Zine was a digital publication from Philadelphia Printworks, active from 2013 to 2017. This archive preserves the work created during that time.

ZINE: A Digital Archive (2013–2017)

Spotlight-on-the-Weird-Black-Girl-Chewing-Gum-and-Insecure Philadelphia Printworks

Spotlight on the Weird Black Girl: Chewing Gum ...

By Taylor Steele @poetofsteele | Illustration by Camilla Ru @thecamru I am awkward. My awkward lacks grace and is often not cute. My dry wit wouldn’t elicit a single clap from an audience,...

Spotlight on the Weird Black Girl: Chewing Gum ...

By Taylor Steele @poetofsteele | Illustration by Camilla Ru @thecamru I am awkward. My awkward lacks grace and is often not cute. My dry wit wouldn’t elicit a single clap from an audience,...

Black-Boys-Are-Blonde-in-the-Moonlight Philadelphia Printworks

Black Boys Are 'Blonde' in the 'Moonlight'

WORDS: RONALD E. LYNCH, JR. | ART: ETHAN X. PARKER LLong before Frank Ocean streamed an ENDLESS conclusion to an era or Tarell Octavian let the world in on a...

Black Boys Are 'Blonde' in the 'Moonlight'

WORDS: RONALD E. LYNCH, JR. | ART: ETHAN X. PARKER LLong before Frank Ocean streamed an ENDLESS conclusion to an era or Tarell Octavian let the world in on a...

Christmas-and-Materiality-A-Meditation-on-the-Holidays-and-Capitalism Philadelphia Printworks

Christmas and Materiality: A Meditation on the ...

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez @priscadorcas | Illustration by Ethan X. Parker @EthanDrawsStuff I told my partner I was looking forward to Christmas, and he looked at me with confusion scripted...

Christmas and Materiality: A Meditation on the ...

By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez @priscadorcas | Illustration by Ethan X. Parker @EthanDrawsStuff I told my partner I was looking forward to Christmas, and he looked at me with confusion scripted...

The-Activism-of-Self-Care-5-Things-to-Help-You-Heal Philadelphia Printworks

The Activism of Self-Care: 5 Things to Help You...

By Jamila Reddy | Illustration by Jenna Brager I am seven the first time I visit Puerto Rico. My grandma is going back to reconnect with family she hasn’t seen in...

The Activism of Self-Care: 5 Things to Help You...

By Jamila Reddy | Illustration by Jenna Brager I am seven the first time I visit Puerto Rico. My grandma is going back to reconnect with family she hasn’t seen in...

Samera-Paz-on-White-Academic-Spaces-Mental-Health-and-Girl-Power Philadelphia Printworks

Samera Paz on White Academic Spaces, Mental Hea...

Interview by Jessica Rodriguez | Images by Samera Paz Samera Paz is an artist from DC, who currently attends the University of the Arts in Philly. She is the founder of...

Samera Paz on White Academic Spaces, Mental Hea...

Interview by Jessica Rodriguez | Images by Samera Paz Samera Paz is an artist from DC, who currently attends the University of the Arts in Philly. She is the founder of...

Fruit-Snacks-and-Food-Deserts Philadelphia Printworks

Fruit Snacks and Food Deserts

WORDS: JOEL DANIELS | ART: DONTE NEAL I have so much love for fruit snacks. They are high fructose syrupy goodness. I don’t care how bad they are for me....

Fruit Snacks and Food Deserts

WORDS: JOEL DANIELS | ART: DONTE NEAL I have so much love for fruit snacks. They are high fructose syrupy goodness. I don’t care how bad they are for me....