Art of Exorcism

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Title:	Art of Exorcism
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Date(s):	2022
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Medium:	Print, PDF
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Fandom:	Genshin Impact
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Language:	English
External Links:	Twitter, Carrd
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Art of Exorcism is a for-charity fanzine centered on the character Chongyun from Genshin Impact. At the end of the project, $1604.55 USD was donated to the charity Hope For Ukraine.

About

The interest check for this project was open from October 16-30, 2021. Contributor apps opened November 1, 2021 and closed December 1, 2021.

After a series of polls, the zine Twitter account posted a story incorporating the winning answers, featuring Chongyun and Shenhe at a school cultural festival.

This zine and several other Liyue-character-focused zines (Cloudburst, Queen of the Night, Moments of Solitude, and Golden Rule) collaborated on a quiz event with the reward of a Welkin Moon (a 30-day Genshin Impact in-game paid currency subscription) giveaway for the winning team. Signups for teams in the event were open from January 25, 2022 to February 1, 2022. Riddles were released from February 2-6, 2022, and the winner ended up being the Xingqiu zine, Moments of Solitude.

Preorders opened on March 12, 2022 with a scheduled end date of April 16, 2022, which was later extended to April 30, 2022. The following pricing tiers were offered:

• Spirit Blade ($13 USD): Digital Zine
• Touch of Frost ($18 USD): Physical Zine + Foiled Talismans
• Cloud and Wind ($30 USD): Physical Zine + Foiled Talismans + Prints + Stickers
• Frozen Ardour ($45 USD): Physical Zine + Foiled Talismans + Prints + Stickers + Charms + Enamel Pin

The digital zine was available as an add-on to physical orders for $5 USD.

This project had three stretch goals: a foil upgrade for the prints at 50 orders, a pencil pouch at 100 orders, and a 3D spot UV cover upgrade at 150 orders. The third and final stretch goal was unlocked on the last day of preorders.

The zine did a merch collaboration with the Moments of Solitude zine, where anyone who purchased physical bundles from both zine would receive matching king playing cards of Chongyun and Xingqiu.

Leftover sales opened September 18, 2022 with an announced closing date of October 15, 2022, which was later extended to November 10, 2022. On November 10, 2022, they announced a discount code "FLASHFREEZE". Leftovers were officially announced closed on November 15, 2022.

On April 9, 2022, the zine Twitter account announced that the project's chosen charity would be Hope for Ukraine. On December 10, 2022, the zine posted a screenshot of its donation to the charity and announced the project completed.