A delightfully despairful zine dedicated to Ultimate Despair and the Danganronpa Ultra Despair Girls cast.
DDX will be executed as if Mahiru Koizumi herself made the zine as a way to showcase Ultimate Despair's power.
Q: Will this zine be physical or digital?
A. DDX will be a kickass digital zine in a ready-to-print format.
Q: What will be the overall aesthetic of the zine?
A: The zine will be a mix of classy jazz vibes and punk-grunge aesthetic! There will be a set color scheme for all artists to follow.
Q. Is this zine SFW?
A. There will be moderate gore, and maybe some strong language. As for sexually explicit content, no, but warning for Tsumiki's canon despair design.
Q. Will this zine include ships?
A. Nope.
Q: Is this a charity zine or a for profit zine?
A. Part of DDX’s revenue will be donated to a coronavirus charity.
Q: How will contributors get compensated?
A. Each artist will receive a digital copy of the zine, along with a all of the merch. The leftover funds after the donation will be split evenly amongst the contributors.
Q. What does that red text at the top mean?
A. This zine's finished product will look like it is a magazine made by Mahiru Koizumi to showcase Ultimate Despair and the Warriors of Hope.
Q. What will the finished product look like?
A. The finished product will include ficlets of interactions and interviews, single page and spread illustrations, and commentary about each character written by Mahiru Koizumi.
Schedule
Oct 5: Interest check opens
Oct 15: Interest check closes
Oct 15: Artist/Writer/Graphic Designer Applications open
Nov 13: A/W/GD Applications close
Nov 19: Acceptance emails
Nov 19-20: Assemble all participants, discussion, and clarification
Dec 13: Checkpoint #1 (Pinch-hitters will be called in if there is little to no progress, ie. sketch)
Jan 13: Checkpoint #2 (Must have completed at least 50% of their work)
Feb 13: Checkpoint #3
March 14: Deadline
March 21: Editing period
May 5: Zine is Open for Preorder
June 2: Preorders Close, Zine Release
Mello
Head Mod ✧ Illustrator
Hi, I’m Mello! I’ll be one of the lead coordinators and illustrators of the zine, and subsequently the primary promo artist!
Regarding zine experience, I’ve collaborated on the charity zine This Is (Not) an Irouma Fanzine, along with various other collaborative projects. This will be my first time ever in a leadership role of such a magnanimous project, so I’m immensely excited to work with you all!
Instagram: plaschique
Twitter: plaschique
Tumblr: plaschique
Ren
Head Mod ✧ Manager ✧ Illustrator
Hey! I'm Ren, and I'll be basically managing everything that goes on in this zine, as well as illustrating, designing, and likely writing for it.
I have run several long-term writing and art related passion projects and seen them through to completion, including the construction of a visual novel that I planned, wrote, and illustrated for. I'm extremely excited for the new challenges this zine will bring us, and I am very looking forward to working all our contributors!
Instagram: 7pearu
Contact
Have a question that wasn't answered in the FAQ? Just want to talk to us about the project?
Contact us!
We at DDX will get back to you as soon as we can.
Legal
All the images, characters, and assets used in this project belong to their respective owners. The project owners and admins only own their own artwork and do not claim ownership over anything else. This project falls under Fair Use.
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Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
APPS OPEN!
Contributor Applications for DDX are now OPEN until November 12th!
You can apply for more than one contributor role! However, you’ll likely only be accepted for one to reduce stress.
Artists: The zine is going to include environmental pieces and character focused pieces with backgrounds as well as magazine-style pinups! So if you have pieces with backgrounds, it’s not a requirement, but it’s encouraged that you add them to your application.
Writers: The zine is going to be mostly first person ficlet zine, along with in character interviews, commentary about other characters written as if Mahiru were writing, and magazine-article style pieces. While it is not a requirement, a submission that best shows your skill in character interaction, dialog, and characterization are encouraged. Examples of first person writing are also encouraged, but not required.
Graphic Designers: Since the zine will be a magazine-style format, if you have any work with in the style of a magazine, it’s not a requirement, but highly encouraged to put in your application.
For additional information, please contact us if you have questions.
Good luck!