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Creasidence
Creasidence Tokyo Zine #02

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Creasidence Tokyo Zine #02

by Maxim Chumin, Rocío de los Angeles Cruz Toranzo, and 6 more

Free

The digital zine that is a result of the March 2025 Creasidence Comics Workshop held in Tokyo. Over the course of 4 days, 20 artists from around the world came together to co-create a comic zine centered around the theme of cherry blossom. Each page's center is the frame by Workshop Lead Mentor, renowned mangaka Akira Fukaya.

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SCRY
CAPTCHA

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CAPTCHA

by Berto Herrera, Oswaldo Rodriguez, and 1 more

Free+

In our digital age, every CAPTCHA solved reduces our existence to data points. Every click fuels a shadow economy, stripping away genuine connection and trapping us in endless metrics. We must reclaim authentic human experience.

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The Dark Forest Collective
Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

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Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

by Nadia Asparouhova, and Leïth Benkhedda

$10+

Why do some ideas spread like wildfire, while others resist being seen — despite their importance? A new book by Nadia Asparouhova explores the emerging phenomenon of antimemetics. Published by the Dark Forest Collective. Digital version available now. Softcover ships early June 2025.

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New York City Garbage
New York City Garbage Season 2 (More Coming Soon)

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Join for updates on all future Garbage releases.

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Paul & Jamie
Twins

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Twins

by Jamie Nami Kim, Monte Isom, and 1 more

$150

Twins is the debut collaboration between Paul Waters and Jamie Nami Kim A signed fine art print limited to 100 high-quality editions, 30 available on Metalabel. A collaboration of two different languages with the same meaning: one from an eastern view and one from a western view of culture

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EMPOWA
the Artists Way exercises - Notion templates

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Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.

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Wonder Books
Theatrics

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Theatrics

by Wonder, and Maya Martinez

$20

Maya Martinez's theatrical writings, in one limited edition full-length book.

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Nergiz
Matriarchy: A Community-Funded Book

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We’ve been told patriarchy is inevitable. It’s not. In redefining power, this book imagines the next world and invites you to help build it. Pre-order for Fall 2025

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August Lamm
You Don't Need a Smartphone

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This 36-page risograph-printed pamphlet is a radical & practical guide to reclaiming your life from digital technology.

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Avi Solomon
Book of Creativity

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Book of Creativity

by Avi Solomon

Free

Free PDF of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity.

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A Thousand Forests
Legal Structures for Creative Practices

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Legal Structures for Creative Practices

by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more

Free

"Legal Structures for Creative Practices" is an illustrated zine designed for creative entrepreneurs that unpacks the pros, cons, and nuances of various legal structures to help choose the one that will best suit their unique practice. View the digital zine at: AThousandForests.com

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NOW
Tiny Books.  Big Ideas. A very short guide for busy authors and entrepreneurs in a hurry

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Teach what you know. do what you love. Wake up the world with your work. Join us.

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Network Archives
How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

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How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

by jade, C.Y. Lee, and 1 more

Free

This is a free edition that focuses on how to navigate your 'Network Archives 001: A Directory of Inspiration'. It is a curated guide highlighting key themes, insights, and actionable ideas from a selection of the projects to help you explore the directory more deeply. This drop follows the inaugural release from the Network Archives label.

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Elysian Collective
CITY-STATE

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CITY-STATE

by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more

Free+

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

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The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

by Yancey Strickler, Peter Limberg, and 9 more

$10+

A book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

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Everyone Is A Girl
Ch. 2: FANDOM

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Ch. 2: FANDOM

by Everyone Is A Girl, jules, and 2 more

Free

FANDOM is a communal publication which features critical and experimental short-form responses to the theme of fandom from a variety of upcoming writers and artists.

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Forever Magazine
Forever Magazine VI: RELICS

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Forever Magazine VI: RELICS

by Anika Jade Levy, Madeline Cash, and 11 more

$22

It was the [REDACTED] of times. It was the [REDACTED] of times.

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Elysian Collective
TERRAFORM

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TERRAFORM

by Elle Griffin, Étienne Fortier-Dubois, and 5 more

$5+

Six writers explore the future of our planet.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Bentoism

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Bentoism

by Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst

Free

A wider view of our self-interest. Now Me, Future Me. Now Us, Future Us. A model for a deeper form of living. BEyond Near Term Orientation: Bentoism.

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Metalabel squad
On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

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On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella

$5+

Artist Joshua Citarella and writer Yancey Strickler spoke weekly about their creative practices for the "New Creative Era" podcast. This book edits those discussions into a collection offering a new perspective on the creative life. Available July 1.

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NOW
How to Self Publish a Free Book on Amazon (2025 Update)

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"Perma free" Amazon books? Discover a unique, easy and clever way to expand your existing audience - attract new readers to your Substack/newsletter, website, digital storefront, IRL business, or any other content, cause or client community you want to grow - through this little known Amazon self publishing strategy for authors and entrepreneurs.

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IS NOT MUSIC
Pegg – Presque Tout: 500 Piece Puzzle w/ Digital Download

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IS NOT MUSIC. announces Presque Tout: Variations no. 435-514 “Baseball Season,” Pegg & Van Dyke Parks, a new release featuring three pieces written by Pegg and Van Dyke Parks. Presque Tout is available as a 500 piece puzzle with a digital download of the release, in a limited edition of 50.

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Subtext Books
Fifth Quarter: Derek Jarman, Keith Collins & Dungeness

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Fifth Quarter: Derek Jarman, Keith Collins & Dungeness' brings together collaborators, friends, contemporary artists, writers, musicians, and curators to respond to the influence and legacy of Jarman and his late partner Collins. An album recorded in Jarman's studio by editor Alexander Tucker and the late Keith Collins serves as a companion piece.

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Pierce Day
A PHONE OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

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A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man is a dizzying descent into digital madness, where one man's screen addiction and artistic ambitions collide in a genre-bending exploration of love, technology, and the disintegration of the modern mind. It's the first ever long-form screenshot.

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Cuentos cortos con sonido
Prokyon

Few left

Prokyon

by glbkst

Free

The short trip reached Arras and a small dog is found.

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Metalabel squad
Introducing Metalabel

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Introducing Metalabel

by Yancey Strickler, Erin, and 7 more

Free

The original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and collectible as a new media archive.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
The Post-Individual (Open Edition)

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The Post-Individual (Open Edition)

by Yancey Strickler, and IY

Free

An exploration of individuality after the internet. The Post-Individual includes: — The Post Individual essay — An audio recording by the author — A video introduction — Research notes, early drafts, and slides

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New30
HORDES

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HORDES

by Jourden Fenner

Free

HORDES is an audio/visual film that focuses on the sensory nature of mass amounts of people and objects. It stems from deep claustrophobia.

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Metalabel squad
A New Creative Era

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A New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more

Free

In June 2023, Metalabel put a yellow newspaper box on the street of the Lower East Side in NYC, and filled it up each day with copies of a free zine that celebrated a New Creative Era. This release documents that original release and makes the zine available for download.

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Poor Zoe
neutra: a new typeface

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neutra: a new typeface

by Zoe Reifel

Free

neutra is a sans-serif typeface inspired by the aesthetics of retro-futurism, gen x soft club, and y2k. rooted in a geometric approach, its minimalist forms have a sleek, technical feel with a nod to space-age graphics.

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Metalabel squad
After the Creator Economy

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After the Creator Economy

by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more

Free

Will we still be asking people to like and subscribe in 10 years? "After The Creator Economy" explores constructive alternatives for the ways we produce, distribute, and monetize creative work online. Co-edited by Austin Robey (Metalabel) and Severin Matusek (co—matter), this release preserves and digitally reissues the zine.

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Eva & Franco Mattes
Stage 2 Ceiling Cat

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Stage 2 Ceiling Cat

by Eva & Franco Mattes

$150

Edition of 100 custom made holographic Pokémon Card on embossed paper, 42 x 30 cm (paper), 6.3 x 8.8 cm (card). Signed and numbered.

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AIxDESIGN
[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot (Slow AI Series)

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Why do we approach AI chatbots as modern-day oracles? This issue of the Slow AI Series “[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI” summons 54 pages of magic, divination, folklore, and other arcane ways of knowing to disenchant then re-enchant our relationship with algorithmic systems.

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kinda
yyj.jpg 2024

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yyj.jpg 2024

by Aaron Bergunder

$8

A photography zine focused on Victoria, BC, the project studies how the city changes and remains.

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Eva & Franco Mattes
Deep Fried Cursed Cat

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Deep Fried Cursed Cat

by Eva & Franco Mattes

$150

Limited edition of 100 prints on un-dosed heavyweight blotting paper using plant based food grade ink, signed and numbered, 19x19 cm

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The Creative Independent
The Creative Independent (limited final edition) t-shirt

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A final batch of 50 long sleeve TCI shirts, designed by Carlos Sanchez, found in storage, and now available at cost—no profit, just to be worn and enjoyed. The design features snails, spirals, Laurel Schwulst's words, and other TCI easter eggs. Limited sized; once they're gone, that's it.

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culturehacker
culturehacker #001

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culturehacker #001

by Lance Weiler

Free

Various work by Lance Weiler (aka culturehacker) an artist and storyteller working in film, theatre, games and code.

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Keva Epale Studio
Creative insights on Branding Volume I

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Unlock the Secrets to Intentional Branding and Storytelling with these short visual treats of insights.

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Other Internet
Other Internet 2018–2024

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Other Internet 2018–2024

by Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti, and 2 more

$40

The definitive Other Internet anthology collects our essays and reports in print for the first time, traces crypto-cultural history in 6 new pieces, and surfaces new material from the OI archives. Ships June 2025. Pre-order now.

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These Days Magazine
Chicago Artists to Watch 2025

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Chicago Artists to Watch 2025

by These Days, Alexander Jibaja, and 5 more

Free

These Days Magazine presents the final edition of our annual Chicago Artists to Watch feature. This year's class includes m.e.h., Menace4hire, Mike DFG, Mvte, Sparklmami, Teala Vera, The Era & Woes. Read the interviews & check out the photography in our first ever digital zine.

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Metalabel squad
Nine Creative Meditations

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Nine Creative Meditations

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Free

A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)

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Do Not Research
Do Not Research 2024

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Our third anthology book. DNR began as a private Discord server gathered to discuss memetic tactics and emergent political trends.

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Living Web Institute
Sharing Screen

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Sharing Screen

by Kristoffer Tjalve, Matthew Prebeg, and 3 more

$10+

Sharing Screen is an internet home tour series hosted by Matthew Prebeg and Kristoffer Tjalve. Each episode welcomes us to step into the landscape of a designer or artist who makes the internet blossom. The first season runs from May 26th to June 11th.

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SIXPOINTS
Teaser - Recording albums @ Monarch Studios Vancouver

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SIXPOINTS is an electro poetica alternative music duo.

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postmodern tectonics ™
Applied Imagination

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Applied Imagination

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

"A lightly researched field guide for thinking about and/or making creative things" These are observations from real working life, a collective twenty years of our work as professionals in a wide range of fields — architecture, advertising, design, innovation strategy, journalism, and software engineering.

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Underground Art And Design
Worlds Unfolding: Ideas and Prompts for Virtual World-Making

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Worlds Unfolding is a guide and inspiration hub for virtual world-making, offering curated prompts, community-contributed projects, and ideas that blend storytelling, design, and imagination. It explores how virtual spaces can foster connection, creativity, and care while critically examining their ties to the dominant paradigm.

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual

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The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Free+

An exploration of individuality after the internet The Post-Individual First Edition includes "The Post Individual" essay, an audio recording and video introduction by the author, and research notes behind the piece

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Aksioma
Internet’s Dark Forests

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Internet’s Dark Forests

by Janez, Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, and 1 more

$10

Subcultural Memories and Vernaculars of a Layered Imaginary