
Frobin Zine
Frobin Zine is hosted under Newscoo Zines and will feature art and fics about Cyborg Franky | Cuty Flam and Nico Robin from One Piece.
General
What is a zine?
A Zine is a collection of fics and art about one subject, theme, character or group. This all is bundled into one solid work to enjoy like one would a magazine.What is this zine?
That I can answer in two parts;
1. We're a part of the Newscoozines, meaning this zine won't work with apps but will have sign-ups so everyone who qualifies (i.e. is 18 or older) can join as long as they sign up. For the most part we make free zines, unless otherwise specified. This is a free zine downloadable at the end.
2. We chose the theme Frobin, which is the shipping name for Cyborg Franky | Cutty Flam and Nico Robin.
As such all the content of this zine will feature the both of them.Do I have to have previous Zine experience to join?
No, the only requirement is that you are 18 or older when sign-ups end.
What do I have to create for this Zine?
As long as it features Franky and Robin you're free to create whatever it is that you want.
This can be art or a fic.
The theme is set on this ship as previously mentioned and outside of some directions of the Moderators you're free to create what you want.How do we choose what to create?
One of the first steps once everyone joins our discord server is to ask you all for pitches. Our mod team will choose a pitch (or several) which will be yours to create around.I've never done this before, now what?
Don't worry, as Newscoo we're very beginner friendly. The Mod team is there to help you and additionally there is a schedule and guidelines tagged on this page as well for you to read through.
Guidelines
GUIDELINES
We’ll be working with only one zine, divided into different sections (if ideas go from gen, sfw to nsfw).General
Seeing as this is a zine with possible NSFW content, we're looking for contributors of 18 years or older.
As the theme of the zine is Frobin (pairing name for Cyborg Franky | Cutty Flam and Nico Robin), we expect your piece to revolve around them. You do not need to sign up with a piece depicting this pairing, but we would appreciate at least one One Piece piece.
You will be expected to make something entirely new, no reusing old works.
We also won't allow any copied, stolen or AI-created art/fics.
You can make pieces set in the canon universe, pre-canon, post-canon or in an AU (Alternate Universe) setting.Page Artist
Page artists are expected to create at least one piece (you can make up to three).
These can be single page (vertical orientation) or spread page (horizontal orientation).
Examples for page art could be: Scenery focussed art, character focused art, comic or manga-strip style pages, or scrapbook/polaroid-pinboard style pieces. Other ideas are also welcome.
Pieces have to be provided to us in RGB colours, fully rendered with background.
When signing up, please link your 3 - 5 best pieces in a format we can open (social media links, Gdrive or OneDrive links with permissions on viewing) so we can get an idea of your art style. Links we can't open won't be counted, and anything less than three example pieces will mean you will be disqualified.
Our choices will be made based on:
- Characterization
- Shading, color theory
- Backgrounds
- Basic knowledge of anatomySpot Artist
We're expecting you to add art to at least two of our writer's pieces. This can be done by up to 3 smaller pieces throughout the fic or a header and a footer piece.
Pieces have to be provided to us in RGB colours in full colour.
When signing up, please link your 3 - 5 best pieces in a format we can open (social media links, Gdrive or OneDrive links with permissions on viewing) so we can get an idea of your art style. Links we can't open won't be counted, and anything less than three example pieces will mean you will be disqualified.
Our choices will be made based on:
- Characterization
- Shading, color theoryWriter
We're expecting you to create at least one fic of about 2000 words.
Pieces have to be provided to us in a sharable format, so Gdrive or OneDrive.
When signing up, please link your 3 - 5 best pieces in a format we can open (AO3 links, social media links, Gdrive or OneDrive links with permissions on viewing) so we can get an idea of your writing style. Links we can't open won't be counted and anything less than three example pieces will mean you will be disqualified.
Our choices will be made based on:
- Characterization
- Length
- Depth of the storyline
- ability to tell a story within the given word count limit
Schedule
Contributor Sign-Up (July 1st - July 31st)
Results sent: August 1st - August 2ndServer Log In: August 10th
Pitches due: August 20th
Spotlight fill up due: August 30thPitches assigned: August 30th
Spot Artist Collab Sign-up: September 1st - Sept 10thCollab assigned: September 12th
Check in 1 (outline/sketch/25%): October 10thCheck in 2 (50%): November 15thCheck in 3 (75%): December 20thCheck in 4(100%): January 25thFINAL CHECK (No extensions) February 15th
Hard Deadline (Final corrections): March 1stMarch-April 26 Formatting & Final editingRelease Date: May 2026
Moderators

WonderGarden - Co-head & Writing ModThey're my parents 🩵 💜Previous Zine Experience: Writing Mod in News Coo's Sparks Fly, Polyam Pirates, Halloween Zine, etc. Writer in Cottagecore Zine, Baroque Works Zine, A Look Through the Ages Zine, etc.

Lerya - Co-head & Writing ModI just love the Mom and Dad factor of Frobin. They're just so... idk, homey?
I'd love to have friends like that. But then again I am biased as I love history so Robin and I would get along like two peas in a pot!Participated and modded a great number of zines.
Most notably: admin in Newscoo.

Pretzel - Socmed ModFrobin is such a cute ship! It really makes me go crazy whenever I remember Franky says to Robin that it's not a sin to live. It gives meaning to how I view life and positively impacts me so much ❤️Zines: Ikigai - Head, Art, Graphics, & Social Media Mod, Beastly - Social Media Mod, Burnt Skies - Graphics Mod, The Great Magical Era - Graphics Mod, Yamato Zine - Social Media and Organization Mod

Mem - Art Modtheir chemistry is soooo good. i love these lil weirdos.

Nastas - Art ModThey are canon to me x) I love their vibes together, they’re reminds me of parents I never have. Also both of them funny and comedy is my favourite genre.Zines:
Headliners KidLaw zine ( art mod, graphics and cover artist)
EraserMic zine (page artist)
HalloweenOPzine (merch artist)
OPScarletLetter (spot artist)
RareSweetsOPzine (page artist)

Omegami - Graphics ModThey’re different personalities mesh so well together.Experience: Graphics/Art mod for Airashi(https://airashibsdzine.carrd.co/), Art mod for Bellmere Fanzine (https://bellmerezine.carrd.co/) and On The Prowl (https://msby4zine.carrd.co/)— more experience in my carrd

Cyborg Franky - Formatting ModThe name says it all, I just think Franky is such a cool dude.Too many mod possitions to list, but predominantly Admin and Founder of Newscoozines.