Zines

From the site: '...each issue of Broken Pencil features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary on all aspects of the indie arts. From the hilarious to the perverse, Broken Pencil challenges conformity and demands attention.'

From the description: 'A forum for critical dialogue & review of contemporary & historical artists' books.'

I think this is the best library guide on zines I've run across.

This zine about zines goes back to 1999 and is still in print ... and you've got to order the print copies if you want to read it.

This short article from Punktuation magazine provides a great background to understand the history of zines.

About the Artists' Books collection at Reed College: 'The spectrum of modern and contemporary Artists' Books in Reed College's Special Collections and collected on this website include traditional letterpress printed books of poetry, conceptual book works, sculptural and visual works, concrete poetry, and magazine works.'

From the site: 'A wide-ranging survey devoted to the modern book as an art form, A Century of Artists Books traces the international development of these books, and celebrates the extraordinary impact that modern artists have had on the centuries-old tradition of book design.'