Historical Zines?

[Felicia D]

Hey guys! I'm new to the zine-making scene, and I was wondering if there were any zine distros out there that were just strictly dedicated to subjects about historical figures and places, (both local history and/or general world history).

I'm interested in beginning a series of zines about local historical figures in my city, and would love to read others for inspiration!

[Krissy PonyBoy Press]

That would be neat if there was a distro that focused on history. I don't know of one. Here in Portland we have a series of Portland history zines being made by The Dill Pickle Club

I made a zine about the history of Postcards. 

[Billy Da Bunny]

I know of some history based zines (Simple History is the best, one of the best zines out right now) but not any distros.

[robert eggplant]

Try zine libraries. The last 30 years of zine culture is pretty rich. Old issues of Factsheet Five could be used as a directory, with the reviews illuminating various zines' contents. One zine that uses researched history is Murder Can Be Fun which was made by a libarian--I think. But right under our nose is the plethora of personal/ first person zines. They act as folk lore, a people's history of sorts.

Zine libraries: NY-ABC NO RIO, Wisconsin- some College had a special zine collection also Madison Info Shop, Utah-SLC Main Public Library, Portland-IPRC, San Francisco SF public Library, SF- Gutteblud(retail antique zine store), Berkley- The Long Haul Info Shop, Oakland Rock Paper Scissors, Colorada (I think the Denver Main Library), FlagStaff, AZ.- Taala Info shop,New Orleans-Iron Rail, Gainsville, FL-Wayward Council,  and Chicago Quimbys(retail store)

Good Luck

[Brittney]

I don't know of any distros that just carry historical zines. But there's a really great zine called "100 Years of Modern Iran" that I really liked. You can get it here http://www.microcosmdistribution.com/catalog/zines/3084/

[Elaine]

The SCA has newsletters in the form of zines across much of this country.  It's all medieval stuff though, nothing US oriented.