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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Philippine zines collection
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2281
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
(10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 2006-2017
Abstract: The Philippine zines reflects the feelings, aesthetics, and cultural and political ideologies of various individuals and artist
collectives from the Philippines. The zine's content mostly includes creative works, such as comics, illustrations, poetry,
and short stories to reflect topics, such as mental health, interpersonal relationships, culture, political climate, and more.
The Philippine zines spans the years of 2006-2017, with the bulk of the material from 2017.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: The zines are predominantly in Tagalog and English. Often times, Taglish, a code-switch between Tagalog and English, is used.
There are a few zines that are in Cebuano and Ilocano, languages that are native to the Philippines.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Philippine zines collection (Collection 2281). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University
of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
All zines have been purchased through zine fairs and a seller based in the Philippines by Jade Alburo, Librarian for Southeast
Asian Studies, Pacific Islands Studies, and Religion at UCLA Library.
Processed by Valerie Vargas in 2018, under the supervision of Jade Alburo and Jasmine Jones; and Alejandro Adame and Rosemary
Medina in 2019, under the supervision by Jasmine Jones.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7728575
In the 1980s, Philippine zine culture first emerged, as a result of music fan zines that were introduced at the same time
punk music was being introduced in the country. Contemporarily, the content of the zines Filpinos produce have expanded to
explore different themes such as personal, political, cultural, literary, art, feminism, and more. The zine culture flourished
in the 2000s due to the emergence of the digital age that allowed artists to post their zines on different platforms. Zine
culture, however, was catalyzed by the emergence of a small press conference called Better Living Through Xeroxography (BLTX).
This press conference was founded on empowering artists through the highlighting of problems in mainstream publishing and
introducing self-publication as a solution. BLTX was able take the discontent over mainstream publishing and push for a way
to educate and mobilize to address it through artistic means.
The Philippine zines reflects the feelings, aesthetics, and cultural and political ideologies of various individuals and artist
collectives from the Philippines. The zine's content mostly includes creative works, such as comics, illustrations, poetry,
and short stories to reflect topics, such as mental health, interpersonal relationships, culture, political climate, and more.
The Philippine zines spans the years of 2006-2017, with the bulk of the material from 2017.
The collection features zines from various individuals or collaborators who circulate their creations in small press expos,
like Better Living Through Xeroxography (BLTX), or through local collectives, like Magpies Press, Saturnino Basilla Studio,
and Soup Zine Library. Many of the zines from this collection are also a product from local universities' organizations or
clubs, where students have collaborated to publish and print their work together.
The collection has been intellectually arranged by title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Zines
Politics and culture -- Philippines