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"Basic Paper Airplane issues have been coming into the world at a near-glacial pace since 2005. The zine has covered everything from the future of print media to the history of the human family, been reviewed widely, and been referenced as an aesthetic inspiration for the movie adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. There are currently thirteen issues."

Created by Joshua James Amberson.

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Created by Billy McCall and Various Artists.

Scope and Contents Behind the Zines is a zine about zines. Think of it as a small-scale Broken Pencil or Xerography Debt, a biannual publication that puts a spotlight on what's going on in the zine community. In this issue: scene reports, zine fest travels, zine spreadsheets, zine reluctance, and zine reviews. It asks how personal is too personal, and includes an interview with Kara Comegys of the zine Clumsy, discussing zines, sexual assault, and using art to heal. It also has the results of a zine survey, so...

Scope and Contents Our favorite zine about zines. And there's just so much good. Kate Foray and Dan Nelson discuss the upswing in wrestling zines. Frederick Moe dives into amateur press associations. Jess Hogan tells the nontraditional story of Neither/Nor Distro and how it can work in other places. Plus words, interviews, and features from some of our faves: Anna Jo Beck, Julia Eff, Kari Tervo, Saeko Reed, and so many more.Highlight: Razorcake co-founder Todd Taylor gives a brief history of the...

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Created by Billy McCall and Various Artists.

Scope and Contents Behind the Zines #10, released in July of 2020. If you've seen previous issues, it's along the same lines. This is a zine about zines! If you are in the zine scene, as a writer, library, zinefest organizer, etc, then you will dig this zine, I promise. But even if you simply read zines, and want to know more about what makes a zinester tick, this will probably still be of interest. A chance for zine-makers to talk shop.The first two articles are about what it's like to own your...

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Behind the Zines #11, the January 2021 issue! If you've never read it before, this is a zine about zines! Very zine-nerd, very meta. It'd be like if some hobbyists who liked cars got together and built a car ABOUT CARS.

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"A zine that illustrates how I grew up being Japanese American. I was so nervous to make this zine public because it's so personal to me, but to my surprise, it got a lot of positive feedback."

Created by Phoebe Eriko Sugo.

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In Better Feminism Workbook: Discussion Questions on Gender Dynamics, Internalized Sexism, and Emotional Labor, Jennifer Williams lays out a series of questions to help people of all genders dig deeper into their intentions, assumptions, and relationship patterns. A simple, one-of-a-kind workbook zine that can be used for both solo writing exercises and as prompts for discussion groups.

Created by Jennifer Williams.

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The Zine Collection dates from 1997-present, and will continue to grow through donations and purchases. The collection contains mostly paper format along with stickers and artwork. The collection is arranged alphabetically by title.