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What’s a Zine?

by Martha Neth on 2023-05-08T08:00:00-06:00 | 0 Comments

And How Does it Differ from a Magazine? (by Katharine N.)

History

“Zines were first created in the science fiction fandoms of the 1930s, taking their name from fanzine, which is short for “fan magazine.” Long before the advent of the Internet, zines allowed fans to create networks, share ideas and analyses, and collaborate on writing and artwork.”

“Art and literary magazines of the 1960s and 1970s were based on a similar need to circumvent the commercial art world, and were printed cheaply and spread through small, niche networks. Many of them combined art, politics, culture, and activism into a single eclectic publication…”

“The punk music scene of the 1980s expanded upon the self-published format by creating a wide array of constantly evolving zines dedicated to the musical genre that were both fanzines and political tracts. Punk zines were more than just magazines–they represented the aesthetic and ideals of an entire subculture, a condensed version of this cultural revolt against authoritarianism.”

“In the 1990s, with the combination of the riot grrrl movement’s reaction against sexism in punk culture, the rise of third wave feminism and girl culture, and an increased interest in the do-it-yourself lifestyle, the women’s and grrrls’ zine culture began to thrive…”

https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/rbc/2017/10/25/a-brief-history-of-zines/

 

 

 

https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/Design-Your-Zine/1310893708?via=search-layout-grid

 

Red Wizard Collage.com   Teaching Zine Making in Elementary Art Class Part 1 (September 23, 2021)

 

Here is a great book available on Amazon, which is not lost on me how ani-zine this is, but the statement holds true!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086MD8HYT?tag=redwizardcoll-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

 

 

How Does it Differ from a Magazine?

The main difference is that they are still hand made despite the software we have. The most important one though is that the content is innovative, political or challenging. While that is also slowly going away and they are becoming more and more about a simple “craft” project the true use of it, to share ourselves, is still at the core.


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