Research
Melnick, Meredith. “Anatomy of a Zine: When Magazines Go Indie.” Time, Time Inc., 3 Sept. 2011, content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2091194,00.html.
The article summarized the history and the resurgence of zines. It explains zines as indie magazines that are centered around a message. The article used a zine called “girl crush zine” as a focus of the article to explain what zones are. Which helped to give examples of the content. Rather than just explaining what a zine is, it also gave the reader the history of how a zine came to be. By the end it left an open-ended idea of what i zine could be, which makes a zine so unique and interesting. The “girl crush zine” and the history of how zines came to be was useful because I saw an example of a well made zine and the parts that an go into a zine. Also the history was useful because it's always useful to understand how things originated, grown over time and how you could make your’s completely yours.
“A Brief History of Zines.” Mental Floss, Mental Floss, 19 Nov. 2016, mentalfloss.com/article/88911/brief-history-zines.
This article gives a complete history of the and how it came to be. It explains how it started and how zines have grown over time. It’s interesting to see the same outline used by countless people to create different things. It shows the evolution of zines and how they are today. The article is a little bit boring because it gives a very detailed history of zines and it was boring to read after a while. But, it is useful to understand how zines originated to make my own version of one.
Staff, Creative Bloq. “The Beginner's Guide to Making Your Own Zines.” Creative Bloq, Creative Bloq ART AND DESIGN INSPIRATION, 17 Jan. 2014, www.creativebloq.com/print-design/make-your-own-zines-11410390.
This article gives steps on how to create a zine. Most of the content was strong I think that it gives logical steps on how to create, build, and publish a zine. It was useful to see the different steps that go into a zine because it got me thinking of questions I have about my zine. It said that a zine should portray a message and now I have figure out what I want my message to be about for gen-z. It gave me a lot of questions that I had not even crossed my mind.
Wortham, Jenna. “Why the Internet Didn't Kill Zines.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Feb. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/magazine/why-the-internet-didnt-kill-zines.html.
This article was about the writer’s personal relationship to zines and how the internet didn’t destroy zines. I thought that the author's personal connection to zines was interesting, because it shows that they can really affect meaningful change in a person. It's also cool to understand why the digital age didn’t completely take over zines. The sections on why the internet didn’t destroy zines, made me see that it is important to have my zine as not only a digital medium, but also as a print medium.
Wortham, Jenna. “Zines Have a Resurgence Among the Web-Savvy.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 22 Oct. 2011, www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/business/media/zines-have-a-resurgence-among-the-web-savvy.html.
This article talks about the author's personal connection to zines and how zines have become even more popular with the digital age. It was interesting because in the article someone said that it was even more important now that ever to have a tangible thing to hold because everything is done online. The author didn’t only tell her story, but the stories of others who collect, write, and read zeens. It was useful because it shows how zines really affect the people who read them, and that there is a community of people who love to read and create zines.