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Zines

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Analog, Issue 6, May 2019

 Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-ANALOG.6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The library's zine collection currently holds five subcollections of zines by various authors and groups.

Dates: Publication: May 2019

Disintegrated Data, 2016

 Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-LAWHEAD.03
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of zines and ephemera donated to the Video Game History Foundation by Nathalie Lawhead. Lawhead collected these zines from events they attended between roughly 2016–2018.

Dates: Publication: 2016

Encyclopedia of Generativity zine, 2017

 Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-LAWHEAD.10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This is a collection of zines and ephemera donated to the Video Game History Foundation by Nathalie Lawhead. Lawhead collected these zines from events they attended between roughly 2016–2018.

Dates: Publication: 2017

Frontier, Number 21, 2019

 Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-ZINES-FRONTIER.21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The library's zine collection currently holds five subcollections of zines by various authors and groups.

Dates: Publication: 2019

Gabe Swarr collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SWARR
Abstract

Gabe Swarr is an animator who served as the character designer for the 2003 video game Go! Go! Hypergrind (originally titled Slammin' Attackers!) while working at animation studio Spumco in 2003.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2002–2003

Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU
Abstract Game Workers Unite (GWU) was one of the first labor advocacy groups for the video game industry. The organization, which was founded in 2018, promoted awareness of labor rights and the benefits of unionization. One of GWU's most visible forms of advocacy was distributing zines at video game industry events between 2018 and 2020. The international GWU parent organization appears to have disbanded in 2020 amid ...
Dates: Publication: 2018–2020

Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2018 zine, March 2018

 Item — Location Zines: Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-VIDMAGIC; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-SAVEPOINT; Series EPHEMERA-ZINES-IJAG
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU.GDC2018
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2018 Game Developers Conference, shortly after the organization's public debut. This issue, featuring Sonic the Hedgehog on the cover, is themed to look like an issue of Nintendo Power magazine, including tongue-in-cheek references to a "free strategy guide inside." (The reference to "Issue 68" on the cover is part of the joke; it does not indicate an actual issue number.)

Dates: Publication: March 2018

Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, Isabelle variant, March 2019

 Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU-GDC2019.2
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:

  • Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
  • Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
  • A picket line of game industry professionals
  • A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019

Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, mushbuh variant, March 2019

 Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU-GDC2019.4
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:

  • Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
  • Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
  • A picket line of game industry professionals
  • A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019

Game Workers Unite, Game Developers Conference 2019 zine, "Unionize!" variant, March 2019

 Item
Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU-GDC2019.3
Abstract

This Game Workers Unite zine was designed for the 2019 Game Developers Conference. Four variant covers were produced for this issue:

  • Waluigi holding a rose, a symbol of Democratic Socialism
  • Isabelle from Animal Crossing leading a march
  • A picket line of game industry professionals
  • A computer-generated egg character by artist mushbuh
A revised edition of this zine was produced in 2020 (see "Game Workers Unite zine, March 2020").

Dates: Publication: March 2019