3.4 Framework

3.4

This research is based on the framework by Paul Williams who did the first rock music fanzine, Crawdaddy! which was done independently at Swarthmore College in 1966. He used cut and paste technique to do the layout. He then duplicated the fanzine using mimeograph machine and independently distributed the fanzine of rock music criticism which he mostly wrote himself.

This research is also based on the work of Mark Perry, a bank clerk who self-published 14 issues of Sniffin’ Glue fanzine after finding no magazines about punk music in the market. The first issue was done using a children’s typewriter, and using cut and paste technique. The headlines and titles were hand-written using black marker pen. The master copy was later duplicated using photocopy machines and distributed to record stores. It was the first punk fanzine in the UK. 

Based on the framework of these two fanzines and other fanzines that was written in the literature review sources, the researcher had carried out the interviews and survey to get the preference of music magazine readers to design an alternative look for music magazines. 

The graphic styles that the researcher listed out to consider in this research are;

¨  Cut-and-paste look

¨  Ransom Notes look

¨  Typewriter lettering

¨  Hand-lettering

¨  Stencil Art

¨  Silk-screen look

¨  Binding and format exploration.

¨  Cover mounts (for example calendars and posters)

The researcher used Microsoft Excel software to get the descriptive statistics. The result was analyzed and sketches were done to draft the design ideas for the magazine that incorporates fanzine graphics styles.