Blackest Night

Zine
Title:	Blackest Night
Editor(s):	goodlouse, pippintruman, eeth0k
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Type:	Fanart, Fanfiction
Date(s):	2022
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Medium:	PDF, Print
Size:	A5, 100+ pages
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Fandom:	Final Fantasy XIV
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Language:	English
External Links:	Twitter
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Blackest Night is a fanzine featuring fanart and fanfiction about Dark Knights in Final Fantasy XIV.

About

The zine was announced with an interest check from January 31, 2022, until February 9th. The zine was described as a "one-off fanmade publication comprising of illustrations and writings relating to the Dark Knight quests and lore". Contributor applications opened for artists and writers from April 4 to April 17, 2022. The deadline was extended to April 24, 2022, later. Acceptance and rejection emails were sent out around May 1, 2022.

Preorders opened on August 17, 2022, wit the following pricing tiers:

• Voiceless (£18.00 GBP) - Digital Zine
• Onyx Shade (£25.00 GBP - £30.00 GBP) - Physical Zine
• Obsidian Heart (£25.00 GBP) - Prints, Sticker Sheets, Die-cut Stickers, Button Badges
• Swirling Abyss (£45.00 GBP - £50.00 GBP) - Physical Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheets, Die-cut Stickers, Button Badges

Stretch goals included a sticker sheet at 150 orders and a Dark Knight Haurchefant sticker at 200 orders. Sales ended on September 30, 2022.

All orders were packaged by October 31, 2022, and would begin dispatching on November 2nd. Remaining preorders were processed on November 4th. Digital PDFs of the zine were sent out on November 7th.

The zine's online store opened for leftover sales beginning December 1, 2022, and ending on January 12, 2023. Shortly after the shop closed, the project announced that overseas orders would be paused due to Royal Mail delays. No further updates had been made since then.

Project Schedule

	Start	End
Interest Check	January 31, 2022	February 9, 2022
Contributor Applications	April 4, 2022	April 24, 2022
Preorders	August 17, 2022	September 30, 2022
Shipping	November 2, 2022	November 7, 2022
Leftover Sales	December 1, 2022	January 12, 2023

Contributors

The following names were taken from the final copy of the zine.

Page Artists

• RowanClair_
• RBIllustration
• Surejanel
• TheAlex_Arts
• goodlouse
• CassigatorArt
• Eoryuu
• eeth0k
• Yein_Art
• boxedivy
• karagna_
• JustSnooze
• pippintruman
• tanbearine_
• ruinetsel
• 4threset
• astfordays

Merch Artists

• chunkybork
• catbrdart
• llandaqqle
• kermie190
• moecinna
• tsukeoni
• sabadoodle
• ChangoPongo
• aaronmwill
• irlmaxxxor
• smugcomputer

Writers

• SunshineMoonRX
• xiakha
• trustyrpartner (blackestknight)
• internetfionna (tautologysystem)
• lynmars79 (autumnslance)
• ailanthium
• friendofesteem

Mods

• pippintruman
• goodlouse
• eeth0k

Gallery

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  Zine Cover

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  Stretch Goals

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  Full Bundle Listing

Fan Reception

The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.

Sunshine Moon wrote on Twitter

Hey Tom stop making out with your girlfriend and look what we got in the mail

alex wrote on Twitter

@drkzine made me so fuckin emo IT WAS SO GOOD TY EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON IT

LynMars Autumnslance wrote on Twitter

My copy of Blackest Night, the @drkzine has arrived! The stickers, pins, & cards are so cute, too! So excited to see everyone’s hard work pay off & hold it in hand!

xiakha wrote on Twitter

Finally got around to opening it, my copy of @drkzine finally arrived!

My first physically published piece of fiction is in this anthology 😭😭😭

cece wrote on Twitter

my blackest night zine arrived today!!! thank you so much @drkzine and all the contributors who made it possible, it looks absolutely amazing 😭

cyan wrote on Twitter

PAKIDGE!!! my copy of @drkzine is here and it's gorgeous 😭 i had such a blast working on this project, everything turned out stunning (misty and london agree)