Due to Covid-19,  our store front is temporarily closed. You can support us during this time by purchasing zines from our online shop!

Wasted Ink Zine Distro
​Your Arizona Desert Zine Shop ​

​Wasted Ink Zine Distro is a zine library and store front located in Phoenix, Arizona. We house hundreds of zines and serve as a home base for Arizona zinesters looking for a DIY hub and creative space for self publishing and zines.

Our location is at The Hive! 
2222 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85006

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Hours: Saturdays & Sundays 11-4pm 
Open 1st and 3rd Fridays 7-10pm
We can also open if you make an appointment. Coming in from out of town? Send us an email to schedule a tour!
Handicap Accessible // Street Parking Available
A zine you say? What is a zine?
"A zine - pronounced zeen - derived from magazine - is an independently- or self-published booklet, often created by a single person. Zines are customarily created by physically cutting and gluing text and images together onto a master flat for photocopying, but it is also common to produce the master by typing and formatting pages on a computer. The end product is usually folded and stapled. Zines can be printed and bound in any manner. Offset printing is a relatively common alternative to photocopying, though there is some controversy among zine writers as to whether professionally printed products may be defined as zines."
-ZineWiki.com

What  We Do At Wasted Ink Zine Distro

Zine Distro
Our store front location allows people to pick zines out for purchase. We currently have over 600 zine titles for sale. Our prices range from $0.50 to $25.00 and every zine purchase directly funds the zine creator, helps us keep our shop open, and contributes to the larger zine scene in Phoenix.​
Workshops
We host a variety of workshops and we can create one just for you! Need a zine workshop for kiddos? How about one for adults? Want a workshop about DIY publishing? We can do it all! Contact us today to schedule your zine workshop for your class room or your organization. Need a workshop for out of town? We can do it!  Let's work together! 
Why Zines?
We believe zines provide a platform for creative outlets regardless of class or education. Zines topics are everything and anything people can produce and the value is determined by the creators.
Online Zine Shop
NOW OPEN! Can't make it into our store? Our BRAND NEW online shop has over 150 zines from local creators & creators from different states and countries! Order zines today!!
Even​ts
We hold many events at WIZD. We host zine releases, workshops, zine readings, small concerts, craft fairs and more! We want to see your face at these events! It's never a bad time to get involved or have an event of your own. Take a look at our event page to see what's new and what's coming up! 
​Library Reading Rack
Our in-house library contains over 700 zine titles ranging from 1980's to today's current zine releases. Our library shows the diversity of zine topics and design styles and is a great place to start if you're interested in learning more about zines. ​We have zines in all shapes and sizes and the following zine categories: Art, Chapbooks, Comics, Educational, Fanzine, Feminism, Games, LGBT, MISC, Perzine, Photography, Political, Travel. 
Hear it from our regulars! 
"In a city with an underrated literary culture, this zine and small press shop is essential. With its extensive library and for-sale collection, it is a must for both locals and visitors passing through."- Brodie Foster Hubbard

"WIZD provides a sanctuary for creative expression and free thinking. And it's so much more than a zine shop. Charissa Lucille connects zinesters through community events, zine launches and tabling at zine fests. Love it all!" - Rebecca Fish Ewan

"Wasted Ink Zine Distro provides a creative safe space for self published artists to sell their work. Charissa works to cultivate a supportive environment in which artists can work together through various events and functions!" - Briana Noonan

"This place is so sacred to me. So many good ideas shared here, in print and in conversation. Phoenix is always in need of an all-ages space and this is such a space to learn and grow. I feel like Matilda on her first day in the library every time I walk into this shop." - Jill Frensky

"They saw a need and filled it like champs. Wasted ink is run by people who deeply care about their community and indie artists and it shows. The selection of zines is as diverse as the community WIZD occupies and it's served as a safe performance space for marginalized voices in our community. Places like this is why I truly deeply love Phoenix art." - Trejon Dunkley

"This is an incredible distro run by badass people. Their selection is really incredible and constantly being updated with new selections. I was also fortunate enough to have the owners come out to Berkeley, California a few months ago to teach a workshop that was focused on women owning their own infoshops/zine stores. Check out their store if you live in the area or frequent their website if you're out of state. Its one of the best distros I have come across." - Bee Batya