Start by Making Your Own Zine!
How to Make Your Own Zine
Zines helps us to express ourselves, connect with like minded people and explore radical ideas. Plus they’re cheap and easy to make!
This resource includes a step-by-step guide to making your own 8 page zine from a single sheet of paper, a list of what you’ll need and all the basics on how to get started.
WHAT IS A ZINE?
Pronounced ‘zeen’, these DIY, self-published, publications have a long history rooted in radical politics.
They tend to be low cost, easy to share, educational, community based - accessible. Long before the advent of the Internet, zines were an underground form of publishing which allowed people to connect with their communities, discuss ideas, and collaborate on writing and artwork. With the dawn of the digital age, zines have evolved with almost limitless possibilities.
All you need to make a zine is a piece of paper and something that makes a mark. They can be about anything and everything and there’s no experience necessary.
Zines help to:
Share educational resources
Build communities of care
Counter mainstream narratives
Express subcultures
Amplify radical messages
Tell stories + explore ideas
Make space for creative expression