2. FANZINES?
• WHAT‟S A FANZINE? A FANZINE IS A MAGAZINE THAT WILL OFTEN BE PRODUCED MY AMATEURS OR FANS
OF A PARTICULAR BAND, GROUP OR FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT. THE EXAMPLE THAT I WILL BE LOOKING AT
IS PUNK FANZINES, AS THIS LINKS WELL WITH THE STYLE OF MAGAZINE THAT I WILL BE PRODUCING,
PUNK ROCK.

3. EXAMPLES OF FANZINES
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SNIFFIN‟ GLUE
VAGUE
THE END
  BOYS OWN
'THE CLIQUE VERSUS THE BLEAK„
KILL YOUR PET PUPPY
ABLAZE
PUNK PLANET
MONITOR
CHEMICAL IMBALANCE

4. SNIFFIN‟ GLUE
• THIS WAS A FANZINE PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY MARK PARISH IN LONDON. THE CO-FOUNDER, DANNY
BAKER, LATER BECAME A TELEVISION PERSONALITY AFTER BEING A ROCK JOURNALIST.
• THE FANZINE COVERED THE EARLY RISE OF PUNK IN THE UK, IT BEGAN ON JULY THE 13TH OF 1976 AND ONLY
PRINTED 50 COPIES.

5. SNIFFIN‟ GLUE FIRST ISSUE
The covers were handwritten
and hand drawn, giving it a
rough and scrap book style.
This links to how SNIFFIN‟ Glue
became the first ever fanzine
to launch thousands of others
using the punk DIY ethic.
The DIY lifestyle was adopted
by punks, they would live by
their own means and not buy
expensive commercial
products.
Also, the cover only uses black
and white, there is no colour
despite the ability to print in
colour. This links to the basic DIY
style of the fanzine, also meaning
that the price could be kept low.

6. SNIFFIN‟ GLUE STYLE
One reviewer, Tony
Fletcher , says “Sniffin'
Glue was not so much
badly written as barely
written; grammar was
non-existent, layout was
haphazard, headlines
were usually just written
in felt tip, swearwords
were often used in lieu of
a reasoned argument. .
.all of which gave Sniffin'
Glue its urgency and
relevance.”
Writing slopes upwards, shows
rough handwriting.
Grammatical error,
perhaps done on
purpose?

7. VAGUE
• VAGUE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE UK BY TOM VAGUE IN THE 1980S. IT WAS THE FIRST UK FANZINE THAT
WAS PUBLISHED WITH A SPINE.
• IT WAS DESCRIBED AS ANTI VOGUE, DISCUSSING CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CULT FILMS, POLITICS ETC AS
WELL AS COVERING PUNK BAND REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS.

8. VAGUE FIFTH ISSUE
The title appears to say
VAGUE, however looking
underneath you can see that
written underneath the A is
in fact an O. This links to the
anti VOGUE description of
VAGUE, as it has been
untidily painted over leaving
smudges which are also on
the G and U. The colour
scheme consists of a duck
egg blue, black and white.
The image has been printed
in a vintage way compared
to the more modern
looking price at the bottom
left had corner of the page.

9. VAGUE STYLE
There is a colour scheme
of pink, green, black and
white in this image. The
cover woman‟s eye lash
appears to be falling off
very obviously. This could
again be linking to the
anti VOGUE style of the
fanzine, as VOGUE displays
images of models who
have been made up b
make up artists for the
photo. Also, focusing on
the eyes, she appears to
be staring into space and
is bearing a dull
expression. This mocks
the idea that model‟s are
“bimbo‟s”.

10. FANZINES AND MY MAGAZINE
• THESE FANZINES DISPLAY STYLES, CONTENTS AND IDEOLOGIES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN MY
MAGAZINE. FOR EXAMPLE THE ROUGH DIY STYLE OF SNIFFIN‟ GLUE IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
COPY TO GIVE MY MAGAZINE THE KIND OF PUNK AUTHENTICITY THAT WOULD SUITE A PUNK ROCK
FANZINE.