Steel

 


Steel
Elizaibkart aka. Elizabeth Oluyede

Publishing info
Portsmouth UK (2025)
12x page A5 saddle stitched zine
Laser printed on grey and white paper.
Mini one sheet foldy 18 pages
2 A6 postcards
1 A5 postcard
Zine bundle

Description 
The zine celebrates black inventors through history that have been overlooked due to racial injustice and prejudice. The A5 zine is the story of Benjamin Banneker (1731-1805) astronomer and mathematician.
 The mini zine includes Madam J Walker, philanthropist and businesswoman; Henry Floyd, inventor and carpenter; Patricia E Bath, doctor, inventor and ophthalmologist; Granville T Woods mechanical engineer.

Bit of Undigested Potato (A): An Anthology and Bad Dreams and Nightmares

A Bit of Undigested Potato: An Anthology and Bad Dreams and Nightmares
Keara Stewart (editor)

Publishing Details:
58 page, A5 perfect bound anthology zine.
Colour cover with black & white pages inside.
UK (2015)

Description:
40 artists contribute pages to this collaborative zine about nightmares and bad dreams.

Author's Website:
https://kearabazstewart.tumblr.com/ABITOFUNDIGESTEDPOTATO
 

Big Beans (Hat Havoc)

Big Beans (Hat Havoc)
P J Crunky

Publishing Info:
28 x pages, A6 portrait
Black & white laser print on white card with colour cover
Portsmouth, 2025

Description:
Part of an ongoing series of adventures from the Hat Havoc collection. Hat wearing characters deal with everyday life in surprising ways. Pythonesque humour throughout.

Author's Instagram:
@pjcrunky


My Neighbours Are Not Terrorists / Gerado / Alex Pretti Was My Neighbour

 

My Neighbours Are Not Terrorists / Gerado / Alex Pretti Was My Neighbour
Sarah Evenson (2026)

Publishing Info:
3 x mini foldy zines
A7 portrait
Black and white on cream card

Description:
Three zines protesting ICE action in Minneapolis, USA in 2025/2026. The zines capture personal stories and connections with the author's neighbours, Gerado was taken away in January 2026 the author has had no news of him since. Alex Pritti an intensive care nurse, and also the author's neighbour, was shot on Jan 24th by ICE officers in Minneapolis. The third zine talks of connections between neighbours in the community.

Link to Instagram: @saltysweetsarah
Link to Website: http://sarah-evenson.com/

Gender Affirmations (set of 3)



Gender Affirmations (set of 3)
Experiences of Trans People / The Non-Binary Umbrella / Experiences of CIS People
Wik Wisniewska

Publishing Information:
Set 3 x A5 zines of 12 pages each

Description:
Three zines looking at different gender experiences through various lenses. Based on interviews and research the zines share the voices of trans, non-binary and CIS people's experiences. Illustrated stories throughout.

Author's Instagram:
@wikohwikart

Seventy-Four Drawings of the Venus de Milo

Seventy-Four Drawings of the Venus de Milo
Ziggy Kolker

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth UK (2025)
76 pages, A5 size.
Printed on matt paper, full colour.

Description:
Each page contains a drawing of the Venus de Milo sculpture drawn in various ways with including pencil, paint, collage etc. Soft tones and colours throughout.

This zine is part of a pair,  I Was Bunty's Double and Seventy-Four Drawings of the Venus de Milo, are both part of the 'Me and Aphrodite' transition project.

Link to Artist's Website: https://ziggykolker.com/

I Was Bunty's Double

I Was Bunty's Double
Ziggy Kolker

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth UK (2025)
A5 size.
Printed on matt paper, full colour.

Description:
Each page contains detail reproduced from The Bunty, which was a UK girl's comic (1958 to 2001).
Girls and women's faces with a variety of expressions are scattered throughout the pages. The scans are details so the method of original printing (CMYK dot patterns) can be seen clearly.

This zine is part of a pair,  I Was Bunty's Double and Seventy-Four Drawings of the Venus de Milo, are both part of the 'Me and Aphrodite' transition project.

Link to Artist's Website: https://ziggykolker.com/

Zine-O-Nomicon


Zine-O-Nomicon #2
El Roberts
Portsmouth, UK (2025)

Publishing info:
A6 edition of 20
Black and white laserprint on pink paper.
16 pages, saddle-stitched

Description:
Pink and black zine with drawings from movies that El has watched recently. Including, 'Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Old Boy'.

Link to author: @gates_of_el

Material Grrrl Guide (The)

Material-Grrrl Nos.6 and No.4 (2023)
Alexa Alexakari

Publishing details:
A5 printed zine, saddle stitched
24 x pages

Description: Colourful zine about crafting and feminism, crochet, knitting, felting and culture.
Material Grrrlz is a worldwide community of crafters :) We’re obsessed with maximalist DIY fashion, celebrating girlhood and always being the best dressed at the craft store <3
Through a quarterly magazine, online community platform and monthly in-person workshops in London, we aim to equip and empower Gen-Z to engage with fiber art and craft to build community, engage politically, and promote sustainability.
(From author's website)
In this special holiday edition of the mag, we meet material grrrl Destiny Franks, announce an upcoming collab with Särö Studio, and share our complete Material Grrrl Gift Guide 
Free patterns include a quilted cowgirl boot stocking (sewing) and customizable colorwork mittens (knitting & crochet). (From author's website about  No.6)

In issue 4, we’ve got you covered with all the essentials for the perfect material grrrl summer: how to be a bimbo, a meme god, and the best dressed at your next picnic afternoon. Free patterns include a customizable sewn tote to carry any bottle of booze, the perfect crocheted garland decor for any get together, and a knit smock top that you’ll want to wear every day. (From author's website about No.4)
Link to Instagram: @materialgrrrlz
 

Computers Apps and Smartphones



Computers Apps and Smartphones
Future Fantasteek!  Thematic Compilation of Issues 1-16
Jac Batey

Publishing Details:
First Published (2015), Second Edition (2026)
40 pages
A5 saddle-stitched
colour printing on recycled silk paper

Description:

Link to Artist: futurefantasteek.com

 

Was Gonna Wait: A Zine About Procrastination



Was Gonna Wait: A Zine About Procrastination
Jempol
USA (2023)

Publishing Details:
Foldy zine A6
Riso primed in blue on yellow paper

Description:
Mini calligraphy perzine about art procrastination, the pages give reasons why the artist needs to wait before completing this zine, including waiting to get better at art, waiting for better materials, waiting for a better idea, waiting for more time etc etc. The central spread concludes that the artist did it anyway. Fun idea showing art about your own inaction can reroute negative energy into creative energy.

Reflective Practice

 


Reflective Practice
Basil Hutton (2025)

Publishing Info:
A3 foldy zine
Black & white photocopy on cartridge paper

Description:
Mini zine in the form of lovely drawn comic panels, giving the author's experience of trying to pick their way through what a reflective practitioner is.
"Reflective Practice was made as part of my MA research into what it takes to successfully learn to draw something, interrogating my own practice and internalised ideals. In it, I explored the social context of my school experience and considered things in my life that had previously disrupted my development, using the framework of Kolb's Learning Cycle." Basil Hutton (2025)
Author's website: https://basilhutton.com/

Text Message Moods


Text Message Moods
Kali Kambo
Lancaster, PA, USA (2024)

Publishing Info:
A6 foldy zine, 8 pages
Colour laser. copy

Description:
Mini zine by which shows how we have learned to recognise patterns within texting. The playful zine imagines six short text exchanges, but shows how the pattern of the type changes with the emotion and intent of the typist, no words are included.
We now all recognise the wavering three dots (… is typing) and can often see at a glance, (when catching up with 52 messages on WhatsApp) whether someone has a lot to say, or is casually catching up with you. In Text Message Moods, ‘Venting’ shows the blocks of text required for explaining and agonising over a particular incident, whilst ‘Casual’ is a more even shorter exchange including smiley emoji.

Link to Author: @kali.kambo


What's at Stake? Young People's Take on AI & Education

 

What's at Stake? Young People's Take on AI & Education
Ayça Atabey, Colton Botta, Harry Dyer, Esther Priyadharshini, Jen Ross, Cara Wilson

Publishing Details:
A4 printed zine
36 pages
Colour way in orange and light blue

Description:
This zine represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to help you make responsible AI a reality in education. Funded by an AHRC 'Bridging AI Responsible Divides' project grant.

"In June 2024, young people at three secondary schools took part in workshops on the topic of the future of responsible artificial intelligence in education. This work was part of a larger research project on the emerging context of generative AI (GenAI) tools and their implications for education, now and in the future.

This zine is one outcome from these workshops, and it represents the messages young people wanted to share with decision-makers and educators, to urge you to make Responsible AI a reality in education. The young people were creative, thoughtful and imaginative – these materials express their hopes, fears, and personal meaning-making with and about AI. We encourage you to see their images and words as an important act of AI literacy, expressed through creativity, collaboration and reflection.

For the most part, young people are providing you with questions, not answers. We learned and had our assumptions challenged by their work. Please take what they have offered here as a provocation, a confrontation and an opportunity to think expansively about your own values and hopes for education". (from the project's website)

There are some pertinent comments about bias and representation here, the kids absolutely get it. Fascinating reading for anyone researching creativity and AI with education. For example, "Young people highlighted many unknowns regarding the consequences of using or not using GenAI. They wonder if they can trust the tech companies, when they see so many examples of unsolicited ads, bias, censorship and other negative consequences of technology."

Link to Project: https://ai-and-education.shorthandstories.com/zine/index.html



Computer is Your Friend



Computer is Your Friend
Ashleigh Ronning
Melbourne, Australia (2023)

Publishing Info:
A6 Riso printed zine
Saddle stiched

Description:
Small zine that uses humour and narrative in the form of a daily diary that shows the interactions of the narrator with their ‘helpful’ computer. The computer known as ‘Compu-Pal’ is trying to be useful but inadvertently stresses the user by overriding their decisions, thus infantilising the author. Interestingly this zine uses hand drawn versions of operating system windows, loading bars and alerts, making us aware of the human behind the story. The typography parodies ‘Chicago’, Susan Kare’s font designed for Apple, in use from 1984, the square shapes displayed on an early screen are a ubiquitous visual code for ‘computer’.

In Ronning’s zine the computer helpfully creates art to free up the narrator’s time and there’s a parody of a fitness watch that tells the user to “Please relax! Enjoy your leisure time!” amidst a flurry of pop-up windows alerting the user to data collection and privacy risks. The humour comes from the absurdity of the computer ‘helper’ which ironically doesn’t help at all.

Link to Instagram: @ashleyronning

Future Fantasteek! #22: Paper Cuts



Future Fantasteek! #22: Paper Cuts
Jac Batey, Brighton, UK (2023)

Publishing Info:
Broadsheet newspaper format
Eight pages

Description:
A visualisation how new terminology, and aphorisms can affect mental health. Illustrated through a combination of collage and drawing and printed in the form of a broadsheet newspaper, seeking to bring attention to the passive/aggressive phrases and words that are often used to bully and blame individuals. 'Forgetting your password' is a shared experience, where we are made to feel inadequate by the bossy authoritarian tone of the dialogue window. The artwork places us at the centre getting a ‘telling-off’ and nose-tweak from the irritated operating system.

The original illustrations from FF#22 were additionally selected for exhibition by Creative People Hounslow as part of their touring exhibition around London Libraries (2023-2025), How Are You (Really)? The exhibition sought to create a space for conversations about mental health and well-being in contemporary culture.

Link to Future Fantasteek! website: www.futurefantasteek.com





Algorithms of Late-Capitalism


Algorithms of Late-Capitalism
Karla Zavala & Adriaan Odendaal aka Internet Teapot
Rotterdam, Netherlands (2022)

Publishing Info:
Digital zines available to download free.
Issues 1-6 are laserprinted as A4 saddle-stitched copies

Description:
Internet teapot is a Rotterdam-based collaboration that focuses on speculative and critical design projects and research. The studio stems from shared interests in digital culture, critical theory, and the belief that design can be used in a socially transformative way, often created as part of academic workshops/gallery events. The zines explores our relationship with technology and the challenges to society.

Issue 6 - ‘AI myths’ (shown above) was a special issue to accompany the workshop ‘When Machines Dream the Future - AI Festival’, Goethe Institute, Dresden, Germany, 2021

Link to Internet Teapot: https://internetteapot.com/

Googling Yourself


Googling Yourself
Carl Reed

Publishing Info:
Portsmouth, UK, 2012
A6 Foldy, edition of 50
Printed on both sides in colour on matt paper.

Description:
A double-sided foldy showing what happens when our ‘hero’ Chris Jaffe tries to google himself. Humorous folded zine with large poster image on the reverse. Lovely illustrations.

Link to personal website: https://cargocollective.com/orangereed

Jempol Zine #2: Bitter Artist Quits Instagram


Jempol Zine #2: Bitter Artist Quits Instagram
Jempol
USA (2024)

Publishing details:
A6 foldy zine
Riso printed in green on lined black paper

Description:
Calligraphy perzine. The mini zine is Riso printed in dark green ink on black paper, which requires the reader to hold it closely to distinguish the text, it contains the artist’s rationale for leaving Instagram. Jempol reflects on their extended usage “was I really on the app for 8 hours every day? (don’t tell work)",
“I turned off notifications and refreshed the app every five minutes to see if I got any messages or Likes on my latest post. Sometimes I did this while driving.”
The zine is very honest and reflective in tone and exposes a need in us all to be liked and noticed. There is a black humour underpinning the zine with the artist fully aware of the toll Instagram is having on their self-esteem, the front cover has a graphic banner shouting ‘now 300% more negative!’ The artist is aware of this online manipulation but still engages with it, as we share in their frustration.




Dirty Old Town

Dirty Old Town - zine one
Mr Gordo
UK (2024)

Publishing Info:
A5 colour printing zine
36 x pages
Saddle-stitched
Wrapped in a black poo bag including 3 stickers

Description:
"A collection of photographs documenting the wide array of a dog poo signs, from the council ones to the homeowners DIY ones. As well as the bins, walls and trees containing bags full of dog waste all contributing to creating a  Dirty Old Town!" (from intro page)
Photos taken at various locations in England between 2021 and 2024. The zine invites readers to submit their own photos for later issues.

Links: Dirty Old Town Instagram

Disability Activism in Europe: Young Disabled Activist's Views and Experiences (Freedom Drive 2022)



Disability Activism in Europe: Young Disabled Activist's Views and Experiences
Cover text 'Freedom Drive 2022'
Dr Miro Griffiths, University of Leeds (2022)
Design by Jade French

Publishing Info:
A5 black & white laser print

Description:
Zine produced during 'Freedom Drive 2022' as part of a research project funded by the University of Leeds and the Leverhulme Trust called 'Disability Activism in Europe'. It explores understandings of disability activism, politics and the resistance practices of young disabled activists across Europe.
Including collages, hand drawn typography and illustrations, photographs and text around the themes of social justice, inclusion and accessibility.

What the Blob?

What the Blob?
The Illustration Society
Jade, Helena, Ashley, El, Annaliese, Daisy, Adam, Wenhong, Emily, Jade G, Alice, Cole, Amy.
Portsmouth UK (2025)

publishing details:
A6 concertina folded zine, with a secret stapled pocket.
Laser printed in colour.

Description:
Colourful, folded zine made from artwork created during an Illustration Society workshop. Society members each drew colourful blobs on an A4 page then swapped papers. They then drew over the blobs to create new images.

Link to: Illustration Society on Instagram
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