Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution

by Joe Biel, Bill Brent (Primary Contributor), Ymani Wince (Foreword)

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 5, 2026

About the author

Joe Biel is a writer, activist, journalist, filmmaker, and publisher. He is the founder and co-owner of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He often tours the U.S. with his books and films. He has been featured in the Utne Reader, Portland Mercury, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Readymade, and Bicycle Times.

Reviews

[ok · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great! It covers all the basics about zine culture, history, and production. Super motivating and some great resources included.

[Michelle]

Another No Rating book for me. This wasn’t exactly what I was looking for but I still found it to be informative and inspiring.

[Maria Longley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was fun. It has history, tips and trick for making zines, thoughts on the process of doing so, and motivation to do it yourself. I certainly would like to make one now:)

[Avon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very American-centric, not well edited, and surprisingly negative about the zine ‘scene’. Only gets a third star because the ‘how to’ section isn’t awful.