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bOING bOING began in 1988 as a print zine founded by Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. Its early issues drew on technology, science fiction, design, and countercultural ideas, while later versions expanded into a weblog covering technology, science, media, and popular culture. The name therefore refers to both a late twentieth-century print publication and the web publication that followed it.

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Who founded the bOING bOING print zine?

Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair co-founded bOING bOING as a print zine in 1988. It began as an independent publication before becoming a well-known technology and culture website.

What subjects did the original bOING bOING zine cover?

The zine covered comic books, cyberpunk science fiction, consciousness technology, curious phenomena and unusual culture. Its tone was deliberately irreverent rather than that of a conventional computer magazine.

How did bOING bOING change from a zine into a website?

The print publication gradually gave way to an online weblog while retaining its technology and culture focus. The print version ran from 1988 until the late 1990s, with the web publication becoming its main format.

Is bOING bOING connected to Mark Frauenfelder personally?

Yes. Frauenfelder was a co-founder and remains closely associated with the publication's editorial identity. He also worked as an editor at Wired from 1993 to 1998.

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