A zine is a small-circulation self-published work — photocopied, stapled, mailed, handed out, left on counters. The format is the point: cheap to make, easy to distribute, impossible to gatekeep.
I’m drawn to zines as a publishing form. They’re immediate in a way that websites aren’t, and physical in a way that newsletters can’t be. Making one requires actually committing to a thing.
Links
- How to write zines with simple tools by Julia Evans, 1 September 2019.