{"id":1187,"date":"2010-04-02T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T11:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2012-10-31T23:34:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:34:38","slug":"review-whatcha-mean-whats-a-zine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2010\/04\/02\/review-whatcha-mean-whats-a-zine\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Did you know that BUST<\/span> started off as a zine, before being the big magazine that they are today? As a simple start off point for wannabe publishers, making a zine is surprisingly simple, yet effective. Staple together (or fold) a stack of papers with your idea in it and you can get your message across to any audience you wish!<\/p>\n

As one who came from the glossy publishing world of magazines, I loved the smell of paper hot off the press. I loved flipping through pages of my hard work and seeing the eyes of others lit up as they consumed each page. As I struck out on my own however, I thought that would mean the end of publishing as I knew it. <\/p>\n

Boy was I wrong.<\/p>\n

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Although I knew that zines already exist, I thought that it was only for the cool kids who wielded the pen masterfully, or for those who were stellar storytellers. Not true at all — it turns out that anyone can put together a zine. Even lil ol’ me!<\/p>\n

And the book that changed all that? Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?: The Art of Making Zines and Mini-comics<\/a> from Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson awakened the low-laying zinester within me!<\/p>\n

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With contributions from more than 20 creators of indie comics and magazine, the book is jam-packed with information about zines. What’s a zine? What is it for? Who reads them? Can you get rich by selling yours? Everything is in Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Modeled after a real zine (except this book was perfectly bound), the contents are not what you would expect from a book. Almost every page was hand-drawn, with scribbles and typewritten entries — even faint unerased pencil marks can still be seen among the pages!<\/p>\n

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My favorite section has got to be the one where they show you how to make<\/em> a zine. There’s so many ways one can print, fold and produce a copy. Also, bonus points for informing readers about things to look out for when you’re at the photocopy shop (copier tricks anyone?)<\/p>\n

The book<\/a> also has useful information about how to go about distributing your zines, and where to send them to; so that their creation can hang out with other zines in a distro. Some stores in the directory need to be checked out as a few might have discontinued their operations, but the internet makes it easy to find out which old ones (and new venues) are in business.<\/p>\n

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Authors Mark Todd and Esther Watson<\/a> are no strangers to the zine scene, having published quite a few notable titles themselves. Esther’s Unlovable zines are currently available as a compedium: Unlovable Volume One<\/a>, and most recently Unlovable Volume Two<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Who is this book for?<\/strong>
\nCloset zinesters who need a push to start their own zines, curious crafters who want to try and spread some of their own message using a DIY<\/span> method, and artists and illustrators who want to know more about the whole process.<\/p>\n

Who wouldn\u2019t want to read it?<\/strong>
\nThose who are afraid of getting their hands dirty (or those who are afraid of papercuts!)<\/p>\n

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\nIf you want to read more about zines, here’s some other places to go to for more information:
\n+ Zine World: Zine resources<\/a>
\n+ Zine World: Stores & distros<\/a>
\n+ PDX<\/span> zines: Where to find zines in Portland<\/a>
\n+ The Stolen Sharpie Revolution<\/a>
\n+ Small press professionalism: How to distribute your small press comic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Did you know that BUST<\/span> started off as a zine, before being the big magazine that they are today? As a simple start off point for wannabe publishers, making a zine is surprisingly simple, yet effective. Staple together (or fold) a stack of papers with your idea in it and you can get your message across to any audience you wish!<\/p>\n

As one who came from the glossy publishing world of magazines, I loved the smell of paper hot off the press. I loved flipping through pages of my hard work and seeing the eyes of others lit up as they consumed each page. As I struck out on my own however, I thought that would mean the end of publishing as I knew it. <\/p>\n

Boy was I wrong.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Although I knew that zines already exist, I thought that it was only for the cool kids who wielded the pen masterfully, or for those who were stellar storytellers. Not true at all — it turns out that anyone can put together a zine. Even lil ol’ me!<\/p>\n

And the book that changed all that? Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?: The Art of Making Zines and Mini-comics<\/a> from Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson awakened the low-laying zinester within me!<\/p>\n

CLICK<\/span> HERE<\/span><\/a> to read the full review!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30150,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/30150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}