| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-09-01 | | Series: | The Haymarket Series |
| Size | | Length: | 240 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 19.2 oz |
Publisher's Note "Slug & Lettuce", "Pathetic Life", "I Hate Brenda", "Dishwater", "Search & Destroy", "Sweet Jesus", "Scrambled Eggs", "Maximumrocknroll"--these are among the thousands of publications which circulate in a subterranean world rarely illuminated by the searchlights of mainstream media commentary. In this multifarious underground, Pynchonesque misfits rant and rave, fans eulogize, hobbyists obsess. Together they form a low-tech publishing network of extraordinary richness and variety. Welcome to the world of zines.
In a comprehensive study of zine publishing, Stephen Duncombe describes zine origins in early 20th-century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in the sixties' counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock. Packed with extracts and illustrations from a wide array of publications, past and present, this is the first book to explore the full range of zine culture. 50 illus.
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