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OUR EXTRAS SALE IS LIVE

Hey everyone! All remaining books and merchandise (as well as PDFs!) from Symbiosis: An 18+ Venom Zine are now available in our shop! Copies are first come first serve and sales will remain open until all our extras have been sold!

Symbiosis features 150+ pages of art & comics (both sfw & nsfw) by 120+ extremely talented artists! The zine is 8.5 x 8.5 inches and features a glossy cover!

THIS ZINE IS NSFW AND NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18. BY PURCHASING A COPY YOU ARE CONFIRMING THAT YOU ARE OVER THE AGE OF MAJORITY. 

Our store accepts both PayPal and Stripe. Please get in touch with us at [email protected] if you have any issues regarding your purchase or questions about the project!

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Hi! Just wanna know can I still purchase a PDF version of venom zine?

You can! PDFs are currently available in our shop and will remain so until our sales close completely. 

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Hello everyone!

We just wanted to stop in quickly and let you all know that we’re finally ready to host our extras sale! The extras sale will take place this coming Sunday, February 16th, at 3 PM EST (What time is that for me?). We will have a few remaining bundles, zines, seconds copies, and an assortment of merchandise for sale, so please set a reminder if you are interested in snagging one of our remaining physical copies!

To our knowledge, we are currently up to date on all our correspondence and any refunds or reshipments have been processed. If you need to get in touch with us about anything regarding your order, or you just have questions about the extras sale, please get in touch with us at [email protected] asap so we can help you out!

As always, thank you for your patience and support! We hope 2020 is treating you well!

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mitzvahmelting replied to your photo: Hello everyone! We’re checking in to let you know...

i received a shipment confirmation a few days ago but it still says its in pre-shipment, like the label was created but not dropped off at the post office yet. is that right? or is that the usps just not tracking it correctly

Hey! The last of our shipments went out yesterday, so it’s possible that your tracking just hasn’t updated yet. We’re keeping an eye on all of our shipment updates and will absolutely get in contact with our local office if anything hasn’t moved by Monday evening!

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Hello everyone!

We’re checking in to let you know that all shipments have gone out at this time. If you have not received a shipment confirmation email or been contacted about your address, please check your spam folder and reach out to us at [email protected] with your name and original order number so that we can get your tracking information to you. 

If you requested a refund, to our knowledge all of those have processed at this time. If your payment has not yet cleared, please get in touch with us so we can check on things for you!

Att contributors: address confirmations and wholesale information have been sent to all of you. If you have not received an email from us, please get in touch asap so that we can verify your shipment information!

If you missed out on a physical copy of Symbiosis during pre-orders and would still like to get your hands on the zine, we will be hosting our extras sale in a few weeks, once all pre-orders are confirmed delivered. We’ll set a date and time and share more information once we’re closer to our sales window. Full bundles, extra merchandise, and seconds quality zines will be available at that time. 

Once again, thank you all so much for your patience and support, we hope you enjoy your items!

- Cryptid Zines

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Hey so, it's almost December, and I ordered my zine back in March and was expecting it August at the latest. Unfortunately, I am no longer into Venom or Symbrock and was wondering if it was possible to get either a total or partial refund for my order??? I mean, you guys have long passed your original dead-lines. It's only fair.

Hey!

We have no problem issuing a refund, but you will need to contact us directly at [email protected] with your name and original order number in order for us to process one for you!

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Hello! I got the PDF version in late September (IT LOOKS AMAZING) and the email said that hard copies would be shipping out in a week or two. It's been about six weeks so I'm just wondering when these will be going out in the mail?

Hey!

We ended up getting our zines a little bit later than expected when we shipped PDFs, but we finally received everything and are currently about 60% done with shipping out all orders. We apologize for the wait, our shipping mod is working solo, but we expect to have everything shipped within the next two weeks! You will receive an email with your shipment confirmation and tracking number once your items are on the way. 

We’re so glad you enjoyed the PDF! Thank you so much for your patience and support!

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Any ideas for future zines? I bet you guys would kill it at a Klaus Hargreeves one lol. I'm super excited to get my venom zine I'm loving the pdf!

Hey!

We appreciate your enthusiasm! We do currently have a list of projects we’d like to produce and we’ll be announcing our next one as soon as shipments for Symbiosis are finally complete 👀. We’re so glad you’re enjoying your PDF and we can’t wait to get our remaining shipments out the door!

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How many extras do you think you guys will have? I just now found out about this and would love to still get a physical copy! :D

Hey!

Once pre-order and contributor shipments are complete, we’ve planned to have about 50 extra copies of the zine to cover any damages/second quality copies etc. Once everything is sorted and we’re ready to host the extras sale, we’ll make a post giving more information, but we currently plan to have a limited number of full bundles, some solo books, and some merch packs available for sale. 

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Hello everyone!

Good news: our zines are finally here! Our shipment arrived today and we’re so, so pleased with the final product. We can’t wait for you to see them! (And for those of you who missed it on Twitter, our washi tape did finally clear customs; everything is here and ready to go!) 

It’ll likely take us a week or so to begin shipping out orders (our shipping mod is flying solo) but we’ve already begun packing everything up. You will receive a shipment confirmation email with your tracking number once your items are in the mail! 

For those of you who missed out on pre-orders and would like to purchase a digital copy of the zine, you’re in luck: PDF’s are back in stock in the shop!  PDFs will remain available up until the conclusion of our extras sale, which will take place closer to the end of the year once we’ve confirmed receipt of all our pre-orders. 

We would also like to remind everyone who pre-ordered any copy of Symbiosis that you should have received a PDF download link for the zine (physical orders included!) If you have not, please reach out to us at [email protected] with your original order number and we will provide one for you!

IF YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR SHIPPING ADDRESS, THIS IS YOUR FINAL CALL. PLEASE CONTACT US AT [email protected] WITH YOUR ORDER NUMBER AND UPDATED INFORMATION.

We just wanted to thank you all again for waiting so patiently, we know it’s been a long time and we’re so excited to finally be able to start shipping packages.

Thank you all again! 

- Cryptid Zines

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Just viewed the Symbiosis PDF a few minutes ago, worth the wait. Everything was beautifully drawn and put together. 👏❤👏❤👏

We’re glad you think so! All our artists did an incredible job and we’re so happy to finally share their work with everyone!

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Hey everyone!

We wanted to hop on and give you a little update. We finally have an exact date for when our zines will be completed & shipping to us. 

We delayed okaying our proof for a little bit to correct a few small errors and give our artists a chance to update any of their information that’s become outdated, but the zines are currently in print and set to ship to us on Sept 23! They should only take a few days to arrive to us after that and we’ll be sure to alert you all as soon as they’re in and packing has begun. We’re so excited to start sending everything out!

Unfortunately, we still have not received our washi tape. It has shipped successfully and entered the US, but it is currently being held at customs for inspection at the New York hub. 

We spoke with our manufacturer and their shipment provider earlier today and were informed that this is likely because it’s a large volume of merchandise and Chinese in origin. (Apparently, it’s garnering increased scrutiny because of the current trade war 👁️.) We were assured that our items should be released and delivered to us this week, but we’ll keep an eye out and keep you all updated when they arrive. 

In regards to PDFs: we’ve set a date for PDF shipment. All PDFs will be going out this Friday, September 20th! If you purchased the zine in any capacity, digital or a physical copy or bundle, you will be receiving a PDF download!  

Once again, if you have moved or will be moving in the next month, please get in touch with us so that we can change your address! We’ll be announcing once we’re ready to begin shipment, but please let us know asap!

As always, please contact us if you have any questions or concerns! Thank you all!

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Is there any chance you could send the PDF files out early, then?

Hey!

If we for any reason are unable to begin shipment in the next couple weeks like we expect, we’ll absolutely be sending out the PDF copies first. We’ll be sure to keep everyone updated re: when the zines are ready, when shipment will begin, etc and we’ll set a date for PDF delivery if we’re still waiting on anything. 

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Hey any progress updates for us?

Hello! You can read our most recent production update here! As of now, everything is still on track. 

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Are the zines still for sale or will I have to wait for the extras?

Zine pre-orders are unfortunately no longer available. We’ll be hosting the extras sale (which will include reopening PDF sales for a limited time) once all pre-orders have been delivered.

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Hello everyone!

We wanted to take a moment to update you all on where we are in production. 

We have both good news and bad news, so we’ll start with the bad news first: Symbiosis hasn’t been printed yet. 

As we’ve mentioned previously, we picked a new printer for this project. We’ve had a less than stellar experience with them, and their failures in communication have led to a stall in both this project and another that we’re producing. So, we’ve decided to move production entirely and cease our partnership with them on Symbiosis. 

Now for the good news: We’ve already selected a new printer (one with which we’ve worked before to great success,) and started the ball rolling on heading to print. 

So what that means for everyone is that a) the zines will be just a little less fancy (ie cover style etc) than we were planning before due to our new printer’s capabilities, and b) we expect to receive our zines during the first week of September. 

We’re still going to be utilizing a press with a quick turnaround, so once our files are approved we should have all the books in about 5-7 business days. We’re working to adjust everything to accommodate our new printer, and we expect to have production underway during the last week of August.

More good news: Our washi tape is on the way! It took a little longer than we were expecting, but our shipment has finally been sent out, so we should have both the books and the tape ready to ship to you guys during the second week of September. 

Once again, if you have moved or will be moving in the next month, please get in touch with us so that we can change your address! We’ll be announcing once we’re ready to begin shipment, but please let us know asap!

A huge thank you again for all of your patience and support, we can’t wait to finally get this beautiful book out to you all! Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns!

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Hello everyone!

We’re checking in with another production update!

Our washi tape has been approved and is currently being printed. We’re expecting it to be completed and delivered to us in the next several weeks. 

Our corrected test print of the zine is due to be delivered to us later in the week! We’re not anticipating any major changes once the print is approved, so we’re looking to begin our print run by the end of next week. 

We’re utilizing digital printing for Symbiosis, so it won’t take terribly wrong to get all our books produced and delivered to us. The zines should be ready to ship in about three weeks, which, given that everything else is ready to go, will put our shipping date at the end of July/beginning of August! We’ll be sure to keep everyone apprised of any changes in our schedule, but we’ve entered the home stretch and we’re excited to begin shipping orders soon!

If you’ve moved or will be moving in the near future, please get in touch with us at [email protected] so we can update your information for you! We’ll be announcing once we’re ready to begin shipment, so you’ll have a chance to change your address if necessary, but please let us know asap!

Thank you all so much for your patience and support! As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns!

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