Sticky Institute

03/06/2026

The Sticky Institute photocopier has moved to the new location at Shop 2 Campbell Arcade!!!!!! New shop opens on June 16th!!

03/06/2026

Here is how the new Sticky Institute shop is looking at 2 Campbell Arcade, Melbourne after the removal van dropped everything off this morning. For anyone who spent way too much of their teenage or not so teenage years at the old Sticky shop between 2001 and 2022 this will really pull on the heart strings. The new shop opens on June 16th!!!!!!! Yes, I am excited!!!!!!

03/06/2026

The Luke Sticky interview is up on the Folio Comics site here: https://foliocomics.com/interviews/int_5. Go have a look at Folio, it is seriously incredible. Here's what Folio have got to say about the Luke Sticky interview:

Ever been curious about zines? Well maybe you should talk to this guy, Luke Sticky (Sinclair), co-founder of and Festival of the Photocopier, the tectonic movement behind , creator of the over-two-decades-old weekly zine YOU, and co-host of ZINE! with Cora Zon on Yarra Valley FM, where you might hear him describe a zine as an independent publication. A small handmade magazine. Usually made by an individual or a small group of individuals. Often stapled. Often photocopied. Made with honesty, and always for love and not for profit.
Then, he'll tell you a zine can break one or all of those rules and still be a zine. He might tell you about zine distros that have come and gone. Sticky's near misses. About a zine he loves. The role of zine fairs. And about how, sometimes, once you've made one zine, it becomes a thing that just has to keep happening.
Read his interview with Liz and Ronnie now on folicomics.com.
Pictured in this post are copies of YOU, Luke's YOU stamp (courtesy of Luke) and the 'Down Down Under' anthology, edited by with cover art by .ionatan and books from by Mira Schlosberg, , and .
Portrait of Luke by Liz and Ronnie.

03/06/2026

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01/06/2026

Be a stall-holder at the Mildura Zine + Art Fair on Saturday 5 September.

Apply for a stall here: https://www.milduraartscentre.com.au/whatson/zine-art-fair

31/05/2026

31/05/2026

The Incubator Zine and Digital Art Fair as part of the Darwin Fringe Festival is now open for applications! Apply here: https://darwinfringe.org.au/incubator-apps/

28/05/2026

Do yourself a favour and get your hands on a copy of Bryce Galloway's new book - 'NZ Zines: Punk to Present'. It is an oral history of New Zealand zines. Incredible!

27/05/2026

Luke Sticky and Cora Zon will be back on the radio on Yarra Valley FM on Thursday 28.5.2026 from 12 noon to 1pm AEDT on the show 'ZINE'. This week's special guest will be Ben Hutchings of Squishface Comic Studio who will be talking about his 'Sons of Comtec' graphic novel and his 'What it's Like to Take the Train' zine as well as all things Squishface and Squishface Drawing Night. Tune in live on 99.1FM or listen through the power of the internet. 99.1 FM - The Voice of the Valley! Streamed live from www.yarravalleyfm.org.au or from https://yarravalleyfm.org.au/presenters/cora-zon. (Image description: The Squishface Comic Studio logo is drawn in a crazy bubbly comics style.)

27/05/2026

I've got to say that moving the shelves at Sticky makes me feel all kinds of emotions. Like, imagine how much life has passed through those shelves. The shelves are Marine pine for anyone out there playing at home. If you have the means to assist Sticky with the cost of moving, you can make a tax deductible donation here: https://donate.stickyinstitute.com