Make a Zine!: When Words and Graphics Collide (Microcosm Publishing) [Paperback]

Bill Brent (Author), Joe Biel (Author)

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Publication Date: July 14, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1934620068 | ISBN-13: 978-1934620069 | Edition: Second edition

Ask anyone who works for a magazine—it's a job. Ask anyone who works on their zine—it's a passion. This book is destined to be the starting point of self-publishing. You will find the answers to virtually any question you have regarding how to make zines. Includes an introduction to layout, typography, stats, and design as well as an extensive directory of stores. Fun to read even if you don't want to publish!

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About the Author

Joe Biel is the founder of Microcosm Publishing and creator of the documentary about the DIY music scene, If It Ain’t Cheap, It Ain’t Punk. He is the coauthor of 13 Years of Good Luck and the author of Bipedal, By Pedal!; all volumes of the The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting series and The Perfect Mix Tape Segue series; and You Can Work Any Hundred Hours a Week You Want (In Your Underwear)!! He lives in Portland, Oregon. Bill Brent is a writer whose fiction and essays have appeared in several anthologies, including Entangled Lives: Memoirs of 7 Top Erotica Writers and Everything You Know About God Is Wrong. His short erotic fiction appears in dozens of books, including The Best American Erotica 1997, Best Gay Erotica 2004; and Tough Guys, Rough Stuff. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing; Second edition edition (July 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934620068
• ISBN-13: 978-1934620069
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great History and Process Resource, February 23, 2009

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This review is from: Make a Zine!: When Words and Graphics Collide (Microcosm Publishing) (Paperback)

My personal take is that the zine scene of yesteryear has now largely given way to Internet blogs and online personal video presentations. But, there clearly are still people who wish to produce print zines and there is certainly no reason to not do it. So, if you want a zine process and resource history lesson or if you want to know how to produce your own zine, this book will be of great help.

The book covers a lot of 'how to' that is clearly stated and easy to follow. There are also plenty of anecdotes from either the author's perspective or those of his acquaintances. So, you get a good idea of what you are getting yourself into if you should decide to do a zine. And if you simply want to know what the daily grind of zine-making is about, you get plenty of that.

Topics covered include how to get started with your concept, how to realize it into printable form, how to get that printed, and how to distribute it or get it distributed. Copyright and trademark issues are also covered. Many examples of zines are offered as well as many people or places to contact for further information.

I highly recommend this book for those in cultural studies with an emphasis on DIY (do-it-yourself) culture. I also recommend to to teachers who may wish to do a zine project with their students. Finally, it is a great read for those simply wishing to know what the zine scene is all about.