Let's Make Zines!

Let's Make Zines!

by Marceline Smith

New updated version - twice the advice!

Learn how to make zines, with this mini zine about zinemaking. In August 2010 Marceline Smith and Jen Collins hosted a Zine Workshop in Glasgow. Marceline made this little zine as a free handout for attendees and it's now been expanded to include even more information on selling and pricing, plus a peek into her own zine history.

- A Little Bit of History
- Methods of Zinemaking
- What Do I Write About?
- Recommended Reading
- My Life in Zines
- Printing Your Zine
- Sell Your Zines
- Pricing
- Resources

You can read more about the Zine Workshop, and see some of the zines that were created at the Asking For Trouble blog.

Printing Details
16 pages, black and white photocopied. A6 in size (4" x 6").

Product Type: Zine
Filed under: Creative Resources



   About the Author   

MARCELINE SMITH

Marceline Smith is a self-employed creative type living in Glasgow, Scotland. She designs illustrated stationery and gifts as Asking For Trouble and works as a freelance web designer and blogger. A zinemaker since she was 16, Marceline also founded diskant.net, an online multi-author webzine, which has been running for over 10 years.

She likes to make zines about her favourite things, which include travel, illustration, Nintendo games, books, space, bunnies and crafting. Marceline recently self-published her first book, Kawaii Japan, which tells the tales of three trips to Japan through writing, illustration and photography. Her next zine projects include a new Tokyo Shopping Guide and an illustrated guide to the Solar System.

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 Customer Reviews 

Great little zine about zines.
Amy, 23 March 2012

Fun and informative, thank you!
knullrufs, 27 December 2011

Lovely fanzine. Very helpful. Thank you! :)
Sabrina, 6 December 2011

Thanks! I've been wondering about zines, but I wonder no more :)
jokkese, 24 September 2011

Amazing, arrived two days after payment and the zine is so awesome!
zeroone614, 17 September 2011

Brilliant mini zine - exactly what I needed. Thank you :)
littlebobbins, 31 August 2011

This tutorial is awesome. It covered everything I wanted to know about zine making, offered some great links and books to research and even a list of ideas. The delivery by email was uber quick and came with a cute mini zine PDF about hats :) Utterly awesome, hank you very much! I can see myself becoming a big fan!
CharleyButton, 26 August 2011

helpful :)
inbetweenies, 7 June 2011

Great little Booklet. Loads of tips and advice... THank you very much.
Etsy buyer, 10 March 2011

This zinemaking is very nice and suitable for a beginner just like me.
luviwase, 20 February 2011

Amazing, thank you!! :)
Etsy buyer, 23 January 2011

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