Today we're making quarter size zines. The layout may mess with your head. That's okay; breaking your brain while making a quarter size zine is a rite of passage!
Suggested Themes
- Other care as self care
- What it's like to be you right now
- Alternate senior thesis/final project (inspiration)
- Fanzine about your favorite or least favorite TV show, celebrity, politician, sports figure, family member
Templates
With help from Milo Miller, famed QZAP co-founder, I've developed a zine template for myself for making a quarter-size zine that's eight pages long in InDesign. (This is not a template for a one-page folded zine. Those are easy to find.)
indd file
pdf file
docx file
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Cover
Selfie or brain map
Page 1
- Introduce your zine (pro-tip: you might want to do this at the end, so you know what you're introducing)
- Metadata: contextualize for the reader and history
- Could be s nom de plume
- Date
- Publication location
- Contact information
- Freedoms and restrictions
- Do you want to claim copyright?
- Assign a CC license?
- Reject copyright?
- Control digital reproduction?
Page 2
Rant, manifesto, I statements
Page 3 (left side of centerfold)
Cartoon, sketch, art, doodles (be bold! draw stick figures!)
Page 4 (right side of centerfold)
Up to you!
Page 5
Pencil game: maze, crossword puzzle, word finder, quiz, survey, matching
Page 6
Recipe
Back Cover
Credits, playlist, reviews or recommendations
Another pro-tip: number your pages. This will help when you are assembling your zines.