zine U.S. colloq.
(ziːn)
Shortened form of fanzine.
| 1965 New Yorker 21 Aug. 24 The fanzines, or fan magazines, which are also known as amazines, or amateur magazines, do a great deal of research on the Golden Age, and some of the faneds, or fan-magazine editors, do a remarkably good job. Some zines specialize—like ERB⁓dom, which caters to the fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs—but most of them concentrate on the fantasy adventure or superhero comics, on which most fanac, or fan activity, centers. 1975 Piece of Action (Houston) Jan. 6 The above zine should not be confused with another proposed zine called The Atavachron. 1982 Amer. Speech LVII. 20 A publisher of a fanzine would send copies of his zine to a central location for collation with other zines and subsequent distribution. 1985 Times 25 Jan. 12/2 A zine is what its addicts call a postal games magazine, of which there are about 50 in the country. |