Sean Maung, Photo by Miss Rosen
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one,” observed journalist A.J. Liebling, his years in the media serving him well with the knowledge that the publisher is the king or queen of a domain that may or may not be based in fact or any other kind of objective reality. As a result, the Constitution offers rights and protections for any man or woman willing to pay their own way. Liebling wrote at a time that predated the zine, thus unable to foresee that a day would come when Do It Yourself would become a publishing ethos that reigned supreme.
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Zines have existed in one form or another since the days of the American Revolution, when people like Thomas Paine self-published his 1775 pamphlet, Common Sense. But it was not until the 1970s that zines emerged as a movement of their very own, as the punk scene incorporated the highly advantageous ability to use the photocopier to reproduce visual and literary work.
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The New York Art Book Fair presents some of the most exciting and innovative zine publishers working in a variety of formats, papers, and genres. Highlights from this year include 8 Ball Zines, Jennifer Calandra, La Chamba Press, Sean Maung, and WIZARD SKULL (New York); Hamburger Eyes (San Francisco); 4478ZINE (Netherlands), among many others.
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