Zine No. 5 Is On Its Way!
Added 2025-11-26 18:53:05 +0000 UTCHey, friends! Good news: the Big O II zines shipped on Monday! You should be receiving them some time during the next two weeks. If there are any issues, don't hesitate to reach out. I want to thank our excellent team, without whom this would not have been possible: Ethan Halker (cover art, formatting, editing), Brian (layout design), BellvonArtsy (original artwork), Deux (original artwork), Coop Bicknell (editing), Andy (guest writing + editing), pmcTRILOGY (editing), Zappa (guest writing), and R.D (original photos)! Ya'll are in for a treat!
Two typos I noticed that I wanted to point out (these are on me):
Page 22: I referred to The Big O II as a "Sino-American" production. Sino means Chinese, not Japanese, a distinction I know, but failed to correct (I also made the same mistake in the G-Saviour zine). Sometimes when I'm writing I get into a fugue state and in the process I conflated Sino and Japanese (probably because of the war). Won't happen again!
Page 41: During our research, we discovered that The Big O was not, in fact, canceled. The decision was made during preproduction to reduce the scope of the originally planned 26 episodes. Our text reflects this. However, one vestige of an earlier draft slipped passed me. In Endnote #4, I wrote "post-cancelation." It should say, "post-finale."
Like always, we encourage you to post pictures of the zine on social media! Word of mouth is crucial to Fan Magazine's growth. I hope ya'll enjoy! Work is progressing smoothly on the next zine. Additionally, PMC and I are currently planning for 2026. We're shooting for a State Machine around 12/22. Lots to announce! Stay tuned! - Stephen
