Variety rules at Zine Fest

For book lovers with a countercultural bent, there are few things more satisfying than discovering a totally bonkers zine. Luckily, the annual L.A. Zine Fest is back Sunday for its eighth year, stuffing the Helms Bakery parking garage with scores of DIY, experimental, personal and political gems from roughly 200 exhibitors. Scour racks and stacks for photocopied oddities or color-saturated risographs, and don’t sleep on tables helmed by the L.A.Public Library’s Zine Library, Boyle Heights’ Other Books and Zines and Oakland’s Floss Editions. The latter’s mesmerizing, two-toned “Soft Balance” was a standout at Printed Matter; dart over before it sells out.

Noon Sunday, May 26, at Helms Bakery, 8711 Washington Blvd., Los Angeles. Free.