Free Zine Friday #1

Sometimes on Friday I highlight a few zines I love that are free to read! For more free zines, check out my big free zines page.

TigerxTiger
by edward (catboyriot zines)

An absolute riot! An explosion of color and love and energy about edward’s favorite animal, the Tiger! A super bright digital collage of everything from drawings to clipart to photos to anime screencaps to Animorphs covers and everything in-between. I am perpetually inspired by this zine. It is the best eyeburn I’ve ever seen.

16 pages, color

The Selkie and the Lighthouse Keeper
by sewagebaby2

An absolutely beautiful aro/ace fairytale about the beauty and value of a queerplatonic relationship. It’s a story in these stunning digital illustrations with poetic text overtop, plus linocuts for the cover and back. One of the characters is a Selkie, and I always love when concepts of queerness are explored and represented through mythical creatures and magical bodies.

10 pages, color

A Self-Defense Study Guide for Trans Women and Gender Non-Conforming AMAB Folks
by TransFighters, Oakland

Real, actionable advice for deescalation, ways to fend off or respond to harassment, and physical escape techniques that won’t get you in for assault. And it recognizes that you can’t assume others will come to your aid in the way you might be able to if you were cis. It also covers safety around intimate partners. This is absolutely must-have information for all trans women and allies, period.

40 pages, color