Zines Zines Zines

I bet some DCAD students have made their own zines in the past. They're fun, virtually free, and are often traded or given away. They represent a zone of artistic and literary freedom that has no gatekeeper (no curators, editors, etc.). There are literally no rules to making a zine. However, there are techniques that you can use that will improve the quality of your zine.

This project is tentatively due on Thursday, March 26.
We will hold a workshop on Tuesday, March 24
Bring a draft of your zine with you to class that day.

Your zine will abide by the following guidelines or rules:

1) The zine must feature your original writing. You might write poems or lyrics, thoughts or sayings, brief stories,  etc. Think broadly. I highly recommend the cut-n-paste method of using typography rather than hand-drawn lettering. Proofread carefully!

2) The zine must also feature your original artwork. This might be photography, collage, drawing, etc.

3) The zine must be reproducible on a photocopier. Beware of bleed-through with markers. Also beware of "crowding" the page. These are the two most common technical problems that people have when making zines.

In class today, I'm going to model two of the most popular methods for making a zine out of a single piece of standard copier paper. You can choose either of these methods.  

Here is a link to a great article with tons of hyperlinks:
How to Make a Zine.

And here is a link to article that sketches the brief history of the genre: Chapbooks to Zines.

Lastly, here's a link to Eleven Cool Artist's Zines. 

If you're still curious, explore the depths of the internet. There is a seemingly limitless number of examples, tutorials, showcases, galleries, etc.