Synopses & Reviews
This exciting and controversial collection of essays explores the [often
hidden] world of fanzines and alternative comics from the heady days of Punk
to the digital present. As part of a thriving D-I-Y industry in the USA and
UK, such publications have opened up new avenues in journalism, fiction
writing, cartooning, graphic design and much more. They have been the
breeding ground for many of the key creative talents of recent years.
This lavishly illustrated book seeks to address, amongst other things, the
politics of counter-cultural spaces, DIY production and corollary
technologies, the relationship between producer and audience, and the way in
which fanzines and comics have moved from underground into overground. Many
of the examples discussed and pictured have typically been ignored by the
mainstream media but nevertheless set agendas within popular culture.
Synopsis
As the first ever study to deal collectively with zines and alternative comics, it seeks to map a unique period from the end of the hippie-era underground press to the start of the Internet publishing boom.