My Gay Awakening: A Magical Girl Zine

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Zine
Title: My Gay Awakening: A Magical Girl Zine
Publisher: Moon Goon Studios
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Type: Art Zine, Charity Zine
Date(s): 2020
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Medium: Physical, Digital
Size: A4, 104+ pages[1]
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Fandom: Assorted Magical Girl
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Language: English
External Links: Moon Goon Twitter
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My Gay Awakening: A Magical Girl Zine, or My Gay Awakening, is a magical girl charity zine focused on F/F relationships. It was run on Twitter, originally on the account @magicalgurlzine, before the name was changed to @moongoonpub. It was hosted by not_lovegood.

About

My Gay Awakening was raising funds for Outright International. In total, $1,890 USD was donated to the charity[2].

Zine Timeline
Milestone Start Date End Date
Interest Check July 8, 2020[3] -
Zine Applications[4] July 9, 2020 July 11, 2020
Pre-Orders July 31, 2020[5] September 1, 2020
Release September 2, 2020[6] -

Zine Contents

There was four different zine bundles available for purchase.

Zine Bundles
Bundle Name Price (USD)[7] Contents
Chibi Bundle 10[8] Enamel pin, 5 stickers[8][9]
Mini Moon Bundle 25[10] Enamel pin, 5 stickers, physical zine[11]
Spicy Bundle[12] 35 NSFW PDF, zine PDF[13]
Dark Lady Bundle[14] 40-45[7] Enamel pin, five stickers, physical zine, NSFW PDF, zine PDF

The merch available for the zine is as follows:

Zine Merch
Merch Name Desciption
Enamel Pin A 2 inch by 1.5 inch full colour pin, with gold outlines and double backing.[15] It is non-fandom.
Sticker 3 by 3 inch full colour, die cut stickers[16]. The contents of the stickers include: non-fandom, Sailor Moon[17], Kira Kira Pretty Cure[18].
Physical Print Miscellaneous weapons from the fandoms featured in the zine, available in all physical bundles.

Zine Promotions

There was a few promotions run for My Gay Awakening. These include a giveaway of the Spicy Bundle. This giveaway required to retweet and like a specific post, before replying to the same post with their favourite F/F ship[19]. There was also stretch goals available for the zine.

Stretch Goals[20]
Goal Name Milestone Reward
Prism Power Goal Reach $200 USD Stickers
Crystal Power Goal Reach $500 USD[21] Button and Acrylic Pin, plus physical bundle pack
Cosmic Power Goal Reach $750 USD[22] Physical zines[23]
Moon Eternal Goal Reach $1500 USD[24] Free print included with physical purchase[25]

Contributors

There was over 100 contributors in My Gay Awakening[26].

Artists

  • 0rouge0
  • adhaarii
  • akreikoart
  • amouskie
  • amylouioc
  • angelobsessed
  • antlerdads
  • _arienigena
  • argovelaart
  • artformonay
  • artofcatamus
  • artsycookies_
  • benzosaur
  • birdwickart
  • botanistmage
  • cat_artistic
  • carvifox
  • chelseayolalan
  • clambatch
  • coralreefskim
  • colouredbraids
  • darrandoodles
  • dazedrat00
  • dietyhearted
  • draconifay_
  • drawnbynic
  • eileenfox
  • emelonart
  • semelise
  • euvink_
  • frillsofjustice
  • fruitgravy
  • gea_drawing
  • ghostlyicequeen
  • giraffecosplay
  • halogaver
  • hampnyhu
  • honeytoastart
  • hudiini
  • hystericalrt
  • inababeena
  • itsd3lirium
  • jiyaneru
  • _kailatte
  • _katepaints
  • katiekat_artist
  • karinamorenoart
  • kaywrenpaint
  • kcannibalism
  • keekeeome
  • kitsunemi_
  • ksneegan
  • kyla_aiko
  • lacybylacey
  • ladyinverse
  • lesflaya
  • lotusbun_
  • lyr_ae
  • madiebelleadv
  • marsallens
  • megahousecat
  • meoein
  • mintsoir
  • millychu
  • mischanima
  • mokutenshi
  • nerdvolkurisu
  • nesterbean
  • ninapedia
  • norm_wizardmoon
  • notmongata
  • not_lovegood
  • ohgoditsbriony
  • orange_arcana
  • pastelfuckup
  • peachbite_
  • pentachilles
  • princesskyeart
  • pukaparade
  • pvchloride
  • qsoap_art
  • renolunio
  • rennygadeart
  • readapplefries
  • rsqueenue
  • sawyerbutch
  • scrubbbt_
  • sheboyfriend
  • sharktopux
  • _smichi
  • smushmallo
  • stellaidoscope
  • stone_umbrella
  • taeyakiart
  • tajmerk
  • tayomaise
  • tazatouilles
  • teanewton
  • tahi_apathy
  • tasskolate
  • twicethehare
  • uwuthie
  • vaticori
  • vat_vaticant
  • wishgrub
  • xylicca
  • youkaishain
  • zomibom
  • zorggie

Graphic Design

Merch Artists

There was two types of merch artists, sticker and enamel pin artists. The sticker artists were[29]:

  • taeyakiArt
  • honeytoastart
  • FrillsOfJustice
  • KSneegan
  • artsycookies_

The enamel pin artists was:

  • not_lovegood

Fandoms

There was no masterpost of fandoms included in My Gay Awakening.

References

  1. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1291122953418149891
  2. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1320033085803667456
  3. ^ https://x.com/not_lovegood/status/1280638745621004293
  4. ^ https://x.com/not_lovegood/status/1280986791613530113
  5. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1287530648685752322
  6. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1300904736925904896
  7. ^ a b https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1290880643589603329
  8. ^ a b https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1291173058888204288
  9. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1292901056125587457
  10. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1292562214575120386
  11. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1296219535125643264
  12. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1288648086743588864
  13. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1292901056125587457
  14. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1294354003246096384
  15. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1291867109065199617
  16. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1292901056125587457
  17. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1293289910028312576
  18. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1294357006942384129
  19. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1294075449455316992
  20. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1289282826630647808
  21. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1289646063318495233
  22. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1291122951815823366
  23. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1290490821213474824
  24. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1291549880813531136
  25. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1295150870984830976
  26. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1286778106368466948
  27. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1286780370537586689
  28. ^ https://x.com/not_lovegood/status/1292563635248791553
  29. ^ https://x.com/moongoonpub/status/1291173064743452673