Wasted Ink Zine Distro
Wasted Ink Zine Distro is a zine library and store front located in Phoenix, Arizona. The building serves as a home base for Arizona zinesters looking for a DIY hub and creative space for self publishing and zines.
Resources include workshops, printing services, and partnerships with SATURNHEX (risography) and Shut Eye Press (letterpress.)
Address: 906 W Roosevelt St, STE 3, Phoenix, AZ 85007
Open for visits Thursday 12-5; Friday - Sunday 11-5.
PHX Zine Fest
Phx Zine Fest is an annual gathering coordinated by Wasted Ink, started in 2016, for DIY Small Press enthusiasts. The mission of Phx Zine Fest is to encourage local creators to share their unique ideas and perspectives, often ones that are underrepresented in mainstream media. Phx Zine Fest welcomes everyone to join in on the excitement of DIY publishing, and especially strives to create safer spaces for Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and LGBTQIA+ creators and visitors.
The month in which the PHX Zine Fest is held in varies, but it is traditionally at the Nile Theater.
Zine Library
The in-house library contains over 1500 zine titles ranging from 1980's to today. It holds zines in all shapes and sizes and the following categories: Art, Chapbooks, Comics, Educational, Fanzine, Feminism, Games, LGBT, MISC, Perzine, Photography, Political, Travel.
Raiz Gallery
A gallery space co-curated by Jeff from Palabras Bookstore and Charissa from Wasted Ink Zine Distro to produce exhibitions from up-and-coming Phoenix artists who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color and or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual.
Address: Nurture House - 906 W Roosevelt St, Suite 3, Phoenix, AZ 85007
On view Wednesdays-Sundays and Third Fridays.
