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An Illustrated, Alphabetical Dive Into Zines.
Written by: Alaast Kamalabadi Illustrations by Alaast Kamalabadi Design by: Katie Priest @AlaastChen Written by: Alaast Kamalabadi Illustrations by Alaast Kamalabadi Design by: Katie Priest @AlaastChen
Zines: independently published booklets or pamphlets of appropriated text and images for limited circulation. through the concerted efforts of its maker(s). It manifests as a small, unerringly portable object. And it brings people together.
So you’re curious about what makes a zine tick. Maybe you’re a seasoned zinester looking for inspiration or for a zine fact you’ve never heard. Maybe you’re a neophyte wondering if a zine is the same thing as a magazine. Look no further; here is a comprehensive, alphabetized, and illustrated list on how to craft, appreciate, distribute, collect, and study zines. Honorable mentions: Activism, Art , Alternative B Bricolage bricolage[ bree-kuh-lahzh, brik-uh- ] * * *
AAssembly
The first thing to know about a zine? It’s all assembly—materially, a zine is a piecemeal affair, gathered from clippings and pastings and bric-abrac. It unites its elements, gathered from eclectic sources, into a brand new creation. It comes together ### noun, plural bri·co·la·ges [breekuh-lah-zhiz, ‐lahzh] , bri·co·lage.
a construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things.
(in literature) a piece created from diverse resources. (in art) a piece of makeshift handiwork.
the use of multiple, diverse research methods.
Zines may consist of:
Magazine cutouts, newspapers, photos, poster cutouts, comics, images, text, books, printouts, markers, pens, pencils, tape, paint, cardboard, stickers, sketches, drawings, musings, polaroids, scrap paper, lined paper, ink, textures, textiles, manifestos, scrapbooking scraps, poetry, prose, pencil shavings, gum, glue, glitter, hair, lint, tampons, yearbook photos, your old fursuit, your family’s heirloom cookbook…
Honorable mentions: Bitch, Boing Boing
CCounterculture
The zeitgeist of the 60s and 70s was the counterculture—subcultures running parallel, or in opposition, to the mainstream, dominant culture, often flourishing in small enclaves comprised of groups of individuals with shared interests who enable your immersion in these cultures. Think of the punk movement, second-wave feminism, or the free love movement. Think of the marches, the protests, the demonstrations that became so ubiquitous. Was it any wonder that zines began to flourish during this period?
Honorable mentions: Circulation,
DDIY The DIY ethos is intrinsic to the zine. DIY stands for “Do It Yourself”. Pretty self-explanatory. To put it simply, it’s a can-do attitude: handcrafted, homemade, made with your own two hands.
EEasy
Here’s a quick and easy way to make a zine template out of a letter size sheet of paper (you may also do this with tabloid, A4, or even origami paper, though results
FFanzine Fanzines—where zines meet fandoms. The first media fanzine ever to be circulated was purportedly a Star Trek fan publication called Spockanalia.
Honorable mentions: Fringe, Fold, Factsheet Five
GGraphic
Zines often have some graphic components. Comics, perhaps, or abstracted shapes, or the cool geometry of design. Whether this graphic component derives from collaging or illustration or some other mode of image-making is entirely up to its maker.
Honorable mentions: Grunge
HHistory
Now that we’ve established a few key features of the zine, here’s a brief overview of its history:
Pre-1930: Leaflets and monographs have always been in existence in some form, often as firebrands’ or artists’ tools for disseminating radical views or ideas. Late 19th century saw the advent of the amateur press movement.
1930s: First zine happened roughly here! The amateur press movement collided with the science fiction fandom subculture of the 1930s. The Comet is often named as the first zine, and credited with launching a number of sci-fi zines, most notably Fantasy Commentator (1943 - 2004).
1955: The World Science Fiction Convention establishes Best Fanzine as a Hugo Award category. (Zines then were generally
narrower in scope and referred to as “fanzines”.) 1967: Spockanalia. Kirk/Spock slash shipping fanzines soon follow. 1960s onwards: Music subcultures like rock and roll, punk, and riot grrrl hit the zines. Cumulative developments in printing technology and the early internet each lead to rises in zine circulation, as production costs drop and technology grows ever more accessible. I . Interests Zines are often a vehicle for common interests. They can be shared among family, friends, or circulated even more broadly for myriad purposes: to inform, to organize, to document, to teach, to respond, or to communicate. J Janus/Aurora
Honorable mentions: Handmade The most prominent science fiction feminist zine of its time, Janus—later renamed Aurora—stood as one of few safe havens for women writers in an excessively male-dominated field.
Created and edited by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll in 1975, Janus featured short stories, essays, artwork, articles, reviews, and letters of comments from a number of notable women figures in science fiction. Among its contributors were authors such as Octavia Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Joanna Russ. Janus/Aurora was nominated for the Hugo Award for “Best Fanzine” three consecutive years beginning 1978, until its dissolution after 1980, five years after its conception. K Keepsake The Chaffey College Rancho Library maintains a zine archive of its own, where you may submit a photocopy of your creation for posterity. L Labor of love
wrought with your own two hands. Guard your zines with your life.
MMagazine
What differentiates a zine from a magazine? Despite the superficial similarities of these two terms, they are rather different creatures.
Zine vs. Magazine
Zines are always labor of love. They are flesh and blood, sweat and toil. They are
zine: Niche mag: Popular
zine: Low-circulation
mag: Comparatively high-circulation
zine: Periodical or one-off
mag: Generally periodical
zine: Personal
mag: Commercial
zine: Lo-fi
mag: Hi-fi
NNiche
OOriginal
PPerzine
Many zines address a niche (see Q. Queercore and R. Riot Grrrl)—a specific, tailored area of interest common to the people who create, circulate, and collect these zines. Are you a fan of vintage cheerleaders? Maybe it’s time to start a zine publication on those hairsprayed, black-and-white babes. Maybe you’re obsessed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) babyfaces turned heels. Try getting your wrestling club to make a zine on your all-time top ten heel-turn moments in wrestling history.
QQueercore
Zines you create are always going to be one-of-a-kind, because all your life you have been amassing experiences and developing likes and dislikes and idiosyncrasies no other person shares exactly, and because with such a colossal pool of raw materials to make your zines from, no two zines will end up looking quite the same. While all zines are to some extent personal, a perzine is a zine that describes your own experiences, opinions, musings, internal monologues—a hyperpersonal breed of zine. Almost like a blog in zine form.
Honorable mentions: Punk, Politics, Photocopy machine
An offshoot of punk, queercore began in the mid ’80s. Queer sensibilities and discontent with heteronormative society abound. Magazines, music, writing, film, and of course, zines.
RRiot Grrrl
Bitch magazine was a zine at its conception. Bikini Kill, the fanzine circulated by the prominent riot grrrl band of the same title, broke the Riot Grrrl Manifesto. Riot Grrrl Press was founded by zinesters Erika Rienstien and May Summer. The riot grrrl subculture was composed of tons of zine-compatible things in a time when these subjects were hardly broached in the mainstream: music, feminist thought, scrapbooking, and progressive women-geared health pamphlets.
SSelf-published
TTopics
UUnderground
Zines are self-published, so no, you don’t have to go looking for a literary agent to represent you, or cast all those cold call pitches, or slave ten years to get that book deal, or send off all those painstakingly culled art portfolios just to suffer thirty consecutive rejections.
Honorable mentions: Small press, Subculture, Scrapbooking, Spockanalia Not sure where to start zining? Here’s a list of topics to get you started:
Art & design, poetry, politics, fanfiction, ephemera, personal journals, horses, music, social theory, feminism, single-topic obsessions, comics, porn.
Honorable mentions: Text Zines feed on the need to circumvent the commercial realm. Freed from the restrictions of that realm, one could easily piece art, politics, culture, and activism into one eclectic publication, negotiating its dissemination on one’s own terms. Zines are practically a guerilla movement, passing outside the jurisdiction of conventions and regulations.
VVoice
Zines have always been allied with the counterculture, fringe, marginalized, and unheard. They give powerless voices a forum for self-expression.
Speaking of voice, make sure you’re pronouncing the word correctly. It’s “z-EE-n”, not “zyne”, you philistine.
WWriting
Just as graphics may play a part in zines, text may also play a part—prose, poetry, or typographical elements, all is fair game.
XX-perimental
There are no hard, fast rules here. Go out and x-periment.
Honorable mentions: Xerox printer
Y. Youth Culture
“Killed my dog and I don’t think it’s fair.” OK Boomer. Make a zine about it.
Z. Zine
Now you know your ABCs, next time won’t you zine with me?
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Men’s Basketball Rolls Into the Post-Season By Ryan Gibson @RyGibSports Design by Kiara Jerez
The Panthers are coming off a 17-game winning streak led by Darren Williams, Emmanuel “Manu” Kehasson Oulai and Aaron Johnson. On Friday, Feb. 21, Chaffey College’s Men’s Basketball hosted Victor Valley for their last match-up of the regular season. The Panthers went into the match up boasting an overall record of 22-5 all while averaging 79.2 points per game. Led by Sophomore Guard, Emmanuel “Manu” Kehasson Oulai, Sophomore Point Guard Darren Williams, and Sophomore Forward Aaron Johnson.
Victor Valley managed only one lead throughout the game in the early minutes to go up 18-16. Chaffey would immediately tie the game and the rest is history. It wasn’t long before Chaffey’s Darren Williams hit his second three-pointer of 11 March 11, 2020 the night to put the Panthers up 21-18. The Panthers put the score at 33-19 going into halftime with a 14-point lead. Any hope Victor Valley had, was gone by the second half. The Panthers went on to win by a score of 82-59.
“That’s been all year,” Panthers’ Head Coach, Jeff Klein, explained. “Games have been close, then right before half time we start pulling away and in the second half we just seem to [not let up.]” After Wednesday’s rout over the College of the Desert (87-55) along with Friday’s win over Victor Valley, Klein assures “[we’re] definitely not overconfident, but we’re a confident group.”
“What we try to emphasize is, not so much [what the opponent is doing,] it’s what we’re going to do,” explained Klein regarding the team’s mindset going into playoffs. “We take nothing for granted, [especially] over these next two weeks. We want to win these next two [games] to make it the state championships, like we did last year.”
Last season, the Panthers were knocked out of the CCCAA State Quarterfinals by a score of 68-56. Klein credits the maturity of this years team to the leadership that the team’s three returning players bring out on the court.
“They’re just so good in the locker room. They love their teammates, they help their teammates,” said Klein. “They’re all very selfless, they’re great in the classroom, they’re great role models, so for me, at this level to coach three guys like Aaron Johnson, Darren Williams and Manu is
Manu is the leading rebounder in the state of California, averaging 12.6 boards a game alongside 16.1 points per game on 52.7% shooting. As a freshman, Oulai led the team in points and rebounds earning him a spot the CCCAA AllState team.
“[Last year] we weren’t shooting [well.] Right now, we are shooting at an elite level” said Oulai. “Right now, we’re averaging fifteen [three point shots] per game. It’s hard for people to guard us man to man, but now that [we’re shooting well] it opens everything. The game [is] easier for us because we shoot better.”
“It’s a lot of work,” said Manu when asked about the team’s improvement. “We were the first team starting the season and we’ll be the last team finishing the season.” The Panthers are coming off of a 17 game “We want the State Championship, we don’t want [anything less.]” Manu explained heading into playoffs.
“And [we’ll] keep working. Right now we have a week to prepare against anybody that we [are] going to play against. We’ll be ready. We’re locked in.” The
Panthers will play against
Spotlight: A Look at the Women Who Spoke at the Bryant's Memorial Service
Sabrina Ionescu and Diana Taurasi spoke at the memorial for Gianna and Kobe Bryant. Here's why.
Written by: Caitlyn Pfau @ChaffeyLc Layout Design by: Katie Priest
Kobe and Gianna Byrant’s celebration of life reflected the impact sports makes in the world. The person that wears the jersey is so much than the jersey itself. Out of those attending the memorial, there were two women that were hand-picked by Vanessa Bryant who deserve more than 60 seconds of fame.
Sabrina Ionescu and Diana Taurasi were given the stage to highlight their personal relationships with Kobe and Gigi while also shining a light on the women’s basketball industry.
For Ionescu, it all started with a friendly competition of 3 on 3 against strangers in the park, the loser(s) had to buy the winning team Slurpys from the local 7/11. Ionescu’s team typically consisted of her two brothers -- Eddy and Andrei. Ionescu recalls playing with the boys forced her to think about the game strategically. Rebounding, and being the first and fastest to the jump became Ionescu strongest technique to being such an aggressive player. In her interview with Damian Foley -- The Gospel of Sab -- Foley highlights Ionescu’s recruiting process and why she ultimately chose to play for The University of Oregon.
“...Such legendary programs as UConn and Duke had been recruiting her since her freshman year,” Foley stated before shining a light on the perfect storm that came about for Oregon and Ionescu.
In 2014 the Ducks had locked in a contract with head coach Kelly Graves, the previous coach from Gonzaga, who had lead his team to Elite 8. In 2015, Graves promoted Mark Campbell to Assistant Head Coach. Campbell had been the first college coach to see Ionescu play back in 7th grade, and began the process of recruiting her.
“Every other program that was in the running ( to recruit Ionescu ) harped on Oregon being a losing program, and what a mistake signing for them would be. And that ended up being probably the biggest ‘pro’ for her. She would get to blaze her own path; she wouldn’t be following in anybody’s footsteps,” Ionescu’s long-time coach Kelly Sopak stated.
Ionescu was awarded the John R. Wooden Award, which is given annually to the most outstanding male and female collegiate basketball player that year. She was also recognized as the Pac12 player of the year for three years in a row.
Since Ionescu’s first year at UO, it had been noted the extreme growth in fans. When she began playing in 2016, the team only filled about 19% of attendance. Fast forward to 2020, the team is now responsible for 58% of attendance. player there to total 2,000 points, 600 assists and 600 rebounds in a career. In 2004, Taurasi entered the WNBA as the No. 1 draft pick. During her 16-year professional career, Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year, three WNBA championships, one WNBA most valuable player award, four Olympic gold medals, played in nine All-Star WNBA games, became the WNBA all-time leading scorer and was voted by fans as WNBA’s 15 Top Players of All Time. Her penchant for scoring in crucial situations has earned her the nickname “White Mamba,” first coined by Kobe Bryant.
“The popularity of women’s college basketball games is surging this winter,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
Ionescu soon caught the attention of Kobe Bryant. Bryant met Ionescu at one of her away games in California and soon began publically praising her skills and ability to read the game.
“I thought it was important for another generation of players to be able to see how she thinks the game. I haven’t seen somebody be able to approach the game the way that she approaches it on a collegiate level. How she handles the ball and facilitates opportunities for her teammates, I haven’t seen that. Her competitive spirit and her toughness reminds me a lot of Diana Taurasi,” Bryant had stated in regards to Ionescu three days before his passing.
Before she became a three time WNBA champion, Diana Taurasi was just a girl who wanted to play basketball. The Southern California native’s love for the sport continued to grow at UConn, which was the dream school of both Taurasi and Gianna Bryant.
Diana Taurasi grew up in a farm town outside of Los Angeles with older sister Jessika, to parents who were immigrants from Italy and Argentina. Despite her love of basketball, soccer was the favored sport in her household because of her father’s culture and love of the game, but Taurasi and her father knew that she had more opportunities in basketball. “I think there are a couple of players who could play in the NBA right now honestly. There’s a lot of players with a lot of skills that could do it. Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Elena Della Donne. There’s a lot of great players out there so they could certainly keep up with them.” Bryant had stated in one of his final interviews.
For most of his life, Kobe Bryant was reconized for being the face of the NBA. Throughout his final years playing he started to use his creditbility to the grow of women’s basketball. By Vanessa choosing to have these influentical women speak at the Bryant celebration she continued to honor her late husband’s passion by bringing attention to the WNBA aswell as women’s sports.
UConn fit seamlessly with Taurasi’s future. She became the first
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Written by: Caitlyn Pfau @ChaffeyLc Layout Design by: Katie Priest
Football in the PAC12, roster changes, coaching additions, and expectations going into 2020
Pac-12 football ended the 2019 season with seven teams qualifying for bowl games. Six of those teams finished ranked in the AP Top 25. The Pac-12 will see changes in personnel going into 2020.
University of California Berkeley: Going into 2020, UCB will have to adapt to losing players to the NFL Draft. This includes Pac12 Defensive Player of the Year, Evan Wheeler, Safety Ashtyn Davis and Defensive Back Jaylinn Hawkinds. The Bears also added four new members to their coaching staff, and announced on the first day of spring practice that Peter Sirmon and Tim Deruyter will share the role of Defensive Coordinator. Last season UCB finished with an overall record of 8-5.
Oregon: It’s no secret that the Ducks are the team to beat this season. The Ducks saw seven starters declare for the 2020 NFL Draft. Head Coach Mario Cristobol has experience as an Offensive Coordinator and as on Offensive Line Coach. Oregon shouldn’t have an issue replacing their center and three of their starting linemen. With Justin Herbert projected as a first round draft pick, the Ducks have turned to freshman Jay Butterfield. The freshman is the No. 3 ranked pro-style passer in the country and threw for 7,270 career yards in high school. If Butterfield gets the starting spot, he should be able to keep the tempo going from 2019 to 2020.
Oregon State: The Beavers made waves last year after turning around the team’s losing record since 2018. With only two years as Head Coach, Jonathon Smith was able to shine a light towards the future. Smith talked a lot about rebuilding the program, and after ending last season with a 5-7 record, it provides hope for the program in potential recruits as well as current players..
Stanford: The biggest changes for Stanford came as a result of transfers. Players lIke Henry Hattis (OL) transferred to ASU, Michael Williams to Southern Methodist University, Bo Peek to the University of Southern Florida and Jovan Swann. Stanford lost a total of 12 players to the portal. The losses come at the positions of QB (1), OL (3), DL (3), TE (1), LB (1), CB (1) and 1 kicker. The team only lost two key players to the 2020 Draft including TE Colby Parkinson and LB Casey Toohill. HC David Shaw holds the most wins as any HC in Stanford history, winning PAC-12 Coach of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2017.
Washington; The Huskies declared former NFL Defensive Back Coach Jimmy Lakes as their Head Coach going into 2020. Lakes has been working with Washington’s defense, switching between coaching roles since 2014. John Donovan left his position as Offensive Coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars to be the Huskies Quarterback Coach. Washington is looking to fill the positions of Quarterback, Tight End and Wide Receiver.
Washington State: The Cougars are going into 2020 with a new Head Coach. There have been rumors that former HC Mike
Leach wanted to leave the Pac-12 to move East for a few years. In 2019, Leach confirmed those rumors and stepped down from the position. Nick Rolovich will replace Leach as Head Coach and he’ll bring his air raid offensive style with him. Along with the coaching change, the Cougars need to find a starting QB to replace Anthony Gordon and a cornerback to replace Marcus Strong. The Cougars were represented by Gordon and Wide Receiver Dezmon Patmon. They lost 11 players to the transfer portal along with five graduating seniors.
South: Arizona State, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, UCLA, USC
Arizona State: Head Coach Herm Edwards is entering year two at ASU. His coaching staff consists of ex-NFL players and coaches. The Sun Devils did lose four players to the NFL Draft. This included two captains in Running Back Eno Benjamin and Center Cohl Cabral as well as Wide Receiver Brandon Aijuk and Kicker Micheal Turk. The loss of players will be apparent, but only time will tell its effect on ASU’s offense. The Sun Devils had an up-and-down season in 2019 with huge upsets over Michigan State and Oregon. The latter kept the Ducks out of the 4-team playoff. The Sun Devils finished 3rd in the Pac-12 South.
Arizona: 2019 wasn’t the Wildcats best showing. They finished last in the Pac-12 South and will bring on Paul Rhoads as Defensive Coordinator. He spent the last two years as a Defensive Assistant at UCLA. Seven players entered the transfer portal. They lost senior Defensive Back Jace Whittaker along with an Offensive Lineman to graduation. The NFL Draft only took J.J. Taylor, the only Wildcat to receive an invite to the Combine. Arizona has been able to add two players from the transfer portal: Wide Receiver Brenden Schooler from Oregon and Defensive Tackle Aaron Blackwell from New Mexico.
Colorado: The Buff’s finished second to last in the Pac-12 South. After only one season in Boulder, HC Milven Tucker announced he was leaving Colorado to become a Head Coach in the BIG 10 for Michigan State. This has allowed Karl Dorrell to come back into the PAC-12 as a Head Coach for the first time since getting fired from UCLA back in 2007. As far as the roster goes, the Buff’s lost their QB Steven Montez, who was seen at the combine, as well as Receivers Laviska Shenault and Tony Brown.
Utah: With two First Team, All Pac-12 selections in QB Tyler Huntley and RB Zack Moss entering the NFL Draft, the Utes have personnel decisions to make. This leaves space for some Offensive players to become starters. In any case, the QB title is already being sought after by two transfers in South Carolina’s Jake Bentley and Texas transfer Cameron Rising. On the defensive side, Utah is looking at the loss of LB Francis Bernard, CB Jaylon Johnson, S Julian Blackmon, DE Bradlee Anae, DT John Penisini and DT Leki Fotu. Utah’s defense was the highest scoring in the conference last season. Left Tackle Austin Jackson and 1st team All-Conference Wide Receiver Michael Pittman to the draft. On defense, the Trojans face the loss of two seniors among its top 15 tacklers from 2019. There are a total of 8 trojans entering the portal, but the Trojans acquired CB Chris Steele (Florida State University), ILB Clyde Moore (Colorado), OT Drew Richmond (Tennessee), and WR Bru McCoy (Texas).
UCLA: Chip Kelly is no stranger to the PAC-12, although it seems as though his luck hasn’t come with him to UCLA. The Bruins made progress from a 3-9 record to 4-8, but it still hasn’t hit the expectations that were set with Kelly’s hiring in 2017. Last year, the weakest unit was the Bruin’s defense. With less than 24 hours before the first Spring practice, the Bruins announced former USC Defensive Coordinator, Johnny Nansen, would be joining the coaching staff. However, UCLA lost 15 players to the transfer portal, including QB Joshua Kelly, TE Devin Asiasi, DB Darnay Holmes and team captain LB Josh Woods.
USC: The Trojans finished second in the Pac-12 South under Utah. For the most part, USC has avoided the loss of players. It helped to have a true freshman start at QB in 2019 and going forward, the Trojans are set as far as slot WRs are concerned going into 2020. They lost
