#mod: itsasimplereason

[pokemonsnapzine]

Zine Update

Hello everybody!!

We wanted to thank all of you for participating in the interest check and let you know that we plan on closing it on Thursday the 26th in preparation for applications opening!!

Applications will open on January 1st and close on the 31st! We can’t wait!!

[todayisthedayyjzine]

✭ WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FOR THE “TODAY IS THE DAY” YOUNG JUSTICE ZINE!  ✭

If you want a taste of what’s to come please go and support the artists by taking a look at their social media!

MODS

@itsasimplereason ✭ __epic_grapes

ARTISTS

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@1captainjordan4 ✭ @ainhoaadcm  ✭ @bakughoe   ✭ @besideseaside  ✭ @chingsty  ✭ @cla-ray  ✭ @cy-burger ✭ @drifblm  ✭ @emkayohh ✭ @gardn3r ✭ @mskermit  ✭ @murrmernator ✭ @preshfinn  ✭    @slightly-awkward-sunshine ✭    @smallestbrown ✭ @starryeydsailor ✭ @yuesho

Instagram: 

Al0e.V3ra  ✭ astermads ✭ awizards.puffysleeves ✭ davidjamison222 ✭ eeriekirii ✭ hanakoori13 ✭ lishylu ✭ littlewheatart ✭ nicolethecreative ✭ oliviachants ✭ sweetfragola

Twitter:

bre_welty ✭ DaPandaBanda ✭ bart_tve  ✭ shrimposaurus

[memorieslozzine]

Hi! I was wondering if I could get the schedule for this zine please? Thank you!

Hi! 

The schedule for artists is as follows:

Applications Open- June 26th

Applications Close- July 17th

Concept Check- July 26th

WIP Check-In 1- August 9th

WIP Check-In 2- August 30th

Final Piece- September 27th

After this we’ll begin preorders, we don’t have exact dates, but here is our estimate.

Early October - Pre-Orders Open

Late October/Early November - Pre-Orders Close

November/Early December - Production and Packaging

Late December/Early January - Shipping

[foundaclonewarszine]

MEET THE MODS (1/3)

Meet Sam! She is one of our lovely head mods and she is the one that sparked life into this zine!

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[meddlingkidszine]

Do you know when you'll start selling extra merch? And will they be sold individually or in bundles?

Hi! Extra stuff will be sold in bundles! Most of our merch we have little left of, so we’re selling a few full bundles and a few full-but-without-button-badges bundles, as well as some unique bundles that have a couple of bits in each! 

We’ll be reopening our online store to sell leftovers very soon, before the weekend! Thanks!

Mod Fred,

[clanoftwozine]

INTEREST CHECK Q&A #2

Find the first Q&A post here!

Here is the next round of answers to questions people have sent us in the interest check form! We’ve gotten a ton of questions already!

Please also see our FAQ, Mod Team, and Schedule pages for answers to frequently asked questions!

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Q: Would you guys be open to making this a broad Mandalorian zine, or is the theme strictly about the bond between mando and the child?

A: Nope, this zine will remain focused strictly on Mando and Grogu. 

Q: Will there be a discord server for the contributors?

A: Yes there will be! We will send out individual invite links to all successful applicants via email, and discord will be the main method of communication. If you are a successful applicant but do not have a discord account, you will need to create one to participate in the zine.

Q: Would merch artists have to make the actual merch themselves? Or only provide the designs?

A: All contributors (page artists, merch artists, and writers) only need to provide their final designs/pieces in the form of PSDs (or an alternative software equivalent)/Google docs/etc. The mods will take care of assembling the zine and placing orders for the merch to be made, so contributors do not need to worry about that.

Q: How much creative freedom will we get?

A: We want to give contributors as much freedom as possible to create what they like. The only hard stipulations are that: 

the piece be focused on Mando and Grogu

the piece is SFW

the piece is not reader insert (for writers only)

word count limits and page size dimensions are abided by (these will be provided to successful applicants when the time comes)

Any further instructions will be provided by the mods, but generally, contributors will be encouraged to create what they want with as few restrictions as possible.

Q: Will this zine be for profit or for charity?

A: This will be a charity (not-for-profit) zine. More information on the charity will be forthcoming, but we are currently looking into trans/LGBTQ+ charities.

Q: Is there a age limit to contributing?

A: This zine will be entirely SFW, so you do not have to be 18+ to join. We will generally be looking at applicants who are 16 or older.

Q: If we have applied for another zine, could we apply for this one too?

A: If you feel you can handle the workload of producing a piece for two zines at the same time, then that is okay! Applicants will have roughly 2.5 months to complete their piece for this zine, with multiple check-ins throughout to make sure that people are on track. As long as you can meet our deadlines then you will be fine! If you have not been in a zine before, just know that the quality threshold will be higher (editing written pieces & adjusting colour/placement/etc of visual art pieces if needed, things like that) and that you will be expected to follow a schedule.

Q: Would contributors also receive copies of the zine and any merch?

A: From mod @itsasimplereason:

Our goal is to get every contributor a free bundle but that depends on how pre orders go. First they’ll get the zine and merch at cost, or they’ll pay for shipping. Then they’ll get the zine free, merch at cost, and maybe shipping. Then everything is free. They will for sure get a free digital bundle.

This is a not-for-profit zine so we will try to manage as best we can. With the amount of responses we’ve gotten already, this hopefully won’t be an issue, but we cannot make any promises one way or the other until pre-orders open. 

Q: Just curious about deadlines but I'm sure that isn't decided yet!

A: See our Schedule for more details!

Q: How and when the artists will be chosen?

A: as stated in our FAQ and Schedule, artists can apply to the zine once contributor applications open. The mod team will then review all applications and choose contributors based on the strength of their applications.

[broccolibenny]

So excited to share my full piece for @todayisthedayyjzine !!! 

This is the piece for S2E20 - Endgame. Listen, this is the only appropriate thing to convey this whole episode.

Thank you everyone for the support!!!  Most importantly, thank you to the Mods  @itsasimplereason and @__epic_grapes (on insta) for putting this together and all artist contributions were HECkING amazing!

[australianwildlifezine]

Hello!! As you can see there isn’t much on this blog! Don’t panic! There’s still a zine to come! 

I’ll answer some standard questions below, but please feel free to let me know if you have any other questions 

Q: Who are the artists? A: All the artists for this zine are artists I know and have worked with before, because of this I didn’t hold applications

A: Why didn’t you hold applications? Q: Since Australia needs donations now I wanted to cut production time. This help make it so that my zine production can go from roughly 6 months to just 3 or 4

Q: Then what is the purpose of this blog? A: For Updates!! This blog will be used to promote sales, to share the information of all the wonderful artists that participated, and to help update people on shipping and production. 

Q: Who is running this zine? A: Just me! @itsasimplereason I have some people that are helping out, but I’m the only mod

Q: That seems like a big job for just one person A: It is! That’s why I’m thankful for my friends who are helping me, but I’ve also helped run 2 successful zines and am currently working on one other so I feel pretty confident that I can do this! 

Q: Where will the funds go once sales begin? A:  Sales will be split between two charities, that were suggested to me by a friend! https://bushfires.rspca.org.au/ (which is nationwide) and https://www.faunarescue.org.au/ (which focuses on South Australia and Kangaroo Island) 

That’s all for now! Please follow for more information! 

[pokemonsnapzine]

Q Will most of the zine communication take place via email or Discord? A Most of our communication will be taking place via Discord 

 Q Is there a tentative timeline?  A Our timeline is as follows 

Applications Open January 1st Applications Close January 31st Acceptance Emails will be sent out shortly after Applications Close Concept Check February 13th WIP Check-In 1 March 5th WIP Check-In 2 March 31st Final Piece April 30th After this we’ll begin pre-orders.

While we don’t have exact dates here is our best estimate Pre-Orders Will Open Early May Pre-Orders Will Close Late May/Early June Production and Packaging June/July Shipping August/Early September

Q Will the artists/contributors involved receive a free copy of the zine? A Our goal is always to be able to give every artist a free physical copy of the zine. However, we can’t guarantee a free copy until we see how pre-orders go. We can guarantee a free digital copy for every artist

Q Where do the profits of the zine go? A We want our profits to go to an environmental charity. Which charity will be voted on by our artists after applications close. 

Have questions? Check out the FAQ Can’t find the answer? Message us or reply to this post

[pokemonsnapzine]

Q:  When would the zine start and what would be the possible deadline? 

Applications Open January 1st Applications Close January 31st 

Emails will be sent out shortly after Applications Close to all Applicants 

Concept Check February 13th WIP Check-In 1 March 5th WIP Check-In 2 March 31st Final Piece April 30th After this we’ll begin pre-orders. 

While we don’t have exact dates here is our best estimate 

Pre-Orders Will Open Early May Pre-Orders Will Close Late May/Early June Production and Packaging June/July Shipping August/Early September

Q: Does it need to have a background? If yes, how detailed should it be? A: Due to the nature of this zine it’s going to be background heavy! We want to really focus on the environments in which our favorite Pokemon live! In this way it’s a bit like the game where you have to look for the Pokemon in their environments!

We would want you to focus on one of the seven Pokemon Snap Level environments! (Beach, Tunnel, Volcano, River, Cave, Valley, Rainbow)

These pieces are good examples of what we’re thinking of!  Example Example Example

FAQ don’t see your question? ASK IT HERE

[pokemonsnapzine]

Q: Will this be specifically the old game (aka only Pokemon that appeared in that game, etc) or will it just be that concept applied to all generations?

A: Each piece should take place in one of the 7 different playable in game levels (Cave, Tunnel, Beach, River, Valley, Volcano, Rainbow). While we want the biomes to stay the same as in game, pokemon from new gens can be included Alongside first gen Pokemon

FAQ don’t see your question? ASK IT HERE

[pokemonsnapzine]

You guys should turn on anon :p

Oops! Our bad!! Anon is now turned on! Feel free to ask us questions anytime! 

[pokemonsnapzine]

Hey I'm not sure if you guys have sorted them out yet but what are gonna be the rules if we enter the zine and get in? I'm really interested with this and I was wondering what the rules are just so I can have an idea

Hello! Here is a Google Doc with some general information about our zine!ZINE DOCIf you would like to keep an eye on this Doc it’ll be updated alongside our social media

If you were looking for more information about applications here are the answers for that! 

Q: How will the application process work?A: We will get a google survey set up, in this survey you will give us your name, a link to your portfolio (ie: twitter, tumblr, Instagram, ect) and submit what you think are three of your strongest pieces this way we can see both your finished products and your work process.

Q: What are you looking for in applications?A: We are looking for artists who have a strong sense of space, lighting, color, and can tackle nature environments and backgrounds. Merch artists will have to send examples of merch designs in their application. Portfolios don’t have to include Pokemon, but if it does that can only help you. 

Q: Will traditional artwork be accepted? A: Yes, but it needs to be well scanned. When you apply make sure to included scanned traditional art, so that we can make sure it will work for the zine.

FAQ don’t see your question? ASK IT HERE

[pokemonsnapzine]

Q: If a photographer is featured in a piece, must it be the canon photographer or an original design? A: We would prefer that you keep any people in the zine to those from the games. So only the canon photographer. However, if you wanted you may also include people like the bug catcher kids, or the main game character you control, or anyone else like that 

[pokemonsnapzine]

I feel the need to ask after the wording on the last post, is there no intention of sending emails to those that aren't accepted?

We will be sending emails to everyone that applies! Or in other words everyone, whether they are accepted or not, will receive an email from us at the end of applications

I’ll go back and make that clearer on the previous post

FAQ don’t see your question? ASK IT HERE

[todayisthedayyjzine]

Is there going to be a zine for season 4?? I'll never forgive myself if I miss the registration of this one as well.

Hello, sorry it took so long to answer your ask. We were trying to figure out exactly what we wanted to say. 

That being said, we don’t have any plans currently to create another Young Justice zine. However, we aren’t opposed to the idea of doing one in the future, especially given the announcement of season 4. 

If we do end up doing another zine, we’ll announce it here, so if you’re worried about missing out on it then please continue to follow this blog for updates. :)

Just remember that we don’t have any plans and if we end up doing another Young Justice zine it probably won’t be for some time. 

(there’s some more rambling in the tags if you want some details as to why this is)