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fanzine

fanzine

5 6.1
A small magazine made by fans about a topic they all like
  • noun
  • /ˈfænˌzin/
  • Jargon
translation icon : fanzine
  • Today one might accidentally discover his films on an online horror fanzine.
  • fanzine editor
  • music fanzine
  • fiction fanzine

I had like the logo which I had created and sort of a, a fanzine.

Examples

  • Sharon's writing credits include numerous poems and short stories published in science fiction fanzines.

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  • RTP was set up in August 2010 and since then has produced a wide array of fanzines and many more exciting projects.

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  • And it was basically, at that point, a fanzine about the local, uh... Los Angeles bands, garage bands.

  • Want to get involved in one of our fanzines?

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  • What started as a fanzine experienced a Cambrian Explosion, and we started working in many different media.

  • We spend the time working on Mary Elizabeth's fanzine about music and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

  • There's a fanzine, an official forum, and in-person meet-ups.

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  • Ballard lurked in one corner, looking uneasy, clutching a copy of my fanzine that I had thrust into his hands.

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  • In the late eighties, I wrote, drew, and published a number of mini-comics and fanzines, including Hero 358, Death Dealer, and Thunder Review.

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  • I published a science fiction fanzine when I was in high school.

Synonyms

magazine
vsfanzine
1.0

A printed or online set of pages that comes out regularly with articles and pictures about a subject

is produced informally by enthusiasts about a single shared interest
fanwork
vsfanzine
  • Jargon
5.1

A work made by fans from a book, movie, or game

is a small collected publication gathering many pieces rather than a single work

How Professional

magazine
1.0
newsletter
139 3.1
fanzine
  • Jargon
5 6.1
flyer
141 2.0

Surface Forms

fanzine singular
fanzines plural

Morphology

fanzine = fan + zine (transparent) = fan + zine

Meaning is directly derived from 'fan' + 'zine' (magazine), i.e., a magazine produced by fans.

Etymology

The word fanzine comes from fan and a short form of magazine, zine. It began as a small, often homemade magazine made by fans, so fanzine still means an informal 'magazine made by fans'.