#go get this digital zine!!! it’s free!!!!!!

[dpfantasyzine]

Phantasmal Nights is a fantasy themed Danny Phantom zine available for preorder digitally, in print, and with merch! For more information on the zine, check out our pinned post. Preorders open Dec 13 – Jan 23.

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Title: Going Growth

Summary: Jack and Madeline Fenton are hunters of the supernatural and magical. They typically don’t find much, but they do have some idea of what’s around. One day they go too far and cut down a young dryad’s tree, and the youngster dies. The law of an eye for an eye is tantamount here, so what better punishment than to take their child and turn it into the very thing the Fentons hate…

Excerpt:

One of the tree spirits moved to stand before Danny. It was taller than the others, the texture of its bark lending it a wrinkled, wizened appearance.

“Welcome, Daniel James Fenton.”

The use of his name dripped into his soul, rippling like a dropped stone in water. All apprehension faded, and Danny blinked slowly, staring into those beautiful dark eyes.

The ones flanking him drew back, their vines pulling away and leaving Danny free to move. The motion broke through his daze, and Danny found himself staring down at his hands. He wanted to move, to run to his parents, to get them out of here…

He made it three steps before—

“Daniel, stop.”

He stopped. He didn’t want to, not really, but his soul bade him still, and he obeyed unthinkingly.

[kagooleo]

the zine’s officially out, so I can post my contribution for the @extraordinaryzine :D!

my piece is an interpretation of the caverns on Iron Island 🏝️ so I wanted to incorporate more of the water surrounding it by creating a sea cave to have light spill inside (akin to the modra špilja/blue grotto)

the focus of the zine was on the daily lives of trainers and their pokemon, so Riley uses a spot inside the caverns like this to meditate with his team, although any new Riolu he trains can’t resist wanting to jump into the water to play υ´˶ ･ﻌ･ ˶`υﾉ”

this piece alongside a ton of amazing artists can be found free to download digitally here! (and lastly some closeups bc I liked getting all the little deets down)

[snackcraving]

My pieces for dimileth seasons zine and calendar that I'm finally able to share :) Some of these artworks are based on stories that are written wonderfully by the writers that you can fully read in the zine including full pieces and better resolution👀

Get the zine now for free until March 31st

[linipik]

Huevember - 1000 Years of Female Western Fashion PDF is now on my Ko-fi page!

I like learning about history and fashion and I like drawing.

This project has 30 drawings depicting 30 distinctive eras of Western Female Fashion of the last 1000 years. It also includes a big printable poster (you can print it at whichever size you want)!!

>>> GET IT HERE &lt;;<<

[teamdays]

(guy who draws 1 (one) image every six months voice) i should apply for a zine

[drawnecromancy]

Hm, hm. I'm still thinking about that Hélianthe and Basil short story. I really need to finish those illustrations.

[mortalityplays]

You need more free art.

I quit my job yesterday. Well, actually I quit my job eight weeks ago, but they finally released me yesterday for good behaviour. Don't get me wrong, I love what I do - but I do it for the wrong reasons. Working for major charities, you learn very fast that 'I want to make the world a better place' is a phrase you use to ask people for money, not to give them things. I was an ass-backwards fit for that world.

You need more free art. I need more free art. Everyone has felt the shift in our media landscape over the last ten years, away from access and towards nickel-and-diming the human experience. That lack of access is making life and culture worse for all of us, across the board. Paywalled news sites leave us less informed, attacks on the Internet Archive leave us less capable of research. Algorithmic social feeds and streaming walled gardens trap us inside smaller and smaller demographic bubbles, where we are increasingly only likely to encounter ideas that have been curated for us by marketing departments. Hasty efforts to resist AI commodification have only led to more artists locking their work away and calling for even more onerous systems of copyright law. This is not good for us.

We all need more free art.

So what am I going to do about it?

This is a question I have been asking myself for years. It's easy to sit here feeilng frustrated and thinking 'boy I hope SOMEONE does SOMETHING'. It's harder to take action in a world where I still have rent to pay. But hard doesn't mean impossible. Sometimes hard just means time-consuming, frustrating and slow. And sometimes it's worth doing something time-consuming, frustrating and slow because...I want to make the world a better place.

I'm going to do this:

1. From April 1st, I am relaunching as a freelance writer and editor.

This is the one that will (hopefully) help to pay the bills. I am a very good and experienced editor. I've worked on hollywood movies, I'm a member of the Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders, I have clients who have been coming to me exclusively for more than 10 years.

Alongside bigger contract jobs, I am going to refocus on offering my services to small-press creators at a reduced rate. That means you, graphic novelists. That means you, itch and amazon writers. I want to help you develop your work, the same way I help large organisations. You can learn more about what an editor even does and what kind of pricing you can expect here.

2. I'm also going to start giving shit away. Like, constantly.

Next week I'm going to launch a new free shop. If you're unfamiliar, a free shop, giveaway shop, swap shop, etc. is an anarchist tradition of setting up a storefront where anyone can take what they like for no cost. Offline, this often means second-hand clothes, tools, furniture, food etc. Online, I am going to be giving away digital art. Copyright-free, no strings attached. It will (eventually) feature everything from print-res posters to zines, poems, tattoo flash, t-shirt designs and anything else we come up with.

Yes, I said 'we' - while this is a curated collection, it will feature work from a variety of credited and anonymous artists and activists, all of whom have agreed to give their work away to the public domain. Some of it will be practical, some of it will be political, but a lot of it will be decorative or personal. This is, in part, a response to recent difficulty I had finding somewhere that would print a one-off joke poster for a friend that featured the word 'faggot'. Enough. No middlemen - no explaining ourselves. Just print our shit and enjoy it.

I'm very, very excited about this project. I'll have more to say about it closer to the launch, but you can expect it to go live on March 27th.

2.2 I forgot to mention the ACTUAL LAUNCH GIVEAWAY

To celebrate my launch, I am going to be giving away a ton of physical prints. When I went looking for my old stock to see if it was worth setting a new (paid) storefront up, I realised I had way more old work in storage than I thought. This will be announced in its own right on Monday, but this is why I've been hinting you should go follow my Patreon.

On April 1st, I will pick 8 random patrons (from across all tiers including non-paying followers!) and mail them a bundle of assorted prints and postcards. The prize pool includes A3 and A4 posters, packs of A6 postcards, and printed minicomics that I've previously sold for up to £12 each.

You don't have to be a paying subscriber to enter - this is strictly no-purchase necessary. It is purely and entirely a celebration of the concept of GIVING ART AWAY FOR FREE.

3. PORN, YOU PERVERTS

Because I still have to pay to stay alive, I am going to be subsidising all this free art with the introduction of Fuck You Fridays. Starting from March 29th, I will drop a new 18+ short story on the last Friday of every month, over on itch.io (yes I know my page is desolate right now, don't worry I'll get there).

The first edition, Go Fuck Yourself, is about, well - telling your boss where to stick it. Julia has had it with her millionaire man-child manager, and is just about ready to let him know what she really thinks. It's a short and steamy 5k words, with a gorgeous cover illustration by @taylor-titmouse, and you can pick it up for $3 starting from March 29th.

4. ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE

I'm keeping this one under wraps for now, but April 1st will also play host to one more (FREE) launch. If you've been following me for a long time, you might remember the other significance of this date (no not April Fool's day, though that is certainly thematically relevant to this entire effort). That's all I'll say right now. Watch this space.

tl;dr: I'm sick of paywalls and career ladders. I'm literally putting my money where my mouth is. More free art for everyone and I'm not kidding around!!!

[dunmeshizine]

🍴 PREORDERS ARE OPEN 🍴

We’ve cooked up something delicious in this dungeon! Get your copy of the Dungeon Meshi cookbook zine today!

🛒 Bigcartel (for all non-UK buyers): https://dungeonmeshizine.bigcartel.com 🛒 Etsy (for UK-buyers ONLY): https://www.etsy.com/shop/dungeonmeshizine

We have four physical bundle options available so you'll never go hungry on your adventures!

Don't have enough hands to hold your sword and your shield AND this cookbook? No worries! This digital cookbook is the perfect on-the-go companion.

Add this adorable Walking Mushroom apron to your order so you can feel as fresh as the forest floor!

All physical zine orders placed until August 19th will receive a FREE early bird bonus! Order today to receive a clear sticker sheet! (Apron-only orders not eligible)

Stay tuned for stretch goal announcements! Each qualifying order will receive these bonus items once unlocked! Make sure to read the bundle descriptions carefully to determine which bundles are eligible for each stretch goal!

With recipes based on 30+ canon dishes and 140+ beautiful full-colored pages, this is one cookbook you don't want to miss!

Happy shopping!

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[lifestealzine]

🐍 PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW OPEN!! 🐍

With over 90+ pages, 35+ artists, and 7 writers crafting the most breathtaking pieces we've ever seen, the Heart of the Ouroboros is now available for pre-orders!

💸lifestealzine.bigcartel.com

See below for the bundle options! ❤

🐍🗡IMMORTAL BUNDLE🗡🐍

💵 USD $65 💵

❤️ 8.25'' x 5.5'' Perfect Bound Book featuring 90+ pages of art and writing from 40+ contributors

❤️ 8.25''x 5.5'' Art Print - "Circus" ❤️ 8.25''x 5.5'' Art Print - "Wanted" ❤️ Double Sided 4''x6'' Postcard - "Freakinator" ❤️ 4 6cm Acrylic Keychains ❤️ 2 50mm Round pin-back button ❤️ 2 58mm Star shaped pin-back button ❤️ A 5"x7" Sticker Sheet ❤️ 50 Page A6 Size Memo Pad - "Sign Room" ❤️ 3in Die-cut Sticker - "Waffles"

❤️ Digital Edition PDF

🐍 This bundle is eligible to receive stretch goals!

🐍✨REVIVAL BUNDLE✨🐍

💵 USD $35 💵

❤️ 8.25'' x 5.5'' Perfect Bound Book featuring 90+ pages of art and writing from 40+ contributors

❤️ 8.25''x 5.5'' Art Print - "Circus" ❤️ Double Sided 4''x6'' Postcard - "Freakinator" ❤️ 2 6cm Acrylic Keychains ❤️ A 50mm Round pin-back button ❤️ A 58mm Star shaped pin-back button ❤️ 3in Die-cut Sticker - "Waffles"

❤️ Digital Edition PDF

🐍This bundle is eligible to receive stretch goals!

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💵 USD $20 💵

❤️ 8.25'' x 5.5'' Book featuring 90+ Pages of Art and Writing from 40+ contributors

❤️ Digital Edition PDF

🐍This bundle is eligible to receive stretch goals!

🐍💣DIGITAL EDITION💣🐍

❤️ A digital PDF containing over 90 pages of the work of 35+ artists and 7 writers.

💔 This bundle is not eligible to receive or contribute to stretch goals!

🐍💥STRETCH GOALS💥🐍

🔓 30 - UNLOCKED - Holographic sticker

🔒 75 - LOCKED - Double-sided bookmark

🔒 125 - LOCKED - 5"x7" Sticker sheet

🔒 200 - LOCKED - 3D Effect Acrylic charm

🐍Additional Info🐍

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💘Ko-Fi proceeds go towards ensuring every contributor gets a copy of the zine!

📩 If you have any questions, feel free to drop us a message or ask on our socials!

[dragonageannual]

DAA 2025 Pre-Orders Are Open!

Our itch.io shop is officially open - pre-order your copy of Dragon Age Annual 2025: Legacies NOW! All sale proceeds go to support War Child UK.

👉 Click Here To Pre-Order 👈

Thanks to our incredible creative team, we're excited to offer our largest spread of products to date, including bundle options so that you can mix and match the calendar, zine, and merchandise!

Pre-Order Deadlines:

Physical Copies & Merch: October 31st, 2024

Digital Calendar & Zine: January 31st, 2025

Stretch Goals

Order now and spread the word - for each of our social and stretch goals met, bonus items will be added to our packs!

200 shares on THIS post: Unlock "The Broken Arrow" sticker Stretch Goal MET!

10 Community Copies available: Digital character sheets free to EVERYONE! Stretch Goal MET!

30 Guardian of Mythal bundles sold: Art prints upgraded to A4 size Stretch Goal MET!

75 physical calendars (any bundle) sold: Unlock "The Iron Bull" Planner Sticker Sheet for all physical calendar bundles Stretch Goal MET!

150 physical calendars (any bundle) sold: All physical calendar bundles get TWO planner sticker sheets Stretch Goal MET!

Other Info

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Contact: ask | email: dragonageannual@gmail.com

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[grizzcozine]

❗️ BUNDLE INFO

Check out everything currently available in the shop. See below for full details.

🐟Profreshional Handbook: Full Bundle

› 7" x 10" zine, gold foil › 4 sticker sheets › 3 stickers › 4 prints › 2 acrylic charms › 1 candy charm › 1 embroidery keychain › 1 memo pad › 1 washi tape › 1 lanyard › 1 badge holder 🌟Eligible for all stretch goals

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🐟Overachiever's Manual: Half Bundle

› 7" x 10" zine, gold foil › 4 sticker sheets › 3 stickers › 2 prints › 2 postcards › 2 acrylic charms 🌟Eligible for hardcover upgrade and collector's deck only.

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🐟 Go-Getter's Guide: Book Only

› 1 physical copy of the zine. Measures 7" x 10", 130+ pages, perfect bound, gold foil cover detailing. › Digital copy of the strategy guide. 🌟Eligible for hardcover upgrade only.

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🐟 Intern's Instructions: Digital Copy › 1 PDF copy of the zine, 130+ pages.

*Not eligible for stretch goals.

❗️ NOTE: Digital copies of the zine will be e-mailed at the same time as physical orders are fulfilled.

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🐟 Add-Ons

Check out the shop and add some collectibles to your order or purchase separately!

✨Eggstra Gear: Enamel pin set › Set of 4 hard enamel pins › Measures 1.25" with black nickel or gold plating.

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🐟 Stretch Goals

› 100 Orders: Acryic Pen Hollder added to full bundle orders › 200 Orders: Hardcover upgrade for all physical zine orders › 300 Orders: Card Collector's Deck added to full and half bundle orders › 400 Orders: Controller Grips added to full bundle orders

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Thank you for your interest in Get to Work zine! We hope you look forward to this collaborative art collection and game guide.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to reach out!

💬Send us a DM! ✉️E-mail: grizzcozine@gmail.com

Our site: https://salmonrunzine.carrd.co/

[dont-diy-zine]

"Don't Repeat This at Home" Zine is a fan project born out of love for Chinese novels and dramas. We brought more than 100 artists and writers together to create our magnum opus and now YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US! The fandom: ➜ "The Scum Villain's [Self-Saving] System" Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ➜ "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation" Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ➜ "Heaven Official's Blessing" Mo Xiang Tong Xiu ➜ "Thousand Autumns" Meng Xi Shi ➜ "The Husky and His White Cat Shizun" / "Erha" Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (Meatbun) ➜ "Faraway Wanderers" Priest ("Word of Honour" is canon too)

The key theme: 百感交集 (bǎi gǎn jiāo jí) — all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart — fluff, drama, humour and beyond ❗ 18+. No minors, please Some arts and texts may make you cry, beware, triggers may be found (or not) The book: ➜ ~300 pages ➜ 106 double-page spreads with arts including: • 12 comic strips • 13 illustrated poems ➜ 8 fanfiction stories with • cover arts • internal b/w illustrations

[All 6 fandoms in one book] ❗ All texts are in Russian

➜ Physical copy (hard-back) — 3 200 roubles (it's around 37.4$ or 34.7€) ➜ Digital copy (.pdf) — 700 roubles (it's around 8.2$ or 7.6€)

The merch: ➜ 6 fandoms ➜ 3 sets for EACH fandom: • Aperitif — very small (1 postcard, 1 sticker pack, 1 key fob) — 1 500 roubles (it's around 17.5$ or 16.3€) • Half Portion — small (Aperitif + 1 acrylic stand with the main pairing, 1 plastic bookmark, 2 more postcards, 1 mini card) — 2 600 roubles (it's around 30.4$ or 28.2€) • Portion — large (Half Portion + 1 acrylic stand with secondary characters, 2 acrylic earrings, 1 more sticker pack, 1 bank card sticker, 1 round plastic badge, 1 more postcard) — 4 000 roubles (it's around 46.8$ or 43.4€)

[1 set = 1 fandom] ❗ You can get the merch only as the sets and only WITH the book (physical OR digital copy)

• Full 6 fandoms set — 22 000 roubles (it's around 257,3$ or 238,4€)

The plan: ➜ Right now till September 7, 2024 we collect funds ➜ September — production and manufacturing ➜ October — shipping starts ❗ We send digital copies AFTER shipping the physical ones We ship from Saint-Petersburg, Russia International shipping is available, but you can pre-check it via postcrossing.com/postal-monitor/RU

How to get the book or merch: ➜ go to Google Forms and follow the instructions: forms.gle/CdTis5wdYPmg2U6p8 ❗ We collect funds via Boosty; all prices are in Russian Roubles and include the comission of the platform You can use the currency of your country for the purchase, Boosty automatically converts it Shipping is charged separately

The project is not for profit [just for lulz] All money we make will go to production and manufacturing If we hit a breakeven, the authors are going to receive a free book. Any surplus funds will then be used to make extra merch FOR YOU

English is a foreign language for us, so sorry for inaccurate wording, we tried. We tried hard. We keep trying

More info: vk.com/dont_diy (in Russian)

[evearellie]

My Piece for @dotzines Pris-magic zine! A lovely free digital zine featuring magical girls in all colors of the rainbow! Go check it out, it's super cool! I loved getting to draw Anthy for the zine.

[gf-seasons-zine]

Gravity Falls Seasons Zine Bundles Now Available for Preorder!

Do you like to be befuddled? Bewildered? Bewitched? Behold!

This zine and its bundles are packed with fun, weird, and all around awesome pieces of art and stories about the Pines family enjoying Gravity Falls throughout the year- you won't want to miss it! Check out the shop here!

Oh, what's that? You want to see the available bundles? WELL we can help with that- free of charge below the cut!

You can buy just the digital zine for $15 or the digital zine and digital merch for $20!

Or you can have just the physical zine for $25, or get the physical zine, digital zine, AND digital merch for $35!

Maybe the zine isn't your thing, and you just want the incredible merch! Well, have we got a bundle for you! For $35 you can have all the physical AND digital merch!

And for the discerning customer, we have the Weirdmageddon Special- a bundle that comes with ALL the physical goodies (both the zine and merch) for $55, OR a bundle that comes with BOTH the complete physical zine, physical merch, digital zine, and digital merch for $65!

We have had such a wonderful response so far, and have already met some of our stretch goals for digital merch! We still have some stretch goals to unlock (including the possibilities of extra physical merch!), so stay tuned!

The shop is open until November 7th- get in while you can!

Thank you all for sharing your excitement and love of Gravity Falls! Keep an eye out here for news, information, and previews!

Until then, stay weird!

The GF Seasons Zine Mod Team

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Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with Disney in any way. The zine will be a charity zine with all surplus going to charity- no one will profit from this zine.

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[antariies]

how to build a chair........... director's cut ∠( ᐛ 」∠)__ this is about to be a very long very self-indulgent post where i just talk about my own writing. i also doodled on all the pages i think it makes the whole thing more fun to go thru. welcome to my ted talk

SIKE before i begin. credit where credit is due, this post was the start of it all. it changed my brain chemistry my jaw was dropped i was in awe i was obsessed and before i even finished it i knew that i would eventually have to make something similar for the commander or else i would be cursed to think about it for the rest of my life. and i Was cursed for like two years every day i would just be like........ is today the day i sit down and draft the commander chair fic of my dreams....... maybe tomorrow......

and then i got accepted as a writer for the gw2 zine ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ the chair idea was actually my backup option in case my first idea didn't pan out, and thank god it didn't, bc this one worked so much better. (still working on my initial idea, just turning it into a full fic! it was wayyy too long to be a zine submission.)

this is the chair i used. i downloaded the assembly instructions and tried out a bunch of different free pdf editors until i found one i liked, which ended up being sedja. if anyone's interested in doing something like this, i recommend printing out the pdf and writing directly on it! it was a lot easier for me to just figure out everything on paper first and then digitalize it after :P here's a picture of my physical copy

okay actually getting into it for real this time !!!!!

1. yeah i could've just erased the ikea logo and left a blank space but then i realized i could turn it into an in-universe joke. and then i ran with it.

2. i ripped this straight from the product description on the website. thanks ikea

3. i'm not sure if anyone went and looked it up, but it's a real item code!

hehe :3c

4. if your commander willingly goes to therapy i'm happy for them but TO ME? you'd have to drag the commander kicking and screaming. it's not that they don't know that something is wrong with them, they know, and they know YOU know. you're just never supposed to talk about it. they don't look at their own psych eval results bc that's none of their business.

5. i normally avoid specifying the commander's race when i write them bc i enjoy the challenge, but for the zine i was assigned to write about a norn commander! as a human main i was uhhhh very ill-equipped. but that just meant i had to study up on my norn lore (•̀ᴗ•́)و i spent hours on the wiki, then went around interviewing norn mains for their opinions, which was great fun :D it all helped me narrow the focus of my piece: joining the war on commander objectification on the side of commander objectification (ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡ and no one self-aggrandizes quite like the norn commander!

and to balance that i knew my narrator had to be patronizing as shitttt. they've clearly been following the commander since the beginning and seem to know a lot of intimate details about their life, despite not thinking very highly of them. wonder who that could be :3c

6. i can't stop making references. so the original part number is actually #122620 in the manual but i've changed it here (and on the previous page!) to #082812, as in 08/28/12, the date gw2 was released! no real reason for it, @dalennaugw suggested it for funsies and i liked it. if you're my pal and i show you a wip and you have a cool idea for it, chances are i Will put that shit in. hi dale if you're reading this

7. another thing about me. i loveeee repetition. here the word "over" is repeated four times to match the picture. honestly a lot of the creative process for this piece was just staring at the pages and figuring out how to tie the pictures to the commander in ways that weren't extremely corny or trite. idk why i enjoy writing like this when i could be frolicking in the beautiful prosaic meadows of a word doc instead but. it's like i see a tiny little restrictive box and i'm like OH BOY can't wait to think inside of that thing!!! i like when the format matters just as much as the content and in some cases informs the content. am i making any sense here. well all you need to know is that i'm a virgo and my favorite book is house of leaves

7. aw fuck just realized i wrote 7 twice. whatever i'm not changing it this is 7 part two now. the theme of my piece is glory, what it means to the norn commander, and how far they're willing to go for it.

8. does norn culture place emphasis on seeking individual glory Yes are norn also very community-oriented Also Yes. i think it's common to see norn kids napping together in a big pile, usually after they've worn themselves out playing games outside. it makes sense practically (apes together warm) and socially (pack bonding good) but that's just my hc. growing up i used to share a bed with my cousins all the time so it's normal to me.

a young, naive not-yet-commander, with no real combat experience, has no point of reference to compare a "blaze of glory" to. but the way everyone talks about it, it must be a good thing. a wonderful thing. a reward fit for a life well-fought and a legend hard-earned. so they imagine it must feel like falling asleep surrounded by the people they love, who love them in turn.

9. .........i was playing a lot of ace attorney when i wrote this page. i wish i was joking 👍🏼

10. ohhh shit the truth come OUT this whole chair thing was all a ploy just so i could write about the departing. again.

will i ever stop thinking about her. reply hazy, try again later.

11. out of all the pages, this one has the most emphasis on text placement, like comparing the enlarged picture of the screw to a sword, the numbers counting the screws, and "up up up" being arranged to mimic a wisp of smoke.

i also wanted to lean into the viking/norse mythology influences with my word choice.

12. more nods to norn culture. i didn't know they referred to the six human gods as "spirits of action" until i was doing the research for this piece :O

and the domain of the lost is called a hall of ghosts....... cause valhalla.....

13.

i'm sorry this so funnyyy. SAYS the guy who literally clawed their way back to life for a rematch.

me when i'm in a sore loser competition and my opponent is the COMMANDER!!!

14. arms as in "limbs" and also arms as in "armaments" :•]

15. haha get it because the picture makes it look like there are two mirrored speech bubbles while the text paints two opposing interpretations of the norn commander. one that's selfless and humble versus one that's selfish and vainglorious.

16. and the best part is IT DOESN'T MATTER which one is true bc at the end of the day no matter what their motivation, balthazar is dead by their hand. ofc i'm of the opinion that the most compelling interpretation of the commander is both, simultaneously. contradictions are good for the soul.

17. i could've name-dropped kas, the only person present that would do something like that, but i felt it was better to leave it ambiguous.

18. low-hanging fruit. the metaphor was so obvious here but i had to do it. for the culture

19. the alternate title for this piece was "THIS COULD BE GLORY". "how to build a chair" was only supposed to be a placeholder title til i figured out a better one, but the innocuousness of it grew on me. also i came up with the other one too late and had already advertised under the chair title lol

20. my first instinct was to end it with something more reassuring, like "what you have built so far is enough" but that would've been an ooc switch-up for a narrator who has been nothing but snide and detached this whole time. gotta stick to my guns

21.

obligatory chair joke as the last line. for realsies though it’s meant to be an earnest appeal to the commander to take a break, to have a seat, but it’s also a challenge. are they willing to lean on their friends? are the bonds they’ve forged strong enough to hold their weight? are they willing to put their faith in someone else’s hands? are they brave enough to try? well. only one way to find out.

also guess what that wasn’t even the real last page of the manual. it's THIS

but no way i was letting this be the image we ended on. IT LOOKS LIKE A DICK AND BALLS!!!

and on that note, THANK YOU if you made it this far!! a very special shout-out to @hawkepockets, my lovely boyfriend and beta reader, without whom this piece would not be nearly as polished. i would bring him pages to look over and he would say Scrap half of those lines you can do better than that. kill your darlings. i would complain and argue for a few minutes then we would revise. rinse and repeat until we had honed this thing to perfection. i can't stress enough the importance of having a second pair of eyes on your work throughout your creative process, even better if it's someone who challenges you. i don't even pay him 🫶🏼

and if there was anything i didn't cover that you still have questions about, please feel free to shoot me an ask! (ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡ thanks for reading! see u later dudes ;P

[zackfairzine2024]

Welcome!

Hello and thank you for your interest in this zine! Below the cut is the schedule of dates, as well as Frequently Asked Questions.

The zine is currently in production, follow us here or on BlueSky at zackfairzine2024 for updates!

Cheers and we hope you enjoy the final zine!

Public Schedule

Creation date: July 30th 2024

Interest Check/Set-up: July 30th-August 30th

Mod applications: August 6-August 13th Results sent out on the 14th (and discord invites) Set up guest artists in discord: August 15th

Applications: August 26-September 23rd Results sent out starting September 17th and ending by September 25th for last minute additions (this will include discord invites)

Work begins: September 20th onward!

End date est. early 2025!

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FAQ - great questions, keep asking!

Q: What kind of content are we looking for?

A: Answer here!

Quick content info: SFW (PG-PG13) zine focused on Zack Fair. Please read the full content info post here.

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Q: What are the expectations for contributers (writers/artists)?

A: Creators will be making a brand-new piece(s) for the zine, based on what they think they will realistically be able to complete for the project deadlines (TBD, keep in mind the publishing date is est. early 2025 but can absolutely change). There are no prompts and there is no theme other than Zack Fair. A discord will be created (and staff are always here via asks) to help each other come up with ideas and encourage one another's projects!

In addition, one person may submit up to 4 contributions for the zine, in the form of mix-and-match or the same grouping. I.e. 4 pieces of art, 4 fics, or 2 pieces of art and 2 short-form pieces of writing, etc. These details can be ironed out on an individual basis, and not all pieces may appear in a physical zine.

Finally, pieces for this zine are expected to be kept hidden from public view until the zine is finalized (a.k.a. not posted on any social media or Ao3 except for teasers/ads for the zine, details TBD [do not post any ads on Ao3 they do not allow that]).

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Q: Are there going to be length limitations?

A: For the digital zine, no, outside of fics being limited to one-shots. If a physical zine gets designed, then those one-shots will be limited to a certain page number TBD.

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Q: Will proceeds go to charity if this becomes a purchase-only zine?

A: Yes! First, it has to be determined if this is will be a purchased item or not. If it does, then we will pick a charity.

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Q: Do I get any perks as a contributor?

A: A free digital zine, even if the final edition ends up being purchase-only. Any merch is TBD (we will have to see if funds are available to buy all contributors a copy of a physical zine, if it gets produced).

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Q: Who is leading the project?

A: So far, just @sherlockwolf. Feel free to browse their tumblr and AO3 (same username) to get a feel for how they interact with FF7!

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Q: Will the discord have mods?

A: Yes! Once it is set up, there will be a mod application process for 2 additional mods. Details about the discord will be sent out later on to those who are accepted onto the project at the end of September.

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Q: Are collabs between writers and artists allowed?

A: Absolutely! There is a section in the discord server for this and those collabs will have to be communicated between the involved writer, artist, and project lead.