Complete List of Zines Mentioned on This Episode:

Biff is the brainchild of Portland journalist Bill Donahue and his daughter, Allie Donahue, 12, features the fiction and poetry of grade school writers; an in-depth look at an average American family; games and comics; and a sneak preview of the new Harry Potter book. The Donahues are putting together their last issue of the zine and will hold a reading at the Independent Publishing Resource Center Aug. 30.

Clutch is an autobiographical minicomics zine by Greig Means (aka Clutch McBastard), who is also the zine librarian at the IPRC.

Cometbus is a long-running zine about punk culture and Aaron Elliott (aka Aaron Cometbus)'s travels around the U.S. He recently collected back issues of the zine into a book called Cometbus Omnibus.

Dishwasher is a zine by Pete Jordan (aka Dishwasher Pete), one of the very first members of the IPRC and an early volunteer at our beloved Portland zine emporium, Reading Frenzy. Jordan recently came out with a book, based on the zine called Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All 50 States. The name pretty much says it all.

The East Village Inky is one of the more prominent momzines out there. Ayun Halliday writes in her own handwriting about herself, her two kids and their life in New York City.

Hip Mama is another parenting zine edited by Bee Lavender and Ariel Gore.

Hausfrau is a "muthuh-zine" by Nicole Chaison of Portland, Maine. She describes her readers as "the lactating and radically sleep deprived."

Invincible Summer offers a mixture of autobiographical comics and writing by Nicole Georges, who works at the IPRC and helped to found the Portland Zine Symposium.

Miranda is Kate Haas's zine about motherhood and other adventures. She will be at the zine symposium with her latest issue, #16.

Murder Can Be Fun is John Marr's well-researched, surprisingly upbeat zine about bizarre disasters, true crime and other macabre topics. He is currently working on a new issue.

Thrift Score is now defunct, but it was a zine by Al Hoff, a reporter from Pittsburgh who loved to shop at thrift stores and write about it.

Pathetic Life (also defunct) was Doug Holland's personal zine before he started Zine World.

Zine World is Doug Holland's guide to the world of underground publishing, offering reviews, how-to, etc.

All non-defunct zines are available at your local independent bookstore or at the Portland Zine Symposium.