A new festival will make space for a growing zine movement in Oceanside this weekend, with dozens of zinemakers, artists, musicians and vendors descending upon The Hill Street Country Club — all celebrating an accessible, enduring, analog form of art and archiving.
A previous zine event at The Hill Street Country Club is shown in an undated photo.
Pronounced "zeens," as in magazine or fanzine — zines are a form of DIY publication, sometimes about a single topic or scene (though not always). Generally, the zine aesthetic has an unpolished look to it; obviously photocopied shadows and tape marks are a feature, not a bug.
And zines are defined also by who makes them: anyone who wants to. An artist's ability to create and share a zine doesn't depend on finding a publisher, editor, agent or gallery.