tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post7521275452775676807..comments2023-10-09T12:20:02.052-04:00Comments on Candy or Medicine: Mini-comics are Not Zines. Discuss.Josh Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201967216036111365noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-88054212840430061952008-11-20T19:54:00.000-05:002008-11-20T19:54:00.000-05:00Josh, I agree with your line of thoughts on this o...Josh, I agree with your line of thoughts on this one. I too love zines and comics but they are different things in my brain.<BR/><BR/>A few months ago a friend of mine was introducing my comic to a bunch of people as a zine and I had the urge to punch his lights out.Good Minnesotanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629594209268811672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-3079864316198069622008-11-10T18:30:00.000-05:002008-11-10T18:30:00.000-05:00MAD Magazine.MAD Magazine.Colin Tedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144479565066870639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-14568058968918805532008-11-06T14:51:00.000-05:002008-11-06T14:51:00.000-05:00Haw!Haw!Rick Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129581782892360872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-77153180065370488552008-11-05T12:10:00.000-05:002008-11-05T12:10:00.000-05:00"Personally, I don't really care about the terms b..."Personally, I don't really care about the terms but it's fun to argue about it."<BR/><BR/>I think we can agree on that.Josh Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201967216036111365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-37684415974455076142008-11-05T11:55:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:55:00.000-05:00"but I think zines are self-published magazines"So..."but I think zines are self-published magazines"<BR/><BR/>So aren't mini-comics self-published <I>comic</I> magazines?<BR/><BR/>"It's presenting itself as a zine with comics."<BR/><BR/>How do you know it's not presenting itself as a comic with some prose material? I guarantee you that the publisher's viewpoint would depend entirely upon which world they're rooted in. Which is really what makes the whole argument a bit moot; everything's relative.<BR/><BR/>To tell you the truth, I think trying to nail down terminology generally only serves to divide self-publishing (which is already plenty divided, unfortunately). I've been listening to (and participating in) terminology arguments for a long time and no good has ever come from them (except on a singular, personal level, of course).<BR/><BR/>I do understand where you're coming from though. Personally, I don't really care about the terms but it's fun to argue about it.Rick Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129581782892360872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-68913986999558096782008-11-05T11:20:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:20:00.000-05:00I think it's like the square vs rectangle thing. M...I think it's like the square vs rectangle thing. Magazines are periodicals (as are comic books), but a periodical isn't always a magazine (as in the case of scholarly journals). <BR/><BR/>I agree that a zine is a self-published publication, but I think zines are self-published magazines whereas mini-comics are self-published comic books.<BR/><BR/>To answer your last question, it would really depend on the publication. I would call that a zine because half is dedicated to prose, so it's not presenting itself as a comic. It's presenting itself as a zine with comics. Just as a comic (mini or otherwise) can contain prose, editorial content, etc.<BR/><BR/>I agree that semantics will trip you up. I think it's something worthy of discussion and in my case, I prefer not to have Candy or Medicine presented as a zine because what I do and what zine makers do (although we employ similar methods) is different.Josh Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201967216036111365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2376483983267874003.post-68495084640623039842008-11-05T10:52:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:52:00.000-05:00Ah, but see, The New Yorker and The Amazing Spider...Ah, but see, The New Yorker and The Amazing Spider-Man are both periodicals and, in a technical sense, magazines.<BR/><BR/>I think mini-comics reasonably fall under the "zines" umbrella. A lot of folks who are mainly zine people call them "comic zines". And there are certainly folks firmly entrenched in the zine world who make comics -- and they use the terminology they know / are comfortable with.<BR/><BR/>To me, a zine is basically a self-published publication but, generally speaking, semantics will trip you up when you try to think about it. <BR/><BR/>What about a publication that's half prose and half comics?Rick Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129581782892360872noreply@blogger.com