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- literary genre
- Subclass of
- periodical
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview and origins
- 1920s
- "Little magazines" during the Harlem Renaissance
- 1930s–1960s and science fiction
- ''Star Trek''
- ''Janus'' and ''Aurora''
- Comics
- Horror
- Board games
- Rock and roll
- 1970s and punk
- ''Factsheet Five''
- 1990s, riot grrrl, and queer zines
- 2000s and the effect of the Internet
- Distribution and circulation
- Libraries and archives
- Zine fests, fairs, workshops, and clubs
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|A box of zines
A zine ( ; short for MAGAzine or FANzine) is a magazine that is a "noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter". Zines are the product of either a single person or of a very small group, and are popularly photocopied into physical prints for circulation. A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “zine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.