Zines

[gobigred]

I meant to post this last week, but in my research for my final project it has been so interesting to me when I find the different zines that the fandom creates. Something that grabs my attention especially is the names of the zines. For The West Wing fandom in particular, I love how all of the zine names (and the websites that house the fanfictions) are named after real places/things. For example, one West Wing archive is called "The National Library." This connects the presidential/governmental themes of the West Wing to where the fan fiction is stored. Further, it repurposes a place in the "real" world for fanfictions, which may not be seen as part of the "real" world.

Comments

[professorhead]

Wow! I didn't even know there were West Wing zines--I assumed it was all online! What do you know about them? The University of Iowa Library has been doing a fanzine digitization project in partnership with the Organization for Transformative Works: if you are having any trouble seeing or learning about their history, you might look there.