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@themagnuscollection
Just got the zine today! It's wonderful and I love it so much!! I'm from Wales, in the UK, if anybody else from here is worried about delivery still
Wow, that took forever to get there! I'm so glad to hear you've got your package. We'd love to get your thoughts on it after you've given it a good perusal. :)
I got my physical copy today and I am so incredibly happy with it! I'm blown away by the quality of art, writing, and the book itself! This is probably my favorite fandom zine ever and I'm excited to see volume 2!
Thanks for all your hard work, this is amazing!
Thank you so much for your amazing review! We're starting to get some of the final pieces in and finalizing the page count. Putting together a book that looks this good depends on the incredible quality of all the participants, and our shared love for it. Your support means a great deal to us, and I hope Volume 2 surpasses your expectations!
this is a stretch but do you know if anyone else who ordered from the UK has gotten their order yet?
I haven't heard yet, but I'll open this up to those who've ordered:
Have any UK customers received their books yet?
I just got my order for the deluxe version and this stuff is so awesome!!
We're so glad to hear it! Volume 2 will switch over to a preorder model so we can share the cool things the deluxe packages will include, and provide the opportunity for everyone to work toward some fun stretch goals. If you'd like, please feel free to write us a review on social media, or enter our upcoming survey, and we'll make sure you've got a chance to win one of three copies of Volume 2!
I ordered the zine on the 17th of May and got a email It was sent out last Thursday, should I be expecting it to be delivered soon?
That depends on where you're located! We've sent it out from Canada. According to the shipment guarantees from CanadaPost (pre-Covid metrics), it's next-day for within the same city, 2-3 days for within the same province, 4 days for nationwide. Within the United States, it can be 4-7 days for busy cities, and 7-12 days for more rural areas, and the site also indicates it can be approximately 10-12 business days for international at the price-rate we're shipping out at. However, the pandemic has significantly impacted the shipping speeds for non-essential items, like these books. We are looking into offering tracking as an add-on for future volumes to help mitigate some of this uncertainty, and hope it arrives quickly and safely.
Shipping Update
For anyone who purchased in the last 24 hours, please expect a small delay of 1-2 days for receiving digital copy + confirmation of shipment. The Canadian mods have been lucky enough to receive their second dose of Covid-vaccine, and are bemoaning The End. We will once again be up-to-date on shipments by Saturday at the latest. Thank you all for your patience! We can’t wait to share some amazing WIPs and previews for Volume 2!
Is it too late to get a copy of Vol 1, or are they all shipped and etc.? It looks like there's still ability to get one in the cart but I thought I'd check to be sure.
BigCartel has an inventory of remaining confirmed copies in there that are still purchasable. If it doesn't say 'Sold Out', you can still nab a copy! We purchased 30 creator copies as well, in excess of 28 creators, so we may also distribute the remaining excess copies into saleable copies afterward. Hope you're able to get a copy and enjoy it shortly!
do you guys send out an email once a package has been sent?
As soon as a package has been taken to the post office, we mark the shipment as sent with Big Cartel, and Big Cartel should send you an email with information on your shipment. At this time, we do not have tracked packages, but we are working on calculating that as an option for the upcoming volume. Please check your email carefully, as we have 26 packages remaining to ship out before we are current. If you do not see an email in your inbox, it may be in your spam folder, or you should either receive one tomorrow. The delays we've had with getting things out have been a frustrating experience for us, and the team is already implementing new policy to streamline shipping for Volume 2.
hello! are you going to be having guest artists on the second zine installment?
I have to admit I'm unsure of the distinction in what makes an artist "guest" versus "contributor". We'll have spreads and comics, and so many fun new merch contributions, and in preparation for Vol 2-4, I made up a list of artists I'd love to work with. But aside from making sure that everyone gets their art highlighted as best as possible in the print form of choice, and again here in their artist promos, I don't know if I'd highlight certain artists above other artists, regardless of whether they participated on the first volume, were invited to attend, or applied with portfolio review.
We have so much amazing talent involved, at different levels of experience. For some, this might be their first zine, and their social media might cap at 100 followers. For others, they may have run several zines before. Our cover artist does comic conventions; some of our members have hotly-anticipated commission streams, or make adoptables, or create gorgeous merchandise. My enthusiasm and my desire to promote is equal for all of our contributors. I hope that those who are more established find our keen desire to display their artwork in the best fashion possible, and our newcomers will gain more attention because they've participated in something this special.
Hopefully, you'll see some names you're excited for, and find some new faves off our contributor lists, and you'll stick around to see the amazing things we've got in store!
Typically how long does it take you guys to get a shipment to Canada?
Since we’re based in Canada, we’re sending via lettermail. My hope is that they come within the week, but COVID has definitely imparted delays along all aspects of the production and delivery chain. It should be no longer than 14 days. If you’ve already ordered a book, we’ll send you an email letting you know when we’ve shipped your copy off, and if you’re thinking of buying, we’ve still got copies left!
PRODUCTION UPDATE:
This update has been long-coming as the team has been putting together shipments and sending them out in batches. As of right now, 79 shipments out of 144 in total (as of last count) have been sent out to their happy homes, and we have another 18 prepared for tomorrow. Our goal is to have everything cleared out by end of May so we can devote ourselves entirely to Vol 2!
Shipments have been separated into four categories to assist in batch preparations: standard (single copy), deluxe (single copy), Canadian shipment of either, and multiple-copy shipment. Because we have to fill out customs information for every international post, this batch arrangement allows us to fill in item weights and contents quickly. This also means that multiple copies, while getting additional attention, will take longer to send out to the post office. Beyond that, we are operating in a rough order of purchase, which means that if yours is more recent, it may still be awaiting postage taped onto it.
Postage is paid out of pocket and reimbursed from the Paypal funds, which again delays additional postage, but also forces heightened accountability. We’re ensuring that every penny is accounted for, and we will be putting together an end-of-zine infographic detailing what the money was spent on, an estimate of price-per-book, the amount of money going to charity, as well as non-identifiable demographics on our audience.
Out of the 230 copies we received, approximately 8 of them are considered “seconds” or unsellable at the prices we’ve provided. We will be putting up a ‘damaged discount’ option with photographs of the injuries. These include folded cover corners, a dinged cover top, an additional interior cover goof, and slight oil damage from the printing machines. These pieces are uniquely touched by the fears, and if you purchase one, we’ll make them further unique for your viewing pleasures.
As mentioned in a previous post, we have encountered an issue in our poster reprints, which we will provide a visual update on in the following post. When we expanded our print run in response to the popularity of the volume, we also had to buy an additional print run of the posters, and they didn’t turn out 100% up to our standards of quality. This may be a case of our art director being nitpicky, but we’ll also leave it up to you to decide. We’ve contacted the print shop to see if they’ll reprint the second print run of the posters for us, and we’ll see if we can do a ‘seconds’ sale on these posters. However, if the print shop is unwilling to reprint free or at discount, we’ll send out an ask if you’d like them reprinted at-cost or are happy with the ones we have. We’ll reiterate this in the following post too.
If you’ve purchased a copy of the book, keep an eye out on the email you used to purchase, and you should get an update on the shipping there! Do let us know when they arrive and if you’re happy with the quality of the copy. We’re considering running a review raffle for a copy of Vol 2, so stay tuned for more on that in a bit!
Thank you for all of your support as we bring Volume 1 to a completion, and we look forward to seeing you all again on Volume 2!
Morning Reblog!
POSTER UPDATE:
This is not the way we wanted to show off our amazing poster, but this should explain some of the delays we’ve been having in bringing the second printing grouping to completion. Our original print-run was brought to completion under the eagle eye of our art director, to their satisfaction. When it came time to print them again for the second edition, we thought our print shop could handle doing the same thing all over again. The second printing has come out much darker compared to the original, and also, weirdly, larger. Please review the captions on each of these comparative images to see what we mean.
We have contacted the printer to try and get the second run reprinted free or at discount, but are prepared to utilize a portion of the funding for a better reprint. These communications have delayed sending out the creator copies and the second printing deluxe editions, which is so unbelievably frustrating with how close we are to the end. If we do get a reprinting, the “90% right” prints will go in-store at a discounted price to help us recoup costs on them.
However, if our art director is too nitpicky, and you’d love having this on your wall as-is, please leave us a comment in the notes below, and we’ll take it under advisement. Our team strives to give you the best quality product we can, and to make sure that the artists’ work is brought to you with as true-to-colour as possible. Either way, we look forward to sending the last of Vol 1 out and moving forward to some of the amazing items in store for Vol 2!
We’ve got a poll running on twitter for the next 6 days. Come give a response here: https://twitter.com/TMCZine/status/1394527135637807107?s=20
👻 ZINE GIVEAWAY 👻
Surprise! We’re doing a giveaway! Stand a chance to win the full Ghoul Gang bundle, the physical copies of the Connect the Dots zine or the Treat Yourself mini-zine, or a digital copy of the CtD zine!!
🔥 TO ENTER:
1. Must be following us! @bfuzine 2. Reblog this post + comment (+1 entry) 3. Tag a friend for a bonus entry!
Good luck! 4 winners will be drawn from across all our social media platforms on May 23. Head on over to our giveaway posts on Twitter or Instagram for extra entries!
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This zine has some wonderful people running it, and the proceeds will be going to another extremely worthy cause. While it may not be TMA-related, What the Ghost? and Ghost Hunt UK have enough in common with the Ghoul Gang to make the Connect the Dots zine a sister in spirit.
are physical copies of the zine still abatible for sale
As of this evening’s count, we’ve got 29 Deluxe Editions left in stock, 2 Standard Editions, and 8 “Corrupted Copies” that we’ll have up on the market soon!
You can find copies here at https://themagnuscollection.bigcartel.com. Have a super great evening!
POSTER UPDATE:
This is not the way we wanted to show off our amazing poster, but this should explain some of the delays we’ve been having in bringing the second printing grouping to completion. Our original print-run was brought to completion under the eagle eye of our art director, to their satisfaction. When it came time to print them again for the second edition, we thought our print shop could handle doing the same thing all over again. The second printing has come out much darker compared to the original, and also, weirdly, larger. Please review the captions on each of these comparative images to see what we mean.
We have contacted the printer to try and get the second run reprinted free or at discount, but are prepared to utilize a portion of the funding for a better reprint. These communications have delayed sending out the creator copies and the second printing deluxe editions, which is so unbelievably frustrating with how close we are to the end. If we do get a reprinting, the “90% right” prints will go in-store at a discounted price to help us recoup costs on them.
However, if our art director is too nitpicky, and you’d love having this on your wall as-is, please leave us a comment in the notes below, and we’ll take it under advisement. Our team strives to give you the best quality product we can, and to make sure that the artists’ work is brought to you with as true-to-colour as possible. Either way, we look forward to sending the last of Vol 1 out and moving forward to some of the amazing items in store for Vol 2!
PRODUCTION UPDATE:
This update has been long-coming as the team has been putting together shipments and sending them out in batches. As of right now, 79 shipments out of 144 in total (as of last count) have been sent out to their happy homes, and we have another 18 prepared for tomorrow. Our goal is to have everything cleared out by end of May so we can devote ourselves entirely to Vol 2!
Shipments have been separated into four categories to assist in batch preparations: standard (single copy), deluxe (single copy), Canadian shipment of either, and multiple-copy shipment. Because we have to fill out customs information for every international post, this batch arrangement allows us to fill in item weights and contents quickly. This also means that multiple copies, while getting additional attention, will take longer to send out to the post office. Beyond that, we are operating in a rough order of purchase, which means that if yours is more recent, it may still be awaiting postage taped onto it.
Postage is paid out of pocket and reimbursed from the Paypal funds, which again delays additional postage, but also forces heightened accountability. We’re ensuring that every penny is accounted for, and we will be putting together an end-of-zine infographic detailing what the money was spent on, an estimate of price-per-book, the amount of money going to charity, as well as non-identifiable demographics on our audience.
Out of the 230 copies we received, approximately 8 of them are considered “seconds” or unsellable at the prices we’ve provided. We will be putting up a ‘damaged discount’ option with photographs of the injuries. These include folded cover corners, a dinged cover top, an additional interior cover goof, and slight oil damage from the printing machines. These pieces are uniquely touched by the fears, and if you purchase one, we’ll make them further unique for your viewing pleasures.
As mentioned in a previous post, we have encountered an issue in our poster reprints, which we will provide a visual update on in the following post. When we expanded our print run in response to the popularity of the volume, we also had to buy an additional print run of the posters, and they didn’t turn out 100% up to our standards of quality. This may be a case of our art director being nitpicky, but we’ll also leave it up to you to decide. We’ve contacted the print shop to see if they’ll reprint the second print run of the posters for us, and we’ll see if we can do a ‘seconds’ sale on these posters. However, if the print shop is unwilling to reprint free or at discount, we’ll send out an ask if you’d like them reprinted at-cost or are happy with the ones we have. We’ll reiterate this in the following post too.
If you’ve purchased a copy of the book, keep an eye out on the email you used to purchase, and you should get an update on the shipping there! Do let us know when they arrive and if you’re happy with the quality of the copy. We’re considering running a review raffle for a copy of Vol 2, so stay tuned for more on that in a bit!
Thank you for all of your support as we bring Volume 1 to a completion, and we look forward to seeing you all again on Volume 2!
Hello I was just wondering are you still selling zines ?
Hello!
We still have some copies of the second printing remaining. After a quick check of the storefront, it looks like we have 35 copies of the Deluxe Edition remaining, and 3 copies left of the Standard Edition. There are unlimited copies of the PDF, distributed by Pulley.
We are also considering selling some of the damaged copies and the incorrectly-printed posters at a discount. These books have some cover damage, or cast-off from the printing machines, and will be photographed carefully so buyers understand what they're getting. The posters are printed slightly larger and slightly darker than the first printing, and while they're still an excellent piece of our cover artist's work, they aren't 100% what we've represented in promotional materials. I should have some more information on that soon.
Thank you for asking, and I hope you have a wonderful afternoon!
This should probably have been where we posted the link to where you could buy the zines. That would have been smart, wouldn’t it.
Pretend we posted this link up there so you, your friends, your family, your loved ones, and your nemeses can all fight over the few remaining physical copies of this perfect and beautiful book.
