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This site highlights zines created at Collegiate Middle School, in a zine-making activity, aka Zine Club.
What is a zine?
Zines are small, independently produced, hand-made, DIY publications, on a variety of topics. The term "zine" derives from "fanzines," unofficial magazines created by fans, for fans, of very specific, sometimes esoteric, topics. Zines are often given away, traded, or sold very inexpensively. You can find out more about zines here: What Are Zines?
Zine genres
ART ZINES are filled with art--drawings, photographs, collages, etc. They may be wordless or include text.
DIY ZINES include instructions and/or lists of resources for learning a skill.
INFO ZINES are zines meant to explain or provide an introduction to a specific topic and include resources, lists, and reviews.
FANZINES are made by fans of a particular genre, artist, performer, band, TV show, film, subculture, etc. for other fans of the same.
LITERARY ZINES include poetry, short stories, essays and other forms of fiction and creative non-fiction.
MINI COMICS are unique, illustrated, sequential stories.
PERSONAL ZINES (PERZINES) can be anything or everything and include the creative output from the point of view of an individual. This can include: journal entries; art; stream of consciousness; rants; theories; philosophies, reviews, recipes, etc.
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