What does /lit/ think of zines? Ones that cater to specific subcultures?

zines were the 60s-90s equivalent of MY POKEMANS, LET ME SHOW YOU THEM

imagine the colossal arrogance of thinking people care what you think about that band you like which nobody else has ever heard of.

before desk top publishing, zines were shit because people would paste newspaper headline text onto pages with typewritten gibberish. after desk top publishing, zines were shit because EVERYONE would use eight different fonts on one page.

the content was irrelevant as long as you had the zine LOOK.

>>8409847
>>8409982
Jim Goad took a huge stinky shit on zine culture in these articles:
http://www.jimgoad.net/farts.html
http://www.jimgoad.net/goadabode/issue%202/undergnd.html

I like some zines, but by and large, it was a huge throwaway culture from the '80s and '90s. It produced some genuine freaks like Mike Diana and Randall Phillip, so there's that.

On another note, check out these dope-ass skinhead zines courtesy of you-know-where:
http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/post/84906960/
http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/post/84984765/
http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/post/85053288/
http://archive.4plebs.org/pol/post/85095851/

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>>8411079
And an illustration courtesy of Last Chance #14
>we don't push any political agenda
>oh btw, here's a sick ass pic of a skin brother killing the two-headed monster of capitalism and communism, hurray for third-positionism.

>>8409847
The idea of them just seems like a total waste of time and a cesspool for misplaced effort. Especially now when you can just open up a forum and make it private if you want to be "underground".

I own a few Industrial zines from the 80s, ones that came with compilation tapes. Cool stuff. Mostly composed of music reviews and overviews and liberal use of Xerox machines

>>8411118
It all depends on the zine's reason for existence. If it caters to a certain subculture (your punks, goths, skinheads, metalheads, et cetera), then it can already sustain itself with a built-in audience eager to get the latest news for their favorite bands, upcoming shows, hot spots, et cetera.

You also have to consider the time which these zines were published. Most of them came to prominence in the era prior to the World Wide Web, so those that still exist garnered an enduring fanbase who'll still be interested in the content