The first publication dedicated to artists' zines in North America a revelatory exploration of
an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practiceCopy Machine Manifestos captures the rich history
of artists' zines as never before placing them in the lineage of the visual arts and exploring
their vibrant growth over the past five decades. Fully illustrated with hundreds of zine covers
and interiors alongside work in other media such as painting photography film video and
performance the book also features brief biographies for more than 100 zine-makers including
Beverly Buchanan Mark Gonzales G.B. Jones Miranda July Bruce LaBruce Terence Koh LTTR
Ari Marcopoulos Mark Morrisroe Raymond Pettibon Brontez Purnell Paul Mpagi Sepuya and
Kandis Williams. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum this expansive book
bound as a paperback with a separate jacket focuses on zines from North America celebrating
how artists have harnessed the medium's essential role in community building and transforming
material and conceptual approaches to making art across all media since 1970.
