VLOG: Making the HALLOZINE!

UP ON THE VLOG NOW! Check out the making of the Hallozine 002! HALLOZINE Part 002 features 41 fangtastic artists and their most spooktacular work! Inside this zine you will find illustration, poetry, essays, collage, short-stories, artwork, photography, and many more tricks and treats! We hope you enjoy sinking your teeth into this howlingly terrific […]

A List of UK Zine Distros!

Please enjoy browsing this master list of all the zine distros we could find in the UK!! If you can recommend any more for us to check out, please drop them down in the comments below or send us a message on any of our socials @CoinOpPress and we will add the distro to this […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NERD ZINE

Is it a bird?! Is it a plane?! No! It’s a new call for submissions for the Coin-Operated Press NERD ZINE!!! Dust off your cosplay, put on your one ring, find the droids you’ve been looking for, stop your variant from destroying the world, secure your glass slipper, pack your rock salt and holy water, […]

we’re tabling at edinburgh zine fair 2021

Coin-Operated Press is really excited to announce that we are tabling at Edinburgh Zine Fair 2021!! Edinburgh Zine Fair Saturday 23rd October 2021 11am – 5pm, free entryat out of the blue, Leith walk, edinburgh “The Edinburgh Zine Fair is a place for zine makers, artists, small presses and self-publishers to exhibit their work, exchange […]

HALLOZINE Making Workshop with Coin-Operated Press

SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS CALL YOU FORTH TO JOIN COIN-OPERATED PRESS FOR AN AFTERNOON OF SPOOKY ZINE-MAKING!!! Grab your broomstick, sharpen your fangs, carve your pumpkins, and channel all of your spookiest energy to make creeptastic Hallozine zine pages! What is a zine? A zine is a booklet-style artwork that you make yourself, and give away, […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: HALLOZINE PART 2

SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS CALL YOU FORTH TO SUBMIT TO THE COIN-OPERATED PRESS HALLOZINE PART 2!!! Grab your broomstick, sharpen your fangs, carve your pumpkins, and channel all of your spookiest energy to submit your creepy creations to part two of our Halloween themed zine! We want to see your love poem to a vampire, your […]

A Dresden Dolls Fanzine

PUNK CABARET IS FREEDOM! Our Dresden Dolls Fanzine is now up on the Coin-Op Shop Katie and Chloe both met through the original Shadowbox and as a nod to our punk-cabaret friendship roots we named our zine shenanigans Coin-Operated Press. So in celebration of our namesake, we have created this zine about our love for […]

ZINE REVIEW: Midnight Zoomies Rainbow Rush!

ZINE REVIEW: BARREN a zine about being childfree

“A zine by Janet (writer of Brick: a zine about abortion), Barren is about happily living a childfree life, with writing, cut ‘n’ paste action, and comics. On why she doesn’t want children, the pressure women face to want and have children, what she really thinks when she hears “I’m pregnant!”, shit people say about […]

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Dresden Dolls FanZine

Applications are now open for our first ever fanzine! In celebration of our namesake, we want to make a zine all about our love for The Dresden Dolls! Katie and Chloe both met through the Shadowbox and as a nod to our punk cabaret friendship we named our zine shenanigans Coin-Operated Press. In this zine, […]