Update for 2 September 2024
Back to the A5 zines, this batch of ~100 includes some that I originally rejected as being possibly not-zines or too recent, but have since relented and decided to include in the first pass. Better to be maximalist at this stage, I feel. If they don’t fit the shape of the archive they can always be removed.
I definitely wasn’t involved in “the scene” by any stretch in the 2010s but I was clearly still buying the odd one, and that activity is directly informed by what was happening at the height of my involvement. So yeah, let’s include these echoes, the background radiation of my zine life.
I’ve also included a bunch of items Top Shelf published from that era before they became a major player on the indie publishing scene. The line is incredibly hard to draw (see also Slab-o-Concrete) so I’m not going to attempt it at this stage. If it’s in a box of zines, it’s going in.
Added the following titles:
- The Bruising Pit: HMS Elephant Cemetery by John Cake
- Concerned Muthers 4 by Sina
- Cool Jerk & Homogal 6 by Sean Bieri
- Cirkus New Orleans by Josh Simmons
- TRS v2 5 by Pete Ashton
- TRS2 Oct 2000 by Andy Luke
- Leather Angel Distro 2 by Pete Ashton
- Rézo Zines 5 by Jean-Paul Jennequin
- Rézo Zines 6 by Jean-Paul Jennequin
- Rézo Zines 1 by Jean-Paul Jennequin
- Liliane UK edition 9 by Leanne Franson
- Molly Ringwald is Dead by David Metcalfe
- Apollo Astro 5 by Jack Turnbull
- Fifteen Nuns 3 by Ben Oakes
- Dr Ripper's Multiplex 2 by Ricard Nairn
- Dr Ripper's Multiplex 3 by Ricard Nairn
- Dr Ripper's Multiplex 4 by Ricard Nairn
- Dog Hair by Ricard Nairn
- Dont say yes, say know by Goodman Bros
- Dirtbag 6 by Dave Kiersh
- Dirtbag 7 by Dave Kiersh
- Deep Throws Furry Memories by Fake Jack Handy
- Dan Dire by Eric Mackenzie
- Fifteen Nuns 1 by Ben Oakes
- You Pronouce The K by Dan Strachota
- Sin & Silver 1 by Darren Powell
- Modern Master Model Mugger Muddle by Andy Konky Kru
- The Dolphin by Chris Reynolds
- Inkling 11 by David Potts
- Ain't Nothin' Like Fuckin' Moonshine 12 by Bwana Spoons
- Octobriana cut'n'paste ashcan by John Short
- Zum! 7 by Luke Walsh & Mike Kidson
- Fuzzball 2 by Gary Parkin
- The Implausibility of Reason 2 by Andy Luke
- The Implausibility of Reason 4 by Andy Luke
- The Implausibility of Reason 1 by Andy Luke
- Psst! Hey! You wanna come up and see My Etchings by Sean Bieri
- Moonchester United 1 by Martin Hand
- Modern Life Is Rubbish 1 by David Metcalfe
- Skeleton Key promo by Andi Watson
- Smokey 1 by Soph
- Smokey 2 by Soph
- The Desert Dreams of Lily Copperwheat by Paul Barlow
- Dangerous Hobbits by Shelagh Lewins
- Del's Madhouse by Del Rooney
- Dark Weather 2 by Tony McGee
- Dark Weather 1 by Tony McGee
- Dark Weather 3 by Tony McGee
- The Diplomat 4 by C Cilla
- Caption convention booklet 2009 by Caption
- Drawn to the City by John Welding
- Escape 5 by Paul Gravett
- Be A Man by Jeffrey Brown
- Bone House 8 by Jon Chandler
- Tozzer and the Invisible Lap Dancers by Rob Dunlop & Peter Lumby
- Wind Wilberforce: The Saga of The Scroll by Ed Pinsent
- Escape 6 by Paul Gravett
- First Date and other stories by Mardou
- There's No Time Like The Present 9 by Paul Rainey
- Built of Blood and Bricks by Sean Azzopardi
- Garden Funnies 2 by Paw Quality Comics
- Men's Feelings by Ted May
- Non 1 by Jordan Crane
- There's No Time Like The Present 2 by Paul Rainey
- Escape 3 by Paul Gravett
- Oliver by Jennifer Daydreamer
- Giant Days by John Allison
- There's No Time Like The Present 11 by Paul Rainey
- There's No Time Like The Present 8 by Paul Rainey
- There's No Time Like The Present 13 by Paul Rainey
- There's No Time Like The Present 7 by Paul Rainey
- Bern and Edwina by David Greenberger
- Doot Doot Garden by Craig Thompson
- Escape 7 by Paul Gravett
- On The Shelf And Off The Wall 2 by The Scribblers
- On The Shelf And Off The Wall 1 by The Scribblers
- Inner City Pagan by Lee Kennedy
- The Sky In Stereo 1 by Mardou
- It Lives 1 by Ted May
- Jenny Butler by Peter Rigg
- Bogey by Antonio Ghura
- Bob's 2 by Andy Luke
- The Girly Comic 4 by Selina Locke
- The Girly Comic 3 by Selina Locke
- The Girly Comic 2 by Selina Locke
- The Girly Comic 5 by Selina Locke
- Hank the Handy Handgun 1 by Jim Siergey & Tom Roberts
- Bulldog sourcebook 1 by Jason Cobley
- Better Luck Next Century by Dylan Horrocks
- Part Time Lights 19 by Tim Brown
- Get Yourself A Gobstopper by John Bagnall
- The Discombobulation Assembly by E Le Comte
- Brin 3 by Tim Brown
- King Cat Classix 4 by John Porcellino
- Knockout by Michael Daedlus Kenny
- King Cat 58 by John Porcellino
- Kaiser Wilhelm 1 by Matthew Lawrenson
- Kee-Tan Wawia Puinzess by Kitten
- Little Demons by John Robbins