What is Zine?
{{Sources|date=January 2025}}[[Image:UK and US zines.jpg|thumb|300px|Selection of British and American punk zines, 1994-2004.]][[File:LA Zinefest 2017.jpg|thumb|Zebrapizza zine at the LA Zinefest 2017.]]A '''zine''' is a photocopied [[newspaper]], or [[magazine]], about [[music]] or [[politics]]. Zines are small [[Magazine circulation|circulation]], non-commercial [[Publishing|publications]] that are printed by their creators on a topic of their choice. They come in all shapes and sizes from personal zine, artzines, zines about music and politics, fanzines. Zines are straight from the writer to the reader: raw, uncut and handmade. Zines are usually photocopied by hand, and made by [[Amateur|amateurs]] who do not have training in [[journalism]]. Only a small number of copies of a zine are usually made. Zines are often sold at record stores. A music zine might include reviews of line music shows, interviews with bands, and advertisements for CDs. Zines were an important part of the [[punk rock]] and [[hardcore punk]] [[Subculture|subcultures]]. [[Category:Culture]] [[Category:Society]] [[Category:Publications]] {{lit-stub}}