A zine “zeen“ (short for magazine or fanzine) is a small, very informal, self-published creative work of text and/or images, usually produced by a single person or a very small group. They are often handcrafted with a lo-fi aesthetic, photocopied on A4 paper and hand-folded for cheap circulation.
One of the most popular zine formats is the ‘hot dog’ – formed by folding an A4 page.
Here’s a video showing how it’s done…
Thank you to Leo Ioviero for filming this for us!
Self Guided Pack
We have created a self-guided resource pack that you can order to make zines at home (including a hard copy of our hot dog zine about hot dog zines below!).
PDF Downloads
If you’d like a Procreate template to start you off, download one here…
As part of our series of zine workshops, we made a Hot Dog zine about making hot dog zines – you can download a PDF here…
Thanks to Skye Baker and Beatrix Finch for making this zine.
Check out our Padlet!
https://padlet.com/autisticyouthhub/making-zines-plq6xj6fasnpri1x
Some of our Youth Hub members’ zines
Other Online Zine Resources
There are many online zine libraries with PDFs that you can refer to, here’s a selection:
https://www.papercutzinelibrary.com/virtual-library
https://guides.douglascollege.ca/zines/distros
https://zinewiki.com/wiki/List_of_Online_Zines
https://misspentsummers.com/zine-library/
https://archive.org/details/zines
https://www.kekemagazine.com/zine-library/
https://uizl.wordpress.com/uk-and-ireland-zine-libraries-directory/
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