Blackest Night
Zine | |
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Title: | Blackest Night |
Publisher: | |
Editor(s): | goodlouse, pippintruman, eeth0k |
Type: | Fanart, Fanfiction |
Date(s): | 2022 |
Medium: | PDF, Print |
Size: | A5, 100+ pages |
Fandom: | Final Fantasy XIV |
Language: | English |
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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[1]. 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[2]. The deadline was extended to April 24, 2022, later[3]. Acceptance and rejection emails were sent out around May 1, 2022[4].
Preorders opened on August 17, 2022, wit the following pricing tiers[5]:
- 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[6]. Sales ended on September 30, 2022[7].
All orders were packaged by October 31, 2022, and would begin dispatching on November 2nd[8][9]. Remaining preorders were processed on November 4th[10]. Digital PDFs of the zine were sent out on November 7th[11].
The zine's online store opened for leftover sales beginning December 1, 2022, and ending on January 12, 2023[12]. Shortly after the shop closed, the project announced that overseas orders would be paused due to Royal Mail delays[13]. No further updates had been made since then.
Start | End | |
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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
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
Gallery
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[14]
alex wrote on Twitter
@drkzine made me so fuckin emo IT WAS SO GOOD TY EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON IT[15]
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![16]
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 😭😭😭[17]
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 😭[18]
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)[19]
References
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1488186906915614722
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1511084771836940290
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1515676015493795844
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1520910138596548618
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1559978523426701312
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1575152798928441345
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1576059579854528512
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1587175715262369792
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1587804445131395075
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1588543988847759360
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1589713926874624000
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1598410521338056704
- ^ https://twitter.com/drkzine/status/1613947461290135556
- ^ https://twitter.com/SunshineMoonRX/status/1590752729147666439
- ^ https://twitter.com/DeSeingalt/status/1589773122731139072
- ^ https://twitter.com/LynMars79/status/1591541322749718529
- ^ https://twitter.com/xiakha/status/1592022318636826625
- ^ https://twitter.com/unmeihana/status/1597480981304602625
- ^ https://twitter.com/trustyrpartner/status/1593029873127522305