100 & A T-Shirt

The documentary, $100 & A T-shirt, directed by Joe Biel and Phil Sano was a truly educational film on zines and zine culture. I found it interesting that for different artists, the purpose of making zines is different. For artists like Rebecca Gilbert, educating the viewers is quite important; whereas for Jon Van Oast, zines are more personal. I also learned from this documentary that zines have been around for a long time. The documentary traces zines back to fanzines of the 1930s and later while some sources such as, “Zinesters in the Classroom” by Kristin G. Gongdon and Doug Blandy, consider pamphlets from 17th century Britain to be a form of zines. According to Gongdon and Blandy, zines were used as a form of political writing and did