zine builderz 2k9

So! For my zine I’ve chosen to compile some science-fiction-y bits and pieces of writing I’ve done from a year back up until now. It’s a varied bunch, some of it more seriously written, some of it coming from classes, and some of it an attempt to write more intense sci-fi (which i’m treating very jokily here, choosing to define sci-fi writing as ’something that uses many compound words’). Science Fiction is great, I love it, my favorite things are generally related to it, I love Sliders, etc.

Speaking of Sliders, I will be using its font (Interdimensional) on the cover of my zine, which I have entitled “Ancient Egypt in the year 4 billion.” It is my most favorite of titles (at the now), as I think that the year four billion is a hilarious year. Also, if we are still on Earth in the year 4 billion, dude. No dice.

Anyways, I am treating the example copy I made in class with the copy-machine my mock-up, as, well, it is a mock-up of how I want it. The title page I used will most likely be replaced with the table of contents, and perhaps another drawing will go on the next page, as opposed to a blank one. The cover, too, I know will be on a thicker stock, and must have a sweet pyramid (or however many) on it.

Making that pre-copy let me know what order I wanted the frontal pages in. I’d already thought about what order I wanted the stories to be in beforehand, but if I had mixed feelings, it would be now that I switch them around. It would be easy, technically, to switch stories around, but I’m pretty safe with my choices.

So, here’s the mock-up:

Here are the originals, notice the wonky yet effective way I got my images on the page:

(if you can’t notice [which you can't], I cut the pictures out of my sketchbook and taped them to the originals)

Yes, writing! Cool beans. I suppose the last choice I make is if I want to trim it or not, but that decision really has to come after I’ve stapled them, I suppose. Or at least put them together with the covers on, as cutting covers with the rest of it is much easier than cutting them one by one. Right right, common sense.

phoo!