This new edition of Microcosm’s popular DIY guide to zine making is updated to address zine making in today’s digital-and-social-media-obsessed world. Covering all the bases for newbies, Make a Zine hits on more complex topics like Creative Commons licenses, legality, and sustainability.

Make a Zine also takes a look at the burgeoning indie comix scene with a solid and comprehensive chapter by punk illustrator Take a flight. Part background lesson, component how-to information, Make a Zine is certainly a call to arms, an ecstatic, positive rally cry when confronted with TV show reserve night clubs and bestsellers by superstar chefs. As says Biel in the book’s intro, ‘Let’s go!’