Fanzines

This is the ultimate book on "Fanzines" an amateur magazine produced by fans, for fans of a certain subculture. This highly visual illustrated book is full of reproductions of the best fanzines ever created, from the superhero tributes of the 1950s and 60s, to punk fanzines such as Sniffin Glue, right up the contemporary e-zine scene. Arranged in six chronological chapters, each with a thorough introduction, "Fanzines" spans eight decades of counterculture and features many extremely rare publications. Written by a fanzine collector and expert author, "Fanzines" has cult appeal for anyone interested in graphic design, magazine publishing or underground culture.
For more than 60 years, fanzines have been one of the most significant forms of self-expression. Often handmade and disseminated through underground networks, the fanzine is credited as being both the original medium for many of today’s mainstream publications and the predecessor to the blogging craze.
The fanzine subculture, born under the warm glow of photocopiers the world over, was celebrated with a brash flashmob of self published literature in LCC’s The Well Gallery on Monday Sept 30th, 2010. This was a high-impact (one night only) visual presentation of the most interesting fanzines ever produced. Ephemeral and irreplaceable, many have been lost to all but a few passionate collectors.
Teal Triggs has accumulated a huge collection of zines over the years and has already published several books on the subject, but this is the first of large enough scale to really show off the form properly. It’s a really welcome addition to the magazinaholics library.
Fanzines have been one of the liveliest forms of self-expression for over 70 years. Now a new generation of graphic designers, illustrators, artists and writers combines self-expression with a rediscovery of the handmade, crafted object. Their subject matter is as varied as the passions of their creators, ranging across music, comics, typography, animal rights, politics, alternative lifestyles, clip art, thrift shopping, beer drinking ...
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