Research Guides: Zines: Make a Zine

Zine Templates

Zine Making - Putting Pages Together | Wiki Books
How to Make a Zine | WikiHow
How to make an 8-page mini zine - with pictures!
InDesign Tutorial : Make a zine in Adobe InDesign

How to: Zines | YouTube - Ariel Bissett

Make a Zine Digitally!

Tools for designing zines online:

Canva
Design editor. Free version available. Used in our workshops!
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and more are available on campus in the 24-hour computer labs.
InDesign Tutorial : Make a zine in Adobe InDesign
Flipsnack
"Create a stunning flipbook online" (free trial)
Electric Zine Maker
"A printshop and art tool for making zines"

Print a Zine

Word Template : Booklet
Use this template to create a half-size, staple-bound notebook.

These Instructions Work for the Most Common Type Zine (Half size, staple-bound booklet).

Save your online Zine as a PDF
Open PDF file. Click File and Print
Select Print on both sides of paper. Flip on short edge
Select Landscape orientation
Print, fold in half and staple on the spine

Source: Douglas College Library - How to Print or Make a Zine

Check out a Zine Kit!

Zine kits are available for check out at both library Circulation Desks!

Zine Kit: Zine Making Supplies Kit
Call Number: Z266 .Z56 2019
Contents: Prismacolor Colored Pencil Set (24) -- Prismacolor Sketching Pencil Set (12) -- Prismacolor Pencil Sharpener (1) -- Prismacolor Magic Rub Eraser (1) -- Staedtler Drawing Pen Set (10) -- Staedtler Shape Stencil (1) -- Letter / Number Stencil Set (3) --Watercolor Set + 1 Brush (1) -- Paint Brush Set (8) -- Plastic Ruler (1) -- Hole Punch (1) -- Mini-Stapler & Staples (1) -- White Correction Tape Roller (1) -- Glue Sticks (2) -- Glue Bottle (1) --Sharpies (2) -- Precision Scissors (1) : in a clear plastic box.

Resources for Zine Makers

A Beginner's Guide to Making Zines | VICE
"Every step of how to make tiny books, from coming up with what you want to say to stapling your finished product into existence."
Independent Publishing Resource Center
The mission of the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) is to provide affordable access to space, tools, and resources for creating independently published media and artwork, and to build community and identity through the creation of written and visual art.

Make a Zine by Joe Biel In this new edition of Microcosm's popular DIY guide to zine-making, Joe Biel updates the information provided in the first edition (edited by Biel and the late and great Bill Brent) to address zine making in today's digital and social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for beginners, Make a Zine! hits on more advanced topics like Creative Commons licenses, legality, and sustainability. Illustrated by an army of notable and soon-to-be-notable artists and cartoonists, Make a Zine! also takes a look at the burgeoning indie comix scene, with a solid and comprehensive chapter by punk illustrator Fly (Slug and Lettuce, Peops). Part history lesson, part how-to guide, Make a Zine! is a call to arms, an ecstatic, positive rally cry in the face of TV show book clubs and bestsellers by celebrity chefs. As says Biel in the book's intro, "Let's go!"
Call Number: Z479 .B74 2017
ISBN: 9781621067337
Publication Date: 2017-05-23

Help Us Collect Zines!

Help us build our zine collection! We collect student work, local LA artists, zines on women and gender politics, immigration, Latinx, Black, Filipino, and Asian American communities, and LA/California history. Donations are accepted at either campus libraries.

Research questions about zines can be emailed to a librarian at library@msmu.edu.

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