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Creativity for Community Impact

Wasted Ink Zine Distro (WIZD) is a small-press distribution center, storefront, and library that houses local and international zines. WIZD represents over 250 artists and provides a hub for creativity and community impact. WIZD contains an on-site zine library with over 700 titles to read through to gain inspiration and understanding. WIZD hosts and supports over 50 zine and literary events each year ranging from zine workshops to the Phoenix Zine Fest. 
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Wasted Ink Zine Distro is a community event space run solely by a passionate queer, disabled zinester named Charissa Lucille and a great community. Charissa has published zine titles like Fem Static, Unfinished, and Blunt Talk. In addition to curating and maintaining this collection, we also host a number of literary events including zine making workshops, zine release parties and rotating art shows.
 
Wasted Ink Zine Distro provides people with alternative forms of media with publications about a myriad of different topics ranging from, educational and woman’s studies, personal and political activism, music and punk history, photography, art and more. WIZD is constantly growing and expanding and receiving more material every week.
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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​

Zine Stack Podcast

PHX Zine Fest

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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.
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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. ​

Local Presses We Love:

Pachanga Press 
​Abalone Mountain Press
Shut Eye Press
Cardboard House Press​
Holum Press
Hoot 'n' Waddle Press
Plankton Press
Prickly Pear Printing

Other Arizona Spots To Find Zines: 

Palabras Bilingual Bookstore
Tiny Town Gallery

Zine Fests We've Tabled:

928 Gilman Zine Fest 2016
Albuquerque Zine Fest 2017
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

Location

Visit us at Wasted Ink Zine Distro

Opening February, 6
906 W Roosevelt St 
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Hours: Thurs-Sun 11:00-5:00pm

Handicap Accessible 
Street Parking ONLY 

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  • Home
  • About
    • Safer Spaces Policy
    • Blog
    • Community Resources
  • Contact
  • Support
    • Join Patreon
    • Donate
  • Shop
    • Shipping FAQ
    • All Zines
    • Zine Bundles
    • Chapbooks & Poetry
    • Comix & Illustration Zines
    • Educational & DIY Zines
    • Fanzine
    • Feminist Zines
    • Merch & Gift Cards
    • PerZines
    • Photo Zines
    • ABC
    • DEF
    • GHI
    • JKL
    • MNO
    • PQR
    • STU
    • VWXYZ & Numbers