Summertime of Roxas

A Roxas fanzine: summer vacation edition

☀ A fanzine centered around Roxas from Kingdom Hearts, and his summer vacation days! The beginnings, middle, and end of summer!☀ This is a digital fanzine that will be free-to-download once finished.
☀ This project is an unofficial fan-made passion project, and not associated with Square Enix or to any of their products.

• Interest Check: Open

☀ Frequently asked Questions ☀

What is a zine/fanzine?

☀ Zine is short for "magazines"! They are independent self-published publications, made by anyone, that can be about anything and everything!!
☀ Fanzines are a sub-category under zines that are dedicated to showcasing love for something, like a favorite show, relation(ship), songs, or even food or colors.

What kind of zine is this?

☀ This is a free digital fanzine, with digital downloadable/printable merchandise. This fanzine project will be released in our ITCH.IO Page once finished!!
☀ All submissions must be generally PG-13 rating (you can find more details about this in the Guidelines section).

What is the theme of the fanzine?

☀ We are looking for a variety of activities, moods, and settings for Roxas to have a well-rounded fully-experienced summer vacation!
☀ Roxas could have the most enjoyable summer vacation with friends, or a summer vacation filled lonely days with angst-ing and emo-drama, or a summer vacation booked back-to-back with summer gigs, road trips, and school work.

Who can apply?

☀ All contributors must be 18 years old or older, at the time of contributor application forms deadline to participate in this fanzine!
☀ We are looking for: page artists, fanfic writers, beta readers, spot artists for fanfiction, merch artists for digital merch, comic artists, and mixed-media artists (ex: cosplayers, crochet artists, or food recipe makers)!!
☀ No prior experience in zines/fanzines is necessary.
☀ Our goal is to have around 30 contributors for this project. Thus the need for a contributor application process, in case more than 30 creators apply!

Do I need a Discord to participate?

☀ All project updates and communication is through email, and joining our discord is 100% voluntary and optional. Joining the discord server is highly encouraged to send support your fellow contributors and meet fellow Roxas-fans!!
☀ I recommend to add our email to your email contact list, to ensure our emails do not get lost in spam. >> [email protected] <<

If I am accepted can I....

...create more than 1 submission??
☀ Yes! All contributors can make up to 2 submissions.
☀ You can work on 2 of the same or different types of submissions at the same time, but you must dedicate time to 100% finish the 1st submission first....make ____ from our own submission after the fanzine is released?
☀ Yes!
☀ You own 100% of the rights to the submissions you created, as long as you allow us to publish, and release your submitted work first for the final digital PDF fanzine.

Can I include my OCs, ships, AUs...in this fanzine?

☀ Original Characters (OCs): No, we want this fanzine to only include characters that have been featured in any of the Kingdom Hearts games.☀ Shipping: We will allow hints and implications at shipping in the main zine. But overall, the main fanzine is dedicated to Roxas as an individual character and focuses on his summer vacation days.☀ Alternative Universes (AUs): Yes! We allow AUs, but please avoid high-fantasy or science-fiction related AUs. AUs featuring any of the worlds of Kingdom Hearts are encouraged!

☀ Schedule ☀

☀ Estimate Release Date:
September 15 - October 15

☀ Submission requirements &
Contributor guidelines ☀

Submission requirements:

1) Create something new, specifically for this fanzine, and within the fanzine theme: "Summer Vacation".☀ For Page artists, comic artists, and mixed-media artists:
- 1-Page submissions: (1748 x 2480 px,), 300 dpi, RGB, PNG. Vertical format.
- 2-page submissions: (3496 x 2480 px), 300 dpi, RGB, PNG. Horizontal format.
- No white or transparent backgrounds for final page art submissions. Flat-colored backgrounds are allowed.
- A PNG & PSD file template with bleed margins, will be provided for accepted contributors.
☀ For Traditional artists & Mixed-media artists: please scan your artwork or take high-quality photos that can fit in the dimensions above for the final submissions.
☀ For Comic artists: The same dimensions as above, but please limit your comic to a maximum of 4 pages (4 1-page, or 2 2-pages).☀ For Writers:
- Minimum of 500 words, maximum of 3,000 words.
- Written in English and checked for any grammar or spelling mistakes.
- Please write your fanfictions within any document/format you find most comfortable with. This can be a PDF, Google doc file, Word document, etc.☀ For Spot artists: (Minimum: 400 x 400 px, Maximum: 1000 x 1000 px), 300 dpi, RGB, Transparent backgrounds & PNG.☀ For Merch artists - Depends on what you are interested in making, but some idea is:
- Printable stickers: A4 (1240 x 1754 px), 300 dpi, CMYK, JPEG, & bleed margins on all sides. A template will be provided.
- Profile icons and emotes: (1000 x 1000 px), 300 dpi, RGB, PNG.
- Desktop wallpapers: (2560 x 1440 px), 300 dpi, RGB, PNG. Horizontal format.
- Phone wallpapers: (1080 x 1920 px). 300 dpi, RGB, PNG. Vertical format.2) All submissions must have a clear focus on Roxas.
Any other characters must be from the Kingdom Hearts games or a mob character (no detailed features). No OCs.3) All submissions must be generally PG-13 rating.
Submissions can feature the following at most:
- Cartoonish violence and blood — that is intense but not realistically gory.
- Brief nudity and implied sexual scenes — implied, not explicit.
- Drug and alcohol use — shown but not glorified.
- Thematic elements including death, peril, and moral complexity.
If you’re unsure, you can ask the moderator team!

Contributor guidelines:

☀ All contributors must be 18 years old or older, at the time of the contributor applications deadline.☀ Contributors must meet the final deadline.
- The check-ins are 3 soft reminders that are intended to help contributors stay motivated and on-track for the fanzine deadline.
- 1-week extensions are given when properly asked.☀ Contributors must communicate with the moderator team promptly and directly with any questions or concerns. In the end, each person is responsible for themselves, and their workload.☀ Absolutely NO harassment towards fellow contributors allowed.
- Do not bring proship/antiship discourse into this fanzine spaces.
- We are all here to for the love of Roxas and to make a passion project together. Be kind and respectful adults to each other - even if you do not ship the same ships as others or have the different ideas compared to others.
- Please talk to the moderator team if there are any issues at any time during the project time.☀ NO use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) or Generative AI allowed. The use of AI at any point of the creative process, will have you kicked out of this project and banned from any of our future collaborative events and projects.☀ Do not share your submission, until the final digital PDF zine has been released.
- Yes, you may share your submission process in private with friends or family. But do not share your final creations on social media until after the zine has been released on our itch.io page

Please note:

☀ We are a small team of people who are actively managing this fanzine on our free time.☀ We ask for patience and understanding from all contributors considering this, and to be properly notified if any sort of harmful behavior is happening within our fanzine community.Email us with any questions or concerns at: [email protected]

☀ The Moderation Team ☀

Who are we?

☀ Hi! I am ghostlymatte! I primarily host and run these fanzines!! I have participated in various fanzines since 2023.
(( Tumblr + Bluesky ))☀ CrossKrow is my lovely partner-in-crime, who helps with the brainstorming ideas and organizes the final zine pdfs!
(( Tumblr + Bluesky ))☀ We host collaborative fanzines whenever inspiration strikes us!!
☀ Our experience in hosting the South Park K2 fanzine during 2023-2024!
Check it out here!!

What is this?

We are a virtual independent publication house that hosts, organize, and release collaborative zines and fanzines!!This indie-publication house is called, "Ghostly Fanzines"!
We love authenticity and human-made art, let's make something so passionately honest and fun together!!