i made it from some blind contour drawings that i did awhile back of some people i was people watching

Made a zine, not my first one ever but definitely one of the better attempts

Daily doodlings again,
I pretty happy with the birds, I’d got a bit stuck on those days, and came back to do them at the weekend (with time to add feathers!)

I’m still slightly unsure what to actually do with these, building a pile of 52 is kinda satisfying enough I guess..

That's it, just wanted to celebrate this crazy project finally achieving financial independence. Still takes a lot of time to make but at least between Patreon, web sales, and zine fests it doesn't cost me anything out of pocket anymore! For anyone out there with a really ambitious idea, you CAN make it happen 🙂

Hi I made a zine recently and i would love to print it and make it into a booklet. I'm struggling to understand how to manage with the dimensions i have. Would anyone want to help me?

KONTAKT Issue #5 is Out Now.

Downloadable for free on my website or on the Archive.

https://jvdbeutelratte.neocities.org/archive

https://archive.org/details/@jonas_von_der_beutelratte_

I’ve been wanting a way to encourage folks to get more zines when they shop my booth at makers markets, so I quickly mocked up these little zine packets. They include my usual free zines plus free stickers. Are these silly? I’m obviously not an advertising designer so go easy on the designs 😅

I’ll be running them at a few booths going forward and will let y’all know how they do!

Photoshop and illustrator

I suck at words 😩

I've been selling mini zines for $1.00 locally. My goal with them is primarily to express myself, but I'm eager to start paying myself more fairly for my work (I would make maybe ~50 cents before). So, for my newest mini zine, I put the price at 2.95 CAD.

Zines are not widely understood where I live (yet!!), so it's easy to feel intimidated by putting up the price, even though it does feel justified (this one also includes a hand-printed and typewritten linocut card).

I feel like it would benefit me to hear what prices you have settled on for your mini zines--with or without extras. (I'd also love to show off the fun cover for my cowboy story!)

XD I looked a video in Instagram and I think, why not to create it?

Bark + Grass Number 2 is a vegan cookzine created by Posi Kim and her friends of Positive Press sometime between 1993-1995 in Chicago, IL. It's part of a series of cookzines that Kim + crew released on vegan cooking, often distributing at local music festivals around the MidWest from IL to OH. Bark + Grass leaned heavy into feminism and animal rights, and this edition of Bark + Grass is no exception. It includes excerpts from Fight Me by Daisy Rooks, who wrote a piece on the link between animal rights and feminism inspired by a book called The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J Adams (well worth the read btw!). Rooks is currently a professor of sociology and Positive Kim is out there too. I mention because it's easy to look at older zines and see them as relics of the past we can learn from when the folks who made these works possible are still out there, often still teaching and sharing their wisdom with the world.

Anyway, Bark + Grass volume two includes European measurement conversions, a list of ingredients and why they are considered animal abuse when used, a list of alternatives to choose instead, and even a list of source materials in the back. Most of the recipes come from Posi Kim herself, some from friends, some jacked directly from cookbooks with updates and edits that the crew found pertinent to share. The cookzine covers everything from Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner meals to Baked Goods and a special section dedicated to Tofu + Tempeh cooking. Many of these recipes are still gold (I've made a few myself! - The Pancake recipe is a go to in my house!) and you can even find some on the internet credited directly to this cookzine.

I don't share any interior pages for zines where I personally have not been granted consent to do so, so apologies for anyone who wants to read more here. Pretty sure a full copy can be found on the internet archive though! There's also an abbreviated copy archived at Smith College.

Break the System Archive has over 1000 items of radical ephemera from posters and flyers to self published works and of course, zines. If you know anything about this zine, (created in the Chicago area in the 1990s), or are one of the authors/ contributors I would love to hear from you!

“Freedom of speech has been a measurement of the strength of our rights and democracy in the United States over the past 250 years. Yet, as this country celebrates its founding, efforts to criminalize free speech have increasingly targeted zines and community organizing.“

Check out these cards I made! The tiger design is my favorite. It was so fun to bring these to life!

A single sheet mini-zine comic that depicts my first D&D character having a conversation with an NPC. This zine is a few years old now and the quality of the art is a bit questionable, but the characters hold a special place in my heart- so I still like it!

Photoshop and illustrator

I suck at words 😩

THE PETT REVIEW – Aug 31, 2026

Thank you so much to everyone who bought Issue I! Your support means the world to us and is what makes The Pett Review exist. Substack is great, but nothing beats having a tangible print issue, which not only feels much more real but is also tactile and tangible.

We’ve put the finishing touches to The Pett Review Issue II. The arguments over the cover are over, the proofs are almost ready to go to the printer, and now comes the hardest part: waiting for it to exist. To make that happen, we need enough pre-orders to fund the first print run. Independent magazines live or die by their first print run, and your pre-order directly helps make Issue II possible. Every copy ordered brings us closer to seeing Issue II in readers’ hands and allows us to continue building The Pett Review.

We’ve ironed out some teething issues from Issue I, so hopefully Issue II will be even better. It is also now staple-bound, which means it’s half the price.

What’s inside?

To give you a taste, here are a few highlights:

“We Have No More Beginnings” – A review by Maria Moron of the novels of Spanish author Javier Marías, AKA King Xavier I of the Kingdom of Redonda, a tiny Caribbean island, a title he inherited from the British writer Jon Wynne-Tyson as a reward for including the poet John Gawsworth as a character in his novel Todas las almas (All Souls). Translated from Spanish by Sofía Vidart.

“Ephemeroptera,” Olly Lovatt — A short story that takes its title, and its logic, from the mayfly, an insect that lives its entire adult life in a single day. Lovatt writes from inside that day, in prose that beats and stalls like a wing catching the light before it gives out.

“Katzenjammer,” Nell Neukomm — A poem about the morning after. Katzenjammer is German for hangover — literally, “the wailing of cats.” Accompanied by an original sketch by Agarak A.S.

Artist Interview: Miguel Carranza — We spoke with the Guadalajara-born, London-based illustrator ahead of Capricco, his first solo exhibition at Le Escargot in Soho. We discuss narrative drawing, fashion illustration, zodiac personifications, and he gamely submits to the Pett Catechisms.

“Venice: In Situ,” Ben Petrie — An essay that picks a fight with the Accademia. Petrie argues that Bellini’s altarpieces, Tintoretto’s Crucifixion at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and other Venetian masterpieces lose something essential when removed from the spaces they were created for.

Also featuring: artwork by Alfred Portman and poetry from Mike Tester, Claude Arbes and Leah Meister, an interview with the Mexican yogi Tían Reyes, a comic from Editor Otto Galise, a recipe from Gertrude Bell and sommelier Caitlin Farrell’s nomination for drink of 2026.

OH… AND the notes page has been replaced with a crossword (clue: think Bohemia)!

The Details:

• Pre-order price: £5
• Shipping: September 10th
• Format: A5, 48pp (total page count), printed in the UK on FSC-assured paper
• Pre-order here: [LINK]

If this is your first issue, we’d love to welcome you to the Pett Set.