VICTORY OR DEATH

It's still unfinished.

Long story short, the last parts of the book have been in limbo because I've had a hard time maintaining focus. Executive dysfunction, brain fog, whatever you want to call it. It's something that I have to finish myself because handing it off would probably be just about as much work, organizationally.

I have a lot of data to sort of reconcile because it's been a long time and socials and names have changed. I'm trying to take it one step at a time, though, and finish laying things out before I go about fixing the credits. I'm going to have a preview PDF out to contributors at the end of January, at which time they'll have a couple of weeks to ask me for corrections.

I'm sorry, once again, to everyone who's still waiting on this. I could apologize a million times but that doesn't change the fact that this should have been out three years ago.

The money's still in the bank for printing and shipping. The merch is done, mostly, I just need to press the buttons. It's not a situation where I ran off with the funds. It's just been an honest to god lack of will and I'm just grateful for everyone's patience and the patience of the contributors who have been trying all along to light a fire under my ass.

Anyway, check back here in the beginning of February. I'll put up some more previews, and maybe some photos while i press and pack stuff.

-Fuss

I made an update to the website at long last. Everything you need to know about how things are going is there, but here’s a quick rundown:

Editing is going to finish this week. I’ve enlisted the help of a friend who’s sitting in Discord with me while I work to ensure it gets done. After that, I’ll be getting the book proofed to make sure the art all looks good while I wait for contributors to confirm their details. The merch is all done except for the buttons, which I’ll be pressing while I wait for the proof to come in.

I’ll be emailing everyone who bought the book individually to confirm shipping details right before the books go out. Domestic orders will go out first, followed by international ones, after which I’ll send out contributor copies.

If you have any questions after reading the site, please contact me via email at vodzine@gmail.com or via DM through the Twitter account (https://twitter.com/vodzine). I don’t want to use Tumblr for correspondence as I’m afraid of people’s inquiries getting lost.

I’m sorry once again. I never meant to take this long, and I know it’s hard to trust a zine after so many have gone so sideways for multiple reasons. The resources are still there to finish, and I’m just grateful to everyone who’s stuck with me through this and all the other garbage that’s come at us these last two years.

- Mod Fuss

Okay, for some reason Tumblr hasn’t been notifying me that I’ve been getting new messages. Sorry about that, everyone.

Apologies to everyone who’s been waiting on a response from me. I’ve been out of my house since Thanksgiving due to a flooding situation so I haven’t had access to my computer.

Long story short, things have been stressful. Incredibly so because of the pandemic and deadlines. I wanted to get the book printed by the end of the year, but no dice because of the reason I stated above.

I have to take a couple of days to get settled again, after which I’m going to get back to work. 

I’m sorry it’s just more excuses right now. The money is still in the account to get the book printed. That hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s just been one disaster after another last year.

Hopefully 2021 is different.

I’ll update the site later today provided I’m not worn out from moving things.

Thanks for being patient, once again.

-Fuss

Stream is live!

https://twitch.tv/fusspot

Edit: Done for now. I’ll be back on Saturday morning with book assembly.

Hey all,

I just wanted to let you know that I posted an update on the site explaning what’s going on currently. Long story short: I haven’t been able to pull myself away from the news long enough to get much done. I did finish one of the last two pieces that I had to do for the zine, the last of which I’m going to try to get done on a stream. 

I have errands to do this morning, but the moment I’m done I’m going to hop onto Twitch and do a bit of an accountability stream where you can watch me finish the last piece and work on wrapping up the book assembly. There, you can ask questions, ask to see what some of the merch looks like live, etc.

I wanted to have the proof sent out by the end of May, but then, welp, malicious cops happened. But I have finally made progress and I want a proof out the door by the end of next week.

So help me, I just want to be done.

Thanks for your patience, over and over and over again. I know it’s been a long wait while the world around us all has been going to absolute shite.

Like I promised earlier, here’s a link to some shots of the merch and a shot of the book layouts just to let you guys know where I’m at. I’m going to try and put other projects 100% on hold this week so I can focus all of my energy on this. 

Streaming, have to finish this thing. twitch.tv/fusspot

1 - Dedication page 2 - My interior piece, which has been fighting me tooth and nail 3 - Spot art

I woke up to an email reminding me that it’s been forever and a day since I provided an update to you all. The holidays turned into a time warp. But I’ve been picking at the book, and I’ll be working on it in earnest this weekend. I never intended to let it get to be the middle of fxxin January without delivering, yikes.

I’ll be streaming while I work (at least for most of the time). I’ll stick a post up here when I go live.

I’m sorry, all. I know zines are a touchy thing what with how many have either gone silent or turned into scams, and I’ll try not to let you go so long without at least a “we’re still alive!” again. Though if I finish everything I intend this weekend, that shouldn’t have to be an issue.

Thanks for being patient, all.

-Fuss

Quick update from Fusspot, your friendly local bottleneck:

Holo stickers have been ordered. Not sure when they’ll get in, but at least they’re done. Also, the new pins have arrived (thank @borossir for their beautiful design!) and they’re correct this time. (Mostly correct, technically. They gave me pink clutches instead of magenta, but at least they’re in the relative color ballpark.)

Regarding the book: I’ve had a major case of cold feet. The layout is mostly there, I just have to add the credits/merch pages, add a dedication and then put in all the little bits that bring the thing together. That’s going to happen both today and tomorrow.

At points during the process, I’ll be streaming just to make 100% sure I actually do the thing this time. If you want to catch those streams, be sure you’re watching our Twitter (@vodzine) account as I’ll tweet when I go live.

As soon as that’s done, and people have had a couple of days to confirm that their details in the book are correct, everyone will receive the PDF. The books will be shipped as soon as I have them in my hands.

Once again, I apologize for dragging out the production like this. I could go into detail as to why, but it all amounts to a bunch of excuses at this point. 

One last update from Twitter because god damn I’m forgetful, just end me already:

Because of the delays, all physical orders (and comped participant copies) will be getting the holo sticker from our push goal. 

I think that’s about it for now. Time to crawl back to my cave and get my nose back to the grindstone.

Some other updates from behind the lines: 

The updated bookmark (front & back):

The sticker sheets:

And a dreary shot of my table as I prepare to press out a buttload of buttons: 

Hi, all. Fuss here.

I’ve been juggling a bunch of stuff and I failed to realize that I haven’t posted here in a while. (The Twitter account has been much more active.)

Just wanted to give you a bit of an update: Merch has been trickling in slowly but surely. We have the charms, which you can see here (still with the protective film attached):

As well as the mini-prints, bookmarks, and prints for the buttons:

We ran into a bit of a hiccup with the enamel pins. They turned out nicely for the most part, but there were some highly visible flaws, so they’re in the process of being redone. 

Additionally, I underestimated how much time it was going to take me to get the book together. It’s going out for proofs early next week to make sure the artwork doesn’t print too dark, after which the full run will be ordered.

This pushes the delivery date out to early December. If this creates any difficulties for anyone, such as an address change, please get in contact with me and I’ll make sure to update your information.

I just want to apologize for this delay, and for the lack of updates here on the blog. This will likely be the last large project like this that I try to handle for a while, but I’m hoping that the results will be worth the wait.

Alright! Thanks so much for your support, everyone! Print pre-orders for the zine are now officially closed! We’ll continue to keep you updated with pics as proofs and finals for books and merch come in. In the meantime, PDF pre-orders will remain open until physical shipments have gone out. We expect this to be sometime in early November, but if there are any delays, we’ll let you all know here and on Twitter ASAP.

Thanks again, and happy October, everyone! We can’t wait to get books into hands!