Creativity for Community Impact

 Mission
​Wasted Ink Zine Distro(WIZD) is a zine store and community space led by a passionate queer, neurodivergent, disabled zinester named Charissa Lucille. WIZD uplifts QTBIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled and chronically ill, neurodivergent, and Arizona creators by distributing their work locally and internationally, hosting the Phx Zine Fest, and by hosting community events, art shows, and workshops. WIZD was originally founded in 2015 and has grown and is now part of a community space called Nurture House which also includes Palabras Bilingual Bookstore, Por Vida Bakery, Wasted Ink Zine Distro, Pachanga Press  and Abalone Mountain Press. 

WIZD distributes work from over 300 creators through our storefront and online store that ships internationally. We distribute zines at events each year. 

WIZD hosts a zine reading library with over 1000 zines and is currently working on cataloging and curating them to make them more accessible to our community. 

WIZD hosts the Phoenix Zine Fest along with 50 other events each year. We also attend as many zine-related, craft, and literary events as we can. 

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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

Press

• Nothing is Wasted - a zine distro gets new dig and lands in a new literary hub
• Wasted Ink Zine Distro and Palabras Bilingual Bookstore open a new lit hub in Phoenix
• Publishing W/O Anyone's Permission Ft Charissa Lucille Podcast We Must Ignite
• Wasted Ink Interview with Spot 127 Media Class
• Limited Engagement Episode 57: The Charissa Lucille Edition
• Print Isn't Dead: Take a Page from local zine queen Charissa Lucille 
• Getting to Know Phoenix's Zine Scene With Charissa Lucille of Wasted Ink Zine Distro
• Charissa Lucille to Open Wasted Ink Zine Distro Store in Tempe December 6​

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Zine Stack Podcast

PHX Zine Fest

Phoenix is spread out across a vast desert landscape connected by stacks of freeway systems, yet it's full of bold zine makers and artists. Zine Stack Podcast aims to amplify the voices we represent through Wasted Ink Zine Distro and the Phx Zine Fest. We will interview local Arizona zinesters, plug various events, and provide commentary on what we see and experience in our growing zine community. There's never a bad time to get involved. Reach us at wastedinkzinedistro@gmail.com.

Phx Zine Fest is an annual gathering for DIY Small Press enthusiasts who create and enjoy zines, indie comics, photography books, perzines, political pamphlets and the like. Arizona has a lot of creativity to offer and Phx Zine Fest provides the space to show it off! This is the event to share your self-published work and to connect with the growing community. Enjoy panels, zine making, alternative voices and a ton of bright creativity. ​

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Zine Fests We've Tabled:

928 Gilman Zine Fest 2016
Albuquerque Zine Fest 2017
​ASU Zine Fest 2021 (virtual)
Denver Zine Fest 2018
Grid Zine Fest 2018
LA Zine Fest 2015, 2016, 2017
Long Beach Zine Fest 2015
Phoenix Zine Fest 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Portland Zine Symposium 2016, 2020 (virtual)
San Diego Zine Fest 2017
San Francisco Zine Fest 2015
​Tucson Zine Fest 2021 (virtual)