Update for 17 September 2024
It’s been over a week so there’s a big update this time with 234 zines added. See below for the list.
Item! Scanning the covers of all the A4, A5 and mini format zines has been completed and we’re within a gnat’s whisker of 2,000 items. This is fewer than I was expecting so I now estimate the total collection is about 3,000 zines, maybe 3,500. The last stretch consists of five boxes of comic book sized zines which I expect to be qualitatively quite different from recent uploads as these will mostly be printed with higher production values. That doesn’t lower the chances of oddness and weirdness of course!
Item! I’ve fixed the title sorting so it excludes prefixes like “The” and “A”. So A Virtual Circle should be down with the Vs and The Assassin and the Whiner is up with the As, just as they should be. This had been bugging me for a while and I found a bit of headspace to figure out the (actually quite simple) regex. Very pleasing. (If you ever want to teach yourself regular expressions I can highly recommend this tool.)
Item! My regex skills don’t stretch too far though. I’m very aware that accented characters in URLs are very buggy. One part of the site will generate them with the accent, another won’t. For example, if you click on Pete Dorée’s name you’ll get a 404 page, unless you replace the é with an e so pete-dorée becomes pete-doree and all will be right with the world again. This will be fixed.
Notable uploads
Really pleased to see issues of Rachel House’s Red Hanky Panky zines appear in the stacks. There’s a good chunk of queer zines in the collection, which I intend on highlighting eventually, and hers are one of my favourites. I also have fond memories of chatting with her in the garden at Caption. She’s still making work, recently producing a Colossive Cartography zine You Are Safe Here.
The 1994/95 Slab-O-Concrete catalogue promoted some memories. I believe this was the year Peter Pavement had a massive staff at UKCAC covered in zines and underground comics which would have blown my mind wide open.
I really like Luke Walsh’s cover to Munch. It perfectly represents an aesthetic of the era while being uniquely his. When I come to write all this up I expect there’ll be a lot about Luke, someone I never met in person but who played a vital role in the development of my awareness. One personal side-project is to make a book of all his work, just for my shelves. I think he’s one of the most important figures in British underground comics from that era but, like so many people in this archive, he’s fallen off the radar and there’s hardly anything about him online, just this profile on Lambiek. When all this is over I’d like to think I’ll dedicate myself to marking his legacy somehow. We’ll see.
Added the following titles:
- OW by Bob Cobbing
- Vogarth 5 by Ben Hunt
- Vogarth 4 by Ben Hunt
- Vogarth 3 by Ben Hunt
- Vogarth 2 by Ben Hunt
- Square Eyed Stories 11 by Jim McGee
- Sad Animal 1 by Ralph Kidson
- Sheet Worrier by Rachel House
- Slick: Six Months by Rol Hirst
- Stop Making Sense 1 by Jonathan Edwards
- Meathaus 4 by Farel Dalrymple
- Meathaus 3 by Farel Dalrymple
- The Lupus 2 by Ben Oakes
- The Plot Thickens by Gav Burrows
- Suicide 1 by Rik Hoskin
- Escape 1 by Escape
- Bulldog Empire flyer by Jason Cobley
- Bible Doodles by Top Shelf
- Vogarth 15 by Ben Hunt
- The Misdirectionals 1 by Mark Bickley
- Frontiers 2 by Tony McGee
- Lucid Frenzy 5 by Gav Burrows
- Hazy Thursday by Oli Smith
- Jet Cat by Akiko Tamura
- Vogarth 10 by Ben Hunt
- Roony Unplugged - A Vicious Supplement by Pete Ashton
- 3inaBed 14 by Jeremy Dennis
- Bonehaven 1 by Terry Merrifield
- Psychopia 2 by B Patston
- Mark 'n' Jason Summer Annual by Jason Elvis, Mark Connorton
- Muse Factor / Muse Force 0 by Rol Hirst
- Modern Industry by Shawn Granton
- Criminal Girls 1 by Cat Andrew
- Combat Colin summer special by Lew Stringer
- The Plot Thickens 1 by Gav Burrows
- Cautionary Tales of Inadvisable Love 1 by Dave Barker, Tom Magness
- Clutch 2 by Greig Clutch
- Happy-Type Heroes 1 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Strip For Me 14 by Douglas Nobel
- Andrew Lukes Comic Book 4 by Andy Luke
- There's No Time Like The Present 5 by Paul Rainey
- Negotiating the Beast by John Robbins
- Velocity Comics 2 by David Hogg
- Vogarth 18 by Ben Hunt
- Low Jinx 3 by Kurt Wolfgang
- A Virtual Circle 3 by Patrick Brown
- The Story of The Sofa by Gav Burrows
- Sofa 3 by Gav Burrows
- Delicious 11 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Boswash by Nick Bertozzi
- Mighty Comics by Michelle Mighty
- Part Time Lights 20 by Tim Brown
- Pointless 1 by Jessica / Mitzy
- The Diplomat 1 by C Cilla
- Psyklops 1 by Michael Perridge
- Psyklops 3 by Michael Perridge
- Phil Collin Greatest Hits 1 by Tim Brown
- Hawkfriends 10 by Hawkfriends
- 3 in a Bed by Sean Azzopardi
- Psychosense 9 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Simon Cat by Slab-O-Concrete
- Sofa 4 by Gav Burrows
- Fuzzball 1 by Gary Parkin
- Fury 1 by David Gordon
- Fuzzball Christmas Special by Gary Parkin
- Funkapotamus 8 by Jerome Gaynor
- Fantastic Life v2 1 by Steve Marchant
- Angel Dust Funnies 3 by Andy Nixon
- Angel Nebula 7 by Tony McGee
- Angel Nebula 6 by Tony McGee
- GIG by Bob Cobbing
- b by Mike Weller
- Round Midnight 2 by Peter Bangs
- Pause 8 by Chiwawa
- Dan and the Ankou 1 by Darren Powell
- Supermonster 11 by Kevin Huizenga
- Rainbows Don't Have Black by Malcy Duff
- Goathland June 1997 by John Welding
- Animal Rights EP by Kieron Mullins
- Bits of Sadness by Bob Lynch
- Red Hanky Panky 6 by Rachel House
- Red Hanky Panky 6.5 by Rachel House
- Wee Keech Comics by Jim Cameron
- True Stories 1 by Tony McGee
- A Relative Lack of Idea 2 by Stéphane Menu
- Sugar Free Days 2 by Cole Johnson
- Rat Arsed and Shit Faced 1 by Dal
- Rat Arsed and Shit Faced 2 by Dal
- Wake Up With Peter Engle 2 by David Metcalfe
- Wargods of Atlantis 4 by Dek Baker
- Red Hanky Panky 7 by Rachel House
- Round Midnight 6 by Peter Bangs
- Beer Zine by Carrie McNinch
- The DefZine 1 by Pete Ashton
- The DefZine 2 by Pete Ashton
- Obscurity Unlimited 15 by Ian Shires
- Days Without Wine by Douglas Nobel
- Obscurity Unlimited 14 by Ian Shires
- Hope for the (near) Future by Simon Perrins
- TRS3 May 2002 by Jez Higgins
- The Comics Reviewer 3 by Simon Baker
- Red Hanky Panky 5 by Rachel House
- Rodentia 1 by John R Barberio
- Round Midnight 5 by Peter Bangs
- Delerium 1 by Garen Ewing
- Reefer Madness 7 by Trevor L Hughes
- Reefer Madness 9 by Trevor L Hughes
- Reefer Madness 3 by Trevor L Hughes
- Red Hanky Panky 4 by Rachel House
- Realm of the Sorceress 1 by Garen Ewing
- Round Midnight - As Seen From My Life by Peter Bangs
- Rent: My Summer in Hell by Jeremy Dennis
- White Buffalo Gazette Jun 95 by Jim Siergey
- Bad Guys and M?stery Girls by Ian Carney
- Plop 52 by Andreas Alt
- Magazine 3 by Andy Konky Kru
- Minds Eye Presents 6 by Robin Bougie
- Round Midnight 3 by Peter Bangs
- Round Midnight 1 by Peter Bangs
- Round Midnight 4 by Peter Bangs
- Magazine 1 by Andy Konky Kru
- Caption 2002 flyer by Caption
- Minds Eye Presents 9 by Robin Bougie
- Magazine 2 by Andy Konky Kru
- Ructions by Joven Kerekes
- Inter-Section 2 by Dek Baker
- The Kaboom Review by n/a
- Coffee Time 6 by Jez Higgins
- Duende 2 by Luke Walsh
- Last one home is a drunken fool by n/a
- Mooncat's Happy Book! by Paul Schroeder
- Head Hunter 1 by Gary Parkin
- Help Me Rhonda! by Andy Roberts
- Homelovin' 9 by Paul Haworth
- Head Hunter 6 by Gary Parkin
- Munch by Luke Walsh
- Season X 1 by Rik Hoskin
- Hope for the Future 2 by Simon Perrins
- Very Bang by Toko
- The Tenth Frame 5 by Austin English
- Strange Growths 14 by Jenny Zervakis
- Late Night Queueing by Rob Cave
- Little Girl Blues by Slab-O-Concrete
- The Lupus 1 by Ben Oakes
- Gato Bazka by Paper Birzuklatua
- Nightclub Nick 5 by Tim Brown
- Japanize 8 by Toko
- Escape 4 by Escape
- There's No Time Like The Present 1 by Paul Rainey
- Buddah on the Road 1 by Colin Upton
- Vogarth 11 by Ben Hunt
- Boy Crazy Boy by Sina
- Nice 1 by Ossie Hirst
- Yeast Hoist by Ron Rege
- Thoughts & Words 1 by Matthew Lawrenson
- Sentence by Test Tube Comics
- Sugardrops by Sweatdrop Studios
- Psychopia 0 by B Patston
- Minutiae by David Lasky
- Mitten Brain 3 by Luella Jane Wright
- Red Hanky Panky 2 by Rachel House
- Burp! 1 by David Morris
- Katrina Sublime by Jessica / Mitzy
- ZUM! 8 by Paul Schroeder
- The Mystic Stones 3 by Tim Brown
- M56 1 by Colin Mathieson
- Slurpy Sweet 1 by Ken Grobe
- The Solid Gold Oat Serial 1 by Robert Saunders
- The Mystic Stones 1 by Tim Brown
- The Mystic Stones 2 by Tim Brown
- A Virtual Circle 6 by Patrick Brown
- Vogarth 14 by Ben Hunt
- Vogarth 13 by Ben Hunt
- Vogarth 12 by Ben Hunt
- Vogath 7 by Ben Hunt
- The Vegetable Rack by Peter Radd
- Psychosense 7 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Suicide 3 by Rik Hoskin
- Stuff 2 by Stuart Luke
- Square Eyed Stories 15 by Jim McGee
- Biomecha 1 by Laura Watton
- Biomecha 2 by Laura Watton
- Biomecha 3 by Laura Watton
- Biomecha 4 by Laura Watton
- Nice 3 by Ossie Hirst
- Arnie Comix 2 by Slab-O-Concrete
- The Palindromist 6 by Mark Saltveit
- Never Enough by Enough Anticonsumerism Campaign
- Season X 2 by Rik Hoskin
- Homelovin' For Boys by Paul Haworth
- Anxiety Culture 2 by Brian Dean
- Murder Can Be Fun 16 by John Marr
- Cancelled by Bob Lynch
- All Right 1 by Simon Murphy
- Lazy student too apathetic to get a job please give generously by Richard Dedomenici
- Super 1 by Beachclub
- Pandemonium 18 by Matthew de Monti
- Bad Dog by Ben Sadler
- Pest Control 1 by Grant Springford
- S Club 7 vs the Anti-capitalists by Mike Weller
- GuilFin 108 by GuilFin
- Slab-O-Concrete catalogue 1994/95 by Slab-O-Concrete
- Me 1 by Sally Anne Hickman
- Mad Hair Day by Jeremy Dennis
- Psychosense 8 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Nice 5 by Ossie Hirst
- The Wolf of Long Mountain by Tom Magness
- X X X by Jeremy Dennis
- IK 4 by Reinder Dijkhuis
- Psyklops 2 by Michael Perridge
- My Legendary Girlfriend 3 by David Metcalfe
- Fantastic Life - mini sampler by Steve Marchant
- Lucid Frenzy 4 by Gav Burrows
- Psychosense 6 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Inkling Cloud by David Potts
- Inkling Rave by David Potts
- Anti Everything 1 by Mark Bickley
- Asswhine by Ian Lyman
- Atomic by Atomic
- Astromutts 1 by Dek Baker
- Artistic Licence 1 by Colin Upton
- The Assassin and the Whiner 5 by Carrie McNinch
- Arnie Comix 3 by Slab-O-Concrete
- The Art of Falling Apart by Kieron Mullins
- Agony Acres 1 by Ronn Stern
- Funkapotamus 9 by Jerome Gaynor
- Partee Gyrls 2 by Scorchio
- Psiconauta by Pasqual Pinon
- Part Time Lights 25 by Tim Brown
- Perfectly Normal 1 by Andy Stanton
- Parallel Minds by Andy Nixon
- Psychosense 3 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Psychosense 2 by Jessica / Mitzy
- Ground Level 1 by Peter Pavement