Funding for Year 2 of Fodongo
As we near the first half of the first year of the zine, I am starting to think about year 2. While I plan on funding it as long as I can, my resources are limited, which also unfortunately limits the amount I can pay each artist per comic.
My ultimate goal is to pay at or above industry standard rates per comic page, which sits around $300 per finished page. We are nowhere near that at the moment, however, since $300 is roughly how much I’m spending per issue, so we have a long way to go to reach that goal.
(I am incredibly thankful to all the contributors for the amazing work they have produced, in spite of the low budget. You are amazing.)
I’m not necessarily in a rush to get there, but I would like to compensate the artists who have done such an incredible job with the comics so far fairly, so for year 2 (which should begin in November or December this year) I have come up with a working budget that will allow me to:
Increase each artist’s pay per comic by 50% Cover web hosting costs for the next year Pay any fees and taxes related to the income generated by the zine. Potentially pay someone to draw a cover or two. Potentially pay an artist for an ongoing story for a few issues. And I need your help to get there.
I’m looking to raise $6500 CAD total in the next year.
I will be counting money from sales and donations, so even if you don’t want or can’t donate at the moment, but you would like to purchase some digital or physical zines, that would be very much appreciated. Only 50% of each sale would go towards the funding for Year 2, though, since the other half still goes to the artists participating in said issue.
Let’s be clear though, the zine will still exist even if that goal isn’t reached. That goal’s purpose is mainly to increase the amount I can pay each artist per comic per issue, which I think matters a lot.
If somehow we beat that goal and go over it, I would also like to hire someone to help me clearly alt-text all the comics on the site (something I haven’t been good at), as well as pay the artists even more per commission! It’s an exciting prospect.
So if you can and would like to, please support the zine. If you would like to but can’t at the moment, please share it with everyone, make derivative works, review it.
Free-Culture is incredibly important, and it benefits everyone.
Thank you for your attention and support. See you next week with another comic!
Ject.