Parsons School of Design Illustration Department zine and comics collection
Summary
The Parsons School of Design Illustration Department compiled this collection of approximately 175 zines, little magazines, and other illustrated limited run publications.
Dates
- 1983 - 2011
- Majority of material found within 2000 - 2011
Creator
- Parsons The New School for Design. Illustration Department (Collector, Organization)
Extent
2.4 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Content of Collection
The Parsons Illustration Department Zine Collection was originally assembled and maintained within the department before being transferred to the New School Archives. These zines, comics and little magazines, numbering approximately 175 items, range in size from 2 inches x 2 inches to full-sized tabloid newspaper, but the majority are approximately 4 inches x 5.5 inches, or the size of an 8.5 inches x 11 inches piece of paper folded in half. Mostly created in the 2000s, the items have diverse visual styles, suggesting they were collected as examples for students enrolled in the Illustration program. Some appear to have been collected from the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival in 2006, and others were sent directly to instructors in the department. Several are of international origin.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives and Special Collections. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Historical Note
Zines and little magazines are small-circulation periodicals that are often self-published by the author or artist. Created in all shapes, sizes, colors, and formats, zines and little magazines began to appear more as cheap replication technologies, like the mimeograph and the photocopier, were invented. Zines can be literary magazines, artist books, comic books, collage works, journals, or other forms. Often, these periodicals are distributed by hand and sold inexpensively.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine
Organization and Arrangement
Arrangement is alphabetical by author and/or publisher. Unattributed zines are arranged alphabetically by title, and precede those zines with identified authors.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection was transferred as a unit from the Illustration Department (School of Art, Media and Technology) of Parsons School of Design to the New School Archives, 2013.
Processing Information
Processed by Ari Spool, 2013. Individual items were cataloged using information present within each zine, comic, or little magazine. In many cases, the publication date is either unknown or estimated. The New School Archives and Special Collections encourages individuals with further information about the items in this collection, to contact us at archivist[at]newschool.edu so we can provide a more accurate record to researchers.
- Comic books (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fanzines (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Little magazines (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Newspapers (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Parsons School of Design Illustration Department zine and comics collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- April 18, 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- December 13, 2021: Jenny Swadosh added "comics" to the collection title.