2026 Zine Premier: The Circus Zodiac Mini Zine Series

This is a 4 part mini zine set featuring Steam Punk Era, Afrocentric Circus Characters of the Zodiac, Comic Style, featuring: Element, Personality Description, Love, Weakness, Favorite Snack, Lucky Object & Fortune, all for fun!!!

🎪 THE CIRCUS ZODIAC

Step Right Up and Discover Your Circus Sign!

Forget the ordinary zodiac—welcome to the Big Top!

The Circus Zodiac is a whimsical, fantastical journey through twelve larger-than-life circus personalities, each representing a different month of the year. From daring aerialists and powerful strongmen to mysterious fortune tellers, mischievous clowns, enchanting carousel riders, and more, each character brings their own unique personality, strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and unexpected surprises.

Are you the fearless one who always takes the leap?

The strong one who carries everybody else’s problems?

The mysterious one who seems to know what’s coming?

Or perhaps the clown who keeps everyone laughing—even when life gets a little chaotic?

Divided into four mini-zines spanning the entire year, The Circus Zodiac invites readers to find their sign, discover their circus personality, and see themselves in a fantastical world where every birthday comes with a little bit of magic, mayhem, and mischief.

🎟️ YOUR BIRTHDAY.

🎪 YOUR CIRCUS.

🔮 YOUR SIGN.

The Circus Zodiac

Part I: January–March
Part II: April–June
Part III: July–September
Part IV: October–December

ART & CREATIVE PROCESS

The artwork in The Circus Zodiac was created with the assistance of generative AI and guided, curated, and edited by Maryanne’s Bookshelf.

The characters, concepts, personalities, writing, storytelling, and overall creative direction are original to this project.

AI was used as a creative tool to help bring the fantastical world of the Circus Zodiac to life.