Hi folks! It's finally here - issue #3 is now available on our Etsy store 🎉 Whether you end up reading it on a sunny beach or curled up under blankets as blizzard rages outside, we hope you enjoy it! Let us know what you think at [email protected] or reach out to us on Bluesky. Happy reading! Erica and Christina
Hi folks! Hope you're all doing well. Have a couple of updates for you: #1) The 418 social media accounts are changing Effective immediately, The 418 will no longer be active on Twitter/X and Instagram, and all future updates outside of this mailing list will be posted on Bluesky going forward. You can find The 418's Bluesky profile at https://bsky.app/profile/the418.bsky.social Why did we make this change? The platforms we were previously on are no longer the kinds of spaces The 418 wants to...
Hi all, We're excited to announce that issue 2 is now available on our Etsy store in both physical and digital formats! To show our appreciation for all of you who have joined us on this journey so far, we wanted to give you all a discount on your next order. Use the code BIKES2024 at the checkout for 10% off your order. Feel free to share the code with friends or colleagues that you think would enjoy the zine! As always, we hope you all enjoy it and would love to hear what you think of it!...
Hey all, We've been thrilled to hear from those of you who've gotten our first issue and have been loving the pictures that have been sent in. Thought we'd share a few of them with you: If you haven't gotten a copy yet and would still like to get one, you can find them at our Etsy store. And for those of you who have one already - how're you finding the crossword puzzle? Erica is particularly keen to get feedback! 🤩 We're beginning to plan issue #2 and are interested in hearing from our...
Hey all, We're thrilled to announce that the first issue of The 418 is now available on our Etsy store, with both digital and physical versions. We hope you all enjoy it and would love to hear what you think of it! Drop us a line over email at [email protected], or if social media is more your vibe, by Twitter or Instagram. Happy reading! Erica and Christina P.S.: If you like what we're building at The 418, please share it with your friends!
Hey all, We hope you're all having a great start to 2024. It's been getting colder in Toronto and we (especially Erica having just returned from Australia) were not ready for this. 🥶 We have an exciting update for you - we've finished putting together the first issue! We're so so excited to get this into your hands! We're working on getting our Etsy store ready so expect to hear from us again soon with that information. The printers have been on fire and things are starting to feel real!...
Hi folks, We want to wish everyone the best as the year draws to a close, and a happy 2024! Looking back on the year, be proud of everything you've achieved, however small you might think it is. We are grateful to have you with us through it all. We hope you all will have some time to recharge and relax, and thought we’d share some things that we’re reading/watching/listening to over the holiday season. From Erica Reading The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky...
Hi folks, Erica here! I hope you have a cup of tea (or coffee) on hand because, for this update, I'm going to answer a question that Christina and I have heard a lot since we announced The 418 which is: Why a zine? Why not some other medium? Christina got excited about doing some market research Zines have a long and rich history to them, going back as far as the 1940s. My introduction to them as a concept was through a book I was reading a few years ago on the riot grrl movement that began...
Hi friends, It's been two weeks since we announced the launch of The 418 and we're so excited by the response so far, especially from folks such as yourselves who want to be kept updated as we build and publish the first issue. To kick off our updates, we wanted to offer you a sneak peek at what we're doing behind the scenes. These first few weeks have been focused on figuring out the feeling of our zine. First sketch of the cover We are also working hard with our network to create the...