“People Make Plans” is a collection of personal zines or ‘perzines’ about trauma, education reform, poverty, grieving, and privilege. The author describes these zines as a place to be vulnerable, and thus with each edition of “People Make Plans” the zines have evolved to discuss heavy topics such as rape and the author experimenting with the format. The type of printing is not disclosed.
I have resonated with the topics the author talks about in their zines. The covers and formats of these booklets give an air of lightheartedness, but once you open them and read the message your interaction with the zine changes. I find this to be a moment of tremendous empathy for the author. Keeping the skin playful and the message serious is tricky, but I think the author was successful at it.
2nd: Post Comment Below
“Post Comment Below” is a satirical zine displaying email conversations over a span of 20 weeks. Artists Kelli Miller and Kendra Eash curate others’ virtual interactions to create a hilarious and very real picture of communication in the Internet age. The zine holds a traditional booklet format that is easy to hold in your hands and read.
3rd: Home Zine
“Home Zine” is a collection of zines about the people, places, feelings, and spaces that we call ‘home’. The third issue (pictured above) follows the theme of people by displaying work by various artists. The illustrations and colors are beautiful and curiously feminine. This combination of yields a calmness when looking through the pages of this zine.
The zine has been printed on colored paper, but the type of printing is not disclosed.