how to make a zine

step 1what you will need
here is what i use to start making my zine.a few sheets of 8.5x11 paper, my content for the zine sized to fit one fourth of the letter size paper, glue stick, and scissors.…

step 2fold your pages
fold the blank letter pages in quarters. this is the size of the zine.

step 3your pages
unfold them and put them together. i find this is the best way to work on them.

step 4pagination
this shows how the zine is layed out. i start with the cover, then the reverse of that is page 1, below the cover os page 2, reverse of that is page 3... (see step 5 to lea…

step 5pagination some more
this is the reverse sides of step 4. notice the page numbers and how they go. sometimes i write this lightly in pencil on the pages, this also helps out when you assemble y…

step 6adding content
cut out all your zine content. i like to make it a little smaller than the actual page size so there aren't any things that get lost when it is copied. a good rule is stay …

step 7glue in your pages
now that your pages are in the order you would like, take the time to glue them in place. sometimes i like to draw on the pages here, too, or draw and glue other art, put s…

step 8inside pages
here is the inside pages of the zine. notice the first page seen is page 1 (the reverse of this is the cover) and so on. now is the time to take your zine to get copied!…

step 9copy
now that you have your copies, please cut the paper in half as shown here. this is how you put your zine together. i like to lay it out like shown in step 7. starting w…

step 10cut, fold, staple
cut, fold, and staple your zine in the center. hooray! you have a zine!

step 11tombstone shaped zine
now that you understand how to make a quarter page sized zine, we can move on to making a smaller sized zine form a single sheet of letter size paper. this is how to mak…

step 12inside pages
this is the reverse side of your paper in step 1. notice how page 1 is on the reverse of the cover, page 3 is on the reverse of page 2, and so on. look at pages 7 and 8, th…

step 13final step
copy your zine and then you are ready to assemble the pages. since the paper shifts during the copying, i cut the tombstone shape before i stapled the zine, then i cut out …