Alarming Press publishes underground comics and distributes cult film and experimental music. Alarming Press is based out of Portland, Oregon.

Almost Normal Comics is an alternative comics publisher devoted to the art of storytelling and to supporting the small press.

Art Zine Distro is a non-profit distro focused on art related zines. Yep that's right, all the proceeds go right back into supporting our fellow zinesters/artists and their work instead of our grubby little pockets. What is an Art Zine? Your guess is as good as ours. So if you're interested in contributing to the site or submitting work let us know. This Distro is run by the Feral Kid Coalition, an artist collective living outside the greater Los Angeles area.

Blind Bat Press has been publishing comics and zines since 1988,and now have all our books available for easy ordering via PayPal or snail mail.

Bodega Distribution is a comics and minicomics distributor. It is run by Randy Chang who used to handle the mailorder for Highwater Books. When Highwater shut down at the end of 2004, Randy decided to take over the remaining stock and create his own comics distro.
Bodega Distribution will accept submissions for minicomics or books for distribution. We will not return these submissions. We will respond via email whether we choose to distribute or not. We buy all minis at 50% off the selling price.

Simply put, Engine Comics is made up of a collective of like-minded artists and writers eager to tell their stories in a quality-produced comic book. All work remains the copyright of the individual creator. Originally conceived in 1999 by writer/artist/editor Barry Renshaw to help develop new talent for future success, Engine Comics publishes the ongoing b/w anthology FUSION , showcasing four diverse strips from today's top upcoming talents; THE ROUGH GUIDE TO SELF PUBLISHING , which has enjoyed several reprintings; and the award- nominated REDEYE MAGAZINE , the only magazine dedicated to the [UK] independent comics scene. Other projects such as oneshots and limited series are in various stages of production, and you can see details of these as they develop on our PREVIEWS page.

Ferret Press is a comics collective that maintains a website, online shop, and blog. Members include Dara Naraghi, Adrian Barbu, Dan Barlow, Steve Black, Tim Fischer, Chris Keane, Rudy Lacovara, Jason Long, Tim McClurg, Dennis Murphy, and Alfa Robbi.

Global Hobo was founded in 2003 by Thien Pham and Jesse Reklaw to help promote and distribute work by cartoonists they thought deserved a wider audience.
Global Hobo specializes in hand-made and hard-to-find comics (also known as minicomics and/or indie comics) that have a high level of craft.

Great Worm Express Distribution sells various types of independent media. The focus is on zines, however I also sell music, and I have plans to sell books and videos in the future.
    I was living in Vancouver in 1999, where I discovered zines. I had bought Stay As You Are from Brad Yung (the glorious third issue, of which I am carrying the last few remaining copies) and a few other zines. There was a slew of bad ones, but I didn't care much about these. Then I bought the last issue of Factsheet5, which had been the zine bible for many years, although I didn't know that at the time. In its pages I discovered that there were hundreds of good zines from all over the world, although it was mainly from the United States. Then I bought Broken Pencil and discovered that many Canadians also published zines! and to say that none of these reached Vancouver. I was looking for something interesting to do, I had found my calling in the underground scene: I would get good zines to Vancouver.
    I later moved to Toronto, where there is a more vibrant zine scene, but the website you see before you today is the result of my efforts into zinedom: getting good zines around. 4 years later, I'm still at it and have no plans of stopping. I hope that you will enjoy these zines as much as I enjoy bringing them out of the obscurity for your enjoyment.

I Know Joe Kimpel your source for thought-provoking and cutting-edge mini-coimcs and graphic novels. And it kicks ass.

IndyPlanet A whole new world of comics. Printed on demand - shipped to your doorstep.

Kingly Books is the online bookstore of Marc Baines, located in Scotland, UK.

Meathaus is a collection of friends and people who create comics and cartoons and illustrations that grew out of an original core group of students at the School of Visual Arts in 2000.
   At this point Meathaus has published seven anthology comic books and several others in various formats. Meathaus has also hosted art shows, made records, posters, buttons, postcards and t-shtrts, and put on parties for book releases.
   Meathaus.com has been around almost as long as the book in some form or another. With this new edition, the website grows into a place that we can publish comics and features whenever we want.
   We are asked most often if we accept submissions for the book. The easiest answer is "No" because we essentially work the same way we did when we started which is to exist as a self-publishing collective that shares the work and the cost of the whole ordeal. But there are exceptions to every rule and we enjoy looking at work no matter whether it is right for us or not.

Microcosm Publishing Mission Statement
We publish and distribute DIY self-released zines, books, pamphlets, stickers, buttons, patches, t-shirts, movies, and a few records and tapes.

   Our focus is disseminating ideas and information through these items. I want to show that zine writers and DIY artists are a credible contribution to society and should be respected as such. I feel that zines have been largely marginalized through most of their existence.
   I want to make propaganda that can be seen and understood by the general public not just an insular, elitist, and segregated group of people. I think that is a large part of why many "activist" scenes fail; their focus is so insular that they don't reach out enough into the community. In order to make positive change we need to communicate and impact the outside world.
   My ultimate goal here is connection. I want to connect with people who understand the spirit and goals of DIY ethics and fanzine culture. I want to raise awareness about the spirit of these ethics and this community to people who live in places where they have no access to it. I want to teach kids that they don't have to grow up to be lawyers or businesspersons working jobs they hate in order to pay for their cars, yachts, mansions, etc. I want to find the social derelicts and teach them how to bond together to find a "family" amongs their peers. This is getting a bit grandios I know...
   I want to be able to help people find meanings in their lives without using this project to inflate my own ego (which is why it is your job to remind me of that goal from time to time). This project isn't just about us, the ones behind the scenes: filling the mailorders, talking to people through letters and e-mails; it's a two way street. Send in your zines, propose your ideas for stickers, patches, buttons, and t-shirts. Tell us what we could do better. Tell us what we do well. Distribute catalogs and flyers in your town.
   Microcosm provides money for a few people to live on. This is difficult terrain because it is so easy to get caught up in the fact that wealth can cause humans to forget about their ethics and persue greater wealth. We make pay ourselves from this project so it remains sustainable and so we can focus on being creative instead of working other jobs. It's a difficult middle ground a times. The focus is on sustaining ourselves while doing something we enjoy, not making the most money possible.

Mini-Comix Co-op
How does it work?
You, the comic creator, send in 10 copies of your minicomic. When your comics are received, a package is mailed back to you containing a copy of every other minicomic in stock. The stock changes as we run out of earlier comics and receive new ones.

Why 10?
We tried leaving it wide open, but the likelihood of receiving a fair number of trades is reduced. If each trader sends 10, then each trader is likely to receive about 10 in return. Some people send more simply so that it is distributed to more people. Some people send fewer because, I don't know, it costs money to print them.

Does it cost anything?
No.

Are there any rules or guidelines?
The comics must be your own work (or partially yours).

Wow, your site is pretty rudimentary. Any plans to improve it?
Nope. I'm good.

Mini-Komix is a self-publisher of independent mini-comics and graphic novels. We do most of our own printing, as well as alot of our own distribution. We have numerous titles ranging from every kind of genre.

The North West Zine Works is an independent media resource that offers distribution, online sales, reviews, and advertising to zinesters.

Optical Sloth is a website dedicated to small press comics. Our goal is to give audience and attention to the numerous small press comic creators and their works via the Internet. We seek to provide sample art, reviews, and allow you to purchase the titles in the store.

Outre Gallery
We are passionate specialists in contemporary international pop, lowbrow, pop surrealism, street, tiki, modern folk, retro with a twist and underground art. We dig art that crosses over with design, pop and counter culture.
Our approach is one that breaks out of the typical gallery mood. We showcase a fresh and ever-changing salon selection of original artworks, limited edition prints and posters as well as the best hard-to-get books, magazines, curios, mid-century inspired ceramics and collectible vinyl toys.

With galleries in both Melbourne and Sydney (Australia), we specialize in mail order worldwide, feature exhibitions by international artists, publishing, specialist events and personalised service for new and experienced collectors.

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Paper Tiger is a co-operative venture where all the artists get creative control of their work and get published in one of two ways.
   They can share the small printing costs then receive a fair & proportionate share of the print run to sell and distribute (we have a growing number of international distro contacts - another benefit of being part of the collective).
   Or they can submit work for free and recieve a free copy of the finished work. Contributers get contact/website info printed in the comics and also get the opportunity for a blog on this site.
   Paper Tiger comix is a UK based international comix anthology (or comics anthology if you prefer), which is now run by myself (Sean Duffield). A crew of Brighton comic artists initially got Paper Tiger up and growling but anyone who contributed was part of the collective. I like to think of Paper Tiger Comix as a friendly network for artists, where they can work on interesting projects together alongside more established artist.

Why PARTYKA?
1. To present to the public a new drawing, every day, from one of its four members.
2. To make available for sale a number of comics and zines by its members, friends and allies.
3. To promote the work of artists of whom we are fans, friends or allies.
PARTYKA is pronounced (pa:r´ti-ka:´). If you are unfamiliar with the IPA or with standard phonological syllabication, say the word "party", followed immediately by a "kah" sound. Perhaps most importantly, understand that PARTYKA does NOT rhyme with the name of 80's pop star Martika.

PictureBox is a Grammy Award-winning art, music, photography, and comics publisher based in Brooklyn, New York. PictureBox specializes in bringing artists' visions to print in startling and unexpected ways. All of our books are meticulously designed and printed to create as unique and immersive a reading experience as possible. PictureBox publishes its own books and also packages books and concepts for museums and galleries around the world.

The Poopsheet Shop specializes in mini-comics, art zines, fanzines, underground comix and related curiosities from the '70s to the present.

They also buy mini-comix collections.

Puddleville is a Graphic Novel Collective headquartered in the soggy, but much beloved town of Portland, Oregon, USA. Puddleville also has international representation in Canada and the UK, with a satellite pod in Seattle, Washington.

Quimby's operates a retail store in Chicago and an online shop on the Web. "Specialists in the importation, distribution, and sale of unusual publications , aberrant periodicals, saucy comic booklets and assorted fancies as well as a comprehensive miscellany of the latest independent 'zines' that all the kids have been talking about."

Founded in 1994, Reading Frenzy is devoted to supporting, promoting and disseminating independent and alternative media, with a focus on arts, culture, politics, comics, girl's stuff, queer notions, and quality smut. We stock thousands of hard to find titles from around the country, host dozens of literary and art events every year, and support local community organizations who share our goals of fostering freedom of speech, information and creative expression.

Secret Acres was made by Barry Matthews and Leon Avelino.
    Secret Acres is a comics publishing company, founded in 2006. Currently, the company publishes story collections and original graphic novels. Secret Acres sells and distributes its creators' mini-comics and other self-published works. The website is host to serialized versions of some of these comics as well as critical writing on literary comics. Secret Acres can be seen exhibiting at better comics conventions.
    Leon and Barry founded Secret Acres because they love good comics and want the world to know and love these comics.

SmallZone Hosted by Shane Chebsey, the website is intended, not only to be your one stop shop for small press comics, but also a mine of information for old and new self publishers alike. If you are a budding self publisher, artist or writer, and want to find out more about how to self publish go to the information subsite, a portal to all the information you need.
    SmallZone also publishes a quarterly trade catalogue for the direct market. To find out how to list your book, or get a hold of copies click here.

A little bit about Sparkplug Comic Books
   I am trying to publish work specifically by people that I think are doing quality work but aren't getting the publication quality that would bring them wider exposure to the comic book audience, thus the name. I see it as a sparkplug to start something for the people I am publishing, an early spark that may help them get over. Showing that, though their work may not be conventionally accessible, it is deserving of wider attention.
   The work I prefer to read myself has more to do with the writing than simply a graphic statement or artistic experiment. So, as far as a personal or aesthetic purpose for Sparkplug, the goal is to publish work that concentrates on stories.
   I plan to eventually provide a career for myself that isn't drawing comics for a living or working the day job. This may or may not work but it is worth a try, for me.
   In order to get someplace with this company or any other indevor in comic books, I see there being four important steps to follow:
1-Time
2-Good supply system and network (distro/store/reviewers/publishers)
3-Quality of work
4-Consistent output of work (not necessarily by the same person). It just has to be done on a regular basis.

Thank you,
Dylan Williams, publisher

Squid Works is the offspring of ACME Comics and Fandom House that operated in the 1980s small press scene helmed by such people as Dennis Pimple and T. Motley. Squid Works formed in 1995 as a local, comics cooperative. The Squid Works' comics cooperative comprises of independent cartoonists, artists, and writers exclusive to Colorado. While the styles and types of offerings are varied at Squid Works, there is a unifying level of passion and originality provided by its members. Squid Works is also actively involved in local comic events such as the 24 Hour Comics Challenge, Nan Desu Kan, Denver Zine Festival, and often hosts comic jams. You can visit our online forums that provide information about comic related job opportunities as well as information about upcoming local events.

The Trees & Hills Comix Group formed in late 2005 with the goal of uniting cartoonists and other comic creators in New Hampshire, Vermont and western Massachusetts. Creators of all ages, ambitions and styles are welcome.
In its first full year of operation, the group has launched a Web site, facilitated monthly drawing parties, appeared at comic conventions and published the 60-page Trees & Hills And Friends anthology minicomic.

Women's Work is a collective of women who work in and around the visual and literary industries. We are creators and storytellers. Art before housework. In a hundred years, no one's going to care how clean your floors were.

The XIP Collective is a loosely organized grouping of creative individuals producing media works for distribution over contemporary consciousness networks. Here is the most recent data on the members of this dangerous organization:
Robert Syrett: Executive diamond-pointed scribe.
Gabriel Gilder: Blast Furnace Operator
Calvin Wong: Karate Quiltsmith