I helped out with several zines whay back then (they were called fanzines then!).. I have still kept up with DTP, I run a UK training charity and am about to get techy stuff like 3d printers etc.. I have also tought DTP (using serif) - & MS publisher - but tought MS publisher a long time ago.. Serif pageplus is light years ahead.. I also have links to people who have done zines for years. Ive also help with magazines and even T shirt screen printing.. Yep I know about zines.. In fact, i used to make them at school in the early 80s.. Putting sellotape behind articles and pictures to photocopy them on a master, using the percentage to make stuff bigger and small t fit, getting inked up. thats when I did use the photocopier then but sometimes they were naff thermal photocopying, In the long past Ive dome them on music, scifi, education, creative writing, comics, politics, science, history, paganism, AGM reports, youth groups, homeless stuff. etc.. I learned DTP on a program called Aldus pagemaker on the Mac.. A long time ago - Now Im involved in education, assessment, training, a bit of photography, etc now.. I have not used indesign for a while, to busy with the things... plus its to expensive for the charity to buy and use..But as i said i was thinking of getting back helping out with zines, have spoke to a couple of people here where I am.. Zines are still often made the way I used to make 'em years ago.. I just DTP them.. Basically, you create a master page with a common house style, and then, depending on how complex, you layer it (ie text on one layer, pix on another etc).. but you dont have to be that complex..