Once Upon a Turnabout

Once Upon a Turnabout is a charity fanzine featuring characters from the Ace Attorney game series in a fantasy or fairy tale setting. While the zine primarily featured Ace Attorney characters, this also included the Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney game, meaning that the project was also a crossover with Professor Layton.
==About==
Interest checks for the zine opened on May 24, 2022, and were scheduled to end on June 4, 2022https://twitter.com/onceupon_zine/status/1529098957443432448. The zine would be safe for work, although some darker themes and depictions of violence were allowed to some extent. Applicants would also be screened for hateful or discriminatory activities by the zine organizers, and any applicants found creating content that the organizers deemed offensive would not be acceptedhttps://onceupon-faq.carrd.co/#faq. The zine was originally slated to be free in digital format but could be considered for physical printing with merch depending on the results of a secondary interest checkhttps://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1529995578008129536. Interest check results were posted on June 24, 2022, reporting a total of 299 responseshttps://twitter.com/onceupon_zine/status/1540462487706943489.
Once it was decided that the project would also see a physical print release, mod applications for finance, shipping, and production were open from June 1, 2022, to June 29, 2022https://twitter.com/onceupon_zine/status/1530991181475328000. This deadline was cut early to June 22, 2022, insteadhttps://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1539036942247018496. Mod applications results were sent out on June 26, 2022https://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1541294365712289793. Contributor applications for artists and writers were opened from July 1, 2022, to July 31, 2022https://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1542840449450123269. Application results were sent out on August 12, 2022https://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1558255500369723392.
During the creation period, the zine organizers ran Choose Your Own Turnabout, a choose-your-own-adventure campaign in which a series of comics about a fictional harvest festival where the game's characters would wear maskshttps://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1572222406986547205. These comics were released with polls so fans could vote for certain aspects of the story.
Preorders opened from February 14, 2023, to April 17, 2023, with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/onceupon_zine/status/1625464885785026560:
* Hero's Welcome ($25 USD) - Physical Book
* Royal Ball ($30 USD) - Die Cut Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Prints, Acrylic Charm, Foil Bookmark, Stamp Washi, Acyrlic Standee
* Adventurer's Pack ($35 USD) - Physical Book, Die Cut Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Prints, Foil Bookmark
* Fairytale Ending ($50 USD) - Physical Book, Die Cut Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Prints, Acrylic Charm, Foil Bookmark, Stamp Washi, Acyrlic Standee
Stretch goals included additional prints at 75 orders, a hardcover zine upgrade at 100 orders, and a gold foil cover upgrade at 150 ordershttps://twitter.com/onceupon_zine/status/1630281134457094145.
A giveaway for a full bundle was organized during preorders via a series of puzzles posted on the project's carrd websitehttps://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1644801592435040260. Fans were encouraged to try solve the puzzles themselves and check their answer on the website for steps on how to enter the giveaway. As reward for completing the puzzles, an additional sticker was added to all preorders. The winner of the giveaway was announced on April 16, 2023 to be Twitter user SerAtlantisitehttps://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1647762563927625730.
Shipping began on September 21, 2023https://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1704926957815615690. All physical orders were shipped out by October 12, 2023https://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1712513604891664729. The zine's store reopened from January 12, 2024, to February 12, 2024, for leftovershttps://twitter.com/onceupon_zine/status/1745871457496752616. On March 5, 2024, the project's organizer posted a receipt of the donated $1032 USD to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, and the project was declared completehttps://x.com/onceupon_zine/status/1765173749706342893.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	May 24, 2022 	June 5, 2022
Mod Applications 	June 1, 2022 	June 22, 2022
Contributor Applications	July 1, 2022 	July 31, 2022
Preorders 	February 14, 2023 	April 17, 2023
Shipping 	September 21, 2023	October 12, 2023
Leftover Sales 	January 12, 2024 	February 12, 2024
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===Page Artists===
* Addie (mossborn)
* Aimé (Astraios_Art)
* Alina (favoritelawyers)
* Angela (stellalights)
* Arcee (cryptidsock)
* Buzz (astrohaterz)
* Corvin (corvikash)
* Den (u3pxx)
* Deuce (alienadoart)
* Espy (funisfish, art-hoodie)
* Jhin (jhinthony)
* Jori (pineflowerart)
* Ju (sapgoon_)
* ki (71EH_)
* Khyt (khyt47)
* Lucille (luseals)
* Marlowe (MARLOWEMEMO)
* Marshie (marshie_puddypuddy)
* Mary (margalcazo)
* Mimi (monnaoww)
* Nejinrou
* Oona (annielanoo)
* Pea (peathepirate)
* Pia (APOLLOJUSTICE, piailustreichons)
* Pinceau Arc-en-Ciel
* Portal (ur_local_granny)
* Ronan (routezeros, crowclub)
* Taya Sigerson
===Merch Artists===
* Jasmine (jasmin_bythebay)
* Jhin (jhinthony)
* Jihae (ajhaew)
* Mafee (rnafeee, cachihas)
* Rinamata05
* Terra (terra_grams)
===Writers===
* Bea (cassibee)
* Gabriel (cosmicpoet, gk29003)
* Jessie (parchmints, badquill)
* Stars (starsshinedarkly77)
* Téa (transtrucy, demistories)
* Vyn (runandgo, bringmoreknivez, frazizka)
===Mods===
* Jove (captloverboy) - Head Mod, Graphics
* Kayt (replikayt) - Production
* Wowzy (ImmortalyTired) - Social Media
* Greenie (hecknameme) - Art Mod
* Daniel (j0rdanny) - Discord Mod
==Gallery==
File:Aa once upon a turnabout banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:Aa once upon a turnabout interest check graphic.png|Interest Check Banner
File:Aa once upon a turnabout full bundle listing.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Aa once upon a turnabout single book listing.png|Single Book Listing
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
becca wrote on Twitter
Canny wrote on Twitter
SerAtlantisite wrote on Twitter
rephy of the bailey wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Ace Attorney Zines
Category:2023 ZinesCategory:Professor Layton