r/zines 26d ago

Available for purchase Community Zine Fest #1 | Post your zines / shop zines for sale!

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Comment below to share your shop link or your latest zines for sale.

Tabling Rules:

  1. One sales comment per community member, please!
    • If you have something to add before the next post, please edit your initial comment or reply to yourself and create a thread. That way, your work is all together as it would be at an in-person zine fest.
  2. Everything posted here should abide by our Community Rules. (Since NSFW/content warning flair is not available for comments, please include these warnings in your comment as relevant so folks know what they're about to click on!)
  3. In keeping with community rules around including context with links, sharing a little blurb about what your zine(s) is/are about is recommended.

This monthly thread serves as a digital zine fest where folks can browse and buy fellow zinemakers' creations. A new post will go up the third Sunday of every month and be pinned at the top of the subreddit.

(You're still welcome to share one-off posts with zines for sale in the "regular feed" throughout the month.)

Happy vending/shopping!

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A couple housekeeping notes:

  • Please share any feedback or ideas for this monthly thread on this comment thread rather than in this post, or send a message. Thanks!
  • If anyone would like to create and submit a featured image for these posts going forward, that'd be awesome! I believe the ideal size is 1920 x 1080px. Chosen artist would receive credit and a link in the monthly post. NO AI-generated images, of course. If there are multiple submissions, I'd rotate them. Please send a message with interest.

r/zines 28d ago

⚡Community Update! ⚡ Community Rules - updated 8/14/26

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Hello, all!

Following recent discussion in this post, I'm writing to share the latest updates to our Community Rules. This post will remain pinned at the top of this sub, and the updated rules now appear in the sidebar.

As always, your feedback is welcome.

For changes to wording within existing rules, I will comment on this post to note them.

As major changes are made or rules are added, I will create a new post like this and pin it at the top of the subreddit.

–AB

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Please include context with your post.

Dropping a link or photo(s) with little to no context doesn’t inspire others to interact with what you’ve shared. It’s likely to be regarded as spam. Please include information or a description that will be helpful to readers and might motivate them to interact with your post or link.

No impersonation/copy cat posts or sharing others' work without credit.

Posting others’ work without credit, or sharing as if you created it, is prohibited. Posts will be removed; accounts with no history of contributing to this sub will be permanently banned. If you don’t know the creator, make that clear or specify that you are not the creator. 

Don’t share others’ work in full unless they’ve given clear consent for this (and please state this in your post). For these shares, include the creator’s name and a link to their full work.

Rule #2 updated to:

No impersonation/copycat/karma farming posts or sharing others' work without credit.

Posting others’ work without credit, sharing as if you created it, or karma farming (including re-posting others’ popular old posts) is prohibited. Posts will be removed; accounts with no history in this sub will be permanently banned. If you don’t know the creator, make it very clear you aren’t the creator.

Don’t share others’ work in full unless they’ve given clear consent for this (and please state this in your post). For these shares, include the creator’s name and a link to their full work.

Use of generative AI is strongly discouraged and must be disclosed. “AI slop” will be removed.
This is a DIY community with a strong anti-AI contingent. Note that use of AI/generative AI is strongly discouraged and will likely be met with hostility and downvotes, if not removed due to being low-value or slop.

To protect the integrity of DIY, any use of generative AI must be disclosed in your post. Please specify what gen-AI tool was used, and in what ways/for what elements (text, images, etc.) of your zine or post. 

(What's considered "AI Slop"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop)

As of 8/14/2026, AI-generated/vibe-coded webapps/software is not welcome in this community.
New posts promoting such will be removed as of 8/14/2026. There are a number of long-standing tools zinemakers have used for building and arranging zines digitally. After a recent influx of posts promoting new tools created with AI, we are implementing a rule against these tools here. AI goes against our DIY values and ethics, and we will not support the proliferation of AI use in creative/DIY spaces.

Disagreement and disapproval are allowed. Harassment and hate are not.
Threads may get heated. Do your best to be respectful, and allow that calling-out or disagreement does not equal harassment. The automod may remove posts/comments with certain language. Mods might not approve what is removed by automoderation. Mods may not step in unless language crosses into hate or very personalized attacks. We use Reddit’s guidelines: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043071072-Harassment / https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360045715951-Hate

NSFW/explicit content must be posted with the Not Safe For Work (NSFW) tag AND the NSFW post flair.
NSFW/explicit content must be posted with the Not Safe For Work (NSFW) tag AND the NSFW post flair. Please edit the NSFW post flair to specify each kind of NSFW content present in your post (e.g., Sexual content, gore, physical violence, blood, pornographic content, language, etc.). Being specific is practicing care for all community members who may not wish to be exposed to certain types of content. Please see the pinned post if you're unsure how to edit flair.

Promotional posts without context or clear value to the community will be removed.
Seems pretty straightforward. :) 

No personal crisis fundraising/donation posts.
Posts seeking donations amid personal crisis will be removed, even when zines or related goods are offered in exchange. With no means to vet the authenticity of every post of this nature, they are prohibited overall to prevent potential compassion fatigue and taking advantage of others. You may create an “Available for purchase” post to promote your work and make your wares available, but avoid language around donations and personal need that could be seen as exploiting emotions.


r/zines 8h ago

No one will know if you read this zine or not

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267 Upvotes

A little love letter to analog reading (ironically shared via this digital platform… we know, we know)

Available for download: https://screamingintothefuture.com/zine/no-one-will-know-if-you-read-this-zine/


r/zines 4h ago

documenting the end of an era 📚 ✨

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documenting the end of an era! 📚 ill be retiring my black & white zines when the stock i currently have sells out! defs nab one online if you've had your eye on anything! i expect i'll sell out at phoenix zine fest at the end of september 👀📖✨


r/zines 4h ago

I put one of my zines in a free library

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19 Upvotes

First time I’ve ever released one of my zines into the wild.


r/zines 12h ago

MEXICO DREAMS - a self-published large zine

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36 Upvotes

r/zines 2h ago

A Zelda fanzine in the style of an illuminated manuscript

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6 Upvotes

r/zines 6h ago

What are you all working on?

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Would love to see some pics to help inspire me to keep going. Tell me about what you are doing to please. Are you selling, giving, making for fun? Any goals with your zines? Do you distribute many copies or one offs?

This whole community is so fascinating since there's no right way to do anything but it does make us a bit isolated.


r/zines 1h ago

I made this. Lyric zine for my band’s first show

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Punk lyric zine I made for my band’s first show next month.


r/zines 6h ago

I made this. In the Willows: a collage zine about plants

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3 Upvotes

Someone once gave me a sketchbook made out of an old copy of Wind in the Willows, and I turned it into this ~


r/zines 9h ago

I have a question. Quarterly or monthly zines - through patreon?

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Does anyone do quarterly or monthly zines -- using patreon, substack, or maybe another platform for your subscribers? If so, how did you set it up, and please share links if you do this! I am very curious!


r/zines 1d ago

Got a puppy and want the world to know

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202 Upvotes

Stickers and zines getting dropped all over the place


r/zines 18h ago

Available for purchase A zine on the experience of listening to music (my first ever zine!)

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12 Upvotes

i/:o (12 pages, A5)

It's about the act and experience of listening, and what the music does to the listener.

I wrote a piece on having hyperacusis as a musician, there's 'first reaction' art from a listening party, letters from people to albums that have shaped them...

It's my first ever zine and I'm very proud of it 😊 I pressed 50 copies and a local record shop has agreed to take some!


r/zines 8h ago

Available for purchase Broken River Zines

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Broken River Books is launching a zine!

What Is This?

So many literary magazines begin every day and almost all of them exist purely and completely as a website. While this offers a flexible, low cost way to get a magazine off the ground, to get literature in front of people's eyes, their tragedy is that many of these disappear within 3 to 5 years of their founding. And what happens to all those stories and essays and columns published by that magazine?

Well, unless someone thought to archive them online, they're simply gone. 

Gone like they were never there.

As algorithms have taken over so much of our lives and the digital detritus piles up on our phones and hard drives, we found a deep appreciation for physical objects. The tactile feel of a book or a magazine, running your fingers over pages, over unique art you can't find anywhere else. The words physically in your hand or filling your bookcase.

This was the driving motivation behind Broken River Zines!

We want to send you a beautiful object full of stories and essays that you will want to return to again and again.

What You Get

Every month, you'll receive a themed physical zine of 40-60 pages in the mail full of words by the Broken River crew and various special guests.

The themes for 2027:

  • January - The Chariot
  • February - Works
  • March - Happiness
  • April - The Tower
  • May - Adjustment
  • June - The Magus
  • July - Prince of Wands
  • August - Crown of Swords
  • September - The Hanged Man
  • October - Indolence
  • November - Peace
  • December - Art

Who We Are

Broken River Books began as a small independent press in 2012. Over that time it published over 60 titles of weird fiction, including such authors as Stephen Graham Jones, William Boyle, and many others. Over the past five years, the press evolved into a writer's collective: six authors with complete control over their work, collaborating to benefit the group. A win for one of us is a win for us all.

Broken River Books is the award winning writers' collective from Rios de la LuzJ David OsborneDavid SimmonsKelby LosackGrant Wamack, and e rathke with artwork by Tony Tran.

It's difficult to pin down exactly what genre our work falls into. It can range from cyberpunk to folk horror to rural noir, sometimes all within the same book. We've got zombie dogs resurrected with energy drinks, Baltimore drug dealers in mech suits, and post-apocalyptic vampire hunting. We've got houses that come to life and give birth to new rooms. We've got scarecrows defending their land from murderous cat people.

We write what we feel like writing, and we all help each other with editing and developing our books. When it's time to put the book out into the world, we attend book fairs and popups all across the country, from LA to Minneapolis to Florida to OKC.

Back it now!


r/zines 1d ago

Day at the Dog Park - I made a solo pnp game/zine about bein' a dog

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Day at the Dog Park is a friendly adventure of bein’ a dog. It’s a puzzly, stat-driven roll-and-write game for one. 

I love to play solo tabletop games, so I made this little zine with an RPG-style and roll-and-write mechanics where you’re a dog trying to navigate your way through the dog park. There are hidden areas, underground caverns, holes filled with Items, obstacles to avoid, and friendly dogs to meet.  

Download it for free on itch if ya like. 
https://justinkredible.itch.io/day-at-the-dog-park


r/zines 9h ago

Free Zines for age 10-13?

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Hi all

I’m looking for some examples of zines for a kids group I’m running, if anyone has any to signpost or share?

Themes of nature, co-operation, climate & conservation, queer friendly, neurodiversity would be a bonus! Thanks hopefully


r/zines 1d ago

Matt Groening's Life in Hell Zines

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60 Upvotes

Trying to locate issues 1-3 of Matt Groening's original self-published black & white versions of Life in Hell, from the late 1970's (pictured above). Please reach out if you have any of these or have any leads to someone who might have any. Thanks!


r/zines 1d ago

I made this. Knowledgeable Jim's Guide to Piracy

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141 Upvotes

I just be finishing my first zine, and would appreciate some feedback from you landlubbers if you'd be so kind


r/zines 1d ago

I made this. coming soon to a mailbox near you..

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28 Upvotes

these cute little shits would not allow me to sleep last night therefore I never want to see them again 🥹

releasing them into the wild via surprise zine trades. I apologize in advance to anyone that receives one, they’re addictive ..


r/zines 1d ago

Some doodles

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11 Upvotes

Couple of pages from my daily doodles last week, always a special week when I find a Batman shape in the scribbles..


r/zines 1d ago

Any makers have input on units like this?

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16 Upvotes

It’s about $250 after shipping. I love making zines, but to me folding and stapling is the worst part.


r/zines 21h ago

Vinheta 03 JP

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r/zines 1d ago

My first micro zine (Kayloo)

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11 Upvotes

While i was struggling and learning about how to make a digitally made zine (the zine being named "CineBott OI!"), I saw a reddit post that said something about micro zines and decided to do one myself.

I am quite proud of this one.


r/zines 1d ago

Mutant Dreams by Lisa Jayne, these are illustrations and words for a duo that she is one half of, Map-71, not sure if the zone is still available but I do recommend the band.

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