New Beginnings (Kingdom Hearts zine)

New Beginnings is a zine featuring characters from the Kingdom Hearts games. The zine was notably produced in Korean and English, involving a collaboration of 30 contributors.
==About==
The project was announced on social media on October 31, 2018https://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/179636434803. The post detailed that the zine was made to "commemorate and congratulate on Sora's new journey he'll be venturing for this coming Kingdom Hearts 3". The zine would also be bilingual for Korean and English and combine elements of Western style zines and Eastern style anthologies.
Prior to preorders opening, the project ran a promotional event starting on December 1, 2018, offering coupons to use on the zine to ten randomly chosen winners from Tiwtter and Tumblrhttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/180702458628. The winners of this event were Tumblr users xinamine, xion-rememberance, sutoomi, craftystudentmakerangel, and littlesathttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/180996929018. The Twitter post for the Twitter users who won has been deleted at the time of documentation.
Preorders began on December 10, 2018, with the following pricing tiershttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/180935245963:
* Traverse - Physical Zine
* Daybreak - Large Cover Print, Sticker Sheet, Washi Tape, Postcard Set, Acrylic Stand, Enamel Pin
* Daybreak Final Mix (Limited to 20) - Large Cover Print, Sticker Sheet, Washi Tape, Postcard Set, Acrylic Stand, Enamel Pin
* Twilight - Physical Zine, Large Cover Print, Sticker Sheet, Washi Tape, Postcard Set, Acrylic Stand
* Destiny (Limited to 50) - Physical Zine, Large Cover Print, Sticker Sheet, Washi Tape, Postcard Set, Acrylic Stand, Enamel Pin
Stretch goals included a photocard at 100 sales, a pin button at 200 sales, and an large print of the cover at 150 Twlight bundles saleshttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/181812815503. The Destiny bundle sold out by January 7, 2019https://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/181812635573.
During Preorders, several events were hosted. The first giveaway running from December 5th to December 25th for a copy of the zinehttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/180839330253. The winner of this giveaway was Tumblr user shunkaku and a Twitter user who could not be identifiedhttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/181411383963. Another giveaway event ran from December 13, 2020, to January 12, 2021, for 20 free paper coasters designed by mirionhttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/181057553628. The winners of this giveaway were Tumblr users pinknotlavender, minimomotaro, souloffargent, illusionsprite, themoogleexorcist, sutoomi, miraik, bitch-be-nimble, psuedokat, and melynir, as well as ten other unidentified Twitter usershttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/182015065613.
The zine's store closed preorders on January 25, 2019https://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/182307184368. All orders were shipped out by February 26, 2019https://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/183086585093. Although the mods promised a potential second sales, the project was announced to be closed on March 10, 2019, without second sales due to undisclosed reasonshttps://newbeginningthings-blog.tumblr.com/post/183369002568.
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===Page Artists===
* Chababe - Cover Artist
* chakko (waywardwind, takeru-tenkuuji)
* keirukei
* Shomps (shompsketch)
* Mikaëlle (eternalfrowning)
* Fenrishion
* kimchiloid (kimbapchan)
* Miki (13vs_7)
* Clockwork Clown
* Matcha (Val, Alinisleo) - Graphics
* Kei (akurokushion)
* Ben (wayfinder_3)
* Yetu (redbearuniverse)
* Soph (sophophoph)
* YoghurtKnight
* Sa_En (saen49)
* Ewe (ewepufruit)
* Pondrea
* Alex (maplekeurig)
* Asti (sorasti)
* Himi (rs_rainbows)
* Laychi (laychidoodle)
* Saeji (smallboar)
* Carrot (zltpdibb)
* Tate (tarteragi)
* Yova (melonton)
* Mirion (Eskade)
* Maddie (morningseafoam)
===Merch Artists===
* Chabebe
* YoghurtKnight
* Sa_En (saen49)
* Ewe (ewepufruit)
* Pondrea
* Alex (maplekeurig)
* Asti (sorasti)
* Himi (rs_rainbows)
* Saeji (smallboar)
* Mirion (Eskade)
===Writers===
* vanyaro01
===Mods===
* vanyaro01 - Head Mod
* windy (windyangel) - Co-Head, Translator
==Gallery==
File:Kh new beginnings cover.png|Zine Cover by chababe
File:Kh new beginnings full bundle.png|Destiny Bundle Listing
File:Kh new beginnings stretch goal 1.png|First Stretch Goal
File:Kh new beginnings stretch goal 2.png|Second Stretch Goal
== References ==
Category:Kingdom Hearts Zines
Category:2019 Zines