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This series includes the bulk of our zine collection and is comprised primarily of individual issues, although there are longer runs for some titles and multiple titles for some authors. These zines cover a variety of topics and illustrate the many types of formats and designs that characterize zines.

Zines have been arranged alphabetically and the creator(s), contributor(s), publisher, and copyright information have been included when known. The original format of the zine titles and related information, including unique capitalization, puncutation, and spelling, has been preserved when possible.

The University of Puget Sound zines series consists of zines created by individual students, collaborative projects from classes, and student organizations at the University of Puget Sound. Of note in this series are "Engage," created by the university's Center for Intercultural and Civic Engagement (CICE) and focusing on social justice and activism in our local region, and "Anonymous Voices," a zine created by the student-led activist group Advocates for Detained Voices (ADV), which features narratives from detained individuals at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.

This series includes review publications and magazines on zine culture and the independent arts such as "Broken Pencil" and "Scream Queens Magazine."

Bound zines consist of bound collections of zines purchased from independent presses, which often include a large or near-complete runs of issues from a single title.

These zines were purchased by the Collins Memorial Library for use in an exhibit titled "Comix Body," which was installed in the University of Puget Sound's Kittredge Gallery from October 8, 2018 to November 1, 2018. The exhibit was curated by University of Puget Sound English professor Mita Mahato.

"Comix Body" highlighted the work of independent comic artists and their unique skill of bringing life out of line. It offered intimate witness to the surprising, stigmatized, or raw realities that give shape to the body, its experiences, and its interactions. The exhibit included a reading nook with books and zines related to the exhibit.

Books that were purchased for the exhibit can be found in the library's general collection.

These 8-page mini-zines were distributed through the Quarantine Public Library (www.quarantinepubliclibrary.com), a project established in May 2020. According to the library, the works published on their website are available "for anyone to freely download, print and assemble—to keep or give away." The Quarantine Public Library issued its final planned released of zines in December 2021. The zines in this series were printed and offered to guests of the Collins Library exhibit "Changing the Conversation" (August-December 2022).