For all those fans of zines, Factsheet 5, the zine of zines, is planning to start publication again. First issue is tentatively set for May 23, 2005.
"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Factsheet 5 Is Making Comeback
For all those fans of zines, Factsheet 5, the zine of zines, is planning to start publication again. First issue is tentatively set for May 23, 2005.
The Factsheet Five Zine Reader
Zines, those hip, alternative, self-published magazines, have broken out from the obscurity of the underground and found themselves in the spotlight. Zealous readers are turning to zines for smart ...
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1 - mike hollihan
Zines were blogging before the Internet. Same impulse, smaller reach.
BTW, I still have a large collection of FF's from the Seth days if anyone is interested.
2 - DrPat
Sounds like an eBay offering to me, Mike!
3 - Eric Olsen
which gives rise to the question, why would they revive a publication about zines when blogs have replaced them? Are there any zines anymore? And if so, why?
4 - Niraj
Blogs lack tactility zines offer. There's something about those freshly-Xeroxed papers; the smell; the joy of having a finished product in your hands. This is what many zine writers tell me.
In fact, in Boston, this past week, there was a zine conference, with workshops on how to create you own zine.
They may not be as popular as before blogs, but they're still plenty of them out there.