Unfolding Melody

Unfolding Melody is a charity zine project focused on the relationship between the characters Klavier Gavin and Apollo Justice from the Ace Attorney video game franchise.
==About==
The project was announced on June 7, 2021. Interest checks ran from June 6, 2021 to June 21, 2021https://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1401932008578863104
. Contributor applications ran from July 14, 2021 to August 14, 2021https://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1415340368623808516.
Preorders opened on February 14, 2022, with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1493268814527619073:
* Achtung, Bundle! ($15 USD) - Digital Zine, Digital Icons, Wallpaper
* Bundles of Steel ($30 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, All Digital Merch
* Bundles are like... my lovers ($45 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Prints, Random Sticker, Charm, Bookmarks, Vinyl Sticker, All Digital Merch
* This is the first tme I've felt this way with a bundle ($60 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheets, Charms, Buttons, Bookmarks, Vinyl Sticker, Enamel Pin, Digital Merch
Stretch goals included a gold foil or holographic finish to physical merch at 75 orders, an additional print 100 orders and a heart button at 150 ordershttps://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1493268867795275777. Fans could purchase a digital PDF version about the making of the zine for $5. A giveaway for a free copy of the full bundle was run from February 28, 2022 to March 15, 2022, with the Twitter user FinntheFern_1 announced as the winnerhttps://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1503763017019781121.
Preorders were meant to run until March 31, 2022 but were extended to March 17, 2022https://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1503038384117268480. Shipping for orders began July 23, 2022https://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1550874517483945985. Fans who ordered a physical bundle also received a mock-up ticket of a concert by The Gavinners, the in-universe band led by Klavier Gavin. Leftovers were opened in October 15, 2022 with new bundle listings in addition to purchasing items à la cartehttps://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1581313952528506880:
* Misfit ($25 USD) - Lightly Damaged Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Bookmarks, Vinyl Sticker, Enamel Pin, All Digital Merch, A choice of Gold Foil Print or Sticker Sheet
* Mystery ($45 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Print, Sticker Sheets, Bookmarks, Vinyl Sticker, Enamel Pin, All Digital Merch, 1 Extra Piece of Random Merch
* Full Leftover ($60 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Prints, Sticker Sheets, Charms, Buttons, Bookmarks, Vinyl Sticker, Enamel Pin, All Digital Merch
All physical bundles were sold out by October 16, 2022, and digital zine sales continued to October 30, 2022 https://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1581820307332947968.
On December 31, 2022, the project's social media account posted a receipt showing that $6592.86 USD was donated to the National Center for Transgender Equalityhttps://twitter.com/unfoldingmelody/status/1609233616160055296. With that, the project was officially closed.
 Zine Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	June 1, 2021 	June 7, 2021
Contributor Applications	July 14, 2021 	August 14, 2021
Preorders 	February 24, 2022	March 31, 2022
Shipping 	July 23, 2022 	July 25, 2022
Leftover Sales 	October 15, 2022 	October 30, 2022
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the final copy of the zine.
===Page Artists===
* Marg (margalcazo)
* Jett (bludhundr)
* Soap (soaptaculart)
* Frikk (eldhug)
* Reebie (last_cried)
* Angela (stellalights)
* Lime (Iimeblue) - Cover Artist
* Val (maskenjager)
* chibigaia (chibigaia)
* Jae (eggworst, gryphyll)
* Rendevok
* Terra_grams
* Luthfi (kayyabread)
* Mia (demonkix)
* Vi (plagalkey)
* coop (microrockets)
* MangoCake (bakemangocake)
* Den (u3pxx)
* mackerellbones
* clairepngart
* Eddie (shmeenerino)
* Kirma (kirmastista)
* Pia (APOLLOJUSTLCE)
* Sunny (nicorinpan)
* Tal (cyndachoo)
* Alex Siple (alexcsiple)
* Ness (garbanzes)
* mareittmarit (mareittmarit)
* Toby (fenecck)
* Zoe Jay (zoe_jaw_w)
* 7CLUBS (7GROVEYS)
* Serenne
* Sanpape (when-sanpape-arts)
===Merch Artists===
* Luchi (luchichufer)
* alumints (alumints)
* Kaiqi (kaizmos)
* gegegeluby
* gnomicgabby
* Chea (chealinks)
* luluspicedesigns
* Naizu (naizues)
* Tinny (tinhocaa)
* Angela (stellalights)
===Writers===
* Krissey (kissykrissey)
* Gabriel (cosmicpoet)
* Lucy (experimentaldragonfire)
* angstinspace
* JJsADragon (4ragon)
* Emi (choose__joy)
* Jessie (parchmints)
* Ineia
* June (dragonair)
* sythpoppy (Synthpop)
===Mods===
* Angela (stellalights) - Art Mod, Social Media, Formatting
* Jessie (parchmints) - Writing Mod, Finance, Shipping
* Ineia (ladyineia) - Graphics
==Gallery==
File:Klapollo Unfolding Melody Banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:Klapollo Unfolding Melody Cover.png|Zine Cover by limeblue
File:Klapollo Unfolding Melody Full Bundle.jpg|Full bundle listing
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
Painting Our Happy Axeldents wrote on Twitter
JJsADragon wrote on Twitter
Sky-scraping Dove wrote on Twitter
austin wrote on Twitter
mazie wrote on Twitter
MEEP?! wrote on Twitter
Em wrote on Twitter
gabriel! wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Ace Attorney Zines
Category:2022 Zines
Category:Charity Zines