I tried to make foldable mini-zines from the japanese jesus comic: https://files.catbox.moe/9e0inu.pdf These can be printed on 3 sheets of paper and folded like so: https://slrpnk.net/post/9615309 Sadly, due to page count constraints, i could not put the cover on the third part when keeping all pages as is.
There are two alternative versions available:
In both something is missing, choose your favorite.
They were created using the following script, which you should run in a empty directory:
First Version
#!/bin/sh
# create 3-part mini zine from japanese jesus
check () {
if [ "$(which $1 2>/dev/null)" == "" ];
then
echo "ERROR: missing $1 utility"
exit 1
fi
}
echo "checking required tools"
check magick
check pdfjam
check pdfcrop
check wget
rotate () {
magick convert -rotate -90 $1 $1.tmp.png
mv $1.tmp.png $1
}
if [ ! -f 000_jjc.png ];then
echo "downloading source files"
wget https://img.triapul.cz/jjc.png -O 000_jjc.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/christmas.png -O 001_christmas.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/jordan_cold_cock.png -O 002_jordan_cold_cock.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/40days1.png -O 003_40days1.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/40days2.png -O 004_40days2.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/third_oni.png -O 005_third_oni.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/herod.png -O 006_herod.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/mount_8.png -O 007_mount_8.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/lazarus1.png -O 008_lazarus1.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/danbrown.png -O 009_danbrown.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/thread_the_needle.png -O 010_thread_the_needle.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/thread_the_needle_2.png -O 011_thread_the_needle_2.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/dirtydozen1.png -O 012_dirtydozen1.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/dirtydozen2.png -O 013_dirtydozen2.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/gethsemane.png -O 014_gethsemane.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/pleased_to_meet_you.png -O 015_pleased_to_meet_you.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/mrs_robinson.png -O 016_mrs_robinson.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/vickers.png -O 017_vickers.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/calvary.png -O 018_calvary.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/judas.png -O 019_judas.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/ghost_in_training.png -O 020_ghost_in_training.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/fossberg.png -O 021_fossberg.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/constantine.png -O 022_constantine.png
echo "rotating images"
rotate 011*.png
rotate 012*.png
rotate 013*.png
fi
create_part () {
pdfjam $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 --a4paper --width 20cm --outfile part$1_tmp1.pdf --delta '1cm 1cm'
pdfjam part$1_tmp1.pdf 8,7,1,6,2,5,3,4 --a4paper --otheredge --outfile part$1_tmp2.pdf
pdfjam part$1_tmp2.pdf --a4paper --nup 2x4 --angle 90 --outfile part$1_tmp3.pdf
pdfcrop part$1_tmp3.pdf part$1_tmp4.pdf
pdfjam part$1_tmp4.pdf --a4paper --trim '-0.5cm -0.5cm -0.5cm -0.5cm' --outfile part$1_tmp5.pdf
pdfjam part$1_tmp5.pdf --a4paper --outfile part$1.pdf
}
create_cover () {
magick convert -gravity NorthWest -pointsize 40 -undercolor white -annotate +0+0 'japanese jesus — part '$2' || https://triapul.cz/' $1 cover$2.png
}
echo "creating covers"
create_cover 000_jjc.png 1
create_cover 000_jjc.png 2
create_cover 015*.png 3
echo "creating pdf files"
create_part 1 cover1.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n8|tail -n7)
create_part 2 cover2.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n15|tail -n7)
create_part 3 cover3.png $(ls 0*.png|tail -n7)
echo "joining pdf files"
pdfjam part1.pdf part2.pdf part3.pdf --a4paper --outfile japanese_jesus.pdf
echo "cleanup"
rm cover* *tmp*.pdf
rm part*.pdf
echo "all done, enjoy japanese_jesus.pdf"
echo "see https://slrpnk.net/post/9615309 on folding"
Second Version
#!/bin/sh
# create 3-part mini zine from japanese jesus
check () {
if [ -z "$(command -v $1 2>/dev/null)" ];
then
echo "ERROR: missing $1 utility"
exit 1
fi
}
echo "checking required tools"
check magick
check pdfjam
check pdfcrop
check wget
rotate () {
magick convert -rotate -90 $1 $1.tmp.png
mv $1.tmp.png $1
}
join_parts () {
echo "joining pdf files"
pdfjam part1.pdf part2.pdf part3.pdf --a4paper --outfile $1
rm part*.pdf
}
if [ ! -f 000_jjc.png ];then
echo "downloading source files"
wget https://img.triapul.cz/jjc.png -O 000_jjc.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/christmas.png -O 001_christmas.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/jordan_cold_cock.png -O 002_jordan_cold_cock.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/40days1.png -O 003_40days1.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/40days2.png -O 004_40days2.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/third_oni.png -O 005_third_oni.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/herod.png -O 006_herod.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/mount_8.png -O 007_mount_8.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/lazarus1.png -O 008_lazarus1.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/danbrown.png -O 009_danbrown.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/thread_the_needle.png -O 010_thread_the_needle.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/thread_the_needle_2.png -O 011_thread_the_needle_2.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/dirtydozen1.png -O 012_dirtydozen1.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/dirtydozen2.png -O 013_dirtydozen2.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/gethsemane.png -O 014_gethsemane.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/pleased_to_meet_you.png -O 015_pleased_to_meet_you.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/mrs_robinson.png -O 016_mrs_robinson.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/vickers.png -O 017_vickers.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/calvary.png -O 018_calvary.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/judas.png -O 019_judas.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/ghost_in_training.png -O 020_ghost_in_training.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/fossberg.png -O 021_fossberg.png
wget https://img.triapul.cz/constantine.png -O 022_constantine.png
cp 0*dirtydozen1.png dirtydozen1.png
cp 0*dirtydozen2.png dirtydozen2.png
echo "rotating images"
rotate 011*.png
rotate 012*.png
rotate 013*.png
fi
if [ ! -f dirtydozen.png ];then
magick dirtydozen2.png -chop 0x180 dirtydozen2_chopped.png
echo "merging dirty dozen"
magick convert -append dirtydozen1.png dirtydozen2_chopped.png dirtydozen.png
fi
create_part () {
pdfjam $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 --a4paper --width 20cm --outfile part$1_tmp1.pdf --delta '1cm 1cm'
pdfjam part$1_tmp1.pdf 8,7,1,6,2,5,3,4 --a4paper --otheredge --outfile part$1_tmp2.pdf
pdfjam part$1_tmp2.pdf --a4paper --nup 2x4 --angle 90 --outfile part$1_tmp3.pdf
pdfcrop part$1_tmp3.pdf part$1_tmp4.pdf
pdfjam part$1_tmp4.pdf --a4paper --trim '-0.5cm -0.5cm -0.5cm -0.5cm' --outfile part$1_tmp5.pdf
pdfjam part$1_tmp5.pdf --a4paper --outfile part$1.pdf
}
create_cover () {
magick convert -gravity NorthWest -pointsize 40 -undercolor white -annotate +0+0 'japanese jesus — part '$2' || https://triapul.cz/' $1 cover$2.png
}
echo "creating covers"
create_cover 000_jjc.png 1
create_cover 000_jjc.png 2
create_cover 015*.png 3
echo "creating pdf files (1/3)"
create_part 1 cover1.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n8|tail -n7)
create_part 2 cover2.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n15|tail -n7)
create_part 3 cover3.png $(ls 0*.png|tail -n7)
echo "joining pdf files (1/3)"
join_parts japanese_jesus.pdf
echo "creating pdf files (2/3)"
create_cover 000_jjc.png 3
create_part 1 cover1.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n8|tail -n7)
create_part 2 cover2.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n15|tail -n7)
create_part 3 cover3.png $(ls 0*.png|tail -n8|head -n7)
echo "joining pdf files (2/3)"
join_parts japanese_jesus_sans_constantine.pdf
echo "creating pdf files (3/3)"
create_part 1 cover1.png $(ls 0*.png|head -n8|tail -n7)
create_part 2 cover2.png 008*.png 009*.png 010*.png 011*.png dirtydozen.png 014*.png 015*.png
create_part 3 cover3.png $(ls 0*.png|tail -n7)
echo "joining pdf files (3/3)"
join_parts japanese_jesus_merged_dirty_dozen.pdf
echo "cleanup"
rm cover* *tmp*.pdf
echo "all done, enjoy japanese_jesus.pdf"
echo "see https://slrpnk.net/post/9615309 on folding"
man, i must have hallucinated that manpage. i can't find it now.