I don't know how many fanzines there've been, but surely no fewer than 500 different items, some running for one issue and some for several dozen.
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Fanzine
//ˈfænˌziːn//
Synonyms for "fanzine" (4 found)
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Translations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 同人誌 /同人志 noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
- 迷友雜誌 /迷友杂志 noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
French
2 entries- dōjinshi noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
- fanzine noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
German
1 entries- Fanzine noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
Japanese
1 entries- 同人誌 noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
Korean
2 entries- 동인지 noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
- 팬 잡지 noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
Polish
1 entries- fanzin noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
Portuguese
1 entries- fanzine noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
Russian
2 entries- додзинси́ noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
- фэнзи́н noun (a magazine, normally produced by amateurs)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
"Well, long ago," said the Tin Woodsfan, "a fan and I were feuding, and the fan decided to drive me out of fandom. But no one can leave Iz because of the great burning desert called Public Contempt which surrounds this fannish land, and since nobody ever gafiates while still inside the country, he had to cast a spell of immobility upon me. One day when I was chopping wood to make paper for my fanzine, he cast his spell, and there I've been until you came along."
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Maybe a few dozen hours of collective neofans, all reading him fanzine press at once, would cure him of these paternal instincts.
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The US jazz magazine Coda began in 1958 as a 12-page mimeographed fanzine, put together by its editor and a team of volunteers working for beer and pizza.
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