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LEGENDS - The Ao3 Collection !

Hello Legends! We're two years down the road and our original website is gone, as it does cost money to maintain. To preserve the Zine we have opened an Ao3 collection, which also contains a PDF version of the zine, FREE to download!

⬇️ Download the PDF (on Google Drive)

If you are a contributor and never posted your zine contribution and need help posting to the collection, please let reach out and we'll make sure it gets posted.

Ao3 Collection below!

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SOMEBODY SAVE ME by 21XFOUR Follow the link and give them some love.

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drew this ages ago when I first started watching smallville in….2020? late 2019? anyway ! fem!clex from smallville…its a recreation of one of the earlier posters probably s1. kept lex bald because i thought it would add an interesting layer to her as a legacy to lionel in the company…maybe she wears a wig for a while because of how “feminine professionalism” is viewed in the company as well as what lionel wants their family to be perceived as ? then she embraces going bald later on bc girlboss power move . anyway

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Not sure I ever posted this, so here’s my piece done for a zine last year

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Spotlight time!

When organizing LEGENDS, one of the hardest parts was finding a cover artist! We were lucky enough to find vezar, an experienced artist who has designed covers for several other zines. Needless to say, we were blown away by the results! See the digital zine and download a PDF copy here: https://legendszine.com/

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CLEX ZINE LAUNCH DAY!!!!

LEGENDS: https://legendszine.com/

(This is a digital zine with a FREE downloadable PDF version!)

On October 16th, 2001 the pilot episode of Smallville aired on the WB television network. WB had just lost its flagship show Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the higher-bidding rival UPN network, and the question loomed– could the WB survive without its most prized possession? Would Tuesday nights ever be the same?

As soon as Smallville aired to an audience of 8.4 million viewers– a network record– WB executives knew they had a hit, and scrambled to order what would eventually become a 10-year long series, cementing itself into television history.

From the outset, Smallville was not your typical “superhero show.” In addition to the show’s grounded philosophy (“No flights, no tights!”) Smallville filled in the high-school years of a young Clark Kent, but it also completely changed the way fans viewed Superman’s greatest enemy– Lex Luthor. Before Michael Rosenbaum’s stunning turn as Lex, Superman fans generally viewed Lex as an entertaining yet ultimately morally and philosophically shallow villain. Smallville’s Lex took a black and white comic book landscape and smeared it with a thousand shades of gray. Lex Luthor was no longer simply a villain; he was a young, ambitious loner caught in the shadow and nefarious machinations of his father; in need of a true friend, and as alienated as the young Kal-El. Despite his tragic destiny, viewers in the first season of Smallville weren’t rooting against this young villain; they were rooting for him. Oftentimes more than they were rooting for the show’s hero, Clark Kent.

That more nuanced writing dynamic between Lex and Clark also immediately spawned a thousand fic– and one epic character ship! Clex, or Clark/Lex! For many viewers, the soppy, mooning stares Clark sent Lana Lang’s way were far less intriguing than the strange, hypnotic connection stirring between Clark and Lex. Television’s most epic “meet violent” (“meet cute” car crash style) cemented what would become the fandom’s most popular ship, and result in the creation of thousands upon thousands of fanworks.

Countless Clex works were written, including now-legendary authors including (but not limited to): @astolat, @rivkat , @seperis, P.L. Nunn, Thamiris, Liviapenn , @lanninglurksnomore, @seepunkrun , Te, Henry Jones Jr., and danceswithgary. 

The relationship between Clark Kent and Lex Luthor has been explored in other universes (comic books, films, other television shows) but never as viscerally or as nuanced as in Smallville.Twenty-one years later Clex fanfiction is still being published, and Clex fanart is still being created and shared. This Zine is a love letter to that vivacious fandom, and hopefully a bit of a bugle call– that “Yes! Clex is still being written and illustrated! See us roar!” 

So. We hope you enjoy the contributions enclosed in this Zine. The moderators would like to thank first and foremost the hard-working fanwriters and fanartists that gave their time, talent, and treasure to make this Zine come together. 

We would also like to thank @chase2452 for his initial efforts to set up the 2021 Clex Zine, which became the 2022 LEGENDS Zine; Archive of Our Own for serving as a home and refuge for Clex fanfiction, especially the efforts of the Open Doors team to port the Smallville Slash Archive over to Ao3 in 2012. 

And we would like to thank any readers and fanart appreciators who have continued to comment, kudos, and share past and current Clex fanfiction and fanart around the internet. 

Thank you, you are the stuff of LEGENDS! 

museaway and Storyshark2005

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Just a quick note that although a bit late-- things are coming together!! Stay tuned Clex fans!!

LEGENDS: A 2022 CLEX ZINE

CLEX fans, we are proud to announce LEGENDS, a 2022 Clex Zine! We are excited to pick up where the 2021 zine left off and showcase this incredible fandom, 20 yrs after Smallville started the ship of legends. Follow us here for info and updates!

We will be announcing a new schedule very soon, follow us on social and right here on tumblr! 

Contact

Email: legendszine@gmail.com

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/legendszine

Tumblr: https://legendszine.tumblr.com/

Zine information & schedule https://tinyurl.com/legendszine

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Last day to apply for LEGENDS: A 2022 Clex Zine!!

Last day, besties! We've had some great applications, so get yours in now before we start combing through applicants next week.

- Seeking submissions for fanart and fanfiction!

- We are mostly Smallville themed, but we've opened up for Clark and Lex in any universe, and AUs as well!

- Read our CONTENT GUIDELINES, TIMELINE, FAQs and more!

- Applications close end of day Friday Dec 31st !

👉 APPLY TO “LEGENDS” AS A WRITER OR ARTIST 👈

🥳🎉Happy New Year Clex Babies Everywhere!!!! 🥳🎉

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CLEX ZINE APPS CLOSE IN TWO DAYS!! Don't be late, Clark!

Remember how good the Clex vibes were??!! YOU CAN STILL HAVE THEM! WE ARE DOING A ZINE!!

- We are Legends: A 2022 Clex Zine

- We are looking for writers and artists to apply!

- We are mostly Smallville themed, but we've opened up for Clark and Lex in any universe, and AUs as well!

- Read our CONTENT GUIDELINES, TIMELINE, FAQs and more!

- Applications close end of day Friday Dec 31st !

👉 APPLY TO “LEGENDS” AS A WRITER OR ARTIST 👈

(REMEMBER THE TENSION! THE LOOKS! THE ANGST! THE WET T-SHIRTS! thank you @clarklexlois for the beautiful gif!)

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Calling all Clex Fic Writers and Fan Artists - Zine Applications Open Through EOY!

It's gonna be Legendary! Reminder that applications for the 2022 Clex Zine, LEGENDS, are still open through the end of the year! We are looking for Fanfic and Fanart contributions to honor the hot-tragic-problematic-angsty-joyous-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers OTP to end all OTP's, the Ship of Legends, CLEX!! Twenty years later, it's still the best, so come ship with us!! Applications close end of day December 31st, 2021.

It’s a simple submission. Before you send yours, find what you should know about our content guidelines, the current timeline, and read the FAQs for contributors at https://tinyurl.com/legendszine

👉 APPLY TO “LEGENDS” AS A WRITER OR ARTIST 👈

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LEGENDS: APPLICATIONS OPEN, now through December!

If you missed the submission period for last summer’s Clex Zine, you are in luck! With a fresh reboot, the LEGENDS Zine mods are looking to add even more artists and writers to the roster! 

Please note this is an application, meaning we will take as many contributors as we think we can handle, but we may not be able to include everyone and will have to make tough decisions.  This second and final round of applications will be open from NOW through the end of the calendar year! It’s a simple submission. Before you send yours, find what you should know about our content guidelines, the current timeline, and read the FAQs for contributors at https://tinyurl.com/legendszine  👉 APPLY TO “LEGENDS” AS A WRITER OR ARTIST 👈

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LEGENDS: A 2022 CLEX ZINE

CLEX fans, we are proud to announce LEGENDS, a 2022 Clex Zine! We are excited to pick up where the 2021 zine left off and showcase this incredible fandom, 20 yrs after Smallville started the ship of legends. Follow us here for info and updates!

We will be announcing a new schedule very soon, follow us on social and right here on tumblr! 

Contact

Email: legendszine@gmail.com

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/legendszine

Tumblr: https://legendszine.tumblr.com/

Zine information & schedule https://tinyurl.com/legendszine