Etches On The Screen: A Weird Web Zine

An original zine centered on weird and surreal works that deal with oddities in the internet age.

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Etches On The Screen Release!

We are proud to finally release our zine for download and viewing! Thank you so much for sticking with this project, and hope you enjoy viewing the weird wide web. Download available here: https://etchesonthescreen.itch.io/etches-on-the-screen

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Final Preview + Release Date

Our final preview! And with it our release date. Etches On The Screen will be releasing November 20th!

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Contributor Previews Part 6!

We've reached our final contributors to Etches On The Screen!

Introducing: RoseOfRevolt: "Rose of Revolt (he/him) is a writer, zine host, and video maker who dabbles in the surreal of both comedy and horror. You can find more of his work on Newgrounds and Tumblr under the same name!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://roseofrevolt.newgrounds.com/ https://www.tumblr.com/roseofrevolt heumilch: "full time employee part time mess | lover of all things strange" Find more of their work on their site at: heumilch.tumblr.com

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Contributor Previews Part 5!

Let's take a look at our second to last group of contributors for the zine! Introducing: Wesleigh: "Wesleigh (she/her) enjoys writing horror and played way too many girly internet dress up games in the early 2000s. She has contributed to several zines and has a short story published in Let the Weirdness In: A Tribute to Kate Bush. She is thrilled to be featured alongside such talented artists and writers!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://www.instagram.com/wesleighdownahill/ Puppeteerartist: "Hello hello! I am Pup/Pippy. I am an artist who's interested in the weird and wacky, I also like movies and art! I am so happy to be part of this project and super stoaked for people to check out mine and the rest of the team's work! Find more of their work on their site at: https://x.com/Puppeteerartist Jenna eberly: "Hello! My names Jenna and I go by she/they ! I'm a PCA&D graduate based in Lancaster, PA. You can find me on most socials under TrashQueensArt, I draw pokemon, furbies and a bunch of other funky and cool stuff! I mainly do art markets and online shop stuff in my spare time and I specialize in stationary and product creation!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://www.instagram.com/trashqueensart/

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Contributor Previews Part 4!

The next group of our amazing contributors! Introducing: Catte Robyns: "Hi, I'm Catte! (they/them) I'm a lifelong artist who specializes in cats, monsters, and all things surreal! I love horror and weird creatures. I started sneaking onto the internet way too young to sign up for SO many petsites - which inspired my piece for this zine!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/cattestrophic https://x.com/cattestrophic https://bsky.app/profile/cattestrophic.bsky.social Natasha Cánepa: "My name is Natasha Cánepa (she/her) and I'm a 2D animator/director who has worked on several award-winning short films including Place to Place and Magic Play along with clients like UCLA, USC and Invision. On the side, I work on physical small paintings under the brand of Forever Boricua where I combine fantastical visuals and characters with the imagery of Puerto Rico." Find more of their work on their site at: https://instagram.com/tashanimation https://www.facebook.com/tashanimation https://ko-fi.com/tashanimation Victor Hannibal: "Hello, I'm Victor, a horror writer and pixel artist. I am a big fan of unique and original zines, and I run the group Vinegar Zines which promotes just that type of project!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://briantheinsomniac.tumblr.com/

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Contributor Previews Part 3!

Our next batch of contributors are here! Introducing: Laplace Atelier: "Laplace Atelier (they/them) specializes in art, writing, layout, and TTRPG design. In the spirit of Yoshihide, they may only draw that which they have seen." Find more of their work on their site at: https://x.com/LaplaceAtelier MelloWammy: "Hello! I'm Mello and I'm an artist currently pursuing my college degree in art! I really love participating in zines and this one has such a fun theme to explore since I'm super interested in online horror and just horror in general! I hope you enjoy my piece and thank you for any support!! <3" Find more of their work on their site at: https://mw-arts.tumblr.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mellowammy/ https://x.com/mellowammy parashy: "heyo, I'm parashy. I enjoy feeding the worms in my brain by getting into fandoms way too hard." Find more of their work on their site at: https://parashysocials.carrd.co/

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Contributor Previews Part 2!

Continuing on with contributor previews, we have our next group of amazing artists and writers! Introducing: Orion: "Hello, I'm a writer and artist interested in horror, mythology, queer stuff and more. You can also see my work in Dot Zine Red Zone 3 collection or on my Tumblr or Instagram." Find more of their work on their site at: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/or10nsart

fallsintograce: "Hello, I enjoy writing a lot. I've been using the Internet since dial up was a thing. I like being in too many zines." Find more of their work on their site at: https://archiveofourown.org/users/fallsintograce Dr.Zootsuit: "Dr.Zootsuit is a radioactive gender disaster and eventual Mad Genius Ruler of Earth. While it may take him some time to achieve that height, in the mean time she's occupied with a variety of visual arts, voice acting, and writing projects. Check out more on their Neocities!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://drzootsuit.neocities.org/

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Contributor Previews!

Thoughout the next couple weeks we will be unveiling our amazing contributors.

Today, we have the pleasure of announcing the first of these contributors with a small preview of their own etches on the screen! Introducing: AyBot_Nimation: "Name is AyBot. I'm just a he/him rando artist from the void. I like cats and shitposts" Find more of their work on their site at: https://twitter.com/AyBot_Nimation ThatOddHaystack: "greetings! i'm vita (he/they), hobbyist artist, programmer, and indie game/web dev. I've always been fascinated with the weird wide web, and I had a lot of fun drawing my piece for this zine! this is actually my first zine; so please look forward to more of my art in the future!" Find more of their work on their site at: https://x.com/thatoddhaystack https://bsky.app/profile/thatoddhaystack.bsky.social https://thatoddhaystack.tumblr.com/ DS Oswald: "DS Oswald is a writer and cartoonist who creates horror, sci-fi, and fantasy stories in many forms." Find more of their work on their portfolio site at: https://writingpun.art/

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Applications Closed!

Applications are now closed, thank you for those who submitted! We will be responding over e-mail soon, so please keep an eye out.

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Applications Are Open!

Applications for contributors are now open! From 7/6/2024 to 7/27/2024 we will be open to anyone interested in joining! 🖥️Writer Application: https://forms.gle/jBN9JqhARCz9krmd9 🖥️Artist Application: https://forms.gle/Rcyb9YMUr9KvoKDw5 🖥️Misc Application: https://forms.gle/Lhin4vPUq6zySdkh7

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🖥️Interest Check Is Closed!🖥️

Thank you for those who participated. We will be going over the responses and opening applications soon!

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Interest Check Is Open!

💻The interest check is now open! 💻

From June 18th to July 6th, you're invited to give us your thoughts on the zine and help us give form to the nebulous and weird final result!

🖥️Interest Check

🖥️INFO DOC