Free Zine Friday #4

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.

Wait, What Happened? #1
by Cat/Kowski

I want to give this zine to anyone who is progressive at heart but perhaps under-informed about why it’s important to be antifa and kkkop. It’s a friendly perzine with all the perzine goodies–favorite movies, chit-chat in handwriting, & wild west women. And then sandwiched in between is an awesome piece called “How I went from ‘Police Deserve Respect’ to an ACAB Tattoo” that touches on a whole bunch of different facets of US law/lessness, and how the police are designed in a way that makes “good cops” impossible. And it’s a lot easier to approach and understand than some of the denser antifacist zines out there.

24 pages, color, website here

Youth Culture 2000
by Mia Lin + Melissa Niles

I was double-checking their About page to see who to credit this zine to, and the first line is “It all started when Girl Tony Hawk met Goth Britney Spears.” Yeah, nothing I write could do a better job of capturing this zine than that line! It’s a fucking experience, dredging up memories I didn’t even know I had (girl tech password diary, anyone?).

18 pages, color

What Do You Think You're Doing?
by Kaiser Caimo

I think every artist today needs to read and honestly ask themselves every single question in the zine. It will completely reframe how you approach your art, how you interact with it, how you want to present it. For anyone who is overwhelmed by the prospect of sharing art, wondering where or how or when to get your work into the world, this will help you build direction. I reread this regularly to remind me why I make art, to help realign and reaffirm my values around art.

40 pages, color, website here