A zine is a publication with no gatekeeper. That freedom shows in the layouts: collage, handwriting and typography that would never survive a style guide.
Small runs, big personalities
Makers told us print forces decisions that screens let you postpone. There is a page count, a paper stock and a moment when the file must go to the copier.
Print makes you finish things.
Zine fairs have become meeting places for illustrators, writers and designers who otherwise work alone, which may be the format's most valuable output.
From the fair tables
Photocopied covers from two decades of zines. 
Fair tables are where makers meet readers.
