zines
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The Power of Zines
At The Establishment, Sara Century outlines the social and political power of zines throughout history, the state of the zine in the digital age, and the connection between zines and feminism today: Zines run the gamut in both quality and…
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This Ain’t a Zine It’s an Arms Race
Die publishing industry; zines forever! Liska Jakobs reports live from last weekend’s LA Zine Fest, where DIY publishing continues to flourish even as the contradictions of modern capitalism reveal themselves: You don’t need an MFA to make a zine. You sure as…
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Moles and All
Of the moments Lemmy and I shared, I have no proof, no hard evidence, no transcript. Our conversation is lost in cyberspace, one Tuesday afternoon easily evaporated.
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The Rumpus Interview with Garth Risk Hallberg
Garth Risk Hallberg talks about his debut, City on Fire, living in New York City now and in the ’70s, and the anxiety and gratitude you feel when your first novel generates so much buzz.
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Niche Magazines A Growing Trend
Niche interest publications are growing in popularity, and these aren’t the black-and-white, photocopied zines of yesteryear. Glossy, full-color print magazines are the new norm even for what are often one-person projects dedicated to specialty topics. Korea Joongang Daily looks at…
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Sound & Vision #15: Miriam Linna
Drummer, publisher, and rocker Miriam Linna talks to Allyson McCabe about Bobby Fuller, punk bands in Ohio in the ’70s, and her career with the A-Bones.
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Subway Zines
Thirteen writers and artists boarded NYC’s subway system with laptops and notebooks for the two-day MTA Zine Residency. On the first day, the zinesters traveled along the F train from Queens through Manhattan to the end of the line in Coney…
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The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Interview with Tom Motley
Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator who’s also been a longtime member of the NY Comics Symposium.
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On Missing A Bikini Kill Show
It’s not just punk clubs in small towns that are fragile ecosystems. All the worlds we inhabit are malleable places, made and destroyed and made again. The Toast has a magnificent piece by Jessanne Collins on the riot-grrrl world as…
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Zine Anthologies from Small Presses
We all love wiling away the workday on our favorite blogs, but don’t you miss the warm, light heft of a freshly photocopied zine? You may never again make those late-night treks to Kinko’s with folders full of riot-grrrl poetry…
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On Law, Zines and Trans Politics
“. . .there has been widescale attacks on social movements over the last thirty or forty years in response to the very meaningful social movements in the sixties and seventies that had very transformative demands, that were seeking a redistribution…
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Zines Have Their Own Wiki
I’m as enthralled by, addicted to and dependent on the Internet as anyone, but a part of me is nostalgic for something that is still being made by hand, with paper and ink and imperfect binding: the zine. I think…