Media Creation Resources
Providing support for exploration and creation of new media forms such as animation, soundscapes, graphics design and digital video
Zine Resources
The video above by a student at Columbia is an excellent how to on how to make a physical zine, including supplies you might need. Use it as inspiration on how to create your zines!
- Zine Making WikiUseful for making a physical zine; lots of information about how to layout, bind, and create pages.
- An Introduction to ZinesDetailed handbook on how to make zines by The Public (an activist collective)
- Metazine: The History and How To of Zines by Davida Gypsy BreierPowerpoint presentation on zines for more information and some examples.
This web page features content adapted from the Gender and Sexuality Studies guide created by Alex Alisauskas and maintained by Christena McKillop.
- Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP)Founded in 2003, QZAP provides online access to hundreds of zines by and about queer people. All zines uploaded to the site were digitized with the consent of their creators.
- POC Zine ProjectThe focus is to "make all zines by people of color easy to find, distribute and share."
- OCADU Zine LibraryThe OCAD U Zine Library is an ever-growing collection of self-published and handmade publications located in the Library at OCAD University. A great place to look for inspiration by other students creating zines!
- Two-Spirit: Conversations with Young Two-Spirit, Trans, Queer, and Indigenous People in TorontoA good example of a research-based zine.
- The Gender Spectrum CollectionThe Gender Spectrum Collection is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés. All images are licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND license.
- The Noun ProjectNoun Project launched in 2011 and includes nearly 3 million community-contributed icons.
- UnsplashOver 1 million free high-resolution community-contributed images.
- Zine Templates for WordIf you are making a digital zine.
- CanvaIf you are creating your zine digitally, Canva is a great resource that is free and super easy to use. Create an account, and then select a template from the "Magazine" section. You can customize colour, fonts, etc. This will give your zine a more polished look (if that's what you want to go for!). Once you're done, you can click Share (in the top right corner) and get a shareable link to send to anyone.
If you are creating a digital zine, you're welcome to submit a link or a digital copy of your zine.
If you want to do a bit of digital work, but also do some collage or other physical work on your zine, or if you would rather just have a physical copy, here are some instructions on how to print your zine. These Instructions work for the most Common Type Zine (Half size, staple bound booklet).
- Save your online Zine as a PDF
- Open PDF file. Click File and Print
- Select Print on both sides of paper. Flip on short edge
- Select Landscape orientation
- Print, fold in half and staple on the spine
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