Zines are amazing small handmade booklets. They can hold just about anything, but they have often been used to spread ideas about political and social movements. Some other common topics include poetry, quotes, comics, glossaries, and favorites. The possibilities are really endless.
Here’s one I made recently using Taylor Swift lyrics:
Here’s another one I made about writing, by my friend Edgar Allan Toad:
I’ve got plans to do one about my favorite books that I can then copy and give out. (Maybe as a gift or something to stick in a library book.)
There are lots of tutorials online about how to make this kind of zine from one sheet of paper. One of my favorites is this video from Austin Kleon. Another good one is this visual tutorial from BookRiot. Here are some other resources if you want to delve more into the land of zines:
BookRiot’s Guide to Books about Zines
Off I go to make another zine.
Textual Play 