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Dirty Little Zine – a tool for making an 8 page printable Zine

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Re: Dirty Little Zine – a tool for making an 8 page printable Zine

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Post by verdverm »

cianmm wrote: post #27
verdverm wrote: post #4

I've gotten super into Zine making this year and love this mini-8-pager format. I typically carry them around to share information with others, and get back to a world of print in our digital divide. People really like the bite size knowledge they can fit in a pocket. I picked up a slightly different format which is double sided and two per piece of paper. PDF example and Affinity Publisher 2 files: https://limewire.…

I won't be clicking on that first link because I'm on a work machine but is that _Limewire_?

yeah, it's totally different from how it used to be, first google search result for file upload and share ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Here's a Google Drive link with the same files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jjp8fOn1fsQ0vvix84dm...

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Post by verdverm »

maurits wrote: post #26

Does anybody know a tool for making a 32 page A5 zine like Bumb books [1] for people with little to no layout tool knowledge? [1] https://bumpbooks.com/

I believe Affinity Publisher 2 should support it. It's much easier than the 8 pager on a single sheet. They have a booklet printing that handles page ordering

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/190221-bas...

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Post by ynac »

ipsento606 wrote: post #28
yur3i__ wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>We lost gobs of tenants and the riff raff tookover Not trying to get into an argument but you are no more entitled to the city than your fellow citizens aka the "riff raff"

I'm also not trying to get into an argument, but totally disagree, and honestly believe that your attitude leads to an untenable breakdown of the social contract. I don't agree with use of the tongue-in-cheek term "riff raff" for unhoused people living in tents and shanties on the sideway. And I think such people deserve help. But yes, they have less of a right to live on the sidewalk than the right of people and bus…

And I can't disagree with either, especially the riff raff usage, but the term "takeover" was the one intended to play the important role in the sentence. And it wasn't for the unhoused - but the dealers and traffickers.

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Post by allthetime »

yur3i__ wrote: post #23
ynac wrote: post #7

Seattle used to have a top notch zine scene - entire sections of stores (music, magazine, comic, game) would have hundreds of local and national zines. Recently, Seattle's been trying to make a comeback downtown. We lost gobs of tenants and the riff raff tookover. One element of the comeback strategy is this Seattle Restored project. Basically, rent free storefronts to small businesses. For father's day my ladies bro…

>We lost gobs of tenants and the riff raff tookover Not trying to get into an argument but you are no more entitled to the city than your fellow citizens aka the "riff raff"

Paying rent and taxes and following the law are exactly what entitle someone to more than someone who does not in our society.

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Post by lightedman »

voidUpdate wrote: post #14

I keep hearing about zines and how they're cool and awesome, but I've never really seen one, so I can't really get a sense in my head for what they are. Does anyone have like an online gallery of zines or something? Are they literally just a small, independently made magazine?

Look up Buzzmonger, the (now dead) Dallas music 'Zine and you'll get a pretty good idea.

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Post by PyWoody »

voidUpdate wrote: post #14

I keep hearing about zines and how they're cool and awesome, but I've never really seen one, so I can't really get a sense in my head for what they are. Does anyone have like an online gallery of zines or something? Are they literally just a small, independently made magazine?

There was a TV show, Our Hero[0], that aired in the 2000s that was about Zines. I can't say I've ever seen a "zine" irl so I can't say how accurate of the "scene" it was, but it's definitely a blast-from-the-past.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYzXlo7zHY4

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Post by adjejmxbdjdn »

allthetime wrote: post #34
yur3i__ wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>We lost gobs of tenants and the riff raff tookover Not trying to get into an argument but you are no more entitled to the city than your fellow citizens aka the "riff raff"

Paying rent and taxes and following the law are exactly what entitle someone to more than someone who does not in our society.

“Paying rent”

Is someone living with their friends, relatives, family, entitled to less in a society?

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Post by robobro »

maurits wrote: post #26

Does anybody know a tool for making a 32 page A5 zine like Bumb books [1] for people with little to no layout tool knowledge? [1] https://bumpbooks.com/

This may help: https://momijizukamori.github.io/bookbinder-js/

I use it for making books but it may be a better option than some of the other projects linked here depending on what exactly you are trying to do.

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Post by robocat »

voidUpdate wrote: post #14

I keep hearing about zines and how they're cool and awesome, but I've never really seen one, so I can't really get a sense in my head for what they are. Does anyone have like an online gallery of zines or something? Are they literally just a small, independently made magazine?

At your nearest city library if you're lucky. Christchurch's Tūranga public library has a stand of them although the stand isn't in an obvious place. Apart from that I've only seen them in local arty/hipster shops. I'm guessing avoiding publication on the internet is part of the appeal.
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