✨Organized by
@spaceelf_art
and
@AnnieRDean
✨ A zine depicting characters and tales of Arthurian Legend from many perspectives. Leftovers End July 5th! ✨
✨Leftover sales are now open over on bigcartel! Limited quantities of bundles, physical zines, prints, stickers, and more are available! Digital copies of the zine will also be available for the final time. Support a queer Arthurian zine for pride month! L/ink in b/io and below!
Contributor applications are OPEN! Li✨nks for artists and writers are in the replies, but are also provided in our carrd (li✨nked in bio). Applications run from today until the 23rd of September and will be capped at 200 responses. We’re excited to see your work!
FULL BUNDLE GIVEAWAY ✨
In celebration of 9k, we are giving away a FULL BUNDLE w/ shipping and stretch goals included!
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This will be open until 11:59pm EST on Friday, May 19th! We will announce the winner soon after✨
HUZZAH! ✨
Gallant and True: An Arthurian Zine's Kickstarter is LIVE! ⚔️
Our book contains over 100 pages of unique work by 50+ incredibly talented artists and writers tasked with exploring Arthurian myth in their own style and interpretations!
The zine was given a $1000 donation from someone we realized to be a scammer by their strange/generic messages to the Kickstarter about “helping us expand”. Unfortunately, they have revoked that critical donation because we did not indulge them. Please support indie projects!
Hello once again, gallant knights! Our interest check form is open! Please follow the l/ink in the replies to this tweet or check the l/ink in our b/io and give us your thoughts. We’re excited to hear from you—share with your friends! We appreciate every response ✨
The GALLANT & TRUE Kickstarter opens TOMORROW!!! Remember to check the 🔗 in bio so get notified as soon as we go live! Thank you everyone! ⛲️👩🏻🤝👩🏽🌳
(Art by
@klimtsonian
)
FOLKS— we are at about 120 artist applications! We cannot believe it. We advise that you apply soon to get ahead of that 200 cutoff, it might actually be possible at this point. Writers, we only have a handful of you! Please don’t hesitate to apply ✨
HUZZAH! We are fully funded✨🏳️🌈! Thank you so much for all your support! The kickstarter is still live until the 5th— let’s keep pushing! Help us pay our contributors even more, or even reach a stretch goal!
Gallant Knights! You have until June fifth to back this incredible zine— 🔗in our b/io! Help us bring this incredibly special project to life— if you love Arthurian myth and gorgeous art+writing, then please support us, save and share!
MERCH SHOWCASE ⚔️
First of our merch is our PRINTS! On the left, our Balin and Balan print by Grace Cheung (
@Eriopsis
) is available in both merch bundles, and, on the right, our Lancelot and Turquine print by Konda (
@Namarikonda
) is available in only our full merch bundle! ✨
MERCH SHOWCASE ⚔️
Next up we have our POSTCARDS! From left to right, we have Klimtsonian's (
@klimtsonian
) Lunete and Nimue available in all merch bundles as well as Ashley's (
@AshDoesArtStuff
) Gawain and Olivia's (
@oliviahintz
) Roundtable available in our full bundle! ✨
Another beautiful painting to admire whilst we narrow down our applicants! “Percival and Clamadieu” by Ugo Pinson. The colors are so rich and perfectly autumnal for the upcoming fall season.
Huzzah! The zine is officially in its creation stage! We thank everyone for their continued support. Stay up to date on our progress and announcements via Twitter! Eventually we will set up a mailing for the production phase as well. (Frank Dicksee, The Two Crowns)
Hello, gallant knights! This is our introductory post. We’re still putting the pieces together, but we are so excited to share our project with you all. We are a multimedia
#zine
focused on depicting arthurian legends! Follow us for continued updates and share with your friends!
Huzzah! Long time no see gallant knights! We are getting ready to run LEFTOVER SALES!✨ It’s two weeks from now and will occur via Bigcartel. Bundles will be available in super limited quantities. All items from the bundles will also be available individually!
Gallant and True is a queer led zine taking Arthurian myths of yore and making them anew through illustration, comics, and writing! We are a “project we love” on Kickstarter and are halfway through our initial funding goal— please support us at the 🔗 in our bi:o and below!
Hail and well met! ✨⚔️
We’re only 1 week out from the launch of our Kickstarter! Everyone has put so much love into this book, and we can’t wait for you to see it. Keep notifications on so you don’t miss any updates!
(Art by
@Nep_ook
)
There’s ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT to back Gallant & True: An Arthurian Zine and secure a copy of our collection! We’re extremely close to our goal, and you can help us reach it!
(Art by
@EyeOfTheNewt
)
Hello once again brave knights! Our interest check ends in two days (the 20th) followed by applications opening on the 23rd! Tentatively we are looking to cap applications at 200– while we don’t expect to hit that number, do keep it in mind for scheduling purposes💫
An important update for all applicants! We are a bit ahead of schedule in our planning, so we will actually be sending out application results on the 25th instead of the 28th. This will give contributors more time to work on their pitches.
HAPPY PRIDE, GALLANT KNIGHTS! 🏳️🌈⚔️💕 We are only FOUR DAYS from the end of our Kickstarter, and less that 700 dollars from our goal! It would mean so much to us if you would support this project!
(Art by
@moeggoi
)
And just like that, we’ve hit 200 artist applications! Thank you all, they are now closed. We will be sifting through applications all month, keep an eye out for important updates!
Writers! We are still looking for more of you. We had a lot of writers in the interest check wanting a higher volume of writers to be included, but so far we only have 25 applicants. We’d love to see more of your work!
🌙Our first mod introduction graphic for you all! Ivy (
@spaceelf_art
, he/they ) is our art director and founding creator of this zine. A reminder that all mods are accessible through our ca✨rrd in the b✨io, but these are a way for you to get to know us even better💫
Our carrd is now active! It’s linked in the bio and in the comments here. It’s where you can find general info, mods, submission guides, FAQ, and the zine schedule! Please refer to it if you have questions!
The Gallant & True Kickstarter closes in JUST 1 DAY! If you want our zine, NOW IS THE TIME TO SUPPORT US! And if you already have, thank you for helping us make this project a reality💕
(Art by
@SH0TZE
)
Contributor applications are two days away! Applications open on the 23rd. We will be releasing a schedule and a final zine resource/info link as well, so everyone knows what they’re getting into. Keep an eye out!
We hit 150 artist applications! Thank you so much everyone :>✨ we think we may hit the 200 cutoff in the next couple of days, so please apply while you can if you’re still intending to!
Reminder that contributor applications open tomorrow! We plan to open them at noon eastern time. They will be via google forms and will be posted to this Twitter! Additionally remember that we’ll be capping them at 200 responses. We’re looking for ~30 artists and 5-10 writers.
Our interest check form is almost ready to launch! We’re so excited to hear from you all! Keep your eyes peeled this week :> (Illustration by D.C. Smyth, whose work was prominent in the early 1900s)
Contributor applications open in thirty minutes! We will make a separate post with the links, one for writers and one for illustrators/comic artists. Applications are open for whole month, and while we are capping responses at 200 we don’t want anyone to panic. It’s just in case!
Hello, Gallant knights! We have the pleasure of introducing to you one of our contributors, Olivia Rea! (
@nephelolivia
). Look forward to a host of individual introductions over the coming days!✨⚔️ Text version in replies.
We’re in the home stretch! There are just 12 HOURS LEFT in the Gallant & True Kickstarter! You can still get yourself a copy of our collection, but the time to do it is RIGHT NOW!!!
(Art by
@li_vermin_il
)
We will most likely be posting our interest check tomorrow! For now here’s some illuminations by Alberto Sangorski of Morte D’Arthur from the mood board. If illuminated manuscripts are a thing you’ve wanted to try… we’re hoping someone will for this zine 👁👁✨
Writers, we’ve got about 40 of you that have applied! Thank you! Because we have only one writing mod and we are only looking for 5-10 of you, we are looking to cap applications at 50. They won’t fill up as fast as the artist slots, but keep it in mind!
As the applications are coming up tomorrow, we want to reiterate that you don’t need to be an expert to participate in this zine! A passing knowledge of Arthurian characters or stories will suffice. But for those wanting to learn more, we’ll be compiling an info doc of resources!
Contributor results go out TOMORROW, September 25th at 12pm Eastern standard time! Keep an eye out and make sure to double check your spam if you do not receive one!
MERCH SHOWCASE ⚔️
Last, but not least, is our ACRYLIC CHARM! With art by Ivy (
@spaceelf_art
), our double sided charm features Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! This is only available in our full merch bundle ✨️
We want to assure everyone that should twitter go down at any point (who knows) the zine will establish an Instagram under the same name. We are also trying to make a google form as quickly as possible to collect emails for a mailing list! Hopefully we’ll have it tomorrow. 🥹👍
While we have been hard at work putting our zine together, we started working on our merch proofs!
We have received the physical samples for each merch item and are now working on adjusting and putting in our full merch order. Here is a look at our acrylic charm proof! ✨
Important, we will still be taking until September 28th to sift through all your wonderful entries. Emails will be sent out at the end of that period, though plenty of updates on the zine will happen here in twitter in the meantime! Please keep an eye on our schedule!
And please be aware of scammers like this when you are running your own campaigns! We are very disappointed to see such a critical amount go but we know this individual would have tried to extort us had we engaged with them. Do not indulge scammers like this!
We will have an inspiration and general lore document available soon for all participants and anyone interested in Arthurian lore and the extent medias it has influenced! We expect it to be done within the next week or so. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we deliberate!
It’s so fun to see how Arthurian tales and characters are interpreted throughout history. This distinctly art nouveau take on Guinevere (1910) by William de Leftwich Dodge is absolutely gorgeous! From our zine moodboard✨🤍
This will be a thread dedicated to more rapid fire questions that have quicker answers! Starting with one, the zine is 18+. We’re potentially paying you, and it’s a group of adults leading this zine.
PREORDERS CLOSED✨
With 297 backers, our Kickstarter has been completed and we have officially passed our 15k goal with a total of $19,006 raised! ✨
Thank you so very much for all of your pledges, support, and boosting! We cannot WAIT to start working on physical production⚔️
MERCH SHOWCASE ⚔️
Now, STICKERS! From left to right, we have Molly's (
@punchcats3
) Bolton's Beach Knight and Kino's (
@moeggoi
) Fair Unknown and Esmerée, both only in our full bundle, followed by saltseashark's (
@saltseashark
) Percival, Galahad, and Bors in both merch bundles!✨
We’re four days out from application results being sent out! A reminder that we’ve moved the date up to the 25th. Acceptance AND rejection emails will be sent out, so no one will have to second guess their status!
We hit our goal but we still have previews to show off! Here is nauma (naumin on tumblr)'s piece featuring Arthur and Dagonet after The Last Tournament ✨️
Here’s a little explanation of what we intend to do as a zine! Text will also be typed in the replies. This is meant to give everyone a better idea of what our end goal will be style and content wise✨
BONUS MERCH SHOWCASE ⚔️
Because we were able to exceed our goal by so much, we decided to throw in one of our stretch goal items into all merch bundles!
If you pledged to The Order of Wizards or Kings, you will now also receive this BOOKMARK with art by Nepook (
@Nep_ook
)!✨
Our next mod intro is for Ginko, he/him (
@BagelPrince_
). Ginko is another one of creative team members, specializing in traditional mediums and adept at drawing critters and botanicals.
Results go out in about thirty minutes! Reminder that everyone will be receiving an email regardless of whether or not they got in— so if you applied and do not receive one at all, please triple check your spam and refresh your email before reaching out. Thanks!
Hello gallant knights!✨⚔️We are two weeks away from launching our Kickstarter and are so excited to share what we’ve made with you. For all the latest updates, keep post notifications on! Our cover reveal and contributor previews roll out soon. Huzzah!
(Art by
@saravonogas
)
There only 2 days until the GALLANT & TRUE Kickstarter begins, and we’re officially in pre-launch! Check the 🔗 in our bio to check us out and get a notification when things kick off!
🍖🤴🏼💃🏻
(Art by
@raccoon0ncaf
)
PRODUCTION UPDATE! Our beautiful proofs have arrived and we are thrilled with how they look! With that in mind, our final copies will be on their way to the team soon. Here’s a sneak peek shot of an interior spread!
We may have reached our funding goal, but there are still 3 DAYS LEFT for you to back Gallant & True and secure your copy of our beautiful collection!
(Art by
@vincent1vintage
)
Another very important thing we’d like to address is that, with any European based historical study or subject, there’s usually rampant racism within scholarly circles and willful exclusion of BIPOC voices and stories. We do not condone or accept this practice in any way. (Cont)