24 Hour Zine Thing

"Femina Faber, Femina Ludens: Reminiscences of a girl who makes stuff for fun", my 24 hour zine, has been completed! I know I'm too lateto be official, but I did do it in 24 hours, and raised $245 for charity via sponsorships of the zine.

If you've got a copy of your zine you'd like to swap, drop me a line!

This is my mini-comic, Evolution Comics #1. I finished it for the 2008 24 Hour Zine Thing, which does not appear to be running at this time, but I wrotes it anyways. The first in a series, it documents the return of Jesus to Earth. With his trusty dinosaur steed and the help of a young boy, the big J fights evil beings sent by his nemesis, the Dark One. 24 pages, quarter sized. Regardless to say, this might be offensive to those of the Christian persuasion, but eh.

If you want a copy, you can visit my online store and order one, though trades are good too! Please email all trade inquiries to blacklightdiner at gmail dot com.

Also if you know any distros that are open to comics zines please let me know! I want to get this little tract out to as many people as possible.

Okay, I have my multiple copies of 24 Pages, 24 Games, the zine I did for 24 Hour Zine Project!

If you want to trade for the zine you completed for the project (or another zine you've done), ping me in the comments or on my own LJ. :)

It's so weird seeing a mass-produced (sort of!) thing with my name on it sitting happily on the living room floor!

I am really pleased with how it turned out. Sometimes, the simplest layout is the best.

24 Pages, 24 Games are quick hits on 20 Games I like and 4 Games I'm not as fond of. It's not so much review as a loving look at these games from a personal perspective, possibly with a short story about my playing of said game.

I'm pretty excited about this, and I hope to do more things in the future in zine format. If you get one, I hope you enjoy!

Does anyone know when the 2008 participants list will be updated on the site? Neither me or my SO (we both finished!) have our names up there. Also I noticed that there is no 2007 gallery. Anyone know what's going on? Yeah it's not about the honors but honors are still pretty sweet. :)

I finished my 24 hour zine. Actually it's a 24 hour mini-comic. 24 pages (duh), quarter sized, landscape. It's called "Evolution Comics" and features Jesus and a dinosaur and some other crap. Just thought I'd check in! When does the final participant list get published?

Due to a variety of family-crisis scheduling, here it is with less than 24 hours left in July, and I haven't done my 'zine. I'm still planning to do it on August 6, which is the first time I can manage 24 hours without child care responsibilities. Hope it went well for all of the rest of you --tell your stories!

There's only 1 more day (and a half in my time zone) to work on your 24 Hour Zine! Congrats to those of you who've compelted it this year, and there's still time for the rest of you!

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there are only two days left to july, and within those two days i have to move. i don't remember if the deadline was july 31st or not this time around...i really want to participate in the project this year, but just haven't had time yet. if i plan to make a 24 hour zine in a week, will it still be accepted as part of the project? i hope so! either way, i'm gonna do it.

worked my butt off and managed to do it all on sunday. should have remembered to post here when i finished.

i'm hoping to make copies in the next couple of days. does anyone know when the mail-in deadline is?

i'm so excited as i've a bunch of zines that have been 'in progress' for longer than i want to say, but this is the first one i'm going to put out there. it felt great and definitely has me inspired to finish the rest!

My first zine in four years!

I finished it but wont,  unfortunately, be unable to take it to make copies until next Thursday.  I hope that doesn't go against the rules here.  =/ 

But it's done and it's definitely an accomplishment!

Pictures to follow when I have the funds to make copies.

Hi There,

Feel incredibly silly about not knowing more about zines earlier, but I'm starting to make up for lost time. I randomly hit on this, and decided to try it. 23 hours later, I have a 24 page zine!

I'm very excited about doing this, especially as a first zine project. I think speed helped get rid of nerves. It also helped to have an experienced zine person in the house to ask for advice.

Now I just need to make sure next year, the idea doesn't pop into my head at 2:10am in the morning! :)

Looking forward to seeing how others did this month and getting to exchange zines!

The 24 Hour Zine Thing is here! Have you been working on YOUR zine??

For those of you wondering if we were bothering to organize this year... yes we are. We've just been caught up with life. *gasp* you say?! "Life interfering with the 24 hour zine thing? Your excuses are not acceptable."

That aside, I'm back from the hospital with a beautiful (and well behaved) little girl... and now I can throw myself into the reckless abandon that is the 24 hour zine thing. It should prove interesting as I'm quite sleep deprived as it is! I foresee a image heavy/mostly handwritten format... but we shall see!

The website has yet to be updated, but the registration is still working. Feel free to sign up and give us your info. We've just been lax in updating the page. (You can understand why, yes?!) The website can be found here: 24hourzines.com. It has the sign up page, FAQ, and contact info if you have any questions.

So get cracking. Dig out your sharpie and gluestick and lets see what sleep deprivation does to YOUR creative juices!

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The 24 Hour Zine Thing is just round the corner and we're getting ourselves ready to organize for another great year! Our website is still active, and we'll be making updates there in the very near future.

This note is mainly to tell you to start thinking about if you want to participate this year, and what sorts of challenges you'd like to take on as a 24 hour zinester.

For those of you on facebook, there is also a community: The 24 hour zine thing! (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2428514206) that may interest you.

The website can be found here: 24hourzines.com. It has the sign up page, FAQ, and contact info if you have any questions.

Have a great day! Looking forward to getting 2008's 24 hour zine thing off the ground!

is the 24 hour zine thing happening this year?

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We are taking pre-orders for the 24 Hour Zine Thing grab bags now! If you would like to receive a package with all this years entries, shoot us an email by October 31st so that we know the exact number of how many copies we need of each. Each grab bag will cost $10 (ppd for US only. Contact me about international orders and I will tell you how much they will be), and will include a "24 Hour Zine Thing" pin, 20 zines, and other little goodies I have lying around!

Reserve your's today by emailing us at 24hourzines@gmail.com

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We have received so many amazing zines from this years 24 Hour Zine Thing, but I know there's more out there! So we've decided to extend the due date until September 15th, which is this Saturday. If you have a zine that you would like to submit and have featured on our website and Flickr, then send it in before Saturday to the below address:

24 Hour Zine Thing
c/o Avocado Tree Distro
PO Box 2001
Abingdon, Va 24212
USA

if you think that it will not get here in time, please drop us an email at 24hourzines[at]gmail[dot]com and let us know when you sent it and when we can expect it!

Also, if you are interested in purchasing a grab bag full of this years zines, let us know! We are going to be putting them together for the participants, and also selling a couple. Even if you have already submitted your zine and we have received it, please contact us if you are interested in a grab bag!

-Raven

Hey everyone! I've received so many great 24 hour zines so far. There are still a few trickling in, so make sure to have all submissions into me!

I've scanned most of the submissions, and posted them in the Flickr account. Check it out!

This was my first attempt at a 24 hour zine. I was not entirely successful but I had a lot of fun putting it together.



It is 30 pages, 1/8 size, B&W, of quotes by none other than 19th Century German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. I did a project on him earlier this year and he is definitely my favourite mustachioed historical figure. Speaking of mustaches, if you order one of these little diddies, you will receive your very own Nietzsche mustache to wear while you read, do the dishes, walk your dog or whatever else you choose.

If you are interested,I am accepting trades for other zines as well as $1 well concealed cash (either CAD or USD). If you live in Canada, a stamp would be much appreciated.

Inquiries and interest may be sent to calendargirlzine @ gmail . com

I have about 6 zine grab bags for sale for $15 each.
Each contains about 20 zines, plus homemade cards, plushies, vegan soap I made, and other little goodies I've made or have around.
I'm looking to restock/get new stock for the distro, and need to generate some funds fast.


Each one is different and if you have a preference [color/occasion preference for cards, scent preference for soap (lavender, coconut, or peppermint) or perzine/art zine], let me know.



paypal address is avocadotreedistro[@]yahoo.com

also, check out the 24 Hour Zine Thing Distro. We're still receiving stock, so keep checking back!

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