Drawing Days

Zine
Title:	Drawing Days
Editor(s):	Yitsuin, iownedfish, Seasonal Tea
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Type:	Fanart, Fanfiction
Date(s):	2021
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Medium:	PDF, Print
Size:	A5
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Fandom:	Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
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Language:	English
External Links:	Twitter carrdarchived
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Drawing Days is a scrapbook-themed zine for Katekyo Hitman Reborn!.

About

The fanzine was announced to be coming soon on October 7, 2020. Interest checks ran from October 10 to October 30, 2020. A reported total of 221 responses was received, and a more detailed report of the interest check results was published on November 10th. The zine was then decided to be scrapbook-themed with the name of Drawing Days, the title of the first opening theme song of the anime adaptation of the series.

Applications for a finance and shipping mod opened from October 14 to November 5, 2020. Contributor applications for page artists, merch artists, and writers opened from November 15 to December 15, 2020. All results were emailed out by December 22, 2020. A full lineup of contributors was publicly announced on January 12, 2021.

Preorders opened on May 17, 2021, with the following pricing tiers:

• Sketch Bundle - PDF Zine
• Lineart Bundle - Physical Zine, PDF Zine, 3 Random Character Cards
• Colour Bundle - Physical Zine, PDF Zine, Sticker Sheet, Prints, Die-cut Stickers, 6 Random Character Cards
• Canvas Bundle - Physical Zine, PDF Zine, Sticker Sheet, Prints, Die-cut Stickers, Acrylic Charms, All Character Cards

Stretch goals included a notepad at 35 orders, an enamel pin at 50 orders, and a gold foil stamping on physical zines at 100 orders. A giveaway was hosted from May 24 to June 14, 2021, for a physical copy of the zine with a merch item of the winner's choice, and a runner up prize for a full set of character cards. Preorders closed on June 17, 2021. In an answered question on Curious Cat, over 200 orders were reported to have been made.

Shipping of physical orders began on September 5, 2021. Some orders to Australia were delayed due to USPS suspending service to Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. All orders were shipped out and all PDFs were sent out by October 22, 2021. Leftover sales were opened on January 15, 2022. The zine's online shopped closed on February 5, 2022.

Project Schedule

	Start	End
Interest Check	October 10, 2020	October 30, 2020
Mod Applications	October 14, 2020	November 5, 2020
Contributor Applications	November 15, 2020	December 15, 2020
Preorders	May 17, 2021	June 17, 2021
Shipping	September 5, 2021	October 22, 2021
Leftover Sales	January 15, 2022	February 5, 2022

Contributors

The following names were taken from the project's social media account.

Page Artists

• Arsanders
• Chamiryokuroi
• corpsecrow
• Eni (Eniweith)
• HEARTMUSH
• JeanaDraws
• Jiminsi
• Jensterglider (jimster_glider_art) - Guest
• karei (kareirakugaki)
• KokonaKamelot
• konomonn
• Kyuutan
• Kyyhky (kyyhky7)
• Laur (wintrchu)
• Lin (joylychi)
• mochi (mochimilkt)
• mochiipanko - Guest
• minwinvo
• Nat Roze
• omeleting
• OtakuPup - Guest
• Popy (popysicle)
• Raeda (raedasama_art)- Guest
• Shay Fan (runqii)
• soosdubus
• sun (sunniesart)
• teacupbun
• Valuis (maskenjager)
• Whispwill - Guest
• Yukina Aiyu
• yun0036_

Merch Artists

• Grakanarts
• idefix (faufix)
• saurr
• SnailRoyal
• SPINE (vrtbre)

Writers

• AKnightOfAGoodKing
• basedkhr
• cc_eyre
• OnceABlueMoon (BlueChama)
• prideeshark
• Seito (seiartsu) - Guest
• shimikonde

Mods

• Yitsuin - Co-Production, Co-FInance, Organization
• iownedfish - Graphics, Layout, Organization
• Seasonal Tea (JinYuuichi) - Co-Finance, Shipping, Co-Production

Gallery

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  Zine Logo

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  Full Bundle Listing

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  Stretch Goals

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  Social Media Banner

Fan Reception

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

uni☆haru wrote on Twitter

So soooo excited to get some Reborn fanmerch!! In 2021?!? It's like a dream😳

Thanks to everyone who worked on @khrfanzine 💗

gelataisa wrote on Twitter

My copy of @khrfanzine (unexpectedly quickly!!) arrived and omg I'm so happy!!!! It's such a beautiful zine and you can feel the love for the series... So glad I got.

Thanks to everyone who participated, you certainly made my day and possibly my entire week 😂💜💜

cee wrote on Twitter

my drawing days arrived just in time for khr anniversary !!! @khrfanzine thank you so much ✨🔥 i love how the packaging is orange XD its so beautiful I AM SO HAPPY

Alika wrote on Twitter

@khrfanzine Thank you so much!!! This spectacular zine arrived to my house safely. I love all the art and the stretch goal notepad is breathtaking. Glad I had the opportunity to purchase a zine off one of the first anime's I watched as a kid❤️

Cosmic.Wolf_cosplay wrote on Twitter

Another beautiful zine in today!! This one holds a special place in my heart because I absolutely loved this anime so so much. @khrfanzine thank you so much for making this zine it brought back loved memories.

Хитрый лис wrote on Twitter

Получил @khrfanzine 🥳

Скоро сделаю обзор. Спойлер: он офигенный.

Sen wrote on Twitter

Thank you so much @khrfanzine ~ The physical zine and merch all looks amazing and are wonderfully made 🥺💖 I'm really overjoyed to get these because I'll always love the series, it means so much to me 💘 I love that the charms have clam-shaped clasps too, they're too cute ❣️

Hyades wrote on Twitter

✨ 2021 haul post ✨

Received my zine from @khrfanzine last year and absolutely loved it! This zine reminded me of binging KHR for a week straight instead of doing my book report during spring break in hs😂

Thanks to all the mods/artists/contributors for this amazing project!