HOP, STEP, FLY!! :
a hawks and mirko fanzine
About
Hop, Step, Fly!!: A Hawks and Mirko Zine is a My Hero Academia Fanzine dedicated towards celebrating and depicting the friendship between Pro Heroes Hawks and Mirko.
This fanzine will feature both artwork and fanfiction from both canon compliant themes and AUs, portraying the duo in a platonic manner and highlighting their dynamic as best friends and partners. This zine is intended to be entirely SFW/PG-13.
We fully intend for this zine to be printed physically and provided digitally as a PDF. However, with the ever changing status of shipping due to the status of COVID-19— as well as the situation regarding USPS— we may have to switch this zine to be purely digital. However, we will make our best efforts towards making this zine available for physical and digital purchase.
That being said, this also applies to physical merchandise as well. We may face difficulties with merchandise production, but we will aim to complete production and distribution.
MODS
TANJU
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HEAD MOD / ART + GRAPHICS / SHIPPING
ABOUT: Hello, I'm Tanju!! I'm a digital art hobbyist. My biggest fatal flaw is that I always forget to draw people’s eyebrows.
Experience: This is actually my first zine I'm modding!! However, I urge for you to not have any doubts or concerns regarding the work I'm willing to put into this zine!! I'll work as hard as I can for HSF!! to have a successful launch and landing!!
DrAphra
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FINANCE MOD
ABOUT: I'm really excited for this zine and can't wait to see all the incredible content for it! Hawks and Miruko are such a fun duo, and they definitely deserve the love this zine is sure to give them ❤️
Experience:
Head Mod: Quirks & Quidditch: A Harry Potter/BNHA Zine (Communications/Finance/Social Media)
Guest: A Winter Dawn, Rabbit, Rabbit: A Miruko Zine, Pro Hero Academia, Metamophos: A Dabihawks AU Zine, Less Than Legal: A Vigilantes Zine (and HSF lol)
Contributor: BNHA Eras Zine, Heroes Ever After, Bloody Sugar: A Toga Himiko Zine, [Redacted] Dabihawks Zine, Happy Hour: A Pro Heroes Zine, Liberation Zine, BNHA Phoenix Zine, Quirks and Quidditch
Other zine experience:
Beta reader and Tumblr coordinator for [Redacted] Zine / PayPal coordinator for Strings of Time Zine
Other related experience: I work as a paraplanner for a private wealth firm for my day job. My job is to move and manage people's personal finances, including their retirement accounts, college funds, and investments.
MICHI
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LAYOUT / GRAPHICS MOD
About: heyo i'm michi! email coder/grad student by day, perpetually tired creaky bone cryptid by night.
Experience:
Current Mod for: Beneath The Same Stars: A Wayfinder Trio Zine (format/layout) / Ex Astris Scentia: A Star Trek Zine (format/layout) / Kingdom Heals (art/format) / Lillies In Bloom: A BNHA WLW Anthology (format/layout) / Fell Star: A Byleth Eisner zine (graphics mod) / A Brighter Light: a Ventus zine (consultant) / Mists of Fodlan Zine (consultant).
Previous Mod Experience: Bookends: A Cherik Zine (2019, general/format) / Moon Shine Down: A Saix Zine (2019, format mod) / In Time's Flow: A Fire Emblem Fan Project (2020,booklet/cover design and format)
Contributor for:
( 2020 ) Happy Endings: A Banana Fish Zine / Parallex: A Banana Fish Sci-Fi Zine White Heron Cup: A Fire Emblem Zine / Fight Another Day: A Fire Emblem Three Houses Zine / Voices From Mars; A Carole + Tuesday Zine / Cosmic Vows: a LeaIsa Wedding zine / Sunrise With You: A Edelegard/Byleth Fire Emblem Wedding zine / A Glass of Fodlan: a Fire Emblem Three Houses Cocktail zine / Blossom: A Hilda Goneril Fire Emblem Three Houses zine / Garden of Shadows: A Kingdom Hearts Lost Trio zine / Re:Complete Kingdom Hearts Sea Salt Trio zine / Time After Time: An 80s WLW Anthology / Sylvix Bigbang 2020 / The ColleXion: X-Men Trading Card Project
( 2019 ) BOOKENDS: A Cherik Zine / Spooky & Spice Zine / BNHA Tarot Project / Devilman Tarot Project / LAST LINE OF DEFENSE: A Newt/Hermann zine / LILIES ANTHOLOGY: volumes 6-8
( 2018 ) Giant Size X-men Zine / ETERNAL RIVALS! Kakashi/Gai Zine / SMASH HIT: BNHA zine / Gays In Space: Star Wars zine / LILIES ANTHOLOGY: volume 4
( 2016 ) Fury Road Fanzine
ohmoka
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WRITING/BETA MOD
About: I love being involved in the BNHA community and meeting fellow creators. Working with and supporting fellow fans is the best feeling, so I am beyond excited to be a part of this project. When I'm not writing or obsessing over zines, I'm usually binge-reading BNHA & Naruto fics on AO3, drinking too much tea, or playing video games.
Experience:
Writing & Beta Liaison: Bloody Sugar: A Himiko Toga Zine
Guest Writer: The Ties That Bind Us: A BNHA Gen Zine / Boku No Style: A BNHA Fashion Zine
Writer: Eri and Friends / Force of Nature: A Bakugou Katsuki Zine / Threads: A Tododeku Serendipity Zine / Love Grows (And So Do We): An Erasermight Zine / Liberation: A Paranormal Liberation Front Zine / Ai No Yuri: A BNHA WLW Zine / Bloody Sugar: A Himiko Toga Zine / Plum Tea: A Tsuchako Zine / Pro Hero Academia, Quirk no Jutsu: Naruto x BNHA Zine / Quirks and Quidditch: A BNHA HP Zine / Metamorphos: A Dabihawks AU Zine
By day, I work in Marketing, and also by day, I’m a moderator for a Dabihawks server with over 400 lovely hooligans and the owner of a small but cozy Togachako server. I also have experience moderating events: mini bangs, exchanges, theme weeks.
JASON
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INTERN
About: Dental student who probably spends too much time loving Hawks. Excited to see everyone come together for our chaotic furry duo!
Experience: Writer for: Breakaway Hawks zine / Pro Hero Academia zine / My Heroes of Olympus zine / They Loved Each Other R76 zine
About: Hi everyone, my name's Momo! I'm a fic writer who's pretty new to the zine space, but I'm excited to be here and learn about the process! I love Hawks and Mirko's friendship and I can't wait to see what everyone will create!
Experience: Subzero Big Bang (SNS Mod)
Contact
Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have regarding this zine!!
SCHEDULE
Interest Check: September 1st - September 15th
Mod Applications: September 16th - September 30th
Mod Emails Sent Out: October 4th
All Guest Artists and Writers will be contacted by October 9th.
Contributor Applications: October 15th - November 22nd
Contributors, Pinch Hitters Chosen, Acceptance Emails Will Be Sent: Dec. 1st
Accepted Contributors Must Respond by: December 7th
Contributor Ideas Drafted: December 7th to December 16th
Creation Period Begins (contributors may begin whenever their idea is approved): December 17th
First Check-In: January 21st
Second Check-In: February 18th
Third Check-In: March 18th
Final Pieces Due Date: April 18th
Beta Period: April 19th to May 5th
Pre-Orders: May 14st to June 14th
Production Period Begins: June 2021
Shipping Period: Begins July 2021
What is a Zine?
A Zine is a small, binded book composed of art, graphics and written work. In this case, this is a fanzine, in which all contents are dedicated towards a particular series. As such, this zine will be composed entirely of fan art and fan written work.
Can other characters be Included in the zine?
Yes, other characters can be included in your work. However, as this is a Hawks & Mirko zine, we strongly urge that the focus must be on the two of them rather than anyone else.
Can there be other pairings (Hawks/Other Character, Mirko/Other Character)
For the comfort for all viewers of this zine, we ask that other non canon romantic pairings are not focused on in this zine.
For writers, it’s okay to briefly hint at another pairing for the sake of plot, but once again, we strongly urge that for everyone to enjoy this zine comfortably, that your work remains focused on the friendship of Hawks & Mirko.
What if an obligation comes up, and I can no longer participate in this zine?
Of course, an explanation would be preferred as to why you must drop out. However, it’s completely understandable that you must drop out of the zine for personal, medical, or other obligations. It’s for this reason that we will be accepting pinch hitters as well, after all. The latest that any contributor would be able to drop out is by the 3rd check in.
What happens if I’m accepted?
Congratulations!! Once accepted, we will convene in a Discord server to introduce ourselves to each other and start discussing the technicalities of this project. We will also share a Google Sheets spreadsheet that has everyone’s ideas/drafts recorded for the project so that there are no overlapping AUs/ideas. Repeat ideas are okay as long as they are executed differently enough that it does not seem like they’re repeated.
How will writers/artists/merchandise artists be compensated?
Profits will be distributed between a charity and towards funding copies of the zine to send amongst the contributors.
We would like to aim for all contributors to receive a full package (physical and digital zine, as well as merchandise) as a thanks for their help and efforts. While we do not anticipate any issues with selling more than enough of this zine to break even, we have planned for that outcome should the unexpected arise.
1. Should we not sell enough copies to break even, the mods will make the zine available to purchase for the contributors at production value (which typically runs between $4-$7 per zine), and will list the merch items at their production value as well (it will vary based on the kind of merch and the vendors we are using). The mods will pay for the shipping, and a PDF of the zine will be sent to the contributors free of charge.
2. If sales hit the breakeven point, but do not surpass it, a physical copy will be provided to contributors free of charge, with shipping fully covered. Merch will be available for purchase at production cost. Free PDFs will be provided to all the contributors.
The exception will be that merch artists will receive a free piece of the merch that they created.
3. If sales pass the breakeven point with enough margin, full bundles of zine+merch+pdf+shipping will be provided to each of the contributors free of charge.
The remaining funds will be given to the charity of choice, Sins Invalid.
When will I be able to post, sell, or distribute my contribution to the zine?
Throughout the production period of the zine, contributors are encouraged to share WIPs of their work (as long as it is not the full/completed piece). However, it is only after pre-orders and production of the zine are completed that contributors would be allowed to sell and distribute their work. All contributors have the rights to their own work.
As a note, it would like to be mentioned that knowing any of the Mods personally/being mutuals with any of the Mods does not guarantee a spot in the zine.
When it comes to selecting contributors this will be done through a selection process that several people will participate in.
The process will be fair, and there will be no bias when it comes to evaluating work.
Follower count or social media presence has no impact on placement in the zine.
CONTRIBUTOR APPS ARE OPEN FROM
OCTOBER 15th to NOVEMBER 22nd.
Please read our Contributor Guidelines / Guidelines before applying!!