{"id":11875,"date":"2025-08-03T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/?page_id=11875"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:39:00","slug":"themes-and-dates-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shousetsubangbang.com\/mirror\/themes-and-dates-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes and Dates for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We here at Shousetsu Bang*Bang believe in being prepared, which is why we&#8217;re rolling out the 2026 themes and dates here. Get ready!<\/p>\n<p>To make sure you don\u2019t miss a single deadline,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/r?cid=c2hvdXNldHN1YmFuZ2JhbmdAZ21haWwuY29t&amp;pli=1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 119: Balls to the Wall<\/strong><br \/>\n* issue date: Monday, February 23<br \/>\n* text deadline: Tuesday, February 10<br \/>\n* art deadline: Saturday, February 21<br \/>\nBe a proud part of Team SSBB and go for the gold in our Olympically timed sports-themed February issue!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 120: [REDACTED]<\/strong><br \/>\n* issue date: Monday, April 27<br \/>\n* text deadline: Tuesday, April 14<br \/>\n* art deadline: Saturday, April 25<br \/>\nFor this \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 issue, we \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 capitalism and \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 sanitized for algorithmic \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 q\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 and t\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 euphemisms that serve to \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 family-friendly \u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588 normative b\u2588lls\u2588t. Fuck that. Let your freak flags fly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 121: The Great Outdoors<\/strong><br \/>\n* issue date: Monday, June 29<br \/>\n* text deadline: Tuesday, June 16<br \/>\n* art deadline: Saturday, June 27<br \/>\nOur eco-friendly June issue will give nature-lovers the opportunity to go touch both grass and ass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 122: Rawhide<\/strong><br \/>\n* issue date: Monday, August 24<br \/>\n* text deadline: Tuesday, August 11<br \/>\n* art deadline: Saturday, August 22<br \/>\nThis ain&#8217;t our first rodeo. Time to move &#8217;em out, head &#8217;em up, and ride on in to our boots-and-spurs-flavored August issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 123: Man Door Hand Hook Car Door<\/strong><br \/>\n* issue date: Monday, October 26<br \/>\n* text deadline: Tuesday, October 13<br \/>\n* art deadline: Saturday, October 24<br \/>\nOur legends? Urban. Our pasta? Creepy. This issue? Spooky (and maybe a <em>little<\/em> silly).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue 124: Theme Free<\/strong><br \/>\n* issue date: Monday, December 28<br \/>\n* text deadline: Tuesday, December 8 <em>[note that this is a week earlier than usual!]<\/em><br \/>\n* art deadline: Saturday, December 26<br \/>\nAnd of course, we love a big finish, so we&#8217;re closing out the year with an issue where the subject matter\u00a0<em>and<\/em> the word count are up to you, <em>and<\/em> where we welcome short comic submissions. Our theme-free year-end big bang is there to jingle all your bells!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We here at Shousetsu Bang*Bang believe in being prepared, which is why we&#8217;re rolling out the 2026 themes and dates here. Get ready! To make sure you don\u2019t miss a single deadline,\u00a0click here for our Google calendar with the dates pre-loaded. 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