Other Zine Review Zines

We don’t want to be the definitive word on anything, so don’t just take our word for it. There are plenty of other fine publications out there to send your zines/comics for review and to scope for new zines. Most of these publications accept cash only. Please see our own no-check policy for more information. Please feel free to reprint or otherwise disseminate this list.

These zines exist to review zines, including up to hundreds of reviews in each issue:

Broken Pencil mostly covers Canadian zines, but has a good-sized American-zine section, plus excellent articles/reprints on zines, publishing, and other nifty topics. Great source for what?s going on underground north of the border. Published quarterly. PO Box 203, Stn P, Toronto, ON M5S 2S7, Canada, www.brokenpencil.com, zines@brokenpencil.com ($6.95)

Xerography Debt, the review zine with latent per-zine tendencies. Reviewers are select the zines they review and how they approach their reviews. Reviews also posted online at xerographydebt.blogspot.com . Send zines to: Davida Gypsy Breier, PO Box 963, Havre de Grace MD 21078; order new issues from: Microcosm Publishing, 222 S. Rogers St., Bloomington IN 47404; davida@leekinginc.com, www.leekinginc.com/xeroxdebt ($3)

Zine World is what you?re reading. Produced by an all-volunteer staff, ZW reviews anything self-published: zines, comics, chapbooks, books, and other DIY stuff. Published two to three times a year. PO Box 330156, Murfreesboro TN 37133-0156, jerianne@undergroundpress.org, www.undergroundpress.org ($4)

These are also primarily review publications, featuring dozens or scores of reviews in each issue:

The Curmudgeon, Steve Marlow, 733 Gleneagles Dr., Kamloops BC V2E 1J7, Canada, marlsj23@yahoo.com

Dead Trees Review reviews books (small press and self-published) of all genres except poetry, romance, or horror. Quarterly. Paul Lappen, PO Box 386, Manchester CT 06045-0386,www.deadtreesreview.com ($1)

Fanzine Fanatique Quarterly: ?We?ve been in continuous publication for nearly 30 years. We review publications in a variety of different languages. Reviews are, however, currently in English. We hope to become multilingual sometime in the future. We review fanzines, small press publications, semi-prozines, and selected professional publications.? Keith & Rosemary Walker, 6 Vine St., Greaves, Lancaster, LA1 4UF, England, fanzinefanatique@aol.com (trades)

Narcolepsy Press Review: ?Dedicated to keeping print zines alive.? Randy Robbins, PO Box 17131, Anaheim CA 92817-7131 ($2 or stamps)

Neufutur is a zine and a website. ?We have reviewed different zines for quite a few years. The zine isn?t all about zine reviews, but we try to give reviews a major part of the website and fit in about 10-15 reviews each print issue we release (once every 2-3 months).? James McQuiston, 650 Morris #6, Kent OH 44240, neufutur.com ($2)

Off the Beaten Path produced by the same crew as Dwelling Portably, this annual zine offers short zine reviews. c/o Lisa Ahne, PO Box 181, Alsea OR 97324

Opuntia, ?does not review music or comics, just zines.? Dale Speirs, Box 6830, Calgary, AB T2P 2E7 Canada ($3)

PrakalpanA LiteraturE: ?Zinesters may send us non-mainstream literary/art books & zines for short review.? Send zines to: P40 Nandana Park, Kolkata 700034, India.

Queer Zine Explosion reviews queer zines. After five years of inactivity, Larry-bob published a new issue in August 2009. Many older issues are archived at holytitclamps.com/qze.html . Larry-bob, Box 590488, San Francisco CA 94159-0488.

Zine review websites:

Feminist Review accepts all kinds of items for review, including zines, books, music, film, crafts, etc. ?Our mission is to write reviews from feminist perspectives to explore the world through an anti-oppression lens,? feministreview.blogspot.com . Send to: PO Box 1683, Athens GA 30603, info@feministreview.org

Free Rent Community ?is a printed zine, website, and an online radio station/podcast. We review zines and short DIY DVDs which are directly, indirectly or barely related to love, feminism, and/or women creating a better world through direct action and/or civil disobedience. We will review zines of all types, including online zines as long as they are PDF. Please include the form found on our website: www.FreeRentCommunity.org .? Send materials for review to: Freeschool Community, PO Box 6086, Olympia WA 98507

Gloomy Sundays is a blog by mail artist and zine maker Gianni Simone; it sporadically reviews zines, audio/video, books, and anything else he finds in his mailbox. This is mostly an invitation-only site, which means Gianni will contact you and invite you to send in your stuff. Unsolicited material is not guaranteed a review. gloomy-sundays.blogspot.com

Hello Amber! is by Amber, a queer feminist who publishes the zines Culture Slut and Fight Boredom. She reads a lot of zines and reviews them on her blog, hello-amber.blogspot.com

Library Journal began publishing a quarterly zine review column in 2008; in 2009, the reviews moved to online only: www.libraryjournal.com/community/Magazine%2FZine/47384.html. Send zines for review to: Anna Katterjohn, Library Journal, 360 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10010

Musea Reviews ? ?Musea guarantees a review for all artwork in any conceivable field,? musea.wordpress.com. Include contact info and $5 processing fee. (Currently on hiatus.) Send zines to: Tom Hendricks, 4000 Hawthorne #5, Dallas TX 75219,tomhendricks474@cs.com

OutsideWriters reviews just about anything with a DIY ethic, including zines, small press books, chapbooks, etc., www.outsiderwriters.org. For more information, contact reviews@outsiderwriters.org.

Paniscus Revue ? ?Online collection of reviews and amusements with an emphasis on the extreme. Cult, horror & adult film reviews, punk, gothic, industrial & metal music reviews, underground commix, and zine reviews. Any poetry submissions will be roundly mocked,? home.earthlink.net/~newpaniscus (last updated Nov. 2009). Tom Crites, PO Box 21448, Long Beach CA 90801, tmcrites@earthlink.net.

Poopsheet Foundation reviews mini-comics only. The site is a meeting place for the mini-comics community with social networking, community blog, historical archive, forums, reviews, and more, www.poopsheetfoundation.com. Contact: Rick Bradford, PO Box 343, Bedford TX 76095-0343, ricko@poopsheetfoundation.com

Small Press Newsroom: ?Where people discover cool comics! Finally, a blog for Small Press Comics that honestly reviews your work,? smallpressnewsroom.blogspot.com. Send items to: Allen Freeman, 6668 Waterford Pl., Owensboro KY 42303

Small Press Review, small companies and many self-published books and magazines are reviewed and advertised; established in 1967. Now published online only; subscription required to read reviews, www.dustbooks.com. Dustbooks, PO Box 100, Paradise CA 95967 ($35 per year individual)

Syndicated Zine Reviews reprints zine reviews from a variety of sources, making them available to you via its blog or RSS feed. New reviewers are welcome to submit, syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com. Send zines to: Jack Cheiky, 1496 Elmwood Ave., Lakewood OH 44107

Too Many Cookies is a review blog by Chantal Lefebvre, a zinester and graphic design/illustration student. ?I like to review zines that are mainly about: feminism, gender, art, personal, small cities, travelling, and anything else that sparks my interest.? too-many-cookies.blogspot.com, toomanycookieszr@gmail.com

TRS2 ? The Review Sheet Squared, reviews comic zines, primarily British (last updated Nov. 2009), www.bugpowder.com/trs2. Jez Higgins, 34 Forest Rd., Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9DH, jez@jezuk.co.uk

Zineocracy: This is a zine review website where readers are encouraged to submit their own zine reviews, angrytooth.com/zineocracy (last updated Aug. 2009). To submit zines for review, send them to: Zineocracy, 2262 SE 39th Ave., Portland OR 97214, zineocracy@gmail.com

Zinethug, updated about once per year, www.zinethug.com. Marc Parker, 2000 NE 42 Ave #221, Portland OR 97213-1399

The primary purpose of these publications is not reviewing zines, but they do have large review sections:

Black Velvet, 336 Birchfield Road, Webheath Redditch, Worcs. B974NG, UK, www.blackvelvetmagazine.com($8 US, 5 euro Europe, £2.60 UK)

The Comics Journal, comics only. 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle WA 98115, www.tcj.com ($6)

Give Me Back is a punk zine, picking up where HeartattaCk left off. PO Box 73691, Washington DC 20056, www.givemeback.org (free)

Maximum Rocknroll, especially punk zines. Published monthly. PO Box 460760, San Francisco CA 94146, maximumrocknroll.com ($4)

Pussy, pop culture zine, irregularly published. P.5!, HC01 1030, Kaunakakai HI 96748, pussymagazine@hotmail.com ($4)

Razorcake, punk mag with zine review section. PO Box 42129, Los Angeles CA 90042, sean@razorcake.com, www.razorcake.com ($3)

If you have information on a zine-review zine or website not on this list, or a correction to a publication listed here, please let us know: PO Box 330156, Murfreesboro TN 37133, jerianne@undergroundpress.org.

We have not heard from these publications in ages; status unknown:

Almost Normal Comics, members.tripod.com/almostnormalcomics/index.htm, PO Box 12822, Ft. Huachuca AZ 85670, flesh_on_bone@yahoo.com

Anuario de Zines, Danielle Sales, Caixa Postal 4768, 01061-970, SP/SP, Brazil

Beating Hearts of the World Unite, Jyoti, PO Box 444, Wollongong NSW 2250, Australia

The Best Zines Around!, Supreme Nothing Review, PO Box 211, Burton OH 44021, Denell@hotmail.com

Chaotic Order, Bob Smith, 15 Digby Close, Doddington Park, Lincoln LN6 3PZ, UK

Comixville, PO Box 697, Portland OR 97207

For the Clerisy, Brant Kresovich, PO Box 404, Getzville NY 14068-0404, biggestfatporker@yahoo.com

Gecko Newsletter, Pille Weibel, PO Box 5037, 6002, Luzern, Switzerland

Northwest Zine Works, www.northwestzineworks.com, Caroline Tigress, PO Box 2267, Longview WA 98632

Phantom Power Comics Podcast, www.ppcp.libsyn.org , Jenni Moody, 895 University Ave. Apt. #1, Fairbanks AK 99709, ppcpodcast@gmail.com

Slug and Lettuce, Chris Boarts, PO Box 26632, Richmond VA 23261

Speck Fanzine, Bleek, 2573 Oxford St., Vancouver BC V5K1M9 Canada. speckfanzine@yahoo.com *email bounced

String Bean, Mab Matthews, PO Box 182, State College PA 16804, octopusrapids@yahoo.com

Underground Society Zine, Philippe, 13 Rue John Kennedy, Lotissement Du Lac, 40990 St Paul Les Dax, France

Urban Guerilla Zine, Jay, PMB 419, 1442 A Walnut St., Berkeley CA 94709, disintegration@wethepunx.com, www.wethepunx.com

Weird Zines, C. Marriott, 328 16th St. Dept D, Huntington Beach, CA 92648

These zines/websites have ceased publishing:

Alternative Press Review

Best Zine Ever!

The Free Press Death Ship

NewPage Zine Rack

Punk Planet

Sample Press Online

She Reviews Zines

Small Press Feedback

Xeens and Things

Zinetopia

List updated January 2010

If you have information on a zine-review zine not on this list, or a correction to a publication listed here, please let us know:

Zine World
PO Box 330156
Murfreesboro, TN 37133,
jerianne@undergroundpress.org