I miss the old days of comics, particularly what's now called the Bronze Age of Comics, which is just a way of saying all those cool comics from the '70s.  Other than the high quality of the writing and art, one of the many things that I miss is the look and feel of the old newsprint.  The other thing I liked about those old comics was their price.  They were cheap!  Heck, even when they went up to 60 cents a piece in 1981, a kid could still scratch together some change and buy several comics.  If you just look at federal minimum wage, a kid could buy five comics for his one hour of work versus only one comic for that same hour of work today. 

Rather than lament our modern economic reality, I want to point out an option that may help those of us that want to make comics or 'zines as inexpensively as possible.  Alterna Comics, a small indie publisher, has a printing partnership program that looks to maybe fit the bill.  I can't speak for the quality of the comics (I have only recently discovered this), but they use newsprint and it seems to be very inexpensive.  Check it out, if you are interesting in publishing your comic or 'zine at a price that kids (AND ADULTS!) can actually afford!

https://www.alternacomics.com/ppp