big_bearded_bookseller's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Picked this up a while ago as I’m fascinated by the process of making your own books from scratch.
This isn’t quite what I was thinking it was going to be which was more of a manual on making the physical object.
Which is fine as I have several books like that already and this was different, this was about the other bits of making a zine.
And it was eye-opening, the energy it takes to make a zine that goes beyond your own bedroom/workspace is fascinating, the determination and knowledge was much more than I thought it would have to be.
Joe dips into various aspects of the development of a zine from start to finish whilst also dipping into the history of zine making.
We take a journey through various subjects such as copyright, organisation structure, communities, distribution, and more. Each subject could have so much more written about it but Joe gets across a lot of information in such a small space and does it well and with passion.
Informative and fun with lots of rabbit holes to go down, really enjoyed this!
klaripp's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.25
as a zine/comics nerd this is a neat little guide to start self publishing and it helped me a lot specially in the editing part
befrazzledenby's review against another edition
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Super helpful and accessible info to help me start Zines at the library!
ecn's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
3.0
Meh. Good source of starter info but some of the more personal info that was shared rubbed me the wrong way (specifically when it came to how he talked about feedback/the zine community/what’s truly “~intersectional~”
kedawen's review against another edition
5.0
I am SUPER inspired to make some zines now... this book was awesome. Simple and to the point!