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Fanzines, or zines, often are addressed to intimate circles of friends or to people committed to specific forms of music, film, fashion, literature, or sexuality. The prehistory of the contemporary zine lies in what historians of the genre call "first fandom," the science fiction subculture spawned in the 1920s. The punk music scene of the late 1970s, whose adherents assembled found images and type into raw layouts reproduced on photocopy machines, provides a more direct line to current production. Zine production mushroomed in the 1980s with the advent of desktop publishing systems and the increased range of services offered by photocopy outlets. With an average circulation of 200, most zines are resolutely obscure.
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