Welcome to Ouch, My Ego! Here you’ll find our regularly produced zine, as well as a listing for zines accross the valley. Dont know what a zine is? Wikipedia might be a good start:
A zine (/ˈziːn/zeen; an abbreviation of fanzine, or magazine) is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier. A popular definition includes that circulation must be 5,000 or less, although in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 1,000, and profit is not the primary intent of publication. Zines are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circulation.Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art and design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, single topic obsession, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by revenue from sale of zines. Small circulation zines are often not explicitly copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. In recent years a number of photocopied zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution. Notable among these are Giant Robot, Dazed & Confused, Bust, Bitch,Cometbus and Maximum RocknRoll.
Ouch, My Ego! started off as a cut (with scizzors), paste (with glue and tape), & xerox zine back when it was first conceived and produced! You can read more about our history here. Since then, we have grown into a community supported publication. We publish every 6 weeks and are distributed all around the valley. For a full list of distribution points and other cool metrics check out our advertising page here.
Back in 2010 I visited Portland, Oregon and had the pleasure of finding out about the IPRC. It’s basically a zine workshop! They provide all kinds of stuff for zine crafting, computers for designing, all kinds of crafting tools, as well as a real letterpress with various fonts! It was super cool! Similarly, OME strives to give the rgv all the information and tools we can so that anyone can become involved and publish their art.
Want to start your own zine? It’s not that hard! All it takes is an opinion(s), some creativity, and maybe a little help.
CraftZine.com has a great article on how to make your own zine, although it is geared for kids, you get the idea.
GALAX Z FAIR is a unique day display of awesome, eclectic touring musicians interspersed between a sprinkling of South Texas’s finest artists. The day begins at 4pm on Wednesday, March 14 2012 and is going down at the Historic Cine El Rey Theatre in downtown McAllen TX. GALAX Z BEAR is pleased to present the […]
A zine (
/ˈziːn/ zeen; an abbreviation of fanzine, or magazine) is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier. A popular definition includes that circulation must be 5,000 or less, although in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 1,000, and profit is not the primary intent of publication. Zines are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circulation.Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art and design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, single topic obsession, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by revenue from sale of zines. Small circulation zines are often not explicitly copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. In recent years a number of photocopied zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution. Notable among these are Giant Robot, Dazed & Confused, Bust, Bitch,Cometbus and Maximum RocknRoll.
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