swap_horiz Dirty Plotte Alternatives

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Zap Comix

Zap Comix was a zine published from 1968 to 2016 by Robert Crumb. Originating in San Francisco, it presented a raw and u...

San Francisco Art Underground Comix 1968 2016

9.3 Excellent

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Drawn & Quarterly

Drawn & Quarterly is a Montreal-based comics publisher founded in 1989 by Chris Oliveros. It began as a quarterly comics...

Canada Anthology Art Alt Comics

9.2 Excellent

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Kramers Ergot

Kramer’s Ergot is an art zine founded by Sammy Harkham. It presents a curated anthology of works from emerging and estab...

Art 2000 Present Art Anthology Alternative Comics

9.1 Excellent

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Evolution of a Race Riot

This 1997 zine, edited by Mimi Nguyen, documents a critical moment in feminist and punk subcultures. It compiles writing...

Feminist Punk Race 1997

9.1 Excellent

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Wimmen's Comix

Wimmen’s Comix was a zine series launched in 1972 offering a vital platform for female artists working within the underg...

DIY Feminist 1972 Underground Comics

9.1 Excellent

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Riot Grrrl

Riot Grrrl was a zine movement emerging from the Pacific Northwest in the early 1990s. It provided a crucial platform fo...

Politics Feminist Riot Grrrl 1991 1993

9.0 Excellent

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Bikini Kill

Bikini Kill’s zine documents the rise of the riot-grrrl movement in the early 1990s. Published by Kathleen Hanna and fel...

Feminist Punk Riot Grrrl 1991 1993

9.0 Excellent

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Doris

Doris is a zine created by Cindy Crabb beginning in 1991. It’s notable for offering deeply personal explorations of trau...

Personal Feminist Riot Grrrl 1991 Present

8.8 Great

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Giant Robot

Giant Robot was a Los Angeles-based zine established in 1994 by Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong. It documented significant...

Music Culture 1994 Art

8.8 Great

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Doris Zine

Doris is a personal feminist zine written and edited by Cindy Crabb, who began publishing it in 1991. Its essays and ref...

DIY Personal Feminist Cindy Crabb

8.8 Great

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RE/Search

RE/Search is a San Francisco publishing project founded in 1980 by V. Vale. It produced a magazine and a series of inter...

Culture Counterculture Art 1980 Present

8.7 Great

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Sassy

Sassy was an American teen magazine launched in 1988 by Jane Pratt and published through 1996. It covered fashion and po...

Culture Teen Feminist Women

8.7 Great

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Jimbo

Jimbo is an underground comic character and series created by American artist Gary Panter. Emerging from the late-1970s...

Punk Art 1982 Present Underground Comics

8.7 Great

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Chainsaw

Chainsaw was a foundational queercore and riot grrrl fanzine launched by musician Donna Dresch in the early 1990s. Based...

1990S Feminist Queer Riot Grrrl

8.6 Great

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LTTR

LTTR is a feminist, genderqueer artist collective founded in New York in 2001 by Ginger Brooks Takahashi, K8 Hardy, and...

Lgbtq+ Feminist Queer Art

8.6 Great

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Shotgun Seamstress

Shotgun Seamstress was a punk fanzine created by Osa Atoe and published from 2006 to 2011. It focused on Black punk musi...

Music Feminist Race 2006 2011

8.6 Great

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Optic Nerve

Optic Nerve is an American comic book series created by cartoonist Adrian Tomine. It began in 1991 as a self-published m...

Literary Art 1991 Present Minicomic

8.4 Great

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Yummy Fur

"Yummy Fur" is a Canadian alternative comic book series created, written, and illustrated by Chester Brown, initially se...

Literary Art Minicomic 1983 1994

8.0 Great

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Heresies

Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics was an American feminist journal produced by a New York-based colle...

New York Politics Feminist Art

7.8 Good

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Neat Stuff

Neat Stuff is an underground comic book series created by Peter Bagge and published by Fantagraphics starting in 1985. R...

Humor Art Minicomic 1985 1990

7.5 Good