a bolt from the blue

The bonus digital volumes with SFW ship content and NSFW content are now available for free along with our zine's main volume! Read them in flipbook form online via HeyZine or download the PDF via Ko-Fi or Booth.

SFW Zine links:

HeyZine

Ko-Fi

Booth

NSFW Zine links:

HeyZine

Ko-Fi

Booth

See our Carrd site for more details: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co/#digital-en

Devoted 💖

My toxic yuri... did anyone else ship them in season 2? 👀 I originally wasn't planning on drawing more interior zine art because I knew I'd be busy with the cover illustrations and zine formatting, but I wanted to bring some f/f representation so I drew this quickly for them 💖💜 Thank you to tifa for suggesting I draw them with modern au designs!

In addition to Across the Sea's main volume and our SFW ship bonus volume, we also have a digital bonus volume featuring Thunderbolt Fantasy NSFW fan works coming soon!

Illustration, English calligraphy, design: Kim (Tumblr & Instagram: @kimartings)

Chinese calligraphy: 天雲そら (Linktree)

Here is Kim’s artist statement about the cover illustration:

In addition to Across the Sea's main volume, we also have a digital bonus volume featuring Thunderbolt Fantasy SFW ship fan works that will be released soon!

Illustration, English calligraphy, design: Kim (Tumblr & Instagram: @kimartings)

Chinese calligraphy: 天雲そら (Linktree)

Here is Kim’s artist statement about the cover illustration:

My contributions to the Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th Anniversary Zine @tbfantazine

Today, July 8th, 2026, marks 10 years since S1E1 of Thunderbolt Fantasy first aired. In honor of this day, we have now made the digital version of our fanzine available for free! Read it in flipbook form online via HeyZine, or download the PDF via Ko-Fi or BOOTH.

See our Carrd site for more details: https://tbfantazine.carrd.co/#digital-en

🦗 Order of the Divine Swarm (after Mucha) 🦗

Happy 10th anniversary to Thunderbolt Fantasy! 🎉 Here is the interior page illustration I made for @tbfantazine, which is an homage to Alphonse Mucha's Zodiac (1896). I'm a big fan of his art, and since I wanted to showcase the entire Order of the Divine Swarm in a single piece I thought it would work well with the composition of Zodiac. I built most of the design elements in Adobe Illustrator and then brought it over to Photoshop to finish. I'm very proud of how it came out!

The digital edition of the main zine is now officially available to read online as a pdf flipbook here and for download here. Please go check out everyone's amazing work, it still fills me with so much awe and joy at how many people around the world love TBF and joined our project 🥺🥰 So grateful to everyone for trusting us mods ❤❤

Here’s a look at the double-sided postcard that comes with our Thunderbolt Fantasy 10th anniversary fanzine as a little freebie for buyers! You can check it out in photo form as well, below the cut:

It’s been a very hectic time for us, and it will continue to be as we focus on getting our orders fulfilled, but—here’s a photo of our table at the 2026 iteration of the budaixi-only doujin event “Raimei ni Tsuzuke!” in Tokyo.

It was our first time participating in a doujin event. Though mod Tifa, who is based in Japan, was the only one among the mod team at the table, everyone on the team also helped with the graphics, social-media posts, and more for the event!

Despite some initial hiccups, we were able to set up our table and distribute our zine successfully, thanks to the help and understanding of some truly kind souls.

If time permits, we may do a more detailed event report about our Raimei experience—no guarantees, though.

Today's preview are for 郁黒ニイロ, @magical-girl-altair, and かず菌（kazukin)!

📣 LAST CALL FOR PREORDERS VIA Ko-Fi AND BOOTH! 📣 We are closing both shops really soon, so if you're interested in our fanzine, please order now while you still can! We are unlikely to do another print run after this one.

Our two other options that will remain open after this deadline are mainly for Taiwan- and Japan-based fans (or those who will be in Japan for the "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!" event):

7-11賣貨便 (Taiwan only): Until April 30th UTC+9 23:59

For pick-up at "Raimei ni Tsuzuke!" 5/17 Tokyo event: Until April 30th UTC+9 23:59