The (un)official Danny Phantom Cookbook!

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The (un)Official Danny Phantom Cookbook is in development!

October 31 update: You can gain access by donating to The Trevor Project, if you donate as Anon, please DM me a screenshot of your receipt.

I'll also host the pdf on my ko-fi and will put those donations towards TTP on your behalf

This zine is no longer available, thank you to everyone who donated!

Have you ever wanted to bake delicious treats that remind you of a sorta-okay Nickelodeon cartoon from the 2000s? Are you stuck eating take out and frozen food and need to mix it up a bit? Do you just want a cook book that's Danny Phantom themed, specifically?

This is the project for you!

This project is currently being developed by @/ghoulishautism and in collaboration with trusted friends/mutuals.

However! I have recently made a google form for recipe submissions (since that will be the centerpiece of the entire project). The guidelines will be provided within the first page of the form.

this form will be closed in the event that 1) We have collected more than enough recipes for the project (aiming for at least 1 per character), or 2) The form is abused in any way.

Multiple submissions are more than fine, just be sure to use the same name so you can be properly credited.

Inbox is open for any questions regarding the project, its rules, etc.

QNA (will be updated).

Q: When will the cookbook be released? A: A due date has yet to be announced. However, I am hoping it will take about 3 months to complete. This is not a hard number and there is a chance there will be delays.

The ideal release date will be October 31st. Delays are to be expected, however.

We are currently looking into charities to donate the proceeds to, so feel free to suggest causes you support.

Q: What is the target audience for this cookbook? A: Aside from fans of Danny Phantom (duh), I want to include a range of recipes for various skill levels- Which will theoretically be perfect for families...or broke college students.

Q: How will the book be formatted? A: The book itself will be sectioned into categories (snacks, breakfast/lunch/dinner, etc) and include important labels (spicy, kosher/halal, vegan/vegetarian, etc)

My goal is to make it as easy to navigate as possible. There will be a table of contents at the start so its easier to jump to specific recipes.

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Did I say the end of 2026? That was meant to say "start" god I hate my brain.

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Since I'm at the tail-end of this project, I wanted to provide some self-reflection 2 months after its completion.

Long rambling below cut

Managing a project like this is always so interesting.

I fully intended to work on this alone (aside from the recipes that had been donated, thank you) and slowly work on it through the next couple of months.

That did not pan out. Mainly because I had a lot of people who said they wanted to be involved, yet I still ended up doing the vast majority of the work- which isn't too bad, but it also sucked a little when you were hoping other people were doing more than they actually did. I had some people drop out late into production due to personal life stuff, and I simply wished them well.

I still ended up having to rush a lot of the end stuff within the month of October because I again assumed more work was being done than it actually was- it did give me something to do every day, which helped with my depression, so it wasn't all bad. I still wished I was given a wake up call. a little earlier into production but hey- when life gives you lemons right?

I also had a lot of last minute helping hands from my friends, whom I should of asked for help from to begin with. I don't think this project would of narrowly made its deadline of it weren't for them.

I also had to modify a LOT of recipes because a few of them were, frankly, a little absurd- not here to downplay some of the creativity (the creativity was my favorite part), but a recipe that requires a CENTURY EGG isn't what I would call very accessible.

Overall though- my goal at the end of the day was teach myself more about graphic design and project management, and I achieved just that! It was a little stressful, but that stress also motivated me.

I'd like to thank everyone who was apart of this journey, and also everyone who has donated thus far. I don't know if I'll attempt to do a project like this again (at least not a cook book specifically) but I now know what to expect when it comes to running zine projects!

Again, thank you for being so supportive of this project.

G.A

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Donations have been slowing to a crawl- I'm still determined to get to $100 by the end of the month!

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This goal post hasn't moved much since this post, so reminder that the goal is to hit at least $100 by the end of this month Copies of the cook book pdf will be no longer available by the start of 2026, so get them while you still can

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We are 30 USD away from our minimum 100 dollar goal! Reminder that the DP Cook Book will cease to be available by the end of 2025, so you have one more month left to grab a copy by either buying it on ko-fi or directly donating to the Trevor Project, both links can be found in the pinned post

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Reminder that if you havent received the cook book from me you should probably contact me, because theres a chance I never got a notification

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Donations have been slowing to a crawl- I'm still determined to get to $100 by the end of the month!

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This goal post hasn't moved much since this post, so reminder that the goal is to hit at least $100 by the end of this month Copies of the cook book pdf will be no longer available by the start of 2026, so get them while you still can

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Donations have been slowing to a crawl- I'm still determined to get to $100 by the end of the month!

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Other characters I would of loved to give rep to if I had more time/resources:

Cujo

Dan Phantom

Clockwork

One of the other circus freaks like Lydia

Nocturne

Bullet (my partner is always saying hes under-represented in the fandom)

Wes Weston JUST KIDDING ha you thought!! I think Urinal Guy deserves a cook book page, he contributed so much to the franchise...like when he sat down on the urinal in that one episode? Iconic

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I forgot to add Amorpho to the list, I am so cooked in the head.

At least he got some rep in the ending comic

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Other characters I would of loved to give rep to if I had more time/resources:

Cujo

Dan Phantom

Clockwork

One of the other circus freaks like Lydia

Nocturne

Bullet (my partner is always saying hes under-represented in the fandom)

Wes Weston JUST KIDDING ha you thought!! I think Urinal Guy deserves a cook book page, he contributed so much to the franchise...like when he sat down on the urinal in that one episode? Iconic

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some characters like vlad and sam got two recipes, how come?

For Vlad, one of them was originally intended to be Plasmius specifically- though that didn't end up being communicated well apparently ^^;

As for Sam, I had two recipes that were good for her but really couldnt decide on just one. I wanted something that represented her Judaism (since thats an aspect of her from canon that is barely acknowledged), but the other one I got was also fitting for her

So throwing in Undergrowth seemed like a good compromise. Only I was in panic mode that week trying to get the last of everything done and- I wisely decided trying to draw Undergrowth simply wasnt worth it. I don't even LIKE Urban Jungle why did I do this...

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I'm also very burned out but if I get the energy to, I might make some extra/bonus pages (from the leftover recipes I had to cut due to time/space) and sell those as a bundle

DLC for a cook book...imagine that

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39 dollars baby! Lets see if we can hit at least $100 by the end of November!

Thanksgiving for Americans is coming up soon, and though most of the dishes in the cook book arent traditional in any way, theres nothing wrong with mixing it up every now and then!

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Part 3: The pagening

I fussed so much when it came to page laylout- I mean making sure things are readable and cohesive is very important for projects like this!

I...also think I went a little too crazy on how some of these looked instead of keeping them basic like I originally planned. Most of them were meant to resemble scrapbooks but I quickly abandoned that idea once I reached the more techy characters-

I don't have *too* much to say on most of them because theyre pretty straight forward and self explainatory- however I feel like I MUST show you all the background of Tucker's since all the text elements blocked it out

This was a reference to one of Vinesauce Joel's PC destruction videos- I only did this to make myself laugh since most people would NOT be able to see it fully

This is also what the whiteboard on Maddie's second page looks like- it isn't much but I like it a lot.

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More art I did, part 2!

2. The character portraits (at least some of them)

The portraits were both the most fun AND most difficult parts of the whole process (yes including page layout, which I'll get to in part 3).

Since I got stuck doing the vast majority of the art work during the latter half of production (shoutout to my friends Yudamori, Moonfox, my lovely partner Nyssa, and of course the get foodie Khaos for helping me even make my deadline in the first place)-- I decided that, in order to keep up with the variety I wanted, I would attempt to do a new style for each character portrait

Usually in official projects- the graphic designer would have access to a whole library of art directly from the source material- transparent and HD- and will just paste it where its the most fitting-- HOWEVER since this was a fan project (and one thats *technically* being profited off for charity), I couldn't get away with using official artwork. So! Getting custom art done was very important to making it all work.

Mr Lancer: my attempt at School House Rock Klemper: Peanuts/Charlie Brown Youngblood: Golden Era Disney (he was VERY much out of my comfort zone and you can kinda tell) Dani: 2000s new-retro (A lot closer to my native art style)

Danny: Just a sketchier version of my style since I couldn't think of anything for him (this was drawn prior to the comic idea, missed opportunity on my part) Tucker: MS Paint (Sadly I own a mac so I had to try my best to match that vibe) Johnny and Kitty: 1950s/60s Archie comics (I HEAVILY referenced a lot of those) Spectra: Vogue Magazine

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Valerie had no specific style, but I did experiment with color a lot in this one! Val's one of my favorite characters so I wanted to make sure I did her justice

Sidney: Classic retro/UPA

Ember: Punk styled poster-- probably one of my favorite ones out of the whole set. Might make this a print for my own redbubble or something

Freakshow: Sideshow attraction painted poster Might sell him too- I dont get to digitally paint too often so he was really fun to do.

Cannot believe I almost forgot Sam's. Heres her inspo

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Some of the art I, G.A, contributed [part 1]

This won't be absolutely everything- however I wanted to highlight some of my favorite pieces I did for the DP cook book project!

The comics

[I wanted to display them side by side but tumblr REALLY didnt like that]

Most media based cook books will have a "story" or otherwise in-universe presentation to really get yourself in the mood. We decided that our "story" was going to be some sort of collaboration between Lunch Lady and Ghost Writer.

With these comics being in a simplistic and somewhat crude style, you can sorta tell these were last minute additions. I could have just done a wall of text-- but I wanted the opening of the book to get people hyped for the rest of it. In universe these were drawn by Danny as he tries to explain how he got himself in this situation and how everything ended up. I ended up kinda liking this style and might use it again for a project in the future!

Part 2 coming up in a bit

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I just queued a few posts explaining some of my artistic process- but this is an open invitation for an AMA regarding the project

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As of this morning we have raised over 24 dollars! I'm gonna try to donate on a bi-weekly basis to keep the ko-fi money out of my account as much as possible

I still prefer if y'all could donate directly to the campaign but I also get the convenience of having it on my ko-fi shop <3 which is why I elected to put it there