2023 was a foundation-building year for Wasted Ink Zine Distro, Paper Jam + Print, and the Phx Zine Fest! With the help of your generous support and involvement, we distributed over 3,200 zines, provided 263 hours of zine and art events, workshops and programs for over 2,530 youth and adults, and hosted a 2-day in-person Phx Zine Fest. We printed 36 zine projects for community members totaling 2,715 zines, not counting hundreds of our own zines for internal projects. We bought a new printer and launched a mini zine vending machine called the MiniZineRama. We hosted art shows by seven local artists in Raíz Gallery, and distributed zines at the Tucson Zine Fest and Zygote Press’s Queer Print & Zine Fair, Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, and the Albuquerque Zine Fest. We enjoyed reading zines like “What’s the Meaning of Life?,” by Aim Ren Beland, “Crip’s First Mobility Aid” by October Stoner, and “Bear Woman” by Jamie John.
