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ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.

This Week's Featured Article The Factsheet Five Zine Reader The Factsheet Five Zine Reader is a zine anthology compiled by R. Seth Friedman that was published June 24, 1997 on Three Rivers Press. The book is comprised of an introduction by Friedman, a mammoth list of zine resources and information, and excerpts from 73 zines that appeared in the pages of the review zine Factsheet Five over the years. The Factsheet Five Zine Reader hit bookstores right at the maintstream's peak interest in zines and is thought by many to be one of the best zine anthologies every published. It also helped bring Factsheet Five and a handful of other zines from the underground into national prominence. Zines featured include: Beer Frame, Verbivore, Scram, Diseased Pariah News, Temp Slave!, Peaches & Herbicide, Murder Can Be Fun, Hermenaut, Hip Mama, Gulp, Hitch, Hip-Hop Housewife, Chemical Imbalance, Farm Pulp, Theoryslut, You Sank My Battleship and more. Read More...

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