Zine, Please! is a collaborative fanzine between artists and writers based around the world of Ngozi Ukazu's famous webcomic Check, Please!, following ex-figure skater turned NCAA D1 hockey player Eric Bittle as he navigated his friendships, sexuality, and college life, all with a (couple thousand) pies in the oven.We're riding off the high of the success of #AfterCollege and # SwawesomeGreetings, so we're taking a brief minute to come back with a new theme for volume three!

What if I want to participate, but my ideas don't fit the current theme?
Zine, Please! is a reoccurring fanzine with multiple issues. There are lots more awesome themes to come so please do not be discouraged if your work does not fit the current theme. Join our Discord or keep an eye out on our Tumblr for updates and announcements regarding new issues and themes!What if I want to participate, but I don't have any ideas at the time of sign-ups?
That's okay! You don't need to have an idea right away. You can still sign up without an idea and be part of the check-in process. The team will work with you and help you develop your ideas for the zine.I'm an artist. What are going to be the page specs for this zine?
We are going to be using size A4 as our pages with 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch). This size is 210mm x 297mm (or 8.3” x 11.7”). Depending on what the team wants, we can also work with 420mm x 297mm for a two-page spread. If collaborating with another contributor, this does not mean that a work has to fill the entire A4 page (see image below for examples). We encourage all artists to consider what and how they want to contribute, and if they want to work with a fic writer to develop art that accompanies and shows up throughout the fic.

What if I want to work with an artist/writer for my work?
That's great! Collaborations are always a great idea. In the sign-up form. there is a section for people you want to work and collaborate with. Below are some examples from other zines as to how this would work.

How Do Check-ins Work?

Check-ins will happen through the main method of contact that the contributors provided in the sign-up form (e.g. their email, Discord, or Tumblr). Contributors will be assigned an admin to which they'll check in with regarding their individual* progress every other week during the working period. A schedule will be readily available on our Carrd and a copy will be emailed to every contributor.*We highly emphasize "individual" in this. While joining our Discord server is the best way to reach out and do these check-ins, it is not necessary to join it as the admins can do check-ins over Tumblr via their individual blogs.

All submissions must have a content rating no higher than the rating for the main Check, Please! comic (PG-13).On the subject of angst, we welcome the exploration of deeper or slightly angsty themes to a certain extent. An overall theme of the canon comic is prevailing despite many hardships and this zine would like to reflect that. (EX: A fic delving into Jack’s canon-typical struggles with anxiety and substance abuse would be acceptable, but a fic where he becomes a mass murderer and psychologically tortures all his friends would not be.)We are accepting submissions for the following content:
- Fics (3.5k word limit)
- Art of all mediums (ex: digital, traditional, fiber, original songwriting, etc.)For non-digital artworks, please submit them in a way that can be included in the PDF zine. Traditional drawings, for example, can be scanned and emailed as a PDF file. (Admin Clark suggests using the stock Notes app if you have an iPhone and Adobe Scan if you have an Android. For any questions regarding this or requests for help, please do contact our support team.)Contributions do not need to be 100% canon-compliant. AU's are acceptable, but they should be within theme for the issue they're submitted for.Basically, feel free to submit any works that center on the theme of the issue, would translate well to a PDF zine format, and meet our rating and warning requirements!

*Deadlines are at 11:59PM/23h59 Pacific Standard Time

You can reach out to us via our Tumblr, Discord server, or by email at [email protected] (we're broke we can't afford our own domain).