How to make a zine from a single sheet of paper

Inspired by Malaka Gharib’s zines and Warren Craghead’s drawings for his daughter’s lunches, I’ve been making these tiny little zines for my son Owen’s lunch out of a single sheet of paper. (See more of them below.)

It’s a really simple and old technique. Nothing fancy. Tons of people use it. I first learned about it years and years ago from the great book, Whatcha Mean, What’s A Zine?

Here’s my version in a short video:

Here’s a diagram from Keri Smith’s wandering zines:

And here are some of the results (see more on my Instagram):

https://instagram.com/p/B9AyNxLAIgc

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9CFrH2Aq7n/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9C6tOnHf36/

Here’s a photo of Owen and I holding up the one-page zines we made while hanging out at the Lone Star Zine Fest:

Happy zine-making!!

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