Zines, Books, & Comics

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Brand: Troy Books
Two books in one, this pocket-sized guide features an intriguing "double-fronted" format. The first side provides medicinal herbal information and recipes. The second side contains traditional magical uses for the same plants presented in the first. Wortcunning's effective and authenti..
$16.99
Brand: Weiser Books
I love a good look at aspects of a practice and finding out what work for you. This book about the Wheel of the Year does a deep dive into asking you about you; Where you are? Where do you live, and how you move through your cyclical space and time? It's a modern look at this aspect you find in ..
$13.00 $14.95
Brand: Silver Sprocket
Queer Flagging 101: How to signal the sex you want using the hanky code. You *know* that cutie with the red bandana around their neck is wearing that hanky on purpose—but WHY!? This zine will break it down for ya!..
$5.00
Brand: Silver Sprocket
An anti-anxiety pocketbook that tells you that you’ll be okay at least eight times.It’s filled with coloring pages, simple thought exercises, advice and resources to help you get through anxiety attacks.Anxiety attacks can be scary. But whatever happens, you will be okay.38 b..
$5.00
Brand: Silver Sprocket
by Ben PassmoreFrom the publisher Silver SprocketBen Passmore's necessary contribution to the dialogue around race in the United States, Your Black Friend is a letter from your black friend to you about race, racism, friendship and alienation.The revised print edition of the Your Bla..
$5.00
Brand: Silver Sprocket
In Your Black Friend and Other Strangers, Ben Passmore masterfully tackles comics about race, gentrification, the prison system, online dating, gross punks, bad street art, kung fu movie references, beating up God, and lots of other grown-up stuff with refreshing doses of humor and lived relatabilit..
$20.00
Tukru doesn't keep a diary, she writes this zine. Tukru runs Vampire Sushi zine distro and in this zine she talks about organizing a zine reading and workshop in her small town in the UK and also about tabling at other events. Tukru turns 30 and tells us all about the birthday adventrues and she..
$3.00
Yay! A new issue of Turkru's zine! It's like getting a letter from a friend each time. This one is all about her trip back to Finland. There's visits with friends, family, food, karaoke, all with the suspense of waiting for a new passport...
$3.00
From Tukru:this zine is was going to be about just little things in my life like my new printer and being able to make and print zines at home (thank you kind people who donated to our crowdfunder, i’m working on your rewards i swear, i’m sorry for the delay!) having crappy health ..
$3.00
I'm a fan of the website Zine Crush. I like the cuteness, not the potential creepiness. So I was excited when a couple days before the Portland Zine Symposium I came in to work and found 10 copies of the Zine Crush zine slipped through our mail slot! Well all of those copies went quickly at the ..
$2.00