#kinderzine

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cover by @frosty-chiion

               Kinderzine Is Here!

 hello everyone, i’d like to thank again everyone who worked on the zine with me and everyone who showed interest in any way at all! it’s been an incredible experience and i hope others feel the same.

  the link to the google drive folder containing the zine is [here] and it’s free to read for everyone as of july 29. happy 2nd anniversary to kindergarten 2 :)

  as a side note, the reader spread is the regular version of the zine meant for view on the web. the “for print”  version is, well, for print -- in single consecutive pages and includes all the dimensions/specifications in the file name. however, both files are still in RGB colours, so printing will make the colours come out different than they look on screen, as printers use CMYK colours.

   hey!  this is just an announcement;  mostly to the contributors of the zine as i know some of them  ( who i haven’t been able to reach)   follow this blog.

   the dates for the final check-in and the deadline have been moved to 1 day later. the final check-in will now be on june 13, sometime past 2:00pm mdt. the overall deadline of all zine pieces will now be on june 20 11:59pm mdt.

   secondly, this is concerning those who have not responded to any of the previous check-ins at all. please do respond to the final check-in tomorrow, as we will be discussing what you would like to include on the credits page  ( name, online alias, and/or social media ), and your progress on your zine pieces  ( whether you might need an extension or not ).

   the prompt assignments have been announced earlier today on the discord server, but i thought i would announce them here as well in case anyone missed it, or people outside the server were wanting to see who would be doing what for the zine :)

   ( links go to their tumblr blogs, or if they don’t have a tumblr, it’s their instagram )

Front cover - Frosty | frosty-chiion

Back cover - August | augustclawarts

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A Tale of Two Janitors - Damien | sketchydetails17 / ask-kinders-teenau

The Hitman's Potty Guard - Firs | drfirsnogayny

Cain's Not Able - Rigel/Quantum | whichstoodonrockyshores

Cain's Not Able (alt) - Ticks | ticktickbones

Opposites Attract - Switz | switzerland1815

If You Can Dodge A Nugget - Harvey | harvey000

Things That Go Boom - Firs | drfirsnogayny

Creature Feature - Allister | creekschaoscorner

Monstermon ending - Jazz/Ghost | ask-zombie-kid / ghostfixedsysknight

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   those who will be doing the additional content section include: 

Aqua/Salty | arquablysalty

Oumie | fandoms-on-repeat

Gaby | gabycantart

Sequoia | drdanners-art-lab / sequs-art-tunnel

Soren/Lindir | papasmistakeria

   the new addition points are as follows:

ZINE MOD EXPECTATIONS:

Be aware and mentally prepared that you are applying for what’s essentially a volunteer job. As in, an actual job that qualifies as a form of work in which you will be hired to accomplish specific tasks based on your application

Also know that at the end of the day, this is a just-for-fun project that will likely be more lax than any “official” jobs you have in your life considering I know most of the people in this fandom are young minors. You will not be worked unreasonably, and I’ll be personally checking in to make sure you’re not uncomfortable or stressed with anything you’re asked to do, but you will still have certain responsibilities and expectations to uphold as a mod for the zine itself

Be prepared for people to ask you questions about information involving the zine. You should be able to know enough about the zine, through the links on this blog, or the FAQ-- And answer questions, should you receive any. Try your best to answer them, but if you can’t, you can always direct that person to talking to the head mod instead

Graphic editors must have a sufficient portfolio to be considered as part of the graphics team. You should be familiar with using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or InDesign-- or an equivalent software. If not any of those, then you must show that you display strong graphic design skills whether from formal or informal education, in either your artwork or images/edits that use graphic design qualities

Writing editors must show skill and fluency with the English language, and pay attention to details such as typos and grammar. You should provide written works you have proofread, beta’d, or revised in some way. However, also be prepared for the possibility you may not be considered if there aren’t also people applying as graphic editors as explained in [this post]

   just a couple of things involving prompt assignments, the question of when people will be joining the discord server, and for anyone who has been looking to apply as a zine mod:

   i’m glad to say the amount of people joining thus far exceeds the minimum required to put in content for things like, the kg2 missions. not quite enough for every character, so that means a few people will not be assigned a mission, as of right now. they’ll still be able to participate with their additional content as default, in that case.

   it’s still too early to decide anything, as we have until March 13 for applications to close. as for people’s preferences with who would want to be assigned a mission, and who would not-- that’s something we can discuss together in the fanzine server once we’ve invited everyone  ( or if you’re not on discord, we’ll message you the deets and you can decide from there )

   onto the matter of the discord server-- i, personally as the head mod, would like to wait until applications have been open for enough time, that we have an idea of which people should be assigned which prompt before inviting people to the server. as it stands right now, it’s not a requirement for that to happen, and we are able to invite everyone to the server currently! 

   i won’t be able to do that myself, as i’m very busy this week so this is in case the other mods are available to start inviting people. if not, then we’ll have to wait closer to the next two weeks for me to invite people to the server personally.

   if you have changed your discord handle between the time you sent your application form, to until March 13, please let us know.

   as for those who want to apply as a zine mod-- i probably should have announced this earlier but for the sake of efficiency, we can only accept writing editors if there are also people applying as graphic editors.

   this is because the graphics team is currently only composed of myself and my s/o, and alongside being able to contact each other quickly, we also live a few minutes away from each other so there’s less need to send the files back and forth online. the writing goes hand in hand with the graphics  ( edited before it gets put onto the zine, and edited after it gets put onto the zine )  so these files that the graphics team uses would also have to be transferred to the writing editors. 

   but because there are no graphics editors other than us, we don’t need to do too much file transferring and wait for timezones or anything. because of this, we decided it would be more efficient if the two of us just managed the text editing at the same time. if there was a 3rd person on the graphics team, then we would have to do more file transferring regardless, and if that ends up happening anyway, it’d make sense to share the files with any other writing editors as well. currently, that’s not the case so unfortunately we can’t take in writing editors without another graphics editor, and graphics editors do need to have a sufficient portfolio and be familiar with photoshop, illustrator, and/or indesign.