By: Esther Pearl Watson Publisher: Graphia Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Graphia Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 112 Publication Date: June 26, 2006 Reading Level: Young Adult
Product Description: A zine is a handmade magazine or mini-comic about anything you can imagine: favorite bands, personal stories, subcultures, or collections. They contain diary entries, rants, interviews, and stories. They can be by one person or many, found in stores, traded at comic conventions, exchanged with friends, or given away for free. Zines are not a new idea: they've been around for years under various names (chapbooks, flyers, pamphlets). People with independent ideas have been getting their word out since before there were printing presses.
This book is for anyone who wants to create their own zine. It's for learning tips and tricks from contributors who have been at the fore front of the zine movement. It's for getting inspired to put thoughts and ideas down on paper. It's for learning how to design and print your own zine so you can put it in others' hands. Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine? is for anyone who has something to say.
Totally worth it I like the "Zine" hobby/subculture of which I've dabbled in for more than a decade now. This book is both fun to read and inspiring for an existing hardcore "Zinester" and well worth buying for a person interested in the hobby.
geared for kids but good for you good info. and ideas. more for younger people but some good stuff for us old farts. a fun easy read
A Gem! Amazing book about diy culture and zines. Everytime I look at it I see something new. Great reference for anyone that's interested in creating their own zine or self publication. Wonderful illustrations as well. Full of humor and a positive attitude about trying your hand at this!
Nice Introduction I spent my teen years devouring music zines, and now in my mid-30s although I'm still a fan of the form, I rarely check them out any more. Nonetheless, I find myself thinking about starting one, so this seemed like a great book to check out. It's certainly true that blogging software has dramatically eased one's ability to present one's thoughts to the entire world. However, blogs have other limitations and for people like me, there's really no substitute for the satisfaction of having a tactile object. This book is a very nice basic introduction to the nuts and bolts of starting a zine (or mini-comic), covering all aspects, from writing to collaboration, cartooning, postage, printing, photocopier tricks, binding and assembly, and finally distribution. There's plenty of step-by-step diagrams, and technical terms are clearly defined, all of which make it a really good resource for teens. Personally, I could have used a little more detail on certain elements -- for example, more on binding would have been nice -- but the editors probably made the right call to keep the book a manageable size. One thing I'm not totally keen on is the design -- it's put together in a zinelike format, three-color printing with sloppy typewriter-style text and tons of handwritten text, all of which make for occasionally confusing reading. Personally, I cleaner and crisper design -- even for zines -- but the book certainly captures the spirit of the zine world and is definitely inspirational.
Zinsta I've been zining off and on for about 9 years now, almost a decade. I've done so much thru zines and now even run a regular e-zine on my own website. It was natural for me to pick up this book when I saw it laying around at teh library. It was love at first sight. Some of the best known names are mentioned in or contributed to this volume. Zining = hardcore rad.
This book may seem somewhat odd to some due to its format, but to zine fans it'll feel like a zine right in your hands! Seriously! It looks and reads just like a zine you'd find in the doorway of any dive or on the newstand of any place or on the table of any coffee house in NY or LA.
It's an easy read and, despite some ppl's unfounded complaints, is quite adult but still should not be given willy-nilly to any youngish folk. I guess resposibility is one again the fault and frame-up of others to place on writers and publishers. It's sooo passe.
There's a lot of 'how-to' info in this book and I'm quite sure that anyone that picks it up, whether zining is old hat or ur the proverbial virgin, you'll be zining in no time. I even started working on a new limited-run zine about Hep C and my trials with it right after I read this book! Def inspirational!
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