My first Zine!
I took a class from Skillshare (two months free from Doodlewash, I figured why not)
and was surprised at the fun of listening to Kate Bingaman-Burt’s enthusiastic class
“Making Your First Zine: From Idea to Illustration“.
It was much more than I thought it would be and I recommend!
It saved me a lot of figuring-it-out time…
My biggest takeaway from this class was not to make this first zine precious,
but to take an idea and run with it. I had no clue what to create — the zines I previously
considered would take much more time than an hour or two.
Then I sat on the toilet. Without reading material. The rest is herstory.
Frightening to share this
first zine with you because it is
raw writing of stream of consciousness
thoughts recorded into a zine.
My. Crazy. Silly. Musings.
ON TOILET PAPER CONSERVATION!
I laid out the pages on the letter
(8 1.2 x 11 inch) paper.
Cut it as instructed, and folded it!
WA-LAH, A ZINE!
Don’t laugh at me….
Laugh with me!
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges on copy paper.
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Thanks Erik!
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I’m not laughing at you — but I definitely AM laughing! Even if I’m a little bit worried that you’ll turn me into Rain Man with all the counting and folding your post will inspire. Wonderful first zine, Katie!
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Oh yay! Thank you so much! So the big question is, 3 squares or 4?
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This is probably TMI, but when my sisters and I were little we went through so much toilet paper that my parents imposed a rationing system: “Two for number one, four for number two.” So I guess that averages out to three, for the purposes of statistical computations. 😀
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hahahaaaaa
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I think this is simply brilliant! I love that it is humorous while making a very strong and serious point.
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Thank you… This was a hard peice to publish partyly because it is such a departure. And so fun!
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Hahaha. Kate, thanks for the link! I’ve wanted to do a zine for ages and I’m GOING to find time for this darn class if it kills me! Hugs!
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It was fun, and when I can I have others in me!
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Is this really your first zine? This is amazing! Good job! 😀
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Thank you… walked around your site, looked at your etsy shop, joined the wemakezines. I want to make more!
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