About
Ties That Bind: A GHG Golden Thread Fanzine is a non-profit SFW / NSFW digital GinHijiGin fanzine centered around the concept of The Golden Thread, a unique connection of love built with another person as they journey through life.
Specification
The zine demonstrates the GHG Community's creative talents, featuring various digital comics, creative writing, and illustrations for the GHG enjoyers. It is also unofficial and solely done for fun. Therefore, it does not ask Artists and Writers for any requirements.
Page Size (A5)
Themes
There would be one theme each for SFW and NSFW.
| SFW | NSFW |
|---|---|
| Requited Love | Passionate Sex |
Examples of Requited Love:
Mutual Crush, Pinning, Getting Together.Examples of Passionate Sex:
Possessiveness, Glad-to-be-alive, Destructo-nookie.
Zine rules
ARTISTS
- Canvas size is A5 (Portrait/Landscape), 300 dpi.
- 3 works maximum.
- 6 pages limit.
- Distribution of the pages is up to the Artist.WRITERS
- 3k words max per story.
- 3 stories total per writer only.
- The distribution of works per category is up to the Writer.
If you can go beyond the limit, please inform the Mods, Thank you!
NSFW RULE
- Please make sure to properly and thoroughly tag your work.
- Non-con, underage/adult pairing and incest will not be allowed in this zine.
- Should your work feature questionable or debatable content, please reach out to the mods for clarification.
- Mods retain the right to refuse content or request changes should the submitted work contain themes that are deemed too extreme for this zine.ACCEPTABLE
- F/F, F/M, M/M GHG.
- Artworks can be black and white / Grayscale.
- The Golden Thread Concept is still open to contributor's interpretation despite the zine's provided definition.UNACCEPTABLE
Spoilers! All rights are reserved to Contributors, but we kindly ask that you remain very discreet when sharing your works / WIPs with others until the official release of the zine.What is acceptable to be shared:
Artist: Zoomed-in sketch of your artwork.
Writers: Title of your work, shipping pair.
Zine Content
The content of the Zine will consist of the following:
TITLE PAGE
Acknowledgement
Foreword
GH Section
HG Section
Switch Section
Profiles
COMICS- Four (4) Panel layouts.
- One-page layouts. (Portrait)
- Two-page spread. (Landscape)FULL ILLUSTRATIONS- One-page Layout (Portrait)
- Two-page spread (landscape)CREATIVE WRITINGS- Drabbles.
- One shot.
- Short story.
Production Timeline
The timing will follow UTC +8 / PHT.
| EVENT | DATE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| Interest Check | Sept 4-8 | DONE |
| Interest Check Results | Sept 9 | DONE |
| Sign Up | Sept 14 - 19 | DONE |
| Creation Phase | Sept 23 | DONE |
| First check-in | Oct 22 | DONE |
| Second check-in | Dec 10 | DONE |
| Drop out deadline | Jan 12 | DONE |
| Third check-in | Jan 28 | DONE |
| Final Submission | Mar 17 | DONE |
| Collation of works | Mar 18 - April 20 | DONE |
| Release Date | May 3 | DONE |
MODERATORS
Head Moderator (@milk3921)
Graphics & Layout (@tippytrap)
Comm & Ann (@itspaulaplease)
Co - Comm (@victor_yoshiko)