Asterism
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Asterism |
| Publisher: | |
| Editor(s): | |
| Type: | Artbook |
| Date(s): | 2020 |
| Medium: | Print, digital |
| Size: | A5 |
| Fandom: | LOONA |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | |
 A photograph of the Asterism zine, alongside various merch including stickers and a keychain that was based on the LOONA lightstick.[1] | |
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Asterism is a LOONA fanzine and artbook created by various artists to celebrate the group's 2nd anniversary. Each artwork in the zine was inspired by a different LOONA song to show the journey from pre-debut to debut.[2] It was released in 2020.
About
From the Zine's Google Docs:
Asterism is an fanzine made by Orbits all around the world to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of LOOΠΔ. The fanzine will trace their history, from their solo debut to the group debut. All the profits will go to charity. More information about the charity will be given later. Asterism means “a group of stars”, just like LOOΠΔ, who shines like stars together!![2]
The theme of this fanzine, as said above, is the history of LOOΠΔ. Every artist will have to chose one song (see below) and will have to make a piece with the chosen song as a theme. It can be a redrawing of a scene(s) from the M/V or an interpretation that the artist has of the lyrics, for example.Artists who choose the OT12 songs are asked to draw at least 3 members. As for the songs with a featuring (e.g. Egoist), if the artist can add the member featuring the song, that would be really appreciated!
This fanzine is SFW and it’s not centered around ships, so please avoid making your drawing around ships. Drawings like members hugging, for example, are totally fine! Again, we can discuss about your ideas![2]
History
Development
The twitter account belonging to Asterism first posted on April 24, 2020, asking fans if they were interested in a possible zine, essentially an "interest check".[3] These are common in zines. The theme was decided immediately to be based on the songs, though one of the songs were incorrect and didn't even exist, but this was promptly removed.[4] There were around 39 responses to the interest check.[5]
As a result, the zine decided to open for mod applications and later artists and writers. All artists were selected.[6] To select the songs, artists would fill in a form and choose their top 5 songs, and then the zine organisers would distribute them.[7]
Release
The zine opened for pre-orders on July 22, 2020. There three versions of this zine, named after the units: Asterism YYXY, Asterism OEC, Asterism 1/3, Asterism Yeojin, and finally Asterism OT12. The first 50 releases of the "Asterism OT12" pre-orders received an double-sided keyring. They also hosted a giveaway for one album.[8]
Reception
Some fan comments from those who received the zine and also from those who worked on it:
guess what arrived today! 🥰💕🌌🪐 thank you all so so much for the amazing zine and all the beautiful fanart!! I have a lot of artists to follow and ik what's going on my keyring!![1]
oh where you at?here was my piece for @loonazine
!!! its based on what i imagine when i hear the song ‘where you at’ by loona! it was so fun to be a part of this project! #loonafanart[9]
LOUD GASP!!! guys guys look the loona zine came in!! ✨💖 everyone did so amazing this is so pretty 😭💖[10]
Artists
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References
- ^ a b Tweet by risugarden, photo uploaded on October 13, 2020
- ^ a b c About page on Google Docs
- ^ Tweet, posted by @loonazine, on April 24, 2020
- ^ Tweet, by @loonazine, posted on April 26, 2020
- ^ Tweet, by @loonazine, posted on May 15, 2020
- ^ Tweet, by @loonazine, posted on June 7, 2020
- ^ Ask, on CuriousCat, posted on June 7, 2020
- ^ Tweet, by @loonazine, posted on November 7, 2020
- ^ Tweet, by @tkimichi, posted on October 13, 2020
- ^ Tweet, by @moatoons, posted on October 13, 2020