Readers Advisory

Readers can begin searching the Jacksonville Public Library Zine Collection through our catalog or click here for a complete list of zines in the collection.

Alternatively, check out the links below to some of our recommended titles.  Selections are broken down by subject so that you can explore the diversity of the collection at your own pace.  These lists are in no particular order and will be updated regularly so check back often.

Note: JPL is migrating to a new online catalog. Please excuse our dust as we update our links to the new system.

Reading Lists:

John Waters: A Primer

Comic zines and mini-comics:
Phase 7
You Ain’t No Dancer
King-Cat by John Porcellino
The Heart Star
Papercutter
You Don’t Get There From Here

Music — History and criticism:
Maximum Rock n Roll
The New Scheme
Give Me Back
Heartattack
Razorcake

Punk lifestyle:
Seven Inches to Freedom
Bread and Paper
Identity Crisis
ABC No Rio
Scam

Feminism and Gender Issues:
Galatea’s Pants
What the Ladies Have To Say
My Mother Wears Combat Boots
Rad Dad
Resistance Behind Bars
Witches, Midwives and Nurses

Environmentalism:
Greenwoman by Sandra Knauf
Juniper by Dan Murphy

Personal:
Broken Hipster by Emiko Badillo
Judas Goat Quarterly by Grant Schreiber
I Dreamed I Was Assertive by Celia Perez
Lower East Side Librarian by Jenna Freedman

Green transportation:
Dames on Frames
Bipedal, By Pedal!
Biodiesel Smarter

Local Interest:
Section 8
The Hum
Movement
Truckstop