STATUS: LEFTOVERS SHIPPED

About

The Nanami Cookbook: Chop It Like It’s Hot is a fandom zine that will include fanart, fanfic, recipes, and several merch items, surrounding the theme of savoury food and our favourite Jujutsu Sorcerer, Nanami Kento. Set to be produced and shipped by November 2021.

This project is brought to you by Mishmash zines!

MODS

☆ Head, Finance, Shipping, & Design

Introducing Mod Yaba, our knowledgeable and well experienced head mod, who is also handling design, shipping and finance.

Mod Experience: Design and Beta for Datte Atashi no Hiro Zine, Design for Aite: A KRBKDK Zine, Design for Wonder Duo Rising: Training Camp Anthology, Head Mod and Shipping/Design for The Inotan Zine, Head Mod and Shipping/Finance/Design for The KakaIru Zine, A Thousand Lights, and Dimensions Zine.

Yaba is a professional graphic designer with over ten years experience in publication production and several fandom zines under her belt. She’s cursed to love characters with tragic ends, and a victim of Magnus’s mission to drag everyone into JJK hell

☆ Co-Head, Socials

Introducing Mod Magnus, our co-head and also our obsessively organised social media and organisation mod.

Mod Experience: Co-Head, Organisation & Socials for The KakaIru Zine, A Thousand Lights, Dimensions Zine, and When Gods Wander. General & Socials for The ShikaTema Zine Vol 3, and In Another Life: A SakuAtsu AU Zine. Mod for KakaIru Minibang, KakaIru Big Bang, Naruto AU Week, and Iruka Week.

Magnus is a self confessed fandom weirdo with a passion for spreadsheets and experience organizing fan events and zines. They’re a huge Nanami lover, and are on a mission to drag everyone into Jujutsu Kaisen hell.

☆ Art Mod

Introducing Mod Sloaners, one of two wonderful and super skilled art mods.

Mod Experience: Discord Admin: Sloaners & Kagumo Fanclub; Discord Event Mod: RarePairHell, Inc; Tumblr Event Mod: Shinobi Summerfest, Ten Days of Tenzo; Event Mod: Kagumo Week.

Sloaners is new to the zine scene, but no less excited to jump into the fray feet first. She’s been a long-time artist, comedic writer, and overall AU fiend in the Naruto fandom, but has fallen head over heels for Jujutsu Kaisen, and especially Nanami!! Sloaners is excited and delighted to be your art mod for this zine!

☆ Art Mod

Introducing Mod Thystle, one of two wonderful and super skilled art mods.

Mod Experience: Head & Design For: YoI Super Zine + Royalty Zine, Layout For: Kouhai Goro Zine, Parallax: BF Sci Fi Zine.

Thystle is an illustrator, history buff, and tea enthusiast. In their free time, they enjoy reading and writing fic, playing with their cat, and trying new recipes. He was successfully baited into JJK with Nanami and the train hasn’t stopped since! The next mission is dragging everyone into rarepairs and OT3 hell with them, along with helping out on this project!

☆ Beta Mod

Introducing Mod Alex, one of two brilliant and knowledgeable beta mods.

Mod Experience: Head Mod: Dread Zine; Beta Mod: A Thousand Lights Zine; Writer & Co-Socmed Mod: Brat Zine; Discord Mod: Discipline Case; General/Organization Mod for both Dimensions Zine and Til Death Do Us Part Zine

Alex is the resident angst gremlin and thrives on anything hurt/comfort. He’s a multifandom multishipper with a completely normal amount of love for rare pairs, and is looking forward to being your beta mod!

☆ Beta Mod

Introducing Mod Vulcanhighblood, one of two brilliant and knowledgeable beta mods.

Mod Experience: Beta for the When Gods Wander Zine. Discord moderator for The Umino Hours.

Despite nearly fifteen years of writing fanfics, vulcanhighblood only recently began their venture into the world of zines. Yet another victim of Magnus’ Jujutsu Kaisen Hell Mission and lover of all things found family and whump, Vulcan is thrilled to lend their support in the creation of new Nanami content for everyone to enjoy!

☆ Intern Mod

Introducing Mod Sakky, our lovely intern mod who be working with mod magnus to help wrangle the socials and organization.

Mod Experience: Head & Organization: Sonnets & Seasons (Hubernie Fanbook), Intern: Lúin (Ingrid fanzine)

Sakky is a merch artist and that one annoying friend who takes a dozen shots of their food before eating! An avid fan of fantasy and JRPGs, she rolls mainly in the Fire Emblem fandom and has been just a little too passionate about Nanamin (and bread), and is therefore very excited to work on this project with everyone else!

Schedule

faq

1) Is this zine for profit or charity?

The Nanami Cookbook will be both for charity and profit, meaning that after production costs, the profits will go towards all the zine contributors and also our chosen charity: No Kid Hungry.

2) What is the theme?

Our theme is savoury cooking inspired by our favourite Jujutsu Sorcerer and foodie, Nanami Kento! This can be set in the canon-compliant universe, or an AU of your choosing. As long as works are Nanami-centric and include the theme of food, we welcome any AU!

3) Who are the mods for this zine?

Our team is made up of: Yabakuboi, MagnusTesla, Sloaners, Alex, Vulcanhighblood, Thystle, and Sakky.

4) What are your requirements for contributor applications?

All applicants must be at least 16 years old at time of application. Please create a Google Drive folder containing your portfolio, and make sure that all the links work and that the permissions are set to be viewed by anyone with a link (this can be found in the share settings). SFW examples are preferable, but we will accept NSFW pieces, too. Your portfolio submission must contain at least one Jujutsu Kaisen piece.

5) Do you have guest contributors?

We do, and they've been announced on our socials!

6) How will contributors be compensated for participating?

Contributors will at the very least get a digital copy of the zine. We would like to get contributors a full physical bundle, and free shipping for them if possible, too. After production costs, profits will be split between contributors and our chosen charity.

7) When do the contributor applications open?

Contributor applications are now closed! Thank you for your interest.

8) Who is allowed to apply?

‘Chop It Like It’s Hot’ is a cookbook, so we’re looking for: page artists, merch artists, fanfic writers, and chefs! If you have questions about which application you should apply to, please reach out!

9) Can contributors apply for more than one position?

Yes, of course! But please note, if accepted, it will only be for one position chosen at the mods' discretion.

10) How many pieces of art will artists be expected to create?

Each zine artist is responsible for 1 page of artwork.

11) How many pieces of merch will merch artists be expected to create?
More info coming soon!

12) What will be the minimum and maximum word count expected for writers?

The min word count is set at 1,500 words, with a maximum of 3,000.

13) What will be expected of the chef contributors?

To create a savoury dish of their choosing that is simple, concise, and easy to follow. And to provide info like servings, measurements in both metric and imperial.

14) Will you be emailing applications, regardless of being successful or rejected?

No one likes being left in the dark, so of course everyone will receive an email with their application status. We’ll endeavour to get them sent out as scheduled, but please do bear with us if we’re a little late.

15) How many contributors are being allowed into the zine?

1 cover artist, 25 page artists, 6-8 merch artists, 5 writers, and 10 chefs. These numbers are tentative, and may be subject to change based on the number of applications.

16) Will you be shipping internationally? What will the costs be?

International shipping will be available, but we cannot guarantee rates until closer to time for preorders! We will keep customers informed of that information when it is time to order.

17) Will the zine be available as a digital copy as well?

Absolutely! The zine will be released in both physical and digital formats.

18) Will the applicants be able to request critiques?

Mods are unable to provide critiques at this time.

Contact

Find us over on Twitter, Tumblr, and Curious Cat!

Got a question? You can reach us through any of the socials linked below, or alternatively, you can email us at [email protected]