swap_horiz Deathrealm Alternatives

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Cometbus

Cometbus is a zine produced since 1981 by Aaron Cometbus. It offers intensely personal reflections on experiences of urb...

Personal Literary Punk 1981 Present

9.5 Brilliant

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McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern is a long-running zine offering fiction, humor, and literary content since 1998. Founded b...

Fiction Humor Literary 1998 Present

9.0 Excellent

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Psychotronic

The Psychotronic zine documents a rich history of low-budget horror and genre films. Created by Michael Weldon, it provi...

Culture Horror Film B Movie

8.7 Great

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Optic Nerve

An American comic series by Adrian Tomine, begun as a self-published minicomic in 1991 and later published by Drawn & Qu...

Literary Art 1991 Present Minicomic

8.4 Great

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The Baffler

Founded by Thomas Frank in 1988, The Baffler is an American cultural magazine known for its sharp, analytical critiques...

Chicago Politics Literary 1988 Present

8.4 Great

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Crypt of Cthulhu

Crypt of Cthulhu was a small-press zine focused on Lovecraftian horror and weird fiction. Edited by Robert M. Price from...

Horror 1982 Lovecraft Weird Fiction

8.3 Great

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Yummy Fur

A Canadian comics anthology by Chester Brown, self-published from 1983 before moving to Vortex Comics, featuring the sur...

Literary Art Minicomic 1983 1994

8.0 Great

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Duplex Planet

Duplex Planet is an American zine started by David Greenberger in 1979, notable for its compassionate presentation of tr...

Personal Interview Literary 1978 Present

7.9 Good

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Gorezone

Horror film magazine published from 1988 by Starlog as a companion to Fangoria, focused on extreme gore and graphic horr...

UK Horror Cinema Splatter

7.9 Good

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Asian Cult Cinema

US quarterly magazine launched by Tom Weisser in the 1990s, dedicated to Hong Kong action cinema, Japanese genre films,...

Culture Horror Film Asian

7.9 Good

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Weirdbook

US small-press fantasy and horror fiction magazine founded by W. Paul Ganley in 1968, publishing weird fiction in the tr...

Fantasy Horror 1968 Weird Fiction

7.8 Good

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Space and Time

US science fiction and fantasy magazine founded by Gordon Linzner in 1966, recognized as one of the longest-continuously...

Fantasy Sci Fi Horror 1966

7.8 Good

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Eldritch Tales

US small-press weird fiction magazine founded by Crispin Burnham in 1975, specializing in Lovecraftian horror and dark f...

Horror 1975 Lovecraft Weird Fiction

7.3 Good

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Sinister Wisdom

Sinister Wisdom is an American lesbian literary journal founded in 1976 by Harriet Desmoines and Catherine Nicholson, no...

Literary Lgbtq+ Feminist Lesbian

7.0 Good

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Zontar

Small-press cult and genre film fanzine covering exploitation, B-movies, and underground cinema, notable for its focus o...

Horror Film 1980S Cult

6.9 Fair

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Mudfish

American poetry journal published by Box Turtle Press in New York, featuring contemporary poetry and maintaining a consi...

Contemporary New York Literary Poetry

6.8 Fair

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Hermenaut

Edited by Joshua Glenn in the 1990s, Hermenaut was an independent zine that applied complex philosophical concepts to th...

Philosophy Boston Literary Cultural Theory

6.7 Fair

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Answer Me!

Created in the 1990s by Jim Goad, Answer Me! was an infamous zine known for its transgressive style, focus on violent tr...

Controversial Culture Literary 1991 1994

6.4 Fair

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Lofgeornost

Lofgeornost is a dedicated fanzine focused on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien, notable for its scholarly approach t...

Literary Science Fiction SF Fanzine 1977 Present

6.4 Fair

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Grue

Published in the late 1950s by Joseph Wrzos, Grue was a notable horror fanzine recognized for bridging the gap between a...

Fiction New York Horror Literary

5.7 Mediocre