Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine?

by Watson, Esther Pearl

• ISBN13: 9780618563159
• ISBN10: 0618563156
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-26
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

A zine is a handmade magazine or mini-comic about anything you can imagine: favorite bands, personal stories, subcultures, or collections. They contain diary entries, rants, interviews, and stories. They can be by one person or many, found in stores, traded at comic conventions, exchanged with friends, or given away for free. Zines are not a new idea: they"ve been around for years under various names (chapbooks, flyers, pamphlets). People with independent ideas have been getting their word out since before there were printing presses. This book is for anyone who wants to create their own zine. It"s for learning tips and tricks from contributors who have been at the fore front of the zine movement. It"s for getting inspired to put thoughts and ideas down on paper. It"s for learning how to design and print your own zine so you can put it in others" hands. Whatcha Mean, What"s a Zine? is for anyone who has something to say.

Table of Contents

Intro.
Author's Note	p. 6
Intro	p. 8
200 Years of Zine Production	p. 10
What's A Zine?	p. 12
Why?Why?Why?	p. 13
Small World Funnies	p. 14
History
A personal History of Zines	p. 16
Evolution of Self-publishing	p. 19
Great Moments in Zine History	p. 20
Pioneers and Stamp Lickers	p. 21
From a Zine to Magazine	p. 22
Make Your Own
The Challenge:Write, Draw & Publish a Mini-Comic	p. 24
Meat 'N' Potatoes	p. 25
On Whaling	p. 26
What's the Big Idea?	p. 28
Having Fun with Materials	p. 30
Say Something
Writing between Mt. Fuji & Mt. Saint Helens	p. 32
The Daily News: Journal Writing	p. 34
The Cut 'N' Paste Poet, William S. Burroughs' Cut-Up Technique channeled through Christopher Lepkowski	p. 35
The Art of the Interview	p. 36
Zine Together
What Bugs?	p. 37
Let's Review	p. 38
Did Blogs Kill the zine star?	p. 39
Co-Op!	p. 40
Rise and Shine	p. 42
Cartoon Workshop	p. 44
Formats
Copier Tricks
From Original to Copy	p. 58
Master Copy	p. 60
Double Up!	p. 61
Copier Tricks	p. 62
Copy Talk	p. 64
The Poor Man's Printer	p. 66
Printing
The Ditto Machine	p. 68
Image is Everything	p. 70
Go Pro!	p. 72
How to Make a Silkscreen-Printed Zine Cover	p. 74
Let's Print Gocco	p. 78
Put It All Together
The Cut 'N' Corral	p. 80
Collating by Hand	p. 82
Collating With the Copier	p. 83
Binding with Chuck Johnson, The Staple Guy!	p. 84
Unique Bindings	p. 86
Square Binding with Power Tools	p. 88
Get It Out There
5 Gold - Encrusted Tips for Getting It Out There	p. 90
Make Contact	p. 92
Places to Leave Your Zine	p. 95
Here's a Little Pep Talk about Zine Trading	p. 96
Postal Peril: Turn Mail Service into A Lean, Mean, Zine-Delivering Maching	p. 98
First Efforts and Wasted Paper	p. 100
Where to Shop (and drop)	p. 101
The Beauty of Invoicing	p. 102
Distro	p. 103
Resources
Zine Resources	p. 104
Slow Sales and Accidental Dinners: My First Convention and How we Dined with Stars	p. 105
Zine Libraries	p. 106
Glossary	p. 107
Contributors	p. 108
How I Make My Zine	p. 110
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