Find Your Zine Style

What are some of the features that zines can include?

Biographies, historical analysis, and political debates

Poetry, art, collage, interviews, and comics (correct)

Recipes, travel guides, and fashion trends

Novels, scientific research, and movie reviews

What is a characteristic of zines in terms of production?

They are exclusively digital and never printed

They are expensive to produce and professionally printed

They are characteristically cheap to make and often photocopied (correct)

They are mass-produced and distributed by major publishing houses

When was the very first zine created?

May of 1930 in the USA (correct)

May of 1940 in the USA

June of 1930 in France

June of 1920 in the UK

What was a prominent feature in the letter section of the very first zine?

Fans discussing science and science fiction Signup and view all the answers

When was the first xerographic copier introduced?

1949 Signup and view all the answers

Which movement aimed at critiquing homophobia within the genre and society as a whole?

Queercore Signup and view all the answers

Who typed out the first copy of Vice Versa in June of 1947?

Edythe Eyde Signup and view all the answers

What was the first Star Trek zine called?

Spockanalia Signup and view all the answers

Which zine was the most popular in the 1970s punk scene?

Sniffin’ Glue Signup and view all the answers

In which year did the POC Zine Project start?

2015 Signup and view all the answers

Who coined the term fanzine in his sci-fi publication Detours?

Russ Chauvenet Signup and view all the answers

Which corporation introduced the first xerographic copier?

Xerox Corporation Signup and view all the answers

Who was a prominent figure that published several science fiction zines as well as folk zines such as Bad Day at Lime Rock, Caravan, and Quandry?

Lee Hoffman Signup and view all the answers

What was the first ever queer fanzine called?

Vice Versa Signup and view all the answers

Which zine was the most popular in the 1980s punk scene?

Sniffin’ Glue Signup and view all the answers

When did the underground comics movement that changed the face of the comics industry begin to find their voices through fanzines?

1950s Signup and view all the answers