Columbia College Chicago, Art + Design Department Zines
SPEC.RARE.0113
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
0.6 Cubic feet
2004-2013
Columbia College Chicago is, as of 2023, a private arts college in Chicago, Illinois. Columbia College Chicago, Art + Design Department Zines, dated 2004-2013, contains sixteen issues of
Zine Columbia and three issues of
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises, publications written and designed by students taking Publication Design courses in the Art + Design Department at Columbia College Chicago.
(1) 5" letter document box; (1) 2.5" letter document box
English
Jobson, Craig
Arrangement of Materials
Columbia College Chicago, Art + Design Department Zines is arranged into two series:
[Series 1:
Columbia Zine,
Columbia College Zine,
Zine Columbia College,
Zine Columbia](ref31)
[Series 2:
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises](ref32)
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. RARE.2023.0016: Craig Jobson, 2022 January
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Columbia College Chicago, Art + Design Department Zines, SPEC.RARE.0113, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Processing Information
Processed by: Lindsay Resnick, 2023 March; Finding aid written by: Lindsay Resnick, 2023 March
Historical Note
Columbia College Chicago is, as of 2023, a private arts college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded as the Columbia School of Oratory in 1890, it adopted its current name in 1997.
Craig Jobson worked as an Associate Professor in the College's Art + Design Department from 1997 until his retirement in 2014. From 2004-2013, Jobson led production of
Columbia Zine, a collaboration between students in Publication Design and Fiction Writing classes. During 2007 and 2008, Jobson and other members of the Art + Design Department published
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises.
Scope and Contents
Columbia College Chicago, Art + Design Department Zines, dated 2004-2013, contains sixteen issues of
Zine Columbia and three issues of
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises.
Zine Columbia was a collaborative zine created by students taking courses in Publication Design and Fiction Writing. The magazine changed its title at least three times, going by the names
Columbia Zine,
Columbia College Zine,
Zine Columbia College, and
Zine Columbia at various times throughout its publication run, but most issues were published under the name
Zine Columbia. It is unknown if production of this zine continued after 2013.
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises was a semi-annual design-focused journal created by students in the Publication Design course.
MADE was discontinued after three issues.
Columbia College (Chicago, Ill.)
Jobson, Craig
College students--Illinois--Chicago--21st century
College teachers--Illinois--Chicago--21st century
Fanzines
Columbia Zine,
Columbia College Zine,
Zine Columbia College,
Zine Columbia
Series 1
2004, 2007-2013
Scope and Contents
Series 1:
Columbia Zine,
Columbia College Zine,
Zine Columbia College,
Zine Columbia, dated 2004, 2007-2013, contains 16 issues of the student publication that began its run as
Columbia Zine and ended it as
Zine Columbia.
Most issues of the zine are double issues, with two covers, two titles, and two themes in each volume. This type of binding is often referred to as either a dos-à-dos back-to-back) or a tête-bêche (head-to-toe) binding. The issue published in Fall 2013 was published with 26 different covers, each one designed by a different student in that semester's Publication Design course, but with identical content. This collection includes four copies of that issue, each with a different cover.
The publication went by multiple names throughout its run. Except where noted in the container list, issues of this zine were published under the title
Zine Columbia.
Materials in Series 1:
Columbia Zine,
Columbia College Zine,
Zine Columbia College,
Zine Columbia are arranged in chronological order by publication date.
"Avant Garden," "Out of Order"
1
1
2004 Spring
Scope and Contents
Published under the title
Columbia Zine.
"Ferschmuckled," "Dreams Carnival"
1
2
2004 Fall
Scope and Contents
Published under the title
Columbia College Zine.
"Tweak," "Meat"
1
3
2007 Fall
"Static," "Nudes and Boots"
1
4
2008 Spring
Scope and Contents
Published under the title
Zine Columbia College.
"Steeze," "Peep Show"
1
5
2008 Fall
"Boom.Boom.," "Rusty Clutch"
1
6
2009 Winter
"The Dreaded Biscuits," "Thumbs and Knuckles"
1
7
2009 Spring
"Pickle Stitch," "Butter Bound"
1
8
2010 Winter
"Moustache Safari," "The Pompous and the Damned"
1
9
2010 Summer
"Carnie Milk," "Dark Fever"
1
10
2011 Winter
"Reckless Cowboy," "Fuzzy Pucker"
1
11
2011 Spring
"Elastic Lumberjack," "Nomadic Radiator"
1
12
2012 Spring
"Hairy Bandage," "Hatching Cheese," "A Spoonfull of Melancholy," "Uncle Hysteria"
1
13-14
2013 Fall
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises
Series 2
2007-2008
Scope and Contents
Series 2:
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises, dated 2007-2008, contains the entire run of
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises. An art and design-focused magazine,
MADE was written and designed by students in Columbia College Chicago's Art + Design Department. Each issue was guest edited by a different editor.
The materials in Series 2:
MADE: More Art + Design Enterprises are arranged sequentially by issue number.
Vol. 1, No. 1
1
15
2007 February
Vol. 1, No. 2
2
1
2007 Fall
Volume 2, Issue 1
2
2
2008 Spring