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Hermitcraft zine recs
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schneefinkThere are so many great Hermitcraft (&related )zine projects! I don't recall these being such a big thing in any other fandom I've been in. Maybe that's a coincidence of which fandoms I've been in or maybe they really are especially popular in this corner, but either way I enjoy it.
Have a few recs for some of my other favorites, in addition to HGCZ. They're all made by many, sometimes dozens of people, so I'm not mentioning authors.
The HOTGUY COMICS Zinethology
As with all tales, this one is a labor of love; inspired by the character Hotguy from GoodTimesWithScar, HOTGUY COMICS is an original Hermitcraft au told seamlessly across nearly 60 separate contributors. In it, we give you a peek into the life of Scar Goodtimes, a B-list actor aiming for vigilante fame. With his trusty bow in hand, Scar is ready to take on the dazzling metropolitan streets of Hermitopia—and the villains within—while meeting a few allies along the way.
They decided to call this a zinethology when it became far too big to be called a zine (410 pages!) and that was a good decision imo. It's in turns hilarious, warm, exciting, and/or angsty, with great worldbuilding and storytelling and fantastic art and writing, and just overall excellent. I really love the in-universe social media too.
(My new icon is from the additional merch folder btw.)
The Art of Scarland – A Community's Imagination
An art book for the theme park Scar built on Hermitcraft season 9. Scarland is a gorgeous build and this is a fantastic art book that covers so many things from history to architecture to festivals to merch. It's so pretty and so well thought out! I want to visit. Finding all the other Hermits (and others from MCYT) with their own roles and/or as visitors was also fun.
You can download it for free, but they even made a physical version benefitting charity that's now on my bookshelf (with bonus pretty stickers and a postcard!)
The Hermit Arcana
A fan-made Hermitcraft tarot deck! The art is gorgeous and very cool and the subject choices are inspired. Each card comes with an explanation of why the motive was chosen. I showed a fannish tarot deck (Hades-inspired iirc) to DD once, who's into tarot, and she said that while it was very pretty the subjects for the cards were chosen for the names of the cards and didn't fit the meanings at all; I don't know enough about tarot to judge these ones but the explanations make sense to me.
(They just started an interest check for a physical edition here.
Hermitzine 9: H is for Hermitcraft
The 9th (!) and latest edition of Hermitzine, a project that has been ongoing since 2019. This edition is structured like a children's alphabet book and features beautiful and cute art from several seasons as well as stories, and poems (!), and more.
For both this one and the next one I haven't read most of the older editions yet but I'm sure they're also very cool.
Traffic Zine 5th Edition | Secret Life
The fifth and latest edition of the Traffic Zine (started back when the series was still more often referred to as Traffic rather than Life series), featuring absolutely fantastic art and good stories about the best moments from Secret Life.
Hermitcraft Season 9 Zine
Absolutely fantastic art and good stories (yes I'm repeating myself but so what), this time about the best moments and builds etc. from Hermitcraft season 9.
There are more than these, e.g. the GeminiTay fanzine, the Hermit Horror Zine and the Hermitcraft Colouring Book - I just discovered these and have not had time to properly look through it yet but they look very cool, especially the horror one. And more are currently being worked on, e.g. HermitPost. So many talented fans in this fandom (including many people great at organizing, clearly, which is a very important skill), it's great.
Which ones are your favorites? Which ones did I forget about? :D
Have a few recs for some of my other favorites, in addition to HGCZ. They're all made by many, sometimes dozens of people, so I'm not mentioning authors.
The HOTGUY COMICS Zinethology
As with all tales, this one is a labor of love; inspired by the character Hotguy from GoodTimesWithScar, HOTGUY COMICS is an original Hermitcraft au told seamlessly across nearly 60 separate contributors. In it, we give you a peek into the life of Scar Goodtimes, a B-list actor aiming for vigilante fame. With his trusty bow in hand, Scar is ready to take on the dazzling metropolitan streets of Hermitopia—and the villains within—while meeting a few allies along the way.
They decided to call this a zinethology when it became far too big to be called a zine (410 pages!) and that was a good decision imo. It's in turns hilarious, warm, exciting, and/or angsty, with great worldbuilding and storytelling and fantastic art and writing, and just overall excellent. I really love the in-universe social media too.
(My new icon is from the additional merch folder btw.)
The Art of Scarland – A Community's Imagination
An art book for the theme park Scar built on Hermitcraft season 9. Scarland is a gorgeous build and this is a fantastic art book that covers so many things from history to architecture to festivals to merch. It's so pretty and so well thought out! I want to visit. Finding all the other Hermits (and others from MCYT) with their own roles and/or as visitors was also fun.
You can download it for free, but they even made a physical version benefitting charity that's now on my bookshelf (with bonus pretty stickers and a postcard!)
The Hermit Arcana
A fan-made Hermitcraft tarot deck! The art is gorgeous and very cool and the subject choices are inspired. Each card comes with an explanation of why the motive was chosen. I showed a fannish tarot deck (Hades-inspired iirc) to DD once, who's into tarot, and she said that while it was very pretty the subjects for the cards were chosen for the names of the cards and didn't fit the meanings at all; I don't know enough about tarot to judge these ones but the explanations make sense to me.
(They just started an interest check for a physical edition here.
Hermitzine 9: H is for Hermitcraft
The 9th (!) and latest edition of Hermitzine, a project that has been ongoing since 2019. This edition is structured like a children's alphabet book and features beautiful and cute art from several seasons as well as stories, and poems (!), and more.
For both this one and the next one I haven't read most of the older editions yet but I'm sure they're also very cool.
Traffic Zine 5th Edition | Secret Life
The fifth and latest edition of the Traffic Zine (started back when the series was still more often referred to as Traffic rather than Life series), featuring absolutely fantastic art and good stories about the best moments from Secret Life.
Hermitcraft Season 9 Zine
Absolutely fantastic art and good stories (yes I'm repeating myself but so what), this time about the best moments and builds etc. from Hermitcraft season 9.
There are more than these, e.g. the GeminiTay fanzine, the Hermit Horror Zine and the Hermitcraft Colouring Book - I just discovered these and have not had time to properly look through it yet but they look very cool, especially the horror one. And more are currently being worked on, e.g. HermitPost. So many talented fans in this fandom (including many people great at organizing, clearly, which is a very important skill), it's great.
Which ones are your favorites? Which ones did I forget about? :D
