George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Mid-Atlantic minicomics and zines collection
C0316
/repositories/2/resources/459
3 Linear Feet
5 boxes
2012-2024
This collection contains zines and minicomics created by individuals and small presses from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, created from 2012-2021.
R 54, C 3, S 1, 3
English
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Use Restrictions
The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)
Preferred Citation
Mid-Atlantic minicomics and zines collection, C0316, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated and purchased by Stephanie Grimm, Art and Art History Librarian at George Mason University Libraries from 2018-present. Jake Lahah's zines were donated by the artist.
Processing Information
Processed by Amanda Menjivar in May 2024. Finding aid completed by Amanda Menjivar in May 2024.
Accruals processed and added to finding aid by Amanda Menjivar in June and November 2024.
Historical Information
Zines are small, handmade publications, usually self-published with limited runs. The subjects covered by zines run the gamut of humanity's interests, as anyone can be a "zinester." Zines often include art, poetry, and the personal interests and experiences of the zinester, or author. Zines are "DIY" by nature, and are usually only available in limited quanities.
Zines - short for "fanzines" - became popular with underground science fiction fan circles in the 1930s and 1940s, and grew exponentially in underground and counterculture circles in the 1960s and 1970s. The invention of the copy machine in the 1970s expanded growth even more. Zines and zinesters have continued to thrive into the 21st century.
Minicomics, similar to zines, are small, handmade, self-published comics. Minicomics differ from zines in that their primary content features comics, cartoons, or graphic narrative. Minicomics are not always small, and can range in physical and narrative size.
Scope and Content
This collection contains zines and minicomics created by individuals and small presses from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, which includes the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, as well as Washington, District of Columbia.
Materials were created between 2012-2024. Topics vary - see inventory for more details.
Related Materials
The Special Collections Research Center also holds the International art publishing collection and the It also holds an extensive
The and the hold zines collections. A list of Virginia institutions with zines collections can be found
The , the , and hold minicomics collections.
Arrangement
Arranged by acquisition date.
Accruals
Future accruals to this collection are expected.
Custodial History
Some of the materials in this collection were directly donated by the author to Stephanie Grimm, who then in turn donated them to the Special Collections Research Center.
Bibliography
"Comic Books and Graphic Novels - Minicomics in the AAEL Library." University of Michigan Library. https://guides.lib.umich.edu/comics/minicomics, accessed May 2024.
Croley, Carolyn. "A short history of zines," December 13, 2023. Amon Carter Museum of American Art. https://www.cartermuseum.org/blog/short-history-zines.
"Loud on Paper Library Guide - What is a Zine?" Purdue University, Libraries and School of Information Studies. https://guides.lib.purdue.edu/loudonpaper/what-is-a-zine#:~:text=Definition,circulates%20less%20than%201%2C000%20copies, accessed May 2024.
Zines
LGBTQ+
Personal narratives
Gender expression
Gender identity
Mental health
Anime (Television programs)
3 Terrible Dogs - A Sketch Comic Zine by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/189511201911Black & White Diary Comics December-February 2017 by Sara Lautman/repositories/2/archival_objects/189512201712Scope and ContentsPublisher: Birdcage Bottom.
Body Works by Liz Barr/repositories/2/archival_objects/189513202013Scope and ContentsPublisher: GenderFail and Liz Barr.
Bowman 2016 by Pat Aulisio/repositories/2/archival_objects/189514201214Scope and ContentsPublisher: hic & hoc publications.
The Day Before The Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin/repositories/2/archival_objects/189515201915Scope and ContentsPublisher: Bright Spot Press.
Contributors: Alec Icky Dunn, Josh MacPhee, Christopher Kardambikis.
Drawn Onward by Matt Madden/repositories/2/archival_objects/189516201516Scope and ContentsPublisher: Retrofit Comics and Big Planet Comics.
Dream Zine by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/189517202017Dumb # 1 + 2 by Georgia Webber/repositories/2/archival_objects/189518201418Scope and ContentsPublisher: Retrofit Comics and Big Planet Comics.
Everything's Fine: AND ON AND ON by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/189519201619Everything's Fine: Let's See Where This Goes by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895202019110The Experts by Sophie Franz/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895212016111Scope and ContentsPublisher: Retrofit Comics and Big Planet Comics.
GenderFail: An Anthology on Failure 1 edited by Be Oakley/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895222021112Scope and ContentsPublisher: GenderFail.
GenderFail: An Anthology on Failure 2 - Building On Our Failed States edited by Be Oakley/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895232020113Scope and ContentsPublisher: GenderFail.
GenderFail Reader 1 by Be Oakley/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895242019114Scope and ContentsPublisher: GenderFail.
The Intern by Leah Weightman, Anna Sellheim, Emily R. Gillis/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895252019115Mission 02: Tag Team Trouble! by Kendra & Kat/repositories/2/archival_objects/189526August 2019116Normal by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895272021117The Prince Zine by Joshua James Amberson and Rachel Lee-Carman/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895282016118Scope and ContentsPublisher: Eberhardt Press.
Radical Softness as a Boundless Form of Resistance by Be Oakley/repositories/2/archival_objects/189529202121Scope and ContentsPublisher: GenderFail.
Resurrection by Carmen Johns/repositories/2/archival_objects/189530201622Ringside Recipes by Kendra & Kat/repositories/2/archival_objects/189531August 201923#saveTuca&Bertie by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/189532201924Stonewall Was a Riot by Be Oakley and Noah LeBien/repositories/2/archival_objects/189533202025Scope and ContentsPublisher: GenderFail.
You're Never Alone in the Woods by Tyler McAndrew and Nate McDonough/repositories/2/archival_objects/189534201726Xerography Debt edited by Davida Gypsy Breier/repositories/2/archival_objects/189535June 201627Scope and ContentsPublisher: Leeking Inc.
Girls, On Film - Issue #1 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189536March 201828Girls, On Film - Issue #2 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189537June 201829Girls, On Film - Issue #3 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189538October 2018210Girls, On Film - Issue #4 by Stephanie McDevitt, Sara Danish, Janene Scelza, Kim Robinson/repositories/2/archival_objects/189539February 2019211Girls, On Film - Issue #5 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Kim Robinson/repositories/2/archival_objects/189540June 2019212Girls, On Film - Issue #6 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189541October 2019213Girls, On Film - Issue #7 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189542January 2020214Girls, On Film - Issue #8 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman/repositories/2/archival_objects/189543April 2020215Girls, On Film - Issue #9 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Ed Cash, Matt Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189544July 2020216Girls, On Film - Issue #10 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189545October 2020217Girls, On Film - Issue #11 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189546January 2021218Girls, On Film - Issue #12 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Jessica MacLeish/repositories/2/archival_objects/189547April 2021219Girls, On Film - Issue #13 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Jessica MacLeish/repositories/2/archival_objects/189548August 2021220Girls, On Film - Issue #14 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Jessica MacLeish, Lilyann Foster/repositories/2/archival_objects/189549October 2021221Girls, On Film - Issue #15 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Jessica MacLeish, Lilyann Foster/repositories/2/archival_objects/189550February 2022222Girls, On Film - Issue #16 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189552May 2022223Girls, On Film - Issue #17 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Noah Rymer/repositories/2/archival_objects/189553August 2022224Girls, On Film - Issue #18 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Eliza David, Siobhan Hansen/repositories/2/archival_objects/189554November 2022225Girls, On Film - Issue #19 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Ed Cash/repositories/2/archival_objects/189555January 2023226Girls, On Film - Issue #20 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189556May 2023227Girls, On Film - Issue #21 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Candace Jane Opper, Ellen Muller/repositories/2/archival_objects/189557August 2023228Girls, On Film - Issue #22 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189558November 2023229Girls, On Film - Issue #23 by Stephanie McDevitt, Janene Scelza, Dr. Rhonda Baughman, Matt Scelza, Tom Scelza/repositories/2/archival_objects/189559January 2024230salt + vinegar by Jake Lahah, edited by Paislee Jahed/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895602019231how to photograph a fish out of water. by Jake Lahah/repositories/2/archival_objects/189561July 2021232Depth by Jake Lahah/repositories/2/archival_objects/189562March 202131Bubbles #1 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189563March 201932Bubbles #2 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189564May 201933Bubbles #3 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189565July 201934Bubbles #4 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189566October 201935Bubbles #5 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189567February 202036Bubbles #6 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189568April 202037Bubbles #7 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189569August 202038Bubbles #8 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189570December 202039Bubbles #9 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189571February 2021310Bubbles #10 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189572May 2021311Bubbles #11 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189573August 2021312Bubbles #12 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/189574December 2021313Thrive by Gather Together/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895762017314Scope and ContentsPublisher: Force.
Thrive Zine by Gather Together/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895772018315Scope and ContentsPublisher: Force.
This Isn't About You by Anna Sellheim/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895782015316Weight: Agate by Christopher Kardambikis/repositories/2/archival_objects/189579October 2018317Brief Cartographies by Christopher Kardambikis/repositories/2/archival_objects/189580October 2021318Nebulae Vague by Christopher Kardambikis/repositories/2/archival_objects/189581March 2018319Dress Up by Danielle Coates/repositories/2/archival_objects/189582March 2017320Scope and ContentsPublisher: Ten09, George Mason University.
DIRT - Dissecting the Archive: An Investigation in 7 Parts commissioned by Common Field/repositories/2/archival_objects/1895832017321Common Garden Weeds by Elizabeth Graeber/repositories/2/archival_objects/189584circa 2017322Nerds® Box Serenity Prayer by Marianne Epstein/repositories/2/archival_objects/189585Spring 20174Worry Zine by Marianne Epstein/repositories/2/archival_objects/189586Spring 20174trip from hell by Caroline Kim/repositories/2/archival_objects/18958820214Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
Notes 01 by Rachna Soun/repositories/2/archival_objects/190779202251Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
K is for Korea by Janet Shin/repositories/2/archival_objects/190780202152Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
hello, goodbye by Rachna Soun/repositories/2/archival_objects/190781202153Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
Fold by Rachna Soun/repositories/2/archival_objects/190782201854Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
Living Space by Cam Del Rosario/repositories/2/archival_objects/190783201855Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
The Absence of Presence by Neil Neill/repositories/2/archival_objects/190784202256Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
l'etranger by Caroline Kim/repositories/2/archival_objects/190785circa 2020s57Scope and ContentsPublisher: late comeback press.
Not My Fault by Cara Gormally/repositories/2/archival_objects/190786202358Thrasher Fanzine - Issue #1/repositories/2/archival_objects/190787circa 2020s59Scope and ContentsPublisher: Shining Life.
Bubbles #15 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/190788December 2022510Bubbles #16 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/190789April 2023511Bubbles #18 by Brian Baynes/repositories/2/archival_objects/190790December 2023512Stop and Think - Boston Straight Edge/repositories/2/archival_objects/190791circa 2020s513Scope and ContentsPublisher: Shining Life.
The Southern Gothic Futurist - Issue #13 by Raven Mack/repositories/2/archival_objects/190792circa 2020s514The Southern Gothic Futurist - Issue #14 by Raven Mack/repositories/2/archival_objects/190793circa 2020s515The Southern Gothic Futurist - Issue #15 by Raven Mack/repositories/2/archival_objects/190794circa 2020s516 Chance Encounter Zine Takoma Park/repositories/2/archival_objects/1907952022517Scope and ContentsPurchased from People's Book in Takoma Park, MD.
Return Me to the Sea by Sam Sharpe/repositories/2/archival_objects/1935222007518Scope and ContentsPurchased during an exhibit of the artist at DWIGHTMESS, a comics residency and exhibition space founded by Adam Griffiths in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Dailies III - November 2018-February 2020 by Athena Naylor/repositories/2/archival_objects/1935232020519Scope and ContentsProduced for the program E17: ZINES at Transformer Gallery (Washington, D.C.). E17: Zines was the 17th year of Transformer's Exercises for Emerging Artists program, an annual peer critique and mentorship program for D.C.-based emerging artists. The program was led by Christopher Kardambikis (Assistant Professor of Art, GMU ) with coordination by Katie Lee, and featured artists interested in zines and DIY publishing: Ayana Zaire Cotton, Athena Naylor, Late Comeback Press (Caroline Kim & Rachna Soun), Evyan Roberts, Jennifer Lillis, and Julie Sheah.
unearth by Jennifer Lillis/repositories/2/archival_objects/1935242020520Scope and ContentsProduced for the program E17: ZINES at Transformer Gallery (Washington, D.C.). E17: Zines was the 17th year of Transformer's Exercises for Emerging Artists program, an annual peer critique and mentorship program for D.C.-based emerging artists. The program was led by Christopher Kardambikis (Assistant Professor of Art, GMU ) with coordination by Katie Lee, and featured artists interested in zines and DIY publishing: Ayana Zaire Cotton, Athena Naylor, Late Comeback Press (Caroline Kim & Rachna Soun), Evyan Roberts, Jennifer Lillis, and Julie Sheah.
guerilla gardening (Don't) Catch Me in Your Neighborhood/repositories/2/archival_objects/193525circa 2020s521Scope and ContentsUnknown author. Contains wildflower seeds. Sourced by Marissa Burkland of GMU Libraries.
WHO CARES LOL by noauthorzine/repositories/2/archival_objects/193526circa 2020s522Scope and ContentsWHO CARES LOL is a free art zine about Arlington, Virginia. Sourced by Marissa Burkland of GMU Libraries.
WHO CARES LOL - Civil War Fortifications, Indian Villages, and Quarry Sites in Arlington, County by noauthorzine/repositories/2/archival_objects/193527circa 2020s523Scope and ContentsWHO CARES LOL is a free art zine about Arlington, Virginia. Sourced by Marissa Burkland of GMU Libraries.
Around & Around by Rachna Soun and Caroline Kim/repositories/2/archival_objects/1935282024524Scope and ContentsPublisher: Late Comeback Press. Produced at George Mason University.
blue. by Rachna Soun/repositories/2/archival_objects/1935292018525Scope and ContentsPublisher: Late Comeback Press.
VIEWOTRON - comics and stories No. 2 by Sam Sharpe and Peach Goodrich/repositories/2/archival_objects/193530202261Scope and ContentsPublisher: Neil Brideau. Purchased during an exhibit of the artist at DWIGHTMESS, a comics residency and exhibition space founded by Adam Griffiths in Silver Spring, Maryland.
WORK ZINE by Lee Strawberry/repositories/2/archival_objects/193531202262Scope and ContentsCreated by a Mason alumnus.
It Should Have Been Anyone Fucking Else by Tori Sprankle/repositories/2/archival_objects/193532circa 2020s63Scope and ContentsCreated by a Mason alumnus.
Life as a Con Artist: Year 1 by Lee Strawberry/repositories/2/archival_objects/193533202364Scope and ContentsCreated by a Mason alumnus.
Toxic Lagoons - America's Superfund Sites by Tanya Brassie/repositories/2/archival_objects/385144circa 2020s65Scope and ContentsPublisher: inner loop press.
The Growing Problem of Space Trash - The Floating Junkyard Above Your Head by Tanya Brassie/repositories/2/archival_objects/385145circa 2020s66Scope and ContentsPublisher: inner loop press.