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I’ve gotten a lot of questions about zines so I did some legwork and found some sites that might be of interest. This is great information…take time to take a look at them all…especially this one: http://chinesesweatshop.com/index.html and this one: http://www.atomicbooks.com/products/-/4476.html . The first one shows you what a zine could look like, the second one highlights a zine that tells you how to create a zine. Oh…and this one: http://www.parcellpress.com/shopfront/zineshop.htm is where I bought my first zine…including Stolen Sharpie Revolution.

These are good general information links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine

http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/#definition

http://www.multcolib.org/books/zines/

http://www.zinebook.com/#

http://www.zinebook.com/resource/sean.html

http://grrrlzines.net/agogo.htm

And this one offered a definition that was really good: http://www.bl.uk/collections/britirish/modbrizines.html
“ Zines or fanzines are magazines written by enthusiasts, "fans". They have various forms but are typically self-published, designed, written or edited by a single person. They tend to use inexpensive production techniques such as photocopying, and are distributed through local and personal networks and specialized distributors ("distros"). Although zines usually have more than one issue, some are one-offs. Some have a highly visual quality and use the conventions of cartoon strips and film animation for more adult themes. These are also known as alternative comics, adult comics, or comix, and, when telling a complete story in one volume, they are known as graphic novels.”

All of these sites offer interesting information if nothing else!

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