the spider society reject club

a spider-verse fanzine run by @oliveroctavius aka @bluef00t

[spidersociety-rejects]

Calling all Spider-Society Rejects!

A Spider-Verse character zine of the scissors-and-staplers kind. Spider-sonas, villain-sonas, self-inserts, AUs, non-canon whatevers, all are welcome. If you don't feel cut out for shiny big-name fanzines, this is the place for you.

Submission format: 1 or 2 pages at half-sheet size, greyscale.

Anything you can jam into a 5.5 in x 8.5in space goes. This could be a character stats sheet, drawings, collage, written backstory, comic page, or any combo of these. (If you really want 3-4 pages, we can work something out.)

There's no application process and no set deadline.

Send your entry to [email protected] (along with your mailing address, if you'd like a physical copy when it prints) and you're in. When we have enough entries for a 20+ page booklet, it'll go to print. Miss the first round (or have more ideas and want to go again)? Keep submitting, and we might go multiple volumes!

Extra copies will be available for $5; approximately the break-even price for printing, shipping, and supplies.

[spidersociety-rejects]

hello :> i hope youre okay! i wanted to see if the second vplume needs any more submissions? if youve had to shelf this project for personal reasons thats totally okay, please dont worry about it!! take care of yourself ^_^

The second volume has room for plenty more submissions! Been a long gap in new entries, but one of the goals of this project is to move as slowly as anyone involved needs. (This is only slightly an excuse for how distracted I've been and forgotten to plug the project recently.)

[spidersociety-rejects]

Spider Society Rejects #1 is here!

Currently selling physical copies for $5, with shipping free in the US and maxing out at $2 no matter where you are. 28 pages, black and white, art and writing and collage and cool ideas from all over. Cardstock cover with full-bleed laser printed interiors. Get a hard copy and support the project!

Want to go DIY? Here's the cover art, and here's the interior pages in print format for assembling at home. Make sure to print at full size double sided for best results.

Submissions are still open for issue #2! That means from you, dear reader. Find out more here.

[spidersociety-rejects]

Hello! Any info on Vol. 2? 😚

I'm waiting on more submissions; we have enough for about half a book, but new submissions have slowed down to about one a week right now. There are still a number of people who have expressed interest in submitting and just haven't gotten around to it yet.

[qqaba]

spidersona 2! tried a more spiderversey style this time. not sure if it worked but I had a Fantastic time making it

[spidersociety-rejects]

Spider Society Rejects #1 is here!

Currently selling physical copies for $5, with shipping free in the US and maxing out at $2 no matter where you are. 28 pages, black and white, art and writing and collage and cool ideas from all over. Cardstock cover with full-bleed laser printed interiors. Get a hard copy and support the project!

Want to go DIY? Here's the cover art, and here's the interior pages in print format for assembling at home. Make sure to print at full size double sided for best results.

Submissions are still open for issue #2! That means from you, dear reader. Find out more here.

[spidersociety-rejects]

Contributors include @marcfrenchie, @t0rdlol, @pasteltraitor, @its-that-kattt, @tactiletelekonesis, @addendumbeekeeper, @qqaba, @cryptids-hate-capitalism, @misceris, @decapod-appreciator, @amateurknightt, @pendularsand, @l4byr1nthz1, @italicized-ohs, @goldphotosxx, @selkiedomus, and @texeoghea.

[italicized-ohs]

Fresh from my sketchbook, here’s my submission for the @spidersociety-rejects zine!

[spidersociety-rejects]

Spider Society Rejects #1 is here!

Currently selling physical copies for $5, with shipping free in the US and maxing out at $2 no matter where you are. 28 pages, black and white, art and writing and collage and cool ideas from all over. Cardstock cover with full-bleed laser printed interiors. Get a hard copy and support the project!

Want to go DIY? Here's the cover art, and here's the interior pages in print format for assembling at home. Make sure to print at full size double sided for best results.

Submissions are still open for issue #2! That means from you, dear reader. Find out more here.

[spidersociety-rejects]

how far along are you for the printing process? What does the timeline look like for mailing out the zines?

I got the first printing last week--however, two images were printed unclearly, and two were omitted. So! I'm waiting on a sample of a better version before I make the announcement that they'll be available. (If not, everything misprinted will be fixed + reprinted in issue #2.) No matter what, we're moving forwards by August 1st.

[spidersociety-rejects]

News update of mostly good! Got everything printed, and only THEN realized I'd messed up the page count such that 2 contributors (lulu and SEIZAN) got left out--going to talk to the printer about my options, but I think since I already know I'm going to do a second issue, I might talk to those contributors about pushing them to the next one so I can get these guys out into the world sooner than later.

[spidersociety-rejects]

I've just found about this project! It's really neat & it brings me back to the glorious age of diy zine making. Thanks, thanks, thanks!! <333 I'll try to submit my spidersona as soon as I can, hoping there's still slots left in vol 2 :)

There are still slots, we'd love to have you! The age of DIY is kept alive by doing it ourselves.

[spidersociety-rejects]

hi hi!! are spots for volume 1 filled up? just wondering where my girlie will end up if i submit her now.

if it’s rolling over to volume 2, are 3-4 page comics allowed because of the increased slots or do you still wanna keep it to 1-2?

Yes, we're on issue 2 now! Issue 2 is turning out to be more minicomics than single pages so far, which is neat. I've already gotten one 3-page submission, so feel free to run long if you really can't fit it on two (or three) pages.

[its-that-kattt]

Woo! Here’s my @spidersociety-rejects zine entry and a look at the background I did 😤 this was so much fun to do and I recommend participating !!

[sunnydewin]

Completely different to what I usually post but I entered my first zine!! This was for @spidersociety-rejects it’s very cool go check it out :)) - Spiderman but proudly autistic <3

[spidersociety-rejects]

Literally the only thing holding back issue #1 going to print is me finding the time to finalize the cover art (fingers crossed I hit my goal and am ready to roll by Friday!) but while we're here, I notice the follower count has gone up quite a lot since I last checked, so:

to double check I'm not underestimating demand, your honest answer:

I'm not a contributor but I want to buy a copy of issue 1 when it's available

I'm a contributor on issue 1/only here because I'd like to contribute later

just here for a laff mate

Voting ended onJul 7, 2023

[spidersociety-rejects]

Literally the only thing holding back issue #1 going to print is me finding the time to finalize the cover art (fingers crossed I hit my goal and am ready to roll by Friday!) but while we're here, I notice the follower count has gone up quite a lot since I last checked, so:

to double check I'm not underestimating demand, your honest answer:

I'm not a contributor but I want to buy a copy of issue 1 when it's available

I'm a contributor on issue 1/only here because I'd like to contribute later

just here for a laff mate

Voting ended onJul 7, 2023

[aswrm]

BANDS I THINK HOBIE BROWN WOULD LIKE: a zine

from fanart to playlists it’s clear people only know white artists, some not even punk, so i made a zine and accompanying playlist with Black punk artists that i rec instead - enjoy !

crossposted on my spider-man blog here