rhymes with “bean”
challenging, individual, exciting
limitless, ephemeral, ever-changing
ubiquitous in the 60s and 70s
poised for a renewal
1749 Ben Franklin
aka a plethera of pen names
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in
all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of
private Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all
Governments have therefore made it a principal Object of their
Attention, to establish and endow with proper Revenues, such
Seminaries of Learning, as might supply the succeeding Age with
Men qualified to serve the Publick with Honour to themselves,
and to their Country.
“These are the times that try men’s souls”
“Give me liberty or give me death”
1776 anonymous
aka Thomas Paine
Da·da or da·da (dä dä)
n. Fr. hobbyhorse
A European artistic and literary
movement (1916-1923) that flouted
conventional aesthetic and cultural
values by producing works marked
by nonsense, travesty, and
incongruity.
1920s and beyond
1970s punk subculture
2000s…you can guess
what happened…
TBA:
Century
21st
1980s-1990s
whatever you create
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What a zine is and why it’s part of our world
A plethera of creative writing ideas, formats, and
models from the poetry guides on this website.
You will, naturally, use any other formats you find, like
and know about as you write original pieces and
collect and document pieces you find.
Several methods for making magazines and how to
produce interesting designs and formats for
presenting information and art
The importance of having several ideas and plans
from which to choose the best, and the necessity of
revising and reworking these ideas and pieces
More about yourself, your beliefs, your interests, and
your talents
That you can plan and produce a worthwhile project
and stay focused on your tasks
That you can continue to be a first class zine master!
It’s in your hands
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You are so used to guidelines and definitions and regulations that it
may be a struggle to accept that there are very few rules in the world
of zines.
Issued by one person not for profit but for self-expression. “Freedom
of the press belongs to those who own one.”
DIY with pen, paper, scissors, glue or the latest in word processing
technology…your choice.
“…cut and paste, ‘sorry this was late,’ self-published magazines
reproduced at Kinko’s or on the sly at work and distributed by mail or
word of mouth.” Chip Rowe
“…can be about toasters, food, a favorite show, thrift stores, anarchism,
candy, bunnies, architecture, war, gingerbread men, activism, comics,
eating, Barbie dolls—you name it. There are personal zines, music
zines, sport zines, zines about politics and pop culture.” Bartel
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine
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On the next slide you’ll find links to more
on-line info as you think about and create your zines.
 What
are you interested in?
 What’s your passion?
 What do you do well?
 What do you know?
 What do you want to tell others about?
 What do you want to show others?
 What do you want to make?
 How do you want to do it?
Here are a few covers of zines from past classes just
to give you a nudge to try one of your own. I wish I
could show you some of the inside pages too.