LIGHTS ON! LIGHTS OFF!

Creation Period - Check In #1 Upcoming

About

Welcome to the Daycare!Lights On! Lights Off! is an independent fanzine project celebrating our beloved daycare attendants from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. This SFW fanzine will be featuring canon and fanon-inspired works. Our contributors will feature 25 artists, 5 writers, and 12 merchandise artists. Together we will be celebrating all forms of Sun, Moon, and Eclipse.Current phase: Creation phase!

Schedule

Interest Check: June 5th - June 30th
Mod Apps: June 8th - July 5th
Name Poll: July 4th - July 8th
Mod Results: July 12th
Contributor Apps: July 10th - August 10th
Contributor Results: August 15thCheck In 1: September 5th
Check In 2: October 10th
Check In 3: November 15th
Final Piece Due: December 5thTest Products Ordered: December 15st
Pre-Orders: TBD
Production Period: TBD based on Test Products
Shipping Period: TBD

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a fanzine?A fanzine is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by fans in the form of a collection of fan works focused on a specific fandom, character, or ship. Typically, publishers, editors, writers and other contributors of articles or illustrations to fanzines are not paid. The cost of the fanzine for purchase covers production costs and surplus either is donated to charity or split amongst the staff and contributors.How many contributors will you be featuring?The zine will feature 20 page artists, 5 spot artists, 5 writers, 7 physical merch artists and 5 digital merch artists. The overall contributor numbers will exceed these numbers to account for guest creators and the works of the staff. We will be inviting guests to create the zine's cover, a comic, an enamel pin and three page artists. In total there will be a variety of 6 guest creators all suggested by you in the interest check!What is a spot artist?A spot artist is contributor who draws small objects, characters, or scenes that do not take up a whole page and usually compliments a fanfiction.Will there be guest contributors?Yes! We will be inviting guests to create the zine's cover, a comic, an enamel pin and three page artists. In total there will be a variety of 6 guest creators all suggested by you in the interest check!How much will the fanzine cost?We will be deciding this and making a post about it after we have accepted our contributors and spoken with our merch artists. There will be different packages for digital copies and physical and copies that are zine only or zine with merch.Is this fanzine going to be for profit or charity?We will be a charity project! Our profits will be going to St. Jude's Research Hospital! You can find more information as well as their mission statement on their website.

Mod Team

Kina - Head OrganizerHi, my name is Kina! I'm the head organizer of Lights On! Lights Off!. I have run two digital fanzines before and have participated in several zines as an artist, writer, and composer. I am an indie game developer working on my first two games and I stream cozy indie games!

Kaju - Graphic DesignerHello, I am an 18 year old aspiring graphic designer and artist.

Nimbunny - Graphic DesignerHello! My name is Nim and I am one of the graphic designers for Lights On! Lights Off! I am a nuclear energy technician who spends all of her free time drawing. This is my first time working on a zine and I am very excited to be a part of it!

Queen of Questions - Finance ManagerI love putting numbers in little boxes and watching them added up! I admire crazy creatives but can't draw.

Alba - Social MediaAlba is a zine moderator specialized in, but not limited to, social media and marketing. They've worked on projects such as I am Ferdinand Von Aegir! and New Dawn: A Golden Deer Zine. His list of experience & projects can be found here.

Afish - ModeratorHeya, my names Fish! I'm a moderator in the Lights On! Lights Off! Zine. I am an amateur writer whenever the inspiration strikes!

Ditzy - ModeratorI go by Ditzy and I'm very excited to be working on the zine as a moderator! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with and am excited to be working with such a great team!

StrawberryItzi - ModeratorHowdy!! My name's Itzy, and I'm a Discord mod for Lights On! Lights Off!. This is my first time on a zine, but I'm eager to do my best to make sure it becomes something we're all proud to have been a part of!! :D