They came with punk back in the Seventies - handmade magazines, or "zines", smudged, often xeroxed, and in your face.
You'd think they'd have gone the way of the audio cassette in today's digital age. But zines - and apparently audio-cassettes - have not only survived the online era, they're flourishing.
The first of six Zinefests around the country's about to start in Hamilton.
It's the sixth year the city has invited zine-loving artists and writers, poets and printers to a get-together and talkfest.
Simon Morris talks with Craig McClure who's a zine maker, fan and former Zinefest organiser, and with one of New Zealand's top comics creators Dylan Horrocks who's one of the Hamilton event's special guests this year.
The Hamiltoin Zinefest starts on May 11.
