By John Held, Jr.
Fluke Publishing, Phoenix, AZ, 2025
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 5.5" x 7.5"
Cover: Paper
Binding: perfect bound
Process: offset
Color: full color throughout
Edition size: unknown
ISBN: none

A full-color pocketful of publishing inspiration! If you are old enough (or enough of an archive digger) to remember Factsheet Five and its importance as a guide to the zine publishing underground, you know just how wild and diverse that printed landscape could be. And if you missed out, here's a window into some of the publications that showed up listed in that crucial magazine. A great selection of covers that will lead the adventurous reader on many search and enjoy missions for numerous now-rare titles. 

From the publisher:

Zinelandia: Cover Art from the Factsheet Five Era (1982-1998), traces the development of zine cover illustration through a transformative period when self-publishing flourished under the influence of the review publication, Factsheet Five. Edited first by Mike Gunderloy (1982-1991) and later by R. Seth Friedman (1993-1998), the magazine nurtured a vast creative community through mutual exchange, providing a platform for independent voices and radical self-expression. This work attempts to champion Factsheet Five’s historical importance on the cultural landscape of its time. Examining the covers in this collection, we witness the evolution of zine culture from the early years of stolen office photocopy to laser printing at home. The covers provide a panoramic view of zine culture at the twilight of the Twentieth Century—its art, concerns, creative spirit and clamor for community. Drawn from the collection of the author, Zinelandia is sourced from fifteen countries, their cover art breadcrumbs through the transitional time they traversed.