Zines
Zines are self-published magazines (or 'fan-zines') that deal with different themes, topics and creative styles. Zines can be created traditionally or digitally and can be bought and are usually bought and sold either at stores that sell comic books or online.
Some zines are made to spread awareness of certain issues like racism, sexism or homophobia and sometimes deal with controversial topics that mainstream media magazines don't usually cover. Some zines are made to showcase an artist's own artwork and some art zines follow a certain theme or to promote the artist's own work. Some zines are created to be like mini comic books and will sometimes be made as a prototype for a independent comic book series.
Some websites specialise in finding, reviewing and promoting interesting zines.
Zine specialist websites include PushpinZines, SpillTheZines and GoodPressGallery.
( http://pushpinzines.co.uk/ )
( http://spillthezines.blogspot.co.uk/ )
( http://goodpressgallery.co.uk/index.php?/shop/zines/ )
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