#mermen zine

[klmerfolkzine]

🌊Besitos del Mar leftover sales EXTENDED!🧜🏽‍♂️

We’re excited to announce that leftover sales for Besitos del Mar, a Klance merfolk zine, have been extended to MAY 31 in celebration of MerMay!

We still have all our stock available, so if you’re interested in anything, make sure to grab yourself a copy before it’s too late! Leftover sales will be closed PERMANENTLY after the end of May 31!

Remember as well that proceeds after the cost of shipping will be donated to WIRES, an Australian-based non-profit group dedicated to helping in the rescue of native wildlife!

☀️Digital Zine Only: $15

☀️Physical Zine Only:

A-Grade zine: $23

5 in stock

B-Grade zine: $19

108 in stock

Digital add-on: +$3

☀️Full Bundle: $48-$55

Physical copy of the zine (A-grade or B-grade)

PDF copy of the zine

3 prints

3 die-cut stickers

2 buttons

Bookmark

Sticker sheet

2 acrylic charms

Enamel pin

☀️Individual Paper Merch:

Full bundle: $14

Digital add-on: +$7

Trio of prints: $5

9 trios in stock

Trio of die-cut stickers: $4.50

14 trios in stock

Misprinted flower sticker: $1

37 in stock

Bookmark: $2

17 in stock

Sticker sheet: $3

44 in stock

☀️Individual Hard Merch

Pair of buttons: $5

15 pairs in stock

Acrylic charm: $4

9 in stock

Dangle charm: $6

9 in stock

Enamel pin: $5

12 in stock

All prices are in USD!

Please allow for up to 4 weeks for physical orders to be shipped and up to 2 weeks for digital orders to be sent out! Keep in mind that delays in order fulfillment could occur at any time, and we will make sure to notify everyone if that is the case!

Please keep in mind that we cannot ship to the following countries due to postal restrictions from the USA and any physical orders placed from said countries will be automatically refunded: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bhutan, Brunei, Darussalam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Libya, Mongolia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine, Iran, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Yemen, Myanmar, Palestinian Territories, North Korea, Cuba, and the United Kingdom*

*We are able to ship the physical zine-only bundle to the UK, but not bundles involving merch due to issues with VAT restrictions.

🧜🏽‍♂️ PURCHASE ANY OF OUR LEFTOVER STOCK HERE!

[namarikonda]

My piece I did for the Sparkle & Sea merfolk zine - a queer retelling of the story of Acis & Galatea!

[pinceauarcenciel]

Full cover I illustrated for the beautiful zine, Where the Tides Meets the Stars @mermayzine featuring the mascots~ 🐳

The zine can be started from any side and inverts in the middle, that's why the cover can be flipped too -there's no up or down in the water! 🌟

🐚 Preorders are open until June 15th! 🐚 Get your copy here: https://mermayzine.bigcartel.com/

🌊 Where the Tide Meets the Stars 🌌 is a curated collection of marvelous artworks and enchanting stories featuring a large variety of merfolks from across the world -be it fresh water or oceanic spaces!

If you like mermaids and fantasy art, please consider buying a copy! Reblogs are also very much appreciated! 🐠

🧜‍♀️

[ofmdrecaps]

07/13/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Taika Waititi; Florida Super Con: Vico & Samba; Dominic Burgess; Kristian Nairn; Christopher Corbin; Darby Family Foster Kittens; Articles; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards/AuxilleryWardrobe Zine Reminders; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Today's Taika Gifs

Hey crew, today's a bit of short one, but I wanted to make sure there was some fun stuff up and about with everything going on.

== Taika Waititi ==

More shots of Taika directing Russell Crowe's show from a couple days back! You can buy tickets to the recorded concert and see at least a bit more Taika on the IndoorGardenParty website! Thank you to our crewmate @jimjim531969 for the screenshot!

Source: @JimJim531969's Twitter

== Florida Super Con: Vico & Samba ==

Samba and Vico are out at Florida SuperCon-- and as you can probably tell, they're having a great time! They're taking shots with all sorts of fans and other guests, including a certain set of What We Do In The Shadows TV Series friends! <3

Source: Samba & Vico's Instagram

== Dominic Burgess ==

Dominic is keeping us fed with more cat photos!

Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian also sharing some beloved pets -- and this time, a new addition to his family, Calypso!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

== Christopher Corbin ==

Hey! We haven't seen our "Magic" man Christopher Corbin in a while! He's out giving a tour to his bro Jim at Universal Studios!

Source: Christopher Corbin's Instagram

== Darby Family Foster Kittens ==

Today really is a feast for the eyes when it comes to kitties and pups! Rosie shared more foster kittens with us! I can't tell you how tempted I am to drive to CA and adopt some!

Source: Rosie Carnahan Darby's Instagram

== Articles ==

Thank you to ShowSnob for this article on why OFMD deserved an S3! And thank you to our friends over at NeverLeftPodcast for bringing it to the crew's attention!

Source: Never Left Podcast's Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Our sweet @melvisik is keeping up the cast cards for us with another Emmy Submission! Albert Fox joins Mark and John "for Outstanding Music Composition in a Series for Mermen -AdoptOurCrew"

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

= Auxilery Wardobe Zine Reminders =

Reminder! The signups for the Stede Bonnet: Auxiliary Wardrobe Zine close in a week! You can still sign up until July 21! Sign Up Here!

Source: StedeBonnetZine Twitter

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies, today was a day all around the world. I hope you're all doing okay. A lot of stuff happened that could have left you feeling a lot of hard feelings. I know it's concerning, and I know it's scary, especially the unknown of it all. If you can, today, take care of YOU. Take time to breathe, take time to eat well, and shower, and drink enough water. If you can, watch something funny, cry, whatever you need to do to feel okay. When the world is uncontrollable, and feels unreachable, and the future unknown, one of the best things you can do is take care of yourself and your loved ones. This is a good article on how to ground yourself, if you're feeling out of sorts. It says it's related to triggers but it can be anything really that you need to ground yourself from. The most important thing in the world is that you're safe, and you are okay, so please take care of you. If you need support, reach out to your crew, we all care about you and your well being.

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

I think today we could use a little boost. So here's Taika laughing his ass off at Rhys' ANYWHO, and Rhys having a bit of a grumble about ZADDY. I love these two so much, it's ridiculous. Gif courtesy of @ dallonismysavior <3

[taruchinator]

🐚 General Audiences

🐚 2.5k Words

🐚 Written for the @ygomerzine!

A few days prior as Jaden was out exploring beyond the coral reef, he'd come across a strange commotion relayed to him by the clownfish in the area. Apparently, a shipwreck had occurred that evening due to a powerful thunderstorm above water.

As such, the brunet called on his best friends regarding this finding, and then set a date to go and take a closer look for any interesting human treasure left behind.

There was just one tiny detail Jaden had purposefully left out of their little excursion.

It was near the forbidden Shark territory.

Greetings friends, Alice here! ^^

I am back with my YGO agenda, and this time I bring something few peeps can resist—mermaids 🧜‍♀️ This was written for the “Into The Depths: A YGO MerZine”, and you KNOW I had to go for good old starshipping!

Please consider checking out the zine for free on Tumblr!

Long ago at the bottom of the sea,

Sharks and Merfolk lived in perfect harmony.

One brought food, the other brought peace,

the two races saw their numbers slowly increase.

But one fateful day had everything change,

when Sharks decided that they needed more,

be it food, land or reign, they didn't know.

The battle was fierce, with lives lost at sea,

no one saw a future in which they all lived in glee.

So after parting ways and never looking back,

the Merfolk would tell the story to their young ones as a warning,

“Never trust a Shark, for they will leave you mourning.”

“Come on guys, try to keep up!”

“S-Slow down, Jay!”

Three young mermen could be seen coursing through the trenches of the deep blue sea, each eager for the day ahead of them. But none more excited than Jaden—the brunet leading the pack who kept grinning from ear to ear.

A few days prior as he was out exploring beyond the coral reef, he'd come across a strange commotion relayed to him by the clownfish in the area. Apparently, a shipwreck had occurred that evening due to a powerful thunderstorm above water, leaving the large vessel at the bottom of the ocean for anyone to see.

As such, the brunet called on his best friends regarding this finding, and then set a date to go and take a closer look for any interesting human treasure left behind.

There was just one tiny detail Jaden had purposefully left out of their little excursion.

“Um… say, Sarge?” Hassleberry was catching up to the brunet with little to no effort, an eyebrow raised in curiosity as he took a glance at the route ahead. “Any reason we're swimming straight north?”

Jaden merely sent him a smirk over his shoulder without slowing down. “Cause that's where we're going, duh! The ship is just beyond the anemone ahead!”

“You don't mean—?”

“By shark territory!?” Syrus immediately came to a halt with eyes wide in what could only be described as pure terror. “Jay, I know you like to live on the edge but this is too much, even for you! You know we aren't allowed anywhere near there!”

Jaden had to suppress the sigh that wanted to escape his lips at that moment. He knew his friends would react this way, especially Syrus since he'd never been one to wander off on his own, at least not until meeting the brunet and having the oldest slowly try to get him out of his shell. Still, Jaden prided himself in having a keen sense for these kinds of explorations—if it was truly dangerous, he wouldn't be suggesting it.

Regardless, he decided to slow down enough for his companions to catch up, and turned to them with a sheepish grin. “Look, I know you guys are worried. But it's technically not in shark territory, it's just before the border. If we see any kind of trouble, we'll just swim the heck outta there! We're the fastest mermen of the colony, after all…”

The duo exchanged a look of skepticism for a moment, until Syrus broke the silence with a sigh of defeat. “I guess I'd be fine if I stayed outside the ship… standing guard and all…”

Jaden's grin widened significantly and he immediately went for a hug, spinning the boy around despite his squirming arms. “Syyyy! I knew you'd come around!”

“W-Whatever, let's just get this over with!”

Hassleberry snickered to the side and started poking at Syrus’ sides with a devilish smirk plastered all over. “I dunno, Sarge. I think he needs a little more convincin’.”

The blue haired merboy and the braided merman would continue to bicker and tease each other all the way to their destination, which only brought warmth to Jaden's chest. There was no one else he'd rather go facing the unknown with than them.

Eventually they reached the anemone fields with little to no effort, gliding across the water and feeling the slender tentacles tickling their tails in greeting. In the midst of it all was a large ship, covered in debris and wrapped around seaweed despite only being underwater for a few days, just like the clownfish had described.

Jaden picked up the pace and headed for the deck, already shouting over his shoulder for Hassleberry to hurry up. He heard an affirmative grunt, along with a separate smaller voice claiming he'd stay by the seaweed-covered bottom. And so, the duo headed into the lower chambers of the sunken vessel to see what it had in store for them.

It wasn't their first ship exploration—Jaden had gotten plenty of tips in the past for these sprinkled across their part of the ocean. This was however the largest one to date, which obviously had the brunet swimming back and forth in excitement at what they could possibly find down there. As they reached the sleeping quarters, he turned towards Hassleberry with a glint in his eye. “I go right, you go left?”

The braid-haired merman returned the look with a mischievous grin of his own. “You know it, Sarge! Will call if I find anything interesting!” And just like that, his friend disappeared from view and deeper into the craft.

Jaden headed his own way, looking at anything that may contain something interesting. First the walls, since sometimes they held strange yet fascinating contraptions that moved one way or the other; he liked to add those to his collections. Unfortunately so far no luck in that department.

Then came the famous ‘treasure chests’, or at least that's what Syrus called them—wooden boxes filled to the brim with nothing but shiny objects as far as the eye could see. The brunet rummaged through a few of them, but could only find the standard small golden circles and red sparkly things attached to pearls. Nothing he hadn't seen before.

“Come on, there's gotta be something interesting around here…” Jaden closed the lid of the final box with a thud which echoed around the empty halls. Despite another quick search, nothing stood out to him no matter how many stones he turned. Before he could go back and join his friend on the other side however, the brunet's ears perked at a peculiar sound.

Something like… a grunt?

He stayed silent and immobile for a few seconds; waiting. Then swam tentatively forward. “Hassleberry? Is that you?”

“U-Ugh!”

The sound of distress caused his eyes to widen and his resolve to settle. After following the source for a few twists and turns in the corridors, he arrived at a tiny room which he and his friends had dubbed ‘the special room’, since it always seemed to have the same things in it regardless of the ship—a large circle with pointy ends around it sticking out of the floor, and a couple of strings that sometimes made the ship do noises when you tugged them.

And the sight that greeted him was surprising.

Resting there in the middle of the room was another merman. He had spiky black hair with yellow streaks, tan colored skin, and a tail that was completely caught under pieces of rubble.

The raven turned his attention to Jaden once he realized he wasn't alone anymore. He widened his eyes in surprise, most likely not expecting anyone else to be in an area like this. The deep ocean blue eyes that stared back at him caused the brunet's heart to skip a beat. “H-Hello…”

Jaden snapped out of his trance and immediately headed closer, inspecting the problem up close. “H-Hey! What are you doing here? You okay?”

“I… I'm alright. It's just a bit heavy.” The other merman shifted under the brunet's gaze and seemed to try and wiggle his tail to emphasize his point. The planks didn't move whatsoever. “I was trying to get some fish out of here when the shipwreck happened and well… guess I got myself in a bad spot…”

“I'll say.” After giving him a quick look around, Jaden placed a firm grip on one of the corners of the fallen planks, beginning to tug with a few grunts. “I thought I was the only one crazy enough to get near these things. I'm Jaden, by the way!”

“Yusei…” The young merman's gaze flickered between Jaden and the rubble covering his tail, seeming slightly on edge for some reason. “I-I appreciate the help, but I think I can manage.”

Jaden let out a chuckle while the wooden structure slid to the side. One down, just a few more to go. “I'd say your squirming and groaning would beg to differ. I'm just gonna need your help to push the big stuff off ya.”

Yusei still seemed a bit uncomfortable, but complied regardless with a nod as he started pushing the largest pieces of debris with the brunet's help. It didn't take long for everything to be cleared out of the way, much to their relief. The raven was finally able to swim to a vertical position, sporting a smile that rivaled all shiny objects Jaden had seen on his adventures. “Thanks a lot! That would've taken forever on my own!”

A grin of his own suddenly spread across his cheeks. “Hey, no problem! Us explorers have to stick—”

That was when he noticed it.

Looking downwards and blinking a couple of times to make sure he wasn't seeing things, Jaden froze at the sight. It was something he should be familiar with: a tail. But this one was different—curved in the middle, pointy on each end, and even slightly chipped from possible battles the brunet didn't even want to imagine.

And as he turned upwards, it was only then he noticed the sharp teeth that greeted him in that previously innocent smile.

“A shark…” How he couldn't sense it sooner was beyond him, but now that he'd seen it, his mind started to race to all possible scenarios. “I need to get Hassleberry and Syrus outta here! I could use the debris as a distraction. I mean, I dunno how much this guy knows about ship layout but if I'm lucky, I'll be able to outswim him with that. But by the time I get to the guys…”

Yusei's expression then shifted to one of confusion, probably by Jaden's abrupt silence, until his eyes widened in realization. He swam a little further back, raising both hands in an act of surrender. “Hey… I-I know how this looks, but I'm not gonna hurt you… I mean, as long as you don't hurt me, okay?”

Jaden was momentarily snapped out of his stupor by the comment, which caused him to raise his eyebrows and raise his arms in exasperation. He almost forgot he was talking to someone who could rip him to shreds if he wanted to. “M-Me hurting you?! With what? You're the one with teeth that can rip through flesh! All I've got is my witty charms and those can only get me so far!”

The raven then burst into laughter; so pure and innocent and filled with nothing but unapologetic joy that had Jaden's stomach doing flips in a way he'd never felt before. He didn't hate it…

“S-Sorry! I-I'm sorry! I'm not making fun of you, I swear!” Yusei held his sides while leaning against one of the damaged walls. “I-It's just… Well, we've heard a lot about your kind. But now that I'm seeing you in person you're not like that at all!”

“Same. I wouldn't have recognized you if not for the tail, but everyone back home says you guys are like these hideous underwater monsters… So it's not my fault I mistook you for a regular hot merman!” The words spilled out of his mouth before he could stop them—be it his usual blather mouth self or the panic still simmering inside him. Regardless, his face instantly felt hotter and the look Yusei was giving him was not helping.

It's not like he was lying, though.

His companion raised an eyebrow while giving Jaden a quick look down. A slight smirk made itself present on his lips, and the brunet couldn't stop the thoughts that formed in his head over how those sharp teeth somehow made him even sexier. “God I could really use a whirlpool to swallow me whole right now…”

“You're nothing like how they described either. Are all mermfolk this cute?” Yusei's head cocked to the side with a playful undertone. “Not to mention being brave enough to go into a sunken ship and help a complete stranger in the process.”

“W-Well, um, I—”

“Sarge! Where you at?”

Hassleberry's voice echoed into their chamber and Jaden instantly turned towards the direction of the door. Yusei's ears also perked in sudden alertness, but quickly de-escalated after seeing the merman's reaction. “He a friend of yours?”

“Yeah… My buds and I do this kinda stuff all the time. Nice little escape from boring everyday stuff.” The brunet turned towards Yusei with furrowed eyebrows. He was still grasping with the fact that a shark wasn't trying to eat him—how would his friends take it?

Almost sensing his doubt, the raven turned behind him and swam towards a broken window. An exit neither of them had considered before. He looked at Jaden with a small smile. “Guess this is where we part ways, then. Wouldn't want to give your friends a scare.”

“Maybe we can meet up again sometime!” Once again, the words left Jaden's mouth before he could stop them, but this time he didn't feel the need to take them back. His instincts hadn't warned him about any danger before meeting Yusei. And he was always one to rely on his instincts; they'd never stirred him wrong before.

Yusei's eyes widened in shock, most likely not expecting such a response. But then they shone with what could only be described as excitement with another smile painted across his face. Jaden had to get used to such blinding beauty. “I'd like that… maybe tomorrow?”

Jaden returned the smile and a little wave, too. “It's a date.”

Just like that, Yusei returned the wave and disappeared through the window without leaving a trace. It was almost as if he'd never been there.

Hassleberry burst through the entrance with enough force to knock against one of the walls. He let out a grunt while rubbing his head in pain. “Ugh… Sarge, this whole place was a bust. We should probably get back before Syrus thinks we got sucked into oblivion or somethin’”

“Sounds good. We'll have better luck next time…” Jaden smiled and gave the window one final look, eager for what tomorrow had in store.

“Hey, why you smilin’ all goofy lookin’?”

“A-Am not! Just move those fins!”

[marionthegeek]

Stede is in the Gravy Basket Masterpost

Original Essay:

Addendum about episode title:

Parallels between S2E2 and S2E7:

The Season 2 poster that supports the theory:

Zine Version of the Essay:

Will update this pinned post as I add evidence.

[space-blue]

WIP Tag Game

Rules: Post the names of the files of your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you asks with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it. If you want, tag as many people as you have WIPs.

---- I was tagged by @ashcroft-writes as part of a series of very clean wips, all too tidy. Amateurs!

Y'all keep on top of your work, I see. Let me show you what an unhinged WIP folder looks like. Go ahead, sweetings, send me asks about any of those that pick your fancy :

Arcane

-Final chapter/epilogue

Server AUs

-Bodyguard vanco -Daycare AU -Mermen -Red Rising Hood Vanco

Misc

-Regency -vanco chapter 3 -centaur 2 -more centaur notes -Zine story -Darkin 3 -Swain 2 -Bloopers 1&2

Avatar

-Aitya -Crumbs 3 -Vampire Q -Elias fic -Eyre wake up

Elden Ring

-Double pubber AU -Godfrey -Tarnished Baker 2

Star Wars

-Aau -Cafe AU -Hardeen x Dooku 2 -Mirial Lore -Moran -Neyo & Reidi -Rey stuff - Soka & Cad prison escape -The Nexu Files -JFO notes (future in the stars fic) -Seeker

Andor

-Kino lives -Melshian -Nemik -Luthen finds shipmind

Obi-Wan

-Anakin POV -Dreams -Dual TT 2 -Kenobi & Meeyan -Show rewrite -Thrawnobi

Thrawn

-Che'ri notes -Thalias chapter -Maiya notes

Dad Bane

-BoBF fix it -Jedi AU -Worth yw next

Tarkin Soka

-1 -ideas -Tarkin POV

TMA

-MA -TMA -Elias Notes

Sparing you from the OG stories in progress or rewriting by including images of all the wip nestings:

Tagging @scalefeathers @spaceprincessleia @zkyfall @skierunner

But low pressure and anyone is welcome to jump on board. I obviously can't tag that many people!!

[velvetjinx]

I’m running a Kickstarter for a printed merstucky zine!!! If you’d like to back this project, the link is here. 😊

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/velvetjinx/merstucky-zine

[aventisz]

Back from the printer with some new zines B)

They are available (in Hungarian and English) as a PDF: https://gumroad.com/aventisz

(Unfortunately sending off phisical copies internationally is not available yet :I)

[lottelabrys]

Which one do you like better? I’m partial to both lol Mermay was fun but I don’t think I can do challenges that require daily uploads anymore. I’ll just do a ful illustration when I do them instead. My stress injury has been getting bad.

This was for a zine host on Twitter by ArtistsOfAskr called Merfeh!

Fire Emblem (c) Nintendo & Intelligent systems

Art (c) LotteLabrys

[klmerfolkzine]

(Flirting) Challenge accepted!

Our second writer preview is for a piece by Kaylee Schuyler!

Preorders for Besitos del Mar, a Klance merfolk zine, open on January 10!

Linktree

[crazyrandomhappenklance]

Pre-orders end TODAY!

Help us unlock the enamel pin!!

We're only a handful of orders away from achieving the final stretch goal, it could be your order that does it!

Help Australian wildlife AND treat yourself to some beautiful Klance fics, art, and merch? It's a no brainer! Go, do it now!!

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https://besitosdelmarzine.bigcartel.com/

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So, already that's two charms, three die-cut stickers, two buttons, a bookmark, a sticker sheet and an amazing collection of art from over 20 artists and 5 original stories from yours truly and 4 exceptionally talented writers—all (plus the enamel pin, if we make it!) for $45?! Seriously, don't miss your chance to own all of this!!

See the pics below for details

You can get all this, plus the unlocked stretch goals, which are below!

[mondaijo]

My spread for Seaborne: @voltronmerzine! ♥ I was a part of this project as both a contributor and a mod, and I had so much fun! Everyone was a delight to work with and the final product is amazing!

We still have some leftover zine copies and merch in our store so please check it out~ https://voltronmerzine.bigcartel.com - all proceeds go to charity! ♥

[cinnabarartist]

ODER BEFORE OCT 3!!! https://voltronmerzine.bigcartel.com/ https://voltronmerzine.tumblr.com

A piece of a piece I did for Seaborne - A Voltron DL mermaid zine now on sale/pre-order.  This piece is part of the paper merch package as a mini poster that you get with the printed and magazine. The art and stories for this project are amazing, and merch are really nice.  Note! 100 copies have been ordered so all the .pdf art will go into the printed magazine as well. And, everyone will get an additional Shiro-mermaid enamel pin if the merch packages reach their mark.  Also, additional proceeds go to the Ocean Conservancy. The holidays are coming; get a package for you and a friend!

[midreky]

The mermen in love I drew for the Sparkle and Sea zine: a charity queer merfolk anthology!

[sleepyvinegar]

Spot illustrations for bittermoons’ piece “Cryptozoologists Hate Him! Local Surfer Discovers One Weird Trick For Finding Mermen“  for METAMORPHOS - DabiHawks AU zine. 

Hi!!! It’s been a long time! I don’t use this blog anymore, but wanted to share the spot illustrations I did for bittermoons’ heartwarming fic for the amazing Metamorphos zine. 

It was the first zine I’ve participated and it’ll be forever dear to me. Everyone was so talented and kind!! 😭💙❤️💙❤️ I also addded an extra that’s the design from Dabi’s tattoo! I had a lot of fun and also suffering coming up with the design 😂👌

If you like DabiHawks, fluff and idiots in love, please check bittermoons’ amazing work!!! (and from everyone who participated on the zine).