Zine Scene: O It Yourself Guide to Zines

By Francesca Lia Block

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965975436
• ISBN13: 9780965975438
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Girl Press, Incorporated
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The best book on zines out there, sereoiusly

This is my fave' book on zines ever!!! I absolutely adore this book. It's done in a format like a zine so it's not just a bunch of boring tips, it's got Photos and photocoyped picture it is the greatest. It also keeps the reader in mind, its not telling you to go out and spend $50.00 on some zine making device, it comes in mind that most zine makers are dirt poor, liek me. (sorry i'm not trying to be sterotypical)I had been plannign to write my own zine for a while but this really got me inspired. It also has a bunch of snippets from real zines that people write. That was probably my favorite part...

Fabulous! Inspiring!

I've published newsletters/zines for over 20 years, and this book open my eyes to so many new approaches. It's brilliant, inspiring, and liberating with so many "why not?" ideas. Whether you're a beginner with only the vaguest idea that maybe you'd like a zine, or a seasoned pro who wants to recover a fresh & innovative view of publishing/writing/zines/newsletters... well, this book is a MUST-read. Something for everyone, from fan to writer to publisher. There's not another book like this one!

Splendifferic Comes To Mind

The kind of book 'zines deserve. When I first started my zine, after a few issues I felt limited. After reading this(FOR THE LIKE, fiftieth TIME!) I got so much inspiration I knew it would last me a while. Grab this book while you can....its PERFECT!

THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE!!

I am not kidding. For so long I've had so much to say and I never felt I had a place to say it. Until I heard about zines. But then I didn't have a clue how to start my own zine. ZINE SCENE is the only book I've found (and I've done a lot of research on this subject!) that gave me everything I needed to know about every single aspect of zines. From what they are, who's doing them, where to find them, all the way to design elements, what to write about and how to distribute (and so much more). Thanks to Hillary Carlip (by the way, her design work in the book is AWESOME!) and Francesca Lia Block (Weetzie rules!) for truly changing my life.

this is a slinkster-cool book for anyone

i only started reading stuff by francesca lia block like a year ago. i was hooked. the first book i read was "girl goddess #9". i went to the library and checked out everything by her. this was on the new book shelf. i didn't really know what to expect when i started to read "zine scene". after i had read it cover-to-cover over and over, i was ready to zine up a storm. so i did.