What unites all zine publishers is their passion for communication. Zine makers are driven to publish their ideas purely for the sake of communicating, generally with complete disregard for money, let alone profit. Anyone can publish a zine — all it takes is the desire to write and publish ideas…
—R. Seth Friedman, The Factsheet Five Zine Reader, Three Rivers Press, 1997
I was really inspired by seeing self published zines and mini-comics: seeing someone else make work that was either really personal, or was just done entirely themselves. It really showed me what was possible for my own art, and I hope that my books will inspire readers in the same way.
—Liz Prince, Comics Alliance, 11 de Dezembro de 2014
I get nervous about the effect that the high speed of everything will have on creativity. It’s already sad for me to see that a lot of young aspiring cartoonists are putting stuff on the web, doing animation on the computer rather than making zines or mini-comics, which seem to be going the way of the dinosaur.
—Adrian Tomine, The Rumpus, 29 de Dezembro de 2011
