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No. 113202

>what was your first zine?
>What zines are you interested in getting?
>what's your favorite zine?
>What are some zines you would recommend?

No. 113204

What the fuck is a zine

No. 113208

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>>113204
"A zine is a self-published, non-commercial print-work that is typically produced in small, limited batches… [they] touch on a variety of topics from music and art, to politics, sexuality, humor and personal memoir."

I think these little wild plant zines are cute: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/816320686/plant-zine-collection-the-wild-year-4-x

No. 113210

>what’s your favorite zine?
I loved my bff’s zine it was cute and cozy, I wish she could sell it online or something, but her impostor syndrome really messes up with her head.

No. 113218

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>>113202
I used to read scans of old riot grrrl zines when I was into that whole scene

No. 113219

>>113202
Maybe this is a stupid question but where do people normally buy zines nowadays (in physical form)?

No. 113220

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Oh yay a thread 4 me !
I love tiger meat by Maddy Price, pic related.

Also love a lot of Ginette Lapalme's zines, she does some really fun playing with shapes/binding (though I haven't got any of hers since like 2015), and my all time favourite is Chill Pill by Katya Dorokhina but the pics online don't do it justice- the neon risograph looks 2222 amazing irl.

No. 113221

>>113219

As in you want to buy them in person or you want to buy printed copies but online is ok? For the former, zine fairs and distros at shows. For the latter, places like Microcosm Publishing or direct from the writer/artist’s website.

No. 113224

>>113221
thanks, anon!

No. 113227

>>113224
NTA but also, lots of indie comic shops (and some artsy book shops) have small press sections with self-published zines etc.

No. 113293

I bought like 3 zines recently online. Would anyone be interested if I did a review of them after they come in the mail?

No. 113402

>>113293
yep! I only bought one zine about my fave band, haven't read it yet so I'm interested in finding out more about zines

No. 113450

>>113293
Yeah definitely, curious to see what other people are into

No. 116809

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I know this is probabaly a well known bi-yearly zine, but I've been really liking INDUSTRY's zines (they're made by oxford university students). I've so far got 2 issues and they're both really good so far, even though I haven't read them fully

No. 117251

does any other anons submit to zines?

No. 445390

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it seems zines have becoming quite commercialized in recent years. i'm seeing a lot of places selling them and treating zines like a income generating side hustle instead of just a passion project where you are selfpublishing to share your interests with a similar community. i can understand asking someone to help cover the shipping and materials cost, but there are people who are making zines for money which kind of goes against the spirit of the hobby. some creators are even saying not to photocopy and redistribute their zines, even though that has always been an aspect of zine culture. i'm wondering where this shift happened?

No. 445444

>>445390
Probably like with most things, the internet and social media. I dont mind charity fanzines being expensive (especially since a lot of them get marked down signficantly when they cant sell them all), but I table at an annual zinefest and this past year walking around I was actually appalled by some of the prices. It's definitely become commercialized like most other alt subcultures.

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>>445444
that's such a shame. it seems we're just in an era where alt subcultures are seen as money makers. i haven't been to a zine fair or distro in a while. i last went to a distro last year, but the prices had gotten quite high ($12 usd for one of those 1 page minizines, $20-30 for anything stapled it seemed), and honesty many of the titles were a bit too tumblrpolitik for my tastes. I've been enjoying reading through the internet archive's zine collections though. there's some real trash in there for sure, but there are a few uploads of music zines and skateboard zines from the 90s that are fun to look at. it's interesting to see what people thought of popular bands at the time, which ones they liked and didn't like, what they thought of band members leaving, and I have even found some new-to-me bands through them too as some will detail new releases and do interviews from their local music scene.

No. 445885

>>445634
>>445444
>>445390
the only way to enjoy zines these days is to completely ignore "the scene", imo. between the commercialisation and oversaturation of shallow slacktivist politics, there's just no place for making zines for the sake of it anymore. I guess you just gotta be the change you wanna see in the world and start hiding zines at bus stops n shit

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>>445885
I like to put them in those "little library" repositories. Not sure if anyone reads them from there, but I like to think so.

No. 446173

>>446140
I will have to check all the little libraries around me to see if anyone’s doing this, that’d be really cool.

No. 446195

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trannies always give themselves away. i knew this wasnt a woman-made zine the moment i saw a doodle of fucking buttcheeks next to a square fingernail



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