As a teen in the late 90s, I used to buy a Blondie fanzine from someone who made them here in the UK. My sister co-created a Kula Shaker fanzine with a friend, too.
Ohh, very nice. I like the history of comparing to to Thomas Paine. It gives some weight to thr revolutionary nature of zines (they already had it of course!)
Right?! Alternative press and self-publishing models have pretty much existed since the dawn of the Enlightenment Period, if not some before from witch pamphlets and religious tracts :) Check out the anti-lynching pamphlets from Ida B. Wells. Those are as revolutionary as they come!
This was a great read at a quick pace. This let me reflect fondly on the paper fanzine I made for my Multimedia class in undergrad. The prof kept it for future cohorts 🥹
I came across a couple of zines on a college campus last month. They’re not the first ones I came across, but they got me curious in making one of my own for fun
My favorite pre-00s zine was Laughter and the Sound of Teacups by Vanessa Berry. She wrote a super detailed account of one day of her life each month and I was obsessed. She still publishes a zine once a year called I Am A Camera.
It's such a good zine! The old one (LATSOT) was my biggest zine comfort read back in the day. I believe she published a book and I think she has a Substack now too.
You've probably already heard of the zine exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum from last Winter/Spring. They had a stellar collection of gay porn zines and queercore zines from the 70s, 80s, and 90s in that exhibit. If you can get your hands on the catalog from that exhibit, I highly recommend flipping through it to see what they featured.
!!! Thanks so much for the shout-out, this write-up was wonderful. Feeling very encouraged by the zine culture brewing here on the stack 🤝💛
No, thank you!! I love everything you're doing over on your newsletter/Substack and can't wait to read/see more! 💜
As a teen in the late 90s, I used to buy a Blondie fanzine from someone who made them here in the UK. My sister co-created a Kula Shaker fanzine with a friend, too.
Ooh!! Much love to fanzines, they are my favorite type/genre 💜
Thank you for sharing!
Ohh, very nice. I like the history of comparing to to Thomas Paine. It gives some weight to thr revolutionary nature of zines (they already had it of course!)
Right?! Alternative press and self-publishing models have pretty much existed since the dawn of the Enlightenment Period, if not some before from witch pamphlets and religious tracts :) Check out the anti-lynching pamphlets from Ida B. Wells. Those are as revolutionary as they come!
🖋️✏️🖌️✂️💫 Right on!!!
this caught my eye cuz HECK is the name of my zine 🤣 it's fully analog and i scanned them into its own tumblr more about my zine history here: https://partydip.substack.com/p/diy-chaos-how-making-zines-saved?r=4nrx2
Ahh! Your zines are amazing! Can't wait to read/learn more :)
oh thank you!! 😊
This was a great read at a quick pace. This let me reflect fondly on the paper fanzine I made for my Multimedia class in undergrad. The prof kept it for future cohorts 🥹
Thank you!
I came across a couple of zines on a college campus last month. They’re not the first ones I came across, but they got me curious in making one of my own for fun
Zines are all over college campuses now, it’s awesome! Glad to hear you’re feeling inspired to make one ☺️
My favorite pre-00s zine was Laughter and the Sound of Teacups by Vanessa Berry. She wrote a super detailed account of one day of her life each month and I was obsessed. She still publishes a zine once a year called I Am A Camera.
I know I Am A Camera! wow, I will have to check her other work out.
It's such a good zine! The old one (LATSOT) was my biggest zine comfort read back in the day. I believe she published a book and I think she has a Substack now too.
really love this, thank you
Glad to see they’re still around! I used to order zines in the mail back in the 90s.
I collect gay porn zines from the 1980s
You've probably already heard of the zine exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum from last Winter/Spring. They had a stellar collection of gay porn zines and queercore zines from the 70s, 80s, and 90s in that exhibit. If you can get your hands on the catalog from that exhibit, I highly recommend flipping through it to see what they featured.
In case you haven't, here's a link to their page: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/copy_machine_manifestos_artists_who_make_zines
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I rarely actually read digital content but so glad I read this. I look forward to learning more.
Good work 👏
Thank you so much! Grateful to have you here :)