Underdogs (Boku no Hero Academia zine)

Underdogs is a fashion zine focused on underrated student characters from Boku no Hero Academia. The project was cancelled after struggling to recover from a case of moderator misconduct in 2021 that affected other zines in the fandom.
==About==
The project's interest check began on September 4, 2020 and would end on October 31, 2020https://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1302135639392083968. Moderator applications for Finance, Shipping, Beta Writer, Graphics, and Formatting ran from November 7 to November 28, 2020https://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1325090631371399171. Contributor applications for writers, artists, and merch artists ran from December 12, 2020 to January 9, 2021https://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1337925253901770756. A new round of applications for a formatting mod opened on February 11 to February 25, 2021https://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1360077141560418304.
Preorders were expected to begin July 24, 2021, but on that day, the project announced they would delay preorders by a weekhttps://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1419094469950025728. The announcement expected to open preorders by July 31 and end on October 2, 2021, but actual preorders ended up opening on September 3, 2021https://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1434003124868485123. The following pricing tiers were offered:
* Mori ($15 USD) - Digital Zine
* Yume Kawaii ($20 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine
* Bosozuku ($45 USD) - Physical Zine, Digial Zine, Prints, Buttons, Sticker Sheet, Sticker
* Lolita ($50 USD) - Face Mask, Charms, Prints, Buttons, Sticker Sheet, Sticker
* Decora ($65 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Face Mask, Charms, Prints, Buttons, Sticker Sheet, Sticker
A tote bag, packaged as Sukeban, could be added to orders at $12 USD. Stretch goals included a Hatsume themed Handkerchief at 50 orders, and a Kuroiro patch at 100 ordershttps://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1430741680999763969.
Preorders closed on November 6, 2021, citing issues with their finance mod and that they would hire a new finance mod to handle preordershttps://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1457028960257249280. The project began to handle mainly with refunding buyers. Applications for a new finance and shipping mod ran from January 3 to January 31, 2022https://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1478189153263235072. After repeated deadline extensions for applications, the project entered a dormant state for the rest of the year.
On December 17, 2022, the head mod posted on Tumblr the following message:
 Old Timeline
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	September 4, 2020	October 31, 2020
Mod Applications 	November 7, 2020 	November 28, 2020
Contributor Applications	November 7, 2020 	November 28, 2020
Preorders 	September 3, 2021	November 5, 2021
==Moderator Misconduct==
On November 12, 2021, the mods of Underdogs were featured in Boom Brigade's statement on unprofessional behavior of their finance mod, Silverhttps://twitter.com/bakusquadcal/status/1459206240744222725. The document contained screenshots of Discord server conversations as evidence. The following is a summary of the zine's situation.
Silver joined their mod team as a finance and shipping mod with no prior zine experience. Up until preorders, Silver was responsive with team members and on the project server. Silver posted information for the online storefront but did not post full finance information or breakdowns of costs at this time.
As the project approahced the scheduled dates for preorders in August, Silver made a last minute addition on for merchandise, suggesting a patch and accepting responsibility for preparing it. The mod team did not hear from Silver about the patch and attempts to remind them was met with excuses and delays. The patch's design submitted to Discord was official art overlaid with text. When the project could not open preorders as scheduled, Silver organized the team into a meeting on voice chat to discuss preparing for preorders.
After the new preorders date, when another mod commented that they had not followed the promotion plan, Silver organized another meeting where they told the other team members that a minimum of 50 full bundles had to be purchased to break even. Concerned by this claim, other mods requested to see the budget sheet, which had not been shown to them at this point. For the rest of the meeting, the other mods requested Silver to break down the budget and present other ways to break even. Afterwards, Silver would ignore all questions and pings in the chat and did not show up on planned meetings.
On October 14, the mod team discovered their Big Cartel storefront had been locked due to missing payments. As the mod in charge of finance, Silver had set up the storefront and connected it to their own billing information. Attempts to contact Silver to resolve this issue did not resolve successfully until October 21, 2022, when they responded on Discord. Afterwards, the mod team observed multiple times that Silver was active online but made no effort to respond to the mod team's messages regarding the zine's finances. Ultimatums to hand over access to the project's Paypal and Stripe accounts were ignored, even when the mod team resorted to announcing to buyers to request refunds.
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/Underdogszine/status/1382192722111512577.
===Page Artists===
* Anthidraws
* Aoiro (aoiro_12)
* Aurora Lynne
* Daya Lee (ddayalee)
* EX0TOXIN
* Frosty-Tian
* Kat (citrus-sours)
* Kiri (kiri.draws)
* kurovii
* Minty (DinoMintz)
* Moniish
* mxmorgie
* Natelette
* Neri (PinkHatArt)
* Nox (nox_pff)
* SaturnSickle
* Salem (gothibara)
* stopforfanart
* ValiLey
* Vanillasacs - Cover Artist
* viiyvern
* Yun0036
===Merch Artists===
* Clairvuyant
* DULLAIDAN
* fetasenpai (fetasenpai69)
* Hero (berryheroic)
* minsqart (kuminsq)
* Nightalie (chaoticnite0)
* viraseii
===Writers===
* Amaikana (amailulu)
* Aodh (warpinator)
* greyedscale
* LightBruja
* raindrops_0 
* Soralith (sora._.lith)
* tyytyy
===Mods===
* Saturn - Head mod, Social Media, Organization
* MahoganyDoodles - Writing Mod
* Savannah - Graphics
* Killian (sushijinko) - Formatting
=== Former Contributors ===
* Silver (Silverstring000) - Finance, Shipping
==Gallery==
File:Bnha underdogs 2021 cover.png|Zine cover by Vanillasacs
File:Bnha underdogs 2021 full bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Bnha underdogs 2021 tote bag.png|Tote Bag Design
File:Bnha underdogs 2021 stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals (Locked)
== References ==
Category:Boku no Hero Academia Zines
Category:2021 Zines