ENG 120 and 201: The World of Zines, Zine Making and Self-Publishing

A "born-digital" zine is created using digital tools ranging from Word and Google Docs to Canva, Adobe InDesign, and even PowerPoint. 

Your zine should be about any event, movement, or idea after the year 2000. Here is a link to a giant list of topics for you to explore. The task is to combine images (online or yours) and your writing/text. The completed zine will be uploaded in Classes. Whatever software you use to make your zine, you must be able to save it as a PDF to share.  PDFs are good because anyone can download and print for free with Adobe Reader.

A Word template for this zine can be found in the box below. The template is set up in Landscape orientation with TWO columns per page. The first column of the first page will be the "cover" of your zine and the second column of the last page will be the "back cover" of your zine.  The zine should be put together so that we can read it left to right, top to bottom, on a computer or tablet screen. (Phones are really too small for reading digital zines). 

chart created by Patrick Butler, who has allowed educational use of his charts. Click on chart for a crisper image and a second chart about the elements of design.

 This chart does a great job of summarizing some basic elements of design. Here's a link to an article about the basics of art and design composition.  It's good! Even if you just skim it and look at the images. The article is part of a larger series Learning to Look, about visual literacy.