The WWU Design Club is excited to host a zine workshop with Cold Cube Press! There’s limited availability (15-25 people) so please be sure to RSVP on the Facebook event page at facebook.com/events/642909382816938

Zine History and Culture

A zine (pronounced zeen) is an independently or self-published booklet, often created by physically cutting and gluing text and images together onto a master flat for photocopying, but it is also common to produce the master by typing and formatting pages on a computer. The publication is usually folded and stapled.

Historically, zines have been around since 1776 when Thomas Paine self-published Common Sense and used it as an instrument in promoting the ideas that contributed to the U.S. War for Independence. Just a perfect example to demonstrate the free spirit of zine culture.

Zine comes from fanzine which is a term that generally describes a small-circulation science fiction publication. Fanzines first appeared in the late 1920s. Later, zines were used to promote punk music in the 1970s, a time when this type of music received very little interest from the larger press music. This phenomenon spawned a new interest in self-publishing.

Cold Cube Press

A risograph printing service and publisher located in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, to learn more go to their website at ColdCubePress.com