Zine

The zine is a semester long project where we were tasked with creating a 16 page (or 4 spread) zine. However, we could make it longer. It had requirements such as something on at least 16 pages, a cohesive theme, title page, table of contents, back label, and more

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Final Design

Research

The plan for this zine is to be a survival guide for SCPs titled "A Class-D Personnel's Guide to Surviving (Some) SCPs." SCPs come from an online horror story collection, also commonly referred to as Creepypastas, called the "SCP Foundation." The SCP Foundation (secure, contain, protect), is a secretive government organization that captures and secures anomalous or supernatural items and entities to keep them from hurting the general public. These SCPs are then experimented on to attempt to learn the extent of their abilities

Most of the lore regarding the SCP Foundation is on a website called the SCP Wiki, where for more than a decade hundreds of people across the internet have created thousands of stories. As there are so many stories, not much of the lore in the SCP universe is considered canon, or the single truth. Many different indie horror games have also been made.

Class-D Personnel

Class-D (or D-Class) personnel are people of the lowest rank in the foundation. These are people typically recruited from death row, but can also be homeless (and promised money after spending a certain amount of time with the foundation), other inmates who have committed violent crimes, or war criminals. They are considered expendable and used as test subjects for studying, investigating, and experimenting with SCPs. They are not privy to any information about what they will be forced to do, and are forbidden from interacting with upper classes. Most do not survive.

Possible SCPs to Include

SCP-173: "The Sculpture"

SCP-689: "Haunter in the Dark"

SCP-542: "Herr Chirurg"

SCP-906: "Scouring Hive"

SCP-1025: "The Encyclopedia of Common Diseases"

SCP-529 "Josie the Half Cat"

Asset Ideas

Story Outline

OPTION A

Introduction: Joe introduces himself, the SCP foundation, what they do, how he ended up there, etc.

Rising Action

Event 1: Joe introduces how he's gotten a group of two other people to share their stories of what they're assigned to, their backgrounds, and how they're surviving

Event 2: Joe introduces the SCP he is assigned to

Event 3: Jessica introduces the SCP she is assigned to, backstory elements are included

Climax: Joe is killed (either by the SCP or the organization staff)

Falling Action

Event 4: Matt introduces the SCP he is assigned to, backstory elements are included

Event 5: Matt or Jessica introduce Abigail, another person willing to share their story. Abigail talks about the SCP she is assigned to

Resolution: The book ends abruptly. There are notes from an unnamed staff member that the book was found during a surprise inspection, that everyone involved was terminated due to security risks, and that the book is being logged as evidence

OPTION B

Introduction: Joe introduces himself, the SCP foundation, what they do, how he ended up there, etc. He also mentions how he's gotten a group of two other people to share their stories of what they're assigned to, their backgrounds, and how they're surviving.

Rising Action

Event 1: Joe introduces the SCP he is assigned to

Event 2: Jessica introduces the SCP she is assigned to, backstory elements are included

Event 3: Matt introduces the SCP he is assigned to, backstory elements are included

Climax: Joe is killed (either by the SCP or the organization staff). Matt or Jessica introduce Abigail, another person willing to share their story.

Falling Action

Event 4: Abigail introduces the SCP she is assigned to, backstory elements are included

Event 5: The trio are anxious at the mention that there is going to be an inspection of the dorms. They comment on whether they will get in trouble and if they have a good enough hiding spot

Resolution: There are notes from an unnamed staff member that the book was found during the inspection, that everyone involved was terminated due to security risks, and that the book is being logged as evidence

Characters

Joe Johnson (Male)

- 49 years old

- On death row

- Original author of book

- Has a fear of dying and being forgotten

Jessica Atkins (Female)

- 31 years old

- On death row for selling government secrets to other countries

- Very used to money and luxury

- Constantly complains about things like having to have a tattoo, wearing orange jumpsuits, no nails, and no makeup

- She's a snooty diva

Abigail Knight (Female)

- 24 years old

- Homeless, joined because she was told she would get $20,000 after a year of "helping with experiments"

- A scaredy-cat, had to be convinced over time to share her part of the SCP Foundation

- She's very socially awkward

Matt Bentley (Male)

- 63 years old

- On death row

- Very gruff and rough

- Doesn't seem very smart, but he is actually quite intelligent

- He does what he needs to to get through life day by day

Initial Printer Spread Dummy

Initial Reader Spread Dummy

Initial Reader Spreads

Intermediate Reader Dummy

Intermediate Reader Spreads

Back Cover

Front Cover

SCP Example Page

Entry Example Page

Inside Front Cover

Title Page/ Table of Contents

Page 10

Inside Back Cover

It's hard to really get an idea of how the entries will be laid out before I know exactly what's going to go in them, so I made a separate sheet showing examples of possible entry pages

Expanded Type

I knew that I needed to have multiple different handwritten style type fonts. Joe, Abigail, Matt, and Jessica each needed a handwritten font that conveyed part of their personalities. The cover needed a font that looked like scribbled marker. For the upcoming type figure, I wanted to do something that looked like the scribbles of a madman.