#factsheet five

Fantastic book/zine for zine geeks like me (us) in that it has, as the cover states, pages and pages (125 to be exact) of covers of old zines.  

Throughout, it has a pic of the zine cover, who the editor was, where/what year it came out, and whether it was photocopy, laser printed, etc. 

A valuable treasure trove that champions the importance of F.F. (a bible back in those 80s and early 90' really....when I got my first review in FF after doing Dagger for a year or so I was beyond stoked!. 

Thanks to John Held, Jr and Fluke Publishing for bringing this one to light (and life) 

If you’ve ever thought about publishing your own zine, R. Seth Friedman, zine expert and publisher of Factsheet Five, offers these tips:

• Get as much of the zine produced for free as possible; finding someone with access to a photocopier is a good start.

• Produce a zine that “reflects you as a person,” he says.

“Many people produce a zine because they think it’s cool. But if they have no passion, no interests, they should wait. There are already enough bad zines; we don’t need any more.”

But Friedman has faith in you.

“Inside everyone,” he says, “is at least one good zine.”