The magazine was written, edited, and illustrated entirely by young boys, aged twelve to fifteen, who lived in Barracks L417, or Home One, which the boys referred to as the Republic of Shkid.
Časopis písali, redigovali a ilustrovali výhradne chlapci vo veku dvanásť až pätnásť rokov, žijúci v bloku L417 alebo 1. chlapčenskom domove, o ktorom hovorili ako o Republike Škid.