ZINES! Volume One: Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers (Zines!)

ZINES! Volume One: Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers (Zines!)
by V. Vale

ZINES! Volume One: Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers (Zines!)
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Author: V. Vale
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999
ISBN: 0965046907
Number of pages: 169
Publisher: Re/Search Publications

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Book Review: This Book Changed My Life!!
Summary: 5 Stars

V. Vale has published a masterpiece. A slice of otherwise discarded and forgotten culture is preserved in this fantastic book. I wonder what's become of these zine makers since this book was published? I need more, maybe Zines 3 will surface! V. Vale is a true archivist of underground culture and should be rewarded for his efforts.

Summary of ZINES! Volume One: Incendiary Interviews with Independent Publishers (Zines!)

This is the first comprehensive guidebook to the Zine Movement of self-publishing which started anew in the early 1990s, and continues with Internet blogs and publications like Found. Used in college classes, this how-to volume covers all aspects of self-publishing, including layout and design, promotion, marketing and distribution. Historical background covers everything from Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack to the science-fiction mimeographed zines of the 20s. Zines are independent, not-for-profit publications that counter the corporate monoculture of mainstream media, and are thus instrumental in keeping the torch of liberty and freethinking burning. Some very funny stories and illustrations punctuate this alternative-culture document from the underground.

One of the most expressive areas of the comics publishing world belongs to minicomics: self-published, usually photocopied, very personal works. Minicomics often get grouped along with zines: small-press, very individualistic, magazines. V. Vale, one of the driving visionaries behind RE/Search Publications, brought together this collection of "incendiary interviews with independent publishers," which captures the excitement and raw energy of counter-culture zine publishing.

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