tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66097394072275295182024-03-13T22:40:38.941-07:00The Bad Date ZineRick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-25570686767860965452009-09-21T01:08:00.001-07:002009-09-21T01:10:05.636-07:00Issue 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wJujav70LPU/Src01kXsQLI/AAAAAAAAAWk/-1cizWafoEA/s1600-h/Baddatezine2_1_forweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wJujav70LPU/Src01kXsQLI/AAAAAAAAAWk/-1cizWafoEA/s400/Baddatezine2_1_forweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383829974445473970" border="0" /></a><br />Issue 2 is finally out! Whew, after a long, half-year delay (thanks, shitty economy), the Bad Date Zine issue 2 is now for sale! Please check it out at the <a href="http://www.monkeyandseal.com/">Monkey + Seal</a> website!<br /><br />In other news, we're now accepting submissions for issue 3! Woo!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-9533747724403377362009-08-06T01:12:00.000-07:002009-08-06T01:14:28.442-07:00Submission InfoSo here's the lowdown on submitting to the zine:<br /><br />Here are the submission details:<br /><br />Please submit your true Bad Date Stories to thebaddatezine@gmail.com<br />Please try and limit your stories to 3 pages of single-spaced text, but if your story goes longer, that's cool too.<br />These are rolling submissions, so submit now! If you need a deadline, you've got two weeks to get your act together and submit, so start working on it now!<br /><br />What am I looking for? I'm looking for humorous, poignant, touching, or just plain ridiculous stories of bad dates, bad attempts to be picked up at bars, hookups gone wrong, etc., etc. I do strongly prefer that the cause of a bad date is the person's behavior/personality, not some physical "flaw." Additionally, if anyone wants to fess up and admit how they were a bad date, you get extra points.<br /><br />So submit! Thanks so much!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-15835659662175215922008-09-29T01:45:00.000-07:002008-09-29T01:52:36.252-07:00Submit for Issue 2!So I doubt there are a ton of people reading this, but for those loyal, die-hard fans that lurk out there, submit!<br /><br />I'm going to start posting up flyers soon...if anyone is interested in helping distribution of such advertisements, please email: thebaddatezine [at] gmail.com and depending on where you are I can either email you a file to print out or perhaps drop off copies if you're local to San Francisco (and not too far away).<br /><br />SUBMIT to the ZINE!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-58427362065344266152008-08-19T10:20:00.001-07:002008-08-19T10:22:02.545-07:002nd Printing!Due to the great response from the Etsy zine community, I've decided to go with a 2nd printing of 25 more copies! Send your friends to order at <a href="http://monkeyandseal.etsy.com">MonkeyandSeal's shop</a> and pick up your copy today!<br /><br />Thanks to everyone who has supported The Bad Date Zine thus far!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-3152163253638895802008-08-09T09:32:00.000-07:002008-08-09T09:36:36.759-07:001st print nearly out of stock!I originally (ambitiously) printed 50 copies of the 1st Issue of The Bad Date Zine. I am now down to 2 copies, selling about 2/week on the Etsy shop. Since Issue 2 is not due out for another few months, and I haven't even had a chance to get around to zine shops/independent bookstores, what do you people think? A 2nd print?<br /><br />Comments? Anyone?Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-51694434311230800222008-08-09T09:22:00.000-07:002008-08-09T09:32:11.603-07:00Currently taking Submissions for Issue 2!!Thanks to such an amazing response to the 1st Issue, I will most definitely be compiling stories for the next issue of The Bad Date Zine!<br /><br />So, we are now taking submissions for Issue 2! <br /><br />Here are the submission details:<br /><br />Please submit your true Bad Date Stories to thebaddatezine@gmail.com<br />Please try and limit your stories to 3 pages of single-spaced text, but if your story goes longer, that's cool too.<br />The deadline is midnight, PST, November 7th (I want to give time for any bad Halloween dates that may occur). <br /><br />What am I looking for? I'm looking for humorous, poignant, touching, or just plain ridiculous stories of bad dates, bad attempts to be picked up at bars, hookups gone wrong, etc., etc. I do strongly prefer that the cause of a bad date is the person's behavior/personality, not some physical "flaw." Additionally, if anyone wants to fess up and admit how they were a bad date, that's great too. <br /><br />So submit! And if you have any bad winter holiday stories, submit those too. If there's enough, I can probably do a special holiday edition in time for gift-giving :)<br /><br />Thanks so much!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-88153010685971338262008-07-21T13:18:00.001-07:002008-07-22T00:11:39.000-07:00Thank you!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wJujav70LPU/SIVeET78dgI/AAAAAAAAAIc/52quC0CttO0/s1600-h/IMG_1960.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wJujav70LPU/SIVeET78dgI/AAAAAAAAAIc/52quC0CttO0/s400/IMG_1960.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225686370797516290" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you to everyone who came out to the <a href="www.sfzinefest.com">SF Zine Fest</a>!<br />It was a huge success for us, and we nearly sold out of the first run of Issue 1 of The Bad Date Zine!<br /><br />Thank you to everyone that submitted stories, and thanks to everyone who bought a copy!<br />If you are interested in purchasing a copy, please go to <a href="http://www.monkeyandseal.etsy.com">www.monkeyandseal.etsy.com</a> and pick one up! They are $3 plus s/h.<br /><br />Contributors that didn't pick up their copy at the zine fest will be sent out Tuesday via USPS!<br /><br />Additionally, we are taking rolling submissions for the next issue, which I imagine will probably be published in November or so. Hopefully, if submissions keeps coming in and the demand is there, this zine will be able to continue as a quarterly publication.<br /><br />Thank you again!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609739407227529518.post-778407444930254352008-07-14T14:38:00.000-07:002008-07-14T14:43:19.156-07:00The Bad Date Zine 1st issue ever<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wJujav70LPU/SHvIYknM1gI/AAAAAAAAAIU/zhcRg-BNy10/s1600-h/2008zinefestposterwebsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wJujav70LPU/SHvIYknM1gI/AAAAAAAAAIU/zhcRg-BNy10/s400/2008zinefestposterwebsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222988517336733186" border="0" /></a><br />Thank you to all who submitted for the first issue of the Bad Date Zine. The Bad Date Zine will be sold at the <a href="http://www.sfzinefest.com/">SF Zine Fest</a> on July 19+20 at the Monkey + Seal table.<br /><br />Hopefully we'll get these into other independent bookstores and zine shops, and after the Zine Fest they should be sold online through our friends at Monkey + Seal on Etsy, but their site isn't up yet, but check back for updates.<br /><br />Stay tuned for any news and for updates on the next submission deadline. If you're interested in submitting, submit away! Thanks!Rick Kitagawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01060744023964017933noreply@blogger.com0