What makes a Zine? 

Zines are alternative forms of publication that have a limited-run of issues (sometimes just one copy) and generally offer an alternative narrative to more widely spread magazines and popular press. Some characteristics all zines share are: 

• self-published
• DIY 
• low - budget
• creative
• community - oriented 

Zines can be either digital or physical and their formats vary. Some are made of collaged found images, some are mainly text, and others are filled with original artwork. In any form, they ask the reader to consider a more personal approach to subjects like politics, identity, creativity, society, and more.

Zines

Quick overview of the history of zines in the United States by Stephen Duncombe, from the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.

 Click Here for The Public's Introduction to Zines

One Sheet Book/Zine

Saddle Stitch Book/Zine (with cover and book thread) 

• Aok. A Hawaiian Punk Zine 
• Double Counsciousness - A Poem Zine
• The Moon Zine - "We did an issues about clothes and why we wear clothes and stuff."
• have you eaten yet? by taking root collective
• Feminist Art Fest Zine

While these images are royalty-free (you do not need to pay the creator to use them), make sure to attribute creators when the creators name is given. This can be in a credits page of your zine or book. 

• The art of papercraft
• Bound by hand : over 20 artful handmade journals
• Girl zines making media, doing feminism
• Make a zine! : start your own underground publishing revolution
• Language barrier : zines, comics, & other fragments
• Paper cut : an exploration into the contemporary world of papercraft art and illustration
• The riot grrrl collection