August 25, 2013

NIKOzine Staff

The mangazine project proposal will be pushed through after the AniMotion Event (October) as to everyone's agreement. Also, staff has been assigned for specific jobs for said mangazine.

Topic Discussion:

Release date: bi-monthly release/every 2 months

Mangazine content:
- Events
- Manga Focus (reviews of existing indie mangas)
- Artist of the Month -- 2 local indie artists will be featured every released issue
- Light Novels - short or chapter releases of stories
- Manga -- will include 1 or more titles of comics from local artists, only ONESHOTS for now
- Cosplay -- features on cosplay
- Help Page -- generally a 'questions and answers' page

Distribution Sites:
- Munsterific Inc.
- Online
Unless other members have suggestions or places they know where issues can be sold.

Magazine size: A4 (folded in half, indie manga style)

No. of pages: 50-60 pages

Suggested selling price: Php100-150

Magazine spread:
- Events -- 1 spread / 2 pages
- Manga Focus (review) -- 1 spread / 2 pages
- Artist of the Month - 1 spread / 2 pages
- Light Novel - 10 pages
- Manga --  15+ pages ONESHOT
- Cosplay (review) -- 1 spread / 2 pages
- Help Page -- 1 spread / 2 pages
TOTAL = 47 pages
Total number of pages may vary depending on each issue.

Assigned Jobs:
- Editor: Leen
- Layout: Tin
- Proofreader: Julie
- Events: Bea
- Manga Focus: anyone
- Artist of the Month: anyone
- Light Novel: Katz, Azail, anyone
- Cosplay: Von
- Help Page: Dear Ate Joe

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Job Descriptions:

Editor -  in charge of and determines the final content of a text, particularly a newspaper or magazine; commissions or prepares material for publication

Layout Artist
- arranges, plans or designs the spread

Feature Writers (events, manga focus, artist of  the month, cosplay)
- writes articles or report of a person, event, or the like

Contributors (novel/story and manga/comics)
  • Novelists - submits light or short novels according to requirements with graphic illustration/s
  • Artists - submits comics according to requirements 

To note, the mangazine will prioritize Negrense indie works to promote our local comic industry. This will be an independently published mangazine by NIKO members.

If anything has been missed out, do let us know.

Cover Spread samples





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