Kingdom Haute

Zine
Title:	Kingdom Haute
Publisher:	Same Page Zines
Editor(s):	MushroomGrenade, Aebriel, Acelaena, ColdSpicy64, Mack, Noct, MaiKusakabe
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Type:	Fanart, Fanfiction
Date(s):	2022
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Medium:	PDF, Print
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Fandom:	Kingdom Hearts
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Language:	English
External Links:	Twitter carrdarchived
Cover by cowgirlongirl
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Kingdom Haute is a fashion-themed zine featuring characters from the Kingdom Hearts games. The zine was created in honor of the games' 20th anniversary.

About

To commemorate the platinum anniversary of Kingdom Hearts, we will be putting together a zine in the style of a special edition catalog, including "ads" and fashion spreads done by page artists, articles and interviews done by writers, and several multimedia aspects as well, including "samples", proposed music components, "coupons", and other goodies. This will be a physical release, as well as digital, and will include merch bundles; the project is for-profit, in the hopes of helping support our tireless fandom creators who put so much out there for all of us to enjoy.

This will be a gen project, and no blatantly romantic works will be accepted for the final product. All characters, locations, and themes of the series will be fair game.

The zine was announced on May 16, 2021, with an interest check. The response form was closed on July 1, 2021, with a reported count of over 100 responses. Contributor applications were opened on July 9, 2021, for artists, writers, cosplayers, merch artists, and audio. Applications closed on August 31, 2021. After some delay due to circumstances in the mod team's personal lives, responses to these applicaitons were sent out on September 12, 2021.

Preorders opened on April 30, 2022, with the following pricing tiers:

• Trinity Bundle ($25 USD) - Digital Zine
• Sea Salt Bundle ($25 USD) - Physical Zine
• Wayfinder Bundle ($35 USD) - Physical Zine, Brochure, Extension Booklet, Heart Badge, Random Print, Bookmark, Digital PDFs
• Destiny Bundle ($45 USD) - Physical Zine, Brochure, Bookmark, Extension Booklet, Exclusive Poster, Acrylic Charms, Heart Badges, Random Prints, Random Sticker Sheet, Digital PDFs
• Kingdom Bundle ($65 USD) - Physical Zine, Brochure, Bookmark, Extension Booklet, Exclusive Poster, Enamel Pin, Acrylic Charms, Heart Badges, Prints, Sticker Sheets, Digital PDFs

For bundles below the full bundle, enamel pins could be bought for an additional $10 USD. The extension booklet, aptly named the Kingdom Haute Makeup & Fragrance Collection, could be added onto the Trinity and Sea Salt bundles. Stretch goals for physical orders included a 3D charm at 25 orders, washi tape at 50 orders, heart buttons at 75 orders, a Marluxia-themed charm at 100 orders, and a foil upgrade for bookmarks at 120 orders.

Preorders were expected to end on May 31, 2022, but were extended to June 15th and closed as scheduled. Digital bundles continued to be sold afterwards.

Orders began shipping out on November 4, 2022. Digital bundles were sent on December 7, 2022. The project's storefront reopened from December 10, 2023, to January 20, 2023 for leftover sales. The zine was officially complete on February 20, 2023.

Project Schedule

	Start	End
Interest Check	May 16, 2021	July 1, 2021
Contributor Applications	July 9, 2021	August 31, 2021
Preorders	April 30, 2022	June 15, 2022
Shipping	November 4, 2022	December 7, 2022
Leftover Sales	December 20, 2022	January 20, 2023

Contributors

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

Page Artists

• NerroArt
• Acelaena
• Haelyonn
• Juliet (l_impeto_oscuro)
• May (littlemay528)
• Forze (forze.del.male)
• Valerie (aabakura)
• Kate (katnapsh)
• Lex (vanix_ac7_art)
• Irene (evolpollito)
• Josh (thatjoshthere)
• Misty (Slurpycan)
• Nek (nekky_nek)
• DPRenFTW
• Omellette (Mars00nmar)
• Alina (cowgirlongirl) - Cover Artist
• Adurna0
• Ming T (cowtape)
• Doctor Glasgow
• Muffy (muffywithlove)
• Ophichus
• PIN6 (onlytoeight)
• PrettyDeer
• Sapphire (LapisLazulite)
• StoneFaeries
• blackwing (blackwing-dias)
• Eit
• Nana (loiska_j)
• Mothie (j3llybug)

Merch Artists

• AtlassArts
• MushromGrenade (MrPuppycorn)
• Juliet (l_impeto_oscuro)
• Forze (forze.del.male)
• Kate (katnapsh)
• Lex (vanix_ac7_art)
• Ryoku
• Psi (Zusanheim)
• Morgan (memoriesofrain)
• Em (emailgrnx)
• Alina (cowgirlongirl)
• Mushroomgrenade (mrpuppycorn)
• CherryBloodKnight
• Eit
• Mothie (j3llybug)

Writers

• Heather (ForetellerAva)
• Ange (Ange_de_la_Mort)
• ColdSpicy64
• Vannah (vannahfanfics)
• Sim (simswriting)
• Amitiel (absolutelynoct)
• Arielle (ArielleMikk)
• Hanaadorey
• Kiki (wolfecakes)
• Minaminakawaii
• Xi (tvzavine)
• Dirk (rikudera)
• Miss T.C. Nova

Cosplayers

• Dirk (rikudera)

Mods

• MushromGrenade (MrPuppycorn) - Head Mod
• Aebriel - Layout, Formatting
• Acelaena - Graphics
• ColdSpicy64 - Writing Mod, Beta Reader
• Mack (artisiie) - Social Media
• Noct - Shipping, Production, Merch Mod, General Mod
• Mai (MaiKusakabe) - Finances

Gallery

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  Cover by cowgirlongirl

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  Full Bundle Listing

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  Stretch Goals Listing

Fan Reception

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

Ky wrote on Twitter

My zine from @samepagezines arrived today and it’s so beautiful, I love it!! Thank you so much @aniziness for putting on the giveaway and getting this for me, so hyped to own this 💜

Ange wrote on Twitter

I got my contributor's copy of the Kingdom Haute zine /@samepagezines, one of THE most innovative and transgressive zines I've seen in a while/had the honour to be part of.

Mothie wrote on Twitter

@samepagezines I received my copy of the ziene and everything is very well made and packages thank you very much