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February
2008: We have been doing
webzine/archive publication.
May 2003:
Zine #11 on sale!
March 2003: Zine #10 on sale
by mail!
SPONTOON
ISLAND zine restarts publication!
This issue is 64 pages in a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 chapbook format, copier printed. Most of the material has recently appeared on these web pages, though you may find some new material in the zine. Contents for #11 include: Buying or trading for a zine provides you with a convenient hard copy, suitable for framing and/or reading on passenger seaplane flights. There may be some mature content in the zines. (There is some sea island nudity and a mature situation or two). Sales are restricted to people over 18 years (or subject to your local laws). Please help protect the island, and include an age statement or a copy of an ID with a birth date with mail orders. The Spontoon Island Tourist Board thanks you! This zine, Spontoon Island #11, costs
Ken Fletcher Email: SPI #10 Contents for zine #10 include: This zine, Spontoon Island #10, costs
Ken Fletcher Email: Back Issues! Special back issue rate: any 10 zines for
$40.00. All
14 current zines for $58.00 (U.S. postage included in special rates).
More Spontoon Island news! Contributors, please send address updates
I have followed some address, website, and email changes, but it would be good to check in and change or confirm any listings that you want published in the zine. Listing contact info for you is one of the few ways I can show my thanks at this time. There are "Contact" pages on the website, and you are welcome to be listed or have links there. Many contributor’s names are due to be added to the website. Spontoon Island Website: Thanks to the support of Timothy Fay & assistance from
Giovanna
Fregni the Spontoon Island website is up and running. Material previously published in the zines is being uploaded to the website (when I know contributors have given permission). There is about 400+ pages of material, so this reposting will go slowly until I am doing weekly updates. There is also much new material on the website. Because of Timothy Fay's hosting support, the website is the best way for me to quickly publish longer and newer contributions. The hard-copy zine will not go away, but the website is more flexible and contributor-friendly. For example, art can be published in color, if the files are a reasonable size! "Visitors" archive at the website: If you aren't inclined to do a large contribution, I would welcome cartooned "postcards" or "snapshots" of your characters vacationing in a Spontoon Island style setting! Other period illos may be acceptable, too. Other Spontoon Island projects: The Spontoon zine
reprint
project of a couple of years ago did not happen. A similar republishing
project may still be a possibility, but will not happen immediately.
Any
paperback republication will be renegotiated with all contributors. Spontoon Island zine format & basics: Spontoon Island is currently a co-op zine based on a "public domain" setting, where contributors are expected to keep copyright of their own individual works, except for parts they choose to share with others. No corporate or private copyright and trademark characters are welcome without permission from the rights holders. The setting is "1930s TOON SEA ISLAND ADVENTURES (with funny animals, seaplanes & tikis)!" There is some stretch built into these themes, and the editor might even publish cartoons of toon humans (& their seaplanes) if they were "Spontoonie" enough. This is all an excuse to join other creators to publish material that has an adventure or historical setting--a vacation from some of the standard furry or anime locations. On the website, I prefer to publish .gif files for art, 256 colors or less (greys are fine!); images under 600 pixels wide, please (although I suppose 600 pixels tall by 800 wide is OK); file size under 300 KB if you can. You keep copyright, and please sign or logo-mark. New text: html files are handy, Microsoft word & plaintext is fine (or ask). The zine is a 5 ½ by 8 ½ tall pamphlet/chapbook format. Image area is 4 ¾ inches by 7 ½ inches. Text material will be type set from clear copies or text files. Printing is by xerographic copier. Contact me if you would like more info on the formats. Thank you for your ongoing support! Ken Fletcher |