beer garden on a sunny day and cutting up magazines with an exacto knife — ideally happening all at once.
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Heidi Clark is a translator from Japanese who makes zines containing, about and inspired by translation.
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Founded in 2024, the Highland Zine Bothy is Mainland Highland's first zine library – in a bothy! The artist and volunteer-led initiative has hosted over 40 events across three continents, and houses a growing collection of over 400 zines from the UK and beyond.
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I mostly make RISO printed publications that hover between "zines" and "artists editions".
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My zines are a creative outlet, a way to get my inner thoughts and vision out. I make Colorful photo zines that evoke a sense of place, I also love to make zines that can make people laugh or smile, and love the conversation that flicking through a zine, either as the creator or the peruser can bring.
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Inkling is a queer, neuro-divergent Risograph print and publishing studio space operating with a commitment to principles of liberation, equality and accessibility. There are nine studio members working across visual art, animation, poetry, academic research and graphic design.
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Small Illustrated Poetry Zines (Haiku, list poems), also Science Fiction comics
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My work consists of a mix of comics, minis and essay zines mainly focusing around pop culture, crittique and horror.
My newest work is "Reading Richard Brautigan for the first time for the last time" a tribute to my favourite author.
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Jclarkemakes makes zines about textiles, music and asexual pop culture.
Lea makes zines about disability, madness, heist movies and zines!
Abi makes zines about grief, pilgrimage, folklore and nursing. Together with Lea, they founded Edinburgh Zine Library in 2017.
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Photo-zines of contemporary and archival documentary photography of Glasgow and wider Scotland, by renowned Glasgow-based photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert. All photography comes from Jeremy's extensive career spanning three decades.
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Kamal Malhotra is an Edinburgh-based illustrator who loves zines and printmaking. His favourite subjects to explore are trans experiences of the body, the internet, and gay sex. He enjoys combining art and writing in his zines to explore the same subject through different ways of speaking.
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Lizzie Brand makes blackout poetry zines and prints out of evangelical Christian books, turning them into queer, subversive works of art.
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mahal press is formed by glasgow based-artists jude ershead and ohmendonka. their work conveys themes of collective liberation, community and lived experiences through illustration and design.
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Malice Studio is a graphic design and publishing studio. Its approach revolves around print formats and typography, treating the book as a cohesive entity that aim to create a unified identity that engages the reader. Our manifesto aims to challenge conventions, provoke thought, and reconnect audiences with cultural narratives.
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Mel is a union organiser. philosopher whore. & trans writer of kinky, existentialist lesbian erotica about privilege & marginalisation, social & systemic violence, power dynamics & more.
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Silly but hopeful comics and cartoons about queerness, autism, and love
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mini___scenes are experiments in zine making by playwright Davey Anderson, exploring the creative possibilities of DIY print, with a focus on interactivity and storytelling. Wee plays, poems, pictures and polemics, social histories and radical songs.
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Multitudes is a collective of Black, brown and global majority, neurodivergent, disabled, working class and LGBTQ+ zine makers from Manchester & Glasgow.
Skear Zines is a collective of three artist writers who are interested in collaboration, making a difference, curiosity and love.
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A variety of comic zines ranging from a comic diary zine and short comics.
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A mixture of political, perzine, illustration, and collage
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I make Zines/ Comics about various topics ranging from autobiographical to humour and fan art. Some personal zines about life to zines about the twilight characters. I am aiming to make more zines that are personal and about my culture for 2026
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Omipalone is a queer art collective comprised of Sophie Bainbridge, Claire Biddles, Garry Mac and Jules Scheele and friends, making zines, comics prints and artwork on themes including pop culture and queer temporality.
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Paper Moon Zines is a zine and collage project by Jess Dempsey, inspired by moon gazing, the cosmos, astrology and nature.
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Pen Fight is a queer feminist zine distro stocking 200+ titles.
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Pillow Talk is a Scotland-based charity dedicated to promoting sex and relationships education for adults. We'll have a range of zines on the topic, from sex and disability, to pelvic health, and pleasure.
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Practising Empathy in Mirrors is a multidisciplinary project that delves into the intersections of South Asian-ness, politics and spirituality through publications and film. We make zines that speak to the South Asian diaspora
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Ryan Vance makes speculative literary zines, collage art prints, and gonzo collaborative storytelling games about cults, apocalypses, and rogue AIs coveting godhood.
Bone Chanter make unusual adventure games for sickos. Expect ghosts, memories, cursed islands, interplanetary cold war, and the fracking of heaven with demonic blood.
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I focus on personal, queer retellings of Chinese and Celtic folklore, non-linear storytelling, healing from trauma, romance comics and the multicultural mundane.
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A space for Scottish working class artists to share and platform their work
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Shira's zines are self printed with her temperamental Risograph machine, and utilize interactive elements and unique formats. Her work explores the idiosyncrasies of growing up as a girl in an ultra-religious Jewish community in Brooklyn, as well as her deep love for NYC and its rich cultural history. Shira is also a children's book illustrator, and her debut "The Tenth Man" will be published by Holiday House in April 2026
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Spilt milk is a collaborative zine which brings together creatives from the north east of England under a common theme. Our current issue explores superstition and local myths and legends. Previous themes include, clowns, cowboys & nature. The aim of the zine is to create community and connect artist in the north east where other opportunities for art are lacking
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Sticky Fingers Publishing is an intra-dependant feminist press based in South East London, run by Kaiya Waerea and Sophie Paul. We produce experimental non-fiction at the intersection of academia, visual culture, art, design and performance.
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Stray Cats Press is a small press based in Galway, Ireland, focusing on the rough-and-ready DIY ethos of zinemaking - our zines range from diaristic projects to characterful collages to pulp fiction.
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We make zines about Filipino identity and culture, as well as our queerness. Mixing them both together with a hint of humour.
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The stuff I make is preoccupied with landscape and travel through a love of long distance cycling. I use a mix of analogue - film photography, linocut, screenprint, letterpress - and digital means to make things. Physical objects related to the physical act of cycling, engaging with both landscape and the act of creating.
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We are a LGBTQ+ charity supporting young people in Inverclyde.
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Based out Leeds by way of North East England, I produce D.I.Y., cut and paste, typewriter and photocopy zines - most notably AROUND THE LEAGUE - the world’s only ongoing ice hockey fanzine (waiting to be proven wrong on this) - and KINGDOM FANZINE - a worldwide hardcore punk fanzine.
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The Debut Table of Two Hot Sagittarius Printmakers with a love of print and a love of zines. Debuting a Duo Zine that expresses the value of friendship and trust. Sagittarius, one of the most trustworthy signs of the Zodiac, we cross your hearts as your modern day cupids, and look forward to visiting our table coming together to share our love of Zines. Featuring Artists Sally & CC.
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I make perzines and art and the distro stocks mostly queer and feminist perzines but also some comics and fanzines
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Roll up for Virginia Headstone’s parody, fan fiction zines about the lives of semi famous queer authors.
Marvel as Alison Rumfitt is replaced by an octopus, gasp as Shola Von Reinhold leads a cult, ponder whether Shon Faye did that fart in the lift.
Yes they’re meant to be funny.
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We are a collective of writers in Gaza, turning words into life-saving supplies for our families. Through Zines from Gaza, we publish independent booklets of poetry, essays, and testimonies that travel like tiny vessels from coast to coast, carrying stories of survival, resistance, and hope. Proceeds from every zine directly fund essential supplies for families under siege.
