zines

zine-making

you can make a zine!

library

zines from around the web and around the world

A Bee zines

A Bee's zine projects (that's me)

my collection

zines I have found, been given, or bought

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hey what's up, did you find a lil book tucked-away somewhere? did a lady hand you some paper which you browsed to find a website??*
anyways congratulations on not putting it right into the recycling bin thank you very much

you have a zine. in fact, you have my zine!

wow!!

*or you just followed a link on my site / the world wide web, who can say

what's a zine?

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Historically, zines have been self-published as pamphlets or leaflets as early as the 1700s.

Zines vs. Magazines: What’s the Difference? / Issu Blog

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Since the invention of the photocopy machine, zine-making has been one most popular forms of independent publishing, especially in underground communities.

How to Make a Zine / Rookie

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The most important aspect of a zine is generally that the publication identifies as one.

A Brief History of Zines / Mental Floss

zines are what you make them

Art, information, stories, pictures, text, any or all of the above tucked-up in a neat little parcel, ready to share & distribute.

I’ve found zines to be a fun way to organize my creative projects to show friends and the wider world. A wise & playful professor in my art education program demonstrated how a certain level of constraint - like a template - can be just what one needs to get creativity flowing; fussy fussters like me thrive on structure. PLUS! There’s something especially fulfilling about holding a little book you made in your hot little hands :-}

or hide around town >:3