Toronto Zine Library

“sweet” / odd-size / art / Elise Victoria Louise Windsor
(untitled) #13 / half-size / culture / Warren Hill
5 X 8 / odd-size / art / Scott Blake
Barcode Mao Zedong / odd-size / art / Scott Blake
Broke Ass #4 / half-size / perzine / Steve
Everybody Moon Jump #12 / quarter-size / perzine / Dave Cave
Everybody Moon Jump #6 / quarter-size / perzine / Dave Cave
Everybody Moon Jump #9 / quarter-size / perzine / Dave Cave
My Friends / odd-size / art / Maria Raquel Cochez
O! Public Art / odd-size / art / Scott Blake
QR Code Amy Goodman / odd-size / art / Scott Blake
Slubs / half-size / comics / Cecilia Sydor Estable and Nicole White
Soon It Will Be a Year #16 / quarter-size / perzine / Hari
Soon It Willl Be a Year #15 / quarter-size / perzine / Hari
Spectacle Magazine #4 / half-size / culture / Theo Witsell, ed.
Unleashing the Imagination: an anarchist tour of the National Gallery of Canada / half-size / politics / Alan Antliff

The Vancouver Public Library is seeking new zines and self-published artists’ books to purchase for our collection. Please email zines@vpl.ca if you have any items you would like the library to purchase and add to our collection. If you live outside of Vancouver, we can arrange a mail order. Please contact me if you have any questions!

Chickfactor #8 / full-size / fanzine / various
Doris #18 / quarter-size / perzine / Cindy Crabb
Introvert #5 / quarter-size / perzine / Nicole
Mudflaps #2 / half-legal / comics / Nytsirk Noirrud
The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus / odd-size / Wred Fright
Release #4 / full-size / Arie-Jan Bakker, Ramon Giorgi, and Markus Wawzyniak
The Usual Fare / half-legal / Politics / anonymous

Varda de 5 a 10 / quarter-size / comics / Kristin Li
For Lack of Better Words / quarter-size / perzine / Sarala B
Eat World / half-size / art / Peter J. Lazarski
Book Happy / full-size / fanzine / various
Lemonbees / quarter-size / perzine/ Clara Bee Lavery
bantha fodder #6 / half-size / perzine / Caroline
Hellaluya / quarter-size / art / A. Low

and on the way out we found this cute cat snuggling in a bunch of newspapers…

An interesting article on zines by Alana Kumbier, Library & Technology Services, Wellesley College

I spent last Sunday afternoon at the Washington Street Art Center in Somerville, celebrating the arrival of spring with a roomful of artists and zine-makers. I had my doubts about whether this small, local event — the Spring Zine Thing — could compete with the lure of the outdoors on one of the season’s first hot, sunny days. When I walked up to the Center and saw folks waiting around for the doors to open, I realized I’d underestimated the appeal of zines, and of zine-fair camaraderie…

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Node Pajomo Summer 2010 / quarter-size / special interest / anonymous
Wavelength August 2001 / half-size / fanzine / various
Man dressed as rabbit on no.168 to Camden Town / odd-size / art / Chris Bird
Edge Detector #2 / full-size / litzine / various
The Secret Files of Captain Sissy $4 / half-legal / perzine / Andy Cornell

1 800 311 9700 / odd-size / art / Wesley Muluin
25 Fuis: un livre de Louis Bouvier / odd-size / art / Louis Bouvier
A Head Stretched Open / half-size / art / anonymous
Bloody Heart and Broken Aorta / odd-size / litzine / Jeseka Hickey
Cross-eyed / odd-size / comics / Adam Meuse
Decorum / half-size / comics / Ed Choy Moorman
Doris #12 / quarter-size / perzine / Cindy Crabb
East Village Inky #45 / quarter-size / perzine / Ayun Halliday
“El Explodo”: a true story / odd-size / comics / Stacey Case
Instances / half-legal / comics / Tom Galambos
Kiss Machine #10 / magazine / litzine / Emily Pohl-Weary, ed.
Kiss Machine #9 / magazine / litzine / Emily Pohl-Weary, ed.
My things, my grand-mother’s things / quarter-size / perzine / Sarah Pinder
Stitching Together / None / comics / Ed Choy Moorman
The Ground is Soft / odd-size / comics / Chuck Forsman
untitled / odd-size / art / am
Vampire Magazine / half-size / art / various
When All Else Fails, Draw the Cat / odd-size / art / Terry Plummer
You Will Always Be My Cat / half-size / comics / Julie Delporte

We’re going to close on April 8th for holiday/family stuff.

Durable Goods #58 / quarter-size / litzine / Aleathia Drehmer, ed.
Durable Goods #59 / quarter-size / litzine / Aleathia Drehmer, ed.
Guide to Dating Gangsters #1 / half-size / perzine / Vice Versa
Hon: past, present, & future / half-size / culture / William P. Tandy, ed.
I’m not angry (anymore) / quarter-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Just Like a Gemini / quarter-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Just Like a Virgo / quarter-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Mrs. Noggle #13 / half-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Mrs. Noggle #18 / half-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Mrs. Noggle #24 / half-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Mrs. Noggle #2 / half-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Mrs. Noggle #30 / half-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
One Girl Revolution / quarter-size / gender/queer / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Sh t / half-legal / art / Dawn Cerny, Tuomas Korpijaakko, Adam Marnie
SNOBALTIMORE: a guide to Baltimore area snoball stands / quarter-size / culture / Snoball Collective
The Escapist Artist: the early years / quarter-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle
Tick Tock Biological Clock #2 / quarter-size / perzine / Jolie Nunez Noggle

Affliction #2 / odd-size / litzine / Cate Lawrence and Sara Lindsay
Brain Dump: amazing facts and beyond #4 / odd-size / comics / Leon Beyond
Butt Dilly / half-size / special interest / anonymous
Fuck the shut up!! / half-size / comics / Fly
Industrial Workers of the World: general organizational bulletin #4 / half-size / politics / various
Killer Heights / quarter-size / comics / Carlo
Kylemagazine / half-legal / comics / various
Lethal Panther: king’s edition / half-legal / fanzine / Sam and Ave
nadina tandy painting / odd-size / art / Nadina Tandy
Paper Tree / odd-size / special interest / anonymous
Paris of the West: culture post from Detroit / odd-size / art / Elizabeth Isakson
Peops #3 / half-size / art / Fly
untitled / half-size / art / anonymous
Way Magazine / half-legal / special interest / Montreal Theosophical Society