Golden Days

Zine
Title:	Golden Days
Publisher:	KrisRix and others
Editor(s):	KrisRix and others
Date(s):	2020
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Medium:	digital zine
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Fandom:	Carry On
Language:	English
External Links:	Tumblr site and AO3 collection of fic
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Golden Days is a digital Carry On anthology fanzine, featuring new fanart and fanfiction. It was published in April 2020 by KrisRix, Dandelion, David Kesil, Hoshibara, Jesus, Lee, Loveless and Phi. It was later re-launched (with additional content by f-ing-ruthless-baz) in June 2020. Creators were allowed to publish their work online in July 2020. Sales raised money for charity.

The theme is "new beginnings". The publisher stated "Golden Days is a SFW zine, intended to have the same mood and tone as the books themselves. As such, there may be violence, strong language, and mentions of sexual content, but nothing more graphic than that." Most but not all fic and art is SnowBaz.

The cover art is by KrisRix.

Contents

The zine included work by five featured creators: two writers Basic Banshee and TbazzSnow, and three artists Neck Mole, dancingwdinosaurs and Venessa Kelley. These creators were invited to participate and did not have to apply.

Other writers and artists applied to take part in the zine.

Featured Creators

• Storm Chaser (fic) by Basic Banshee
• Art by Neck Mole
• You are the Only One (fic) by TBazzSnow
• Wedding Letters: comic by Venessa Kelley
• Art by dancingwdinosaurs

Fanartists

• Ace Artemis
• Alex Siple
• Aurelia
• Bloodwrit
• Bonappetart
• Daiana
• Duod
• Eva
• Giulia
• Henrietta
• Ian Pinkis
• Icarus
• Jesse
• Julia
• Juliet
• KrisRix
• Lemoncielart
• Milo
• Misty
• Penpanoply
• Toony

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  Final page of 4-page comic by KrisRix

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  penpanoply art for Golden Flames

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  Page 4 of 'Wedding Letters', written and illustrated by Venessa Kelley

Fanfiction, including artist collaboration

• Dog Days by Annabellelux, collaborated with artist Eva
• The Sweet Fruit of a Palm Tree by Aralias, collaborated with artist Milo
• Repeat the Race to the Star by Authumnder
• Golden Flames by David Kesil, collaborated with artist Penpanoply
• Moments by Fight Surrender
• Eternal Sunshine of a Spaniel's Mind by MessoftheJess
• Heroes by KrisWise
• The Starting Point for the Highlight of Our Life by XMoreth, collaborated with artist Giulia
• Untitled by Loveless
• With Me by Pipsqueakparker
• Promises Kept and Made by TheHoneyedHufflepuff
• Remember the Magic by Sharkmartini
• Part of Your World by Visinata, collaborated with artist Penpanoply
• Again and Again and again by WarriorBeeoftheSea, collaborated with artist Duod
• Saturday Morning by f-ing-ruthless-baz (second edition only)

Charity Donations

The zine was only available during certain limited time windows and required a donation of $10+ to charity: Outright Action International (first and second release) or Black Lives Matter Global Network (second release only).

Increased donations were incentivised through a raffle. Winners of the raffle would not only receive the zine but would also receive one or more physical items, some of which were fanworks made by the contributors, others were official merchandise.

The first release raised more than $7,000.. The re-release raised another $1,000+.

The zine had originally been intended as a for-profit physical zine (which would cover its own costs), but became a charity zine after Carry On author Rainbow Rowell posted on Twitter that she could not condone fans profiting from her work.