Synopses & Reviews
Zine history dates back to the mimeographed chapbooks produced by the Beat Generation in the early fifties, political pamphlets passed out by rabblerousers in the sixties, and fan-zines created by punk rockers and rock-and-roll fans in the seventies and eighties. Zines experienced an explosion of popularity in the mid-nineties, with everyone from sixteen-year-old suburban girls to fifty-year-old political prisoners sounding off about their obsessions and struggles. Breaking down state and international barriers, as well as the confines of race, class and gender, Zinedom has become a full-fledged community. With absolute editorial freedom, zine publishers express their knowledge, experience, political perspectives, and talent in their own uninhibited styles. The result is a thriving underground movement based on personal empowerment and fueled by an outspoken group of writers and thinkers who vigilantly challenge corporate control of the mainstream media.
Synopsis
Another 150 oversize perfect-bound pages, containing some of the best that was published in 2000. Monozine, Hodgepodge, Guinea Pig Zero, Alabama Grrrl, Black Sun, Doris, Eat The State! and much much more. "After all those terrible 'inside the zine world' kind of books have long since disappeared into remainder table limbo, the Zine Yearbook gives us a clear glimpse of what is really going on in the world of zines. Not by telling us what the larger sociopolitical ramifications of desktop publishing may be, but by showing us, through excerpts from various fanzines, that all over the world people are taking over the means of production and glutting the market with reams of photocopied musings...if you've got any interest in exploring the best that not for profit independent publishing has to offer, you should already own this." [Maximum Rock N Roll]