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FINISHED BUT FAMISHED
Aug. 23rd, 2022 10:45 pmIt's complete. My writing contribution to the ORV zine has been beta'd, turned in, and now all I have to do is wrangle together a preview to share on twitter.
This was probably the most fun, despair-inducing, tangled project I've ever taken on. Not because of the zine itself or anything, but how I went about it. I took many missteps throughout the process, but I still finished on time! I still got it all together! I polished off my bad red wine after I turned in my piece!
( my tangled process )
Everyone's pieces are slowly being submitted to the zine's discord, and they're all coming out great, stunning, I'm so excited for this zine to be shared.
There's this trend nowadays where most fanzines on twitter are essentially professional passion project art books that cost $15-$40, some for profit or not. The price tag is due to being printed, and the pages and covers are glossy. They've all been lovely, but the price tag has made me a little disappointed because I can't afford all of them. I have gotten a few! But. There's quite a lot going around, especially since I'm in multi-fandom spaces on twitter. I'm not saying the price tag isn't worth it. All of these zines are incredibly cool and put together so well. But that's why I was drawn to this particular fanzine, "THEMA;", in the first place. It's not being printed and doesn't have a price tag. It'll be a free PDF. If I had been a simple reader, I wouldn't have to weigh my wallet.
Ironically? I'll probably spend $15 anyway trying to bind it into a physical copy myself. But that's even more enjoyable than getting a book shipped to my house. Labor of love, beginning and end :D
This was probably the most fun, despair-inducing, tangled project I've ever taken on. Not because of the zine itself or anything, but how I went about it. I took many missteps throughout the process, but I still finished on time! I still got it all together! I polished off my bad red wine after I turned in my piece!
( my tangled process )
Everyone's pieces are slowly being submitted to the zine's discord, and they're all coming out great, stunning, I'm so excited for this zine to be shared.
There's this trend nowadays where most fanzines on twitter are essentially professional passion project art books that cost $15-$40, some for profit or not. The price tag is due to being printed, and the pages and covers are glossy. They've all been lovely, but the price tag has made me a little disappointed because I can't afford all of them. I have gotten a few! But. There's quite a lot going around, especially since I'm in multi-fandom spaces on twitter. I'm not saying the price tag isn't worth it. All of these zines are incredibly cool and put together so well. But that's why I was drawn to this particular fanzine, "THEMA;", in the first place. It's not being printed and doesn't have a price tag. It'll be a free PDF. If I had been a simple reader, I wouldn't have to weigh my wallet.
Ironically? I'll probably spend $15 anyway trying to bind it into a physical copy myself. But that's even more enjoyable than getting a book shipped to my house. Labor of love, beginning and end :D
