[ID. An edited graphic featuring the actor Luca Marinelli wearing a shirt that reads: “Pen Paper Peace,” within a circular frame. Above the frame are the words “basics - timeline - goals” in gradient font, and to the right a gradient font that reads “Introduction.” The background is blue hues of watercolor splashes, and a vector of blue torn paper. END ID.]
Basics
Welcome to the LM Zine - a fandom event dedicated to various Luca Marinelli characters, featuring exclusive content, with all proceeds going to the charity Pen Paper Peace on Luca's birthday, October 22nd.
UPDATE: we did it! Raised the funds, printed the zines and merch, shipped the products, and donated to the charity <3
Below the cut is an elaboration on the goals, the general timeline, and a disclaimer.
Goals
The goal of this collaborative effort is to gather content creators - writers and artists, including merchandise creators - through an application process by the end of April. With feedback and encouragement between fellow creators and the mod team via a private discord server, we hope to create a digital fandom zine of original content that will go live October 1st and close on October 15th - a week before Luca's birthday.
Potential bundle options will be going live in a week, with a kickstarter launched in the fall. If enough funds are raised, pre orders for the bundle options will become available on September 15th.
All sales will be finalized on October 22nd, and all proceeds - minus processing fees from the hosting website, kickstarter fees, production and shipping costs - will be donated in Luca's name to Pen Paper Peace, a non profit founded by his wife, Dr. Alissa Jung. You can find out more about the charity via our FAQ post here.
Timeline
11th of April - launch of the tumblr platform, and applications for a mod team and content creators.
18th of April - bundle options launched for potential physical and/or bundles with merch options . . . The first step to our kickstarter.
Second half of April - all applications processed and confirmation emails sent out with discord link invites to the private server on May 2nd.
May - September 1st - all content creators will have the option in the application to request a collab or work independently, and will be encouraged throughout the process by a mod team. There will be two check ins, and hopefully pinch hitters on standby because we all understand life happens! Our ultimate goal is to simply create exclusive content, in order to raise money for a great cause as fans of Luca.
The mod team will diligently work on compiling the digital zine as content is created, as well as securing quotes for prints and merch bundles before launching a kickstarter.
September 15th - 30th - the mod team will run a kickstarter campaign and secure funds and place orders based on backers and demands.
October 1st - 15th - digital bundle options will go live.
October 22nd - proceeds will be collected and donated. If applicable, shipments will be sent out for all physical/bundle orders at that time as well (though depending on factors outside of our control it is possible that physical production and shipping might take a while).
End of October - a receipt of donation will be uploaded as soon as it becomes available.
To encourage donations, we’re keeping the content exclusively created for the zine out of the public eye for several months - if you’re excited to see this fan content, contribute towards our donation and you’ll get to see it right away! :)
Disclaimer
This is a fandom zine, and neither the mod team nor the content creators have any affiliation with Luca Marinelli or the charity Pen Paper Peace. This is simply meant to be a creative, collaborative effort across various fandoms to raise money for a good cause.
Thank you to everyone who helped us see the zine to fruition from beginning to end!!
With the funds donated and the last couple of zines arriving, we are shifting the attention we give the platforms - but leaving the accounts open for anyone who'd like to look back ✨️
If you have any shipping concerns, or lingering questions, please reach out to any of the mods directly who are happy to help 😊 @isabellehemlock @little-ruru @ceraunos
And be sure to keep an eye out on their pages for potential flash sales of leftover merch down the road
One of my absolute fave pieces I did this year, was for the @lmzine ~ Diabolik‼️
Twitter x AO3
Image description under the cut
A digital art piece featuring the character Diabolik, as played by Luca Marinelli in the film of the same title from 2021. He is stepping out onto alley, near the port, his eyes shining in the dark - an artistic choice based on the interview Luca gave about comparing Diabolik's expression to a panther.
He is wearing his signature black suit, where everything is obscured outside of a cut out around his eyes, and the city skyscape is behind him, barely illuminated by the lights from the windows and stars - the title of the film is drawn in a red bold font near the top, and by his shoulder is my signature in a gray cursive font that reads, "Isabelle Hemlock."
ID. An edited graphic featuring the actor Luca Marinelli holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that reads: “Pen Paper Peace." Above the frame are the words “lmzine 2022 - charity zine” in gradient font, and to the right a gradient font that reads “update.” The background is blue hues of watercolor splashes, and a vector of blue torn paper. END ID.
The zines have been shipped! Backers, feel free to check out your emails for details but fingers crossed it should be arriving in the next few weeks 😊 Please feel free to tag us here, or on twitter, and we'll be happy to reblog/retweet any unboxing pics 😎
Starting Dec 22nd, we'll unveil our AO3 collection where our contributors will be welcome to share their submissions for the zine at their leisure (and we'll be reblogging those across platforms as well).
ID. An edited graphic featuring the actor Luca Marinelli holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that reads: “Pen Paper Peace." Above the frame are the words “lmzine 2022 - charity zine” in gradient font, and to the right a gradient font that reads “update.” The background is blue hues of watercolor splashes, and a vector of blue torn paper. END ID.
The zines have been shipped! Backers, feel free to check out your emails for details but fingers crossed it should be arriving in the next few weeks 😊 Please feel free to tag us here, or on twitter, and we'll be happy to reblog/retweet any unboxing pics 😎
Starting Dec 22nd, we'll unveil our AO3 collection where our contributors will be welcome to share their submissions for the zine at their leisure (and we'll be reblogging those across platforms as well).
[ID. An edited graphic featuring the actor Luca Marinelli holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that reads: “Pen Paper Peace." Above the frame are the words “lmzine 2022 - charity zine” in gradient font, and to the right a gradient font that reads “update.” The background is blue hues of watercolor splashes, and a vector of blue torn paper. END ID.]
Update for the backers: you hopefully saw an email from the mods this week regarding postage for the bundles? If not, be sure to check your inbox for all the details, and we look forward to sending them out soon 🤗
[ID. An edited graphic featuring the actor Luca Marinelli holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that reads: “Pen Paper Peace." Above the frame are the words “lmzine 2022 - charity zine” in gradient font, and to the right a gradient font that reads “update.” The background is blue hues of watercolor splashes, and a vector of blue torn paper. END ID.]
We’re excited to share that all physical merch has been ordered so now we simply wait for everything to arrive, and of course we'll keep you posted if there are any printing issues/shipping snafu's, but fingers crossed for bundles getting mailed out early December.
We'll also share a little bundle preview pic before mailing - so keep an eye out for that ;)
Special thank you to all the backers, this is only happening because of you!
Thank you to all the Luca fans who supported the zine along the way - we were able to donate the bulk of our proceeds today 💙
We will be making a secondary donation at the end of the year once everything has been shipped (in case there's a reserve fund we need to dip into to address any merch mix ups), but it's a big day! And we'll be keeping our backers posted through our kickstarter, and with emails, as we begin the process of printing all the merch next.
The next big thing on our calendar will be updates once the merch bundles have arrived for shipping, the second donation, and in December when we'll reblog content contributors submissions as they upload it to our AO3 collection, and share on platforms.
ID. An edited graphic featuring the actor Luca Marinelli holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that reads: “Pen Paper Peace." Above the frame are the words “lmzine 2022 - charity zine” in gradient font, and to the right a gradient font that reads “update.” The background is blue hues of watercolor splashes, and a vector of blue torn paper. END ID.
Update for our backers, but the gist is: the funds have arrived!! We are coordinating with the shipping mods to get the production funds to them, with our hope to donate the remaining on Luca's birthday in five days.
Thank you for your patience and support! This wouldn't be possible without our backers, and signal boosters, we appreciate it!!
ID. A digital banner with the words: "The Luca Marinelli Zine" at the top in blue, hollowed font, and directly underneath it are the words in a navy colored font: "14 transformative works! Art, poetry, meta, and more!" There is a collage of various teasers of the content, as well as the cover to the right. There is a torn paper edge at the bottom, and a blue watercolor background fading into the white. END ID.
There's only 24 hours left to get your digital copy of the zine, here on itch.io, before we begin production on the physical bundles!
To get an idea of what's included and a list of all our lovely contributors, please see this previous post.
ID. A digital banner with the words: "The Luca Marinelli Zine" at the top in blue, hollowed font, and directly underneath it are the words in a navy colored font: "14 transformative works! Art, poetry, meta, and more!" There is a collage of various teasers of the content, as well as the cover to the right. There is a torn paper edge at the bottom, and a blue watercolor background fading into the white. END ID.
There's only 24 hours left to get your digital copy of the zine, here on itch.io, before we begin production on the physical bundles!
To get an idea of what's included and a list of all our lovely contributors, please see this previous post.
