Zines have now become so mainstream that even Kanye West has one. In February 2016, the hip-hop artist tweeted: “Season 2 Zine pronounced Zeen short for magazine. A lot of people pronounce it wrong.” ...
Vanessa Crofskey’s untitled collage for Bitter Melon’s Stay Home Diary (courtesy the artist and Bitter Melon) HONG KONG — Some would argue that there has never been a better time for the zine. As ...
The content of zines can be as idiosyncratic as individual publishers choose. scott_bl8ke Zines are small-circulation, self-published magazines. Their emergence can be traced back to fanzine, a term ...
Those who say that print is dead have never been to a zine fair. This weekend's Zine Dream was a bustling celebration of all things self-published and self-made, from books to comics to pins and ...
I sometimes attribute my growing zine obsession to being — on paper — a book historian. I like the heft of folded paper, sometimes hugged by a cardstock cover, sometimes by a staple pinning sheets ...
“Zines,” small, handmade magazines, have been around for decades. They are popular as ever today especially with teens and adults who want to share their stories, messages, and passions with others.
In 2020, during the COVID lockdown, Ano Patel doom-scrolled #zines online, after first stumbling upon it the year before. “I was fascinated by the variety of subjects and the vibrancy of artwork. I ...
Stories that will make you laugh, cry and question everything you thought you knew. Step into a portal where LGBTQ+ folks can live authentically, free from hate and where their contributions to art ...