What exactly is a 'Zine'?

Question

and how would i go about making a layout of one?

Answer 1

'zine is nothing but a shortened form of the word "magazine."

Answer 2

Rachel is correct on this one

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure it's an amateur magazine that doesn't include funding by ads. A lot of college groups and even high school groups make them. I was in a poetry club in high school and we featured student artwork and poems in ours.