Join other adult zinesters both experienced and amateur to create and exchange zines at this bimonthly zine club hosted by the Magazines and Newspapers Center on the 5th floor of the Main Library. All supplies are provided for free and instruction will be given by a Magazines and Newspapers Librarian. No experience necessary.
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It's officially fall. The days are getting shorter, temps are heating up, you're decorating for spooky season and carving jack-o-lanterns.
For your zine you can touch on these themes or do whatever you want with our myriad supplies!
At our October meet-up we'll have:
* The following magazines to cut up: China Pictorial, Entrepreneur, Women's Health, Goldmine, the Hollywood Reporter, In Touch (r.i.p.), and World Literature Today
* Three new sticker books on the themes of national parks, seashores and mystical forests
* A big bunch of new rubber stamps
* Snacks and drinks!
* A Canon Ivy mini-printer that can print on circle stickers
* A Canon Ivy mini-printer that can print on rectangle stickers
* Plus all the usual supplies like stamps, magazines to cut-up, markers, stickers, and more
- Download the Canon Mini Print app
- Connect to the Ivy via Bluetooth
- Choose a photo from your camera roll (tip: organize them into a folder to make them easier to find)
- Apply desired filters and stickers in the app
- Peel
- Place
- Stick... to a page of your zine!
What is a zine?
Zines are cheaply made printed forms of expression on any subject. They are like mini-magazines or home-made comic books about favorite bands, funny stories, sub-cultures, personal collections, comix anthologies, diary entries, pathetic report cards, chain restaurants, and anything else.
Zines can be by one person or many. They can be any size: half page, rolled up, quarter sized...
Zines are read by anyone willing to take a look, from concert-goers and the mail man to people on the train. They are sold at bookstores, thumbed through at zine libraries, exchanged at comic conventions, and mailed off to strangers.
Zines are not a new idea. They have been around under different names (chapbooks, pamphlets, flyers). People with independent ideas have been getting their word out since there were printing presses.
It’s a great feeling to hold copies of your zine in your hand. Go ahead, there is no wrong way.
--Mark Todd & Esther Pearl Watson, Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine? The Art of Making Zines and Mini-Comics, page 12
Resources
What is a zine? [Website]
How to Make A Zine [PDF]
Zines! [SFPL-created reading list]
SFPL Little Magazines Collection [Website]