Ex Umbra is an upcoming fanzine project featuring the characters of Genshin Impact within a Mafia AU Setting.
Please allow up to 36 - 48 hours for a response to your inquires, thank you!
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Anonymous Coward · 3d
any updates?? why is ur manufacturer taking so long to tell u if things have shipped,,,,
Hello, unfortunately, there is little control we have over the communications we receive from our manufacturer. Just today we did finally receive confirmation that the bulk order should be arriving at our shipping mod this upcoming week. As soon as we can confirm that the bulk order has reached our shipping mod and the zines have passed our QC check, we will be back with more information. We apologize for the continued delays and thank you for your support of Ex Umbra!
Anonymous Coward · 26d
When is the last date for address updates?
Once we are fully prepared to send out physical orders, we will release an Address Update form! After that form has been made public we ask that all buyers please update their address no later than 1-week from that date. More information about address changes will be provided once we receive our bulk order zine shipment!
Anonymous Coward · 6mo
Hi what is going on with ur formatting? Its been 8 months,,,,,, with all the scams going around its hard to know if ur scamming us or what but if its rlly a formatting issue u need to get another mod to finish it asap cuz this is not ok and u need to post at least weekly at this point not just every month
Hello,
Thank you for bringing your concerns to the moderator team, and we do apologize for any undo stress that our production delays have caused for anyone that supported Ex Umbra.
We understand that, over recent years, zine scams have become more frequent, so we first want to clarify that we will see this project to the end.
The issues with our formatting have, sadly, been a reoccurring issue for the Ex Umbra team. Our initial formatting mod, which we had from applications, was with the team until late last year when they informed the team they would not be able to complete their duties and left the server. Following their sudden departure the remaining team members discussed our options, and our graphics mod, Mizu, offered to take over formatting.
However, we decided to search for a pinch hitter formatting mod as Mizu's schedule with their personal life (school, work, other zines) was getting increasingly heavy, and we did not want to give them more stress.
Around the start of preorders we found our second formatting mod and worked with them tirelessly over the start of this year to ensure the zine was perfect. As we have expressed before on our social media accounts, their PDF was complete and only had a few adjustments that would be needed for production. That is when we lost contact (and still have not be able to reestablish contact) with our second formatting mod in July.
At that time again, we reassessed our options, and Mizu offered once more to take over formatting.
Mizu has been a diligent worker in the sparse amount of time they have been given to completely reformat a zine. We have been providing updates via formatting teases these past few months. We do not believe onboarding yet another formatting mod, one that would be completely new to the project and would need to be brought up to speed, would be a wise decision. It is also not always possible to provide weekly updates when there may not be substantial new progress made on a weekly basis.
We are thrilled to announce that we have recently a provided completed version of the PDF to our contributors for them to begin approving.
We understand delays are something no one wishes to have, and we do apologize for our zine's mishaps with formatting mods over the production period. Rest assured that as soon as the proof is ordered and the zines arrive, we will promptly begin shipping out to all buyers.
Thank you for your continued support of Ex Umbra.
Anonymous Coward · 1y
Hello, i want to ask something, are the arts for artprints also available inside the zine? I want a spesific artprint but the physical bundle only include one random artprint so i'm curious
All merch prints are unique pieces featured in the zine only in the merch credit pages (where they will not be displayed at full size).
That said, every physical order will receive a print of our cover for free!!
Anonymous Coward · 1y
Are there any group orders available?
Our project is currently accepting applications for Group Order managers! If you or someone you know might be interested in hosting a GO, please contact us via e-mail or twitter DMs!
Anonymous Coward · 1y
Is there anyway to buy the merch items individually ?
At this point in time, to ensure we reach certain MOQs, we will not be offering merch a la carte. This may be an option during leftovers sales however, there is no guarantee on which items may have surplus inventory to be available during leftovers so we highly encourage securing a bundle now!
Anonymous Coward · 1y
any possibility of making the cover art into a print? i love it so much and would love a version to hang on my walls
Thank you for your interest! We'll certainly discuss and see if there's enough interest to do so.
Anonymous Coward · 1y
What are the book/zine specs?
Our zine is a 7x10 perfect bound book, with over 100 pages of content including 35+ illustrations, spreads, and comics, 5 pieces of traditional fanfiction, 5 case file style pieces of literature, and spot illustrations to accompany all written pieces!
Anonymous Coward · 2y
how many writers applied?
We'd prefer to not make the numbers public, but of our 480+ applicants, nearly 25% we're writers!
Anonymous Coward · 2y
Can writers ask for feedback on their portfolios? Just general, nothing detailed!
As much as our team would like to provide feedback, unfortunately with our large applicant pool we will not be able to provide feedback at this time. Thank you for your understanding!
Anonymous Coward · 2y
Will you be making a formal announcement on the result delay?
Hello! As we answered above, we may need a few extra days to process the amazing turnout we got for applications. We'll definitely post as soon as results go out. Thank you for your support and interest!
Anonymous Coward · 2y
when will you be emailing contributor app results?
Hello, due to our large applicant pool we may need a few additional days to complete our review process. We do appreciate your patience as the team does our best to review each applicant fairly.
Anonymous Coward · 2y
Can we have a breakdown on # of apps
We will be releasing an overall number of applications at a later date!
Anonymous Coward · 2y
there’s not much time left for applications, but the reason i haven’t applied is because i only have four works i could currently submit as a writing portfolio (none of which are genshin related). most of this is because i’m just now getting back into writing after a very long break due to some things going on in my life, so is the 5 piece requirement a hard requirement or if there are 4 instead would that potentially be alright? obviously if you can’t get an answer in fast enough that’s fine!
For our applications, we do not require a genshin piece be submitted. If you have less pieces you are free to submit your application, we will be looking at all portfolios as a whole when making our decisions on contributors.
Anonymous Coward · 2y
Hi! I accidentally pasted the wrong link for my portofolio in the application so I submitted another response to fix it. I hope that's okay?
You can DM our team on any of our social media accounts and we can correct the link issue for you!