Fodongo: A Free-Culture Comics Zine
Semi-monthly independent comics zines under free-culture licenses.
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Updates on our activities and progress.
All comics from issue #12 now available
Just dropping a note to say that all comics from Issue #12 of Fodongo are available to read on the website as of today! -...
Published on January 27, 2025 by Jectoons
Hey, OpenCollective - a bit of context
Thanks for taking a look at the Fodongo project. I have been thinking for a while of a way to make the finances for the zine more transparent, and this platform provides an excellent way to do that. If you are inte...
Published on January 6, 2025 by Jectoons
Budget
Transparent and open finances.
+$2.00CAD
Completed
Contribution #828263
Credit from marcocarrt to Fodongo: A Free-Culture Comics Zine •
+$30.00CAD
Completed
Contribution #832096
-$80.00CAD
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Today’s balance$898.64 CAD
Total income
$1,653.64 CAD
Total disbursed
$755.00 CAD
Estimated annual budget
$2,009.00 CAD
Today's Balance
$898.64
Estimated Annual Budget
$2,009
Goal
$4,000
per year
About
Fodongo is a Free-Culture, Indie Comics zine project edited and put together by Jectoons, started on November 2023.
The aim of the project is two-fold: to support independent comic artists and to advocate for and normalize the free sharing of culture, in the form of comics.
How it works
Every issue 3 independent artists are commissioned to each create a 3-page comic in black and white to be released under a Free-Culture License (either WTFPL, CC0, CCBY, CCBYSA or FAL). The comics are put together in a .pdf for sale on the GeeseGoose Media Co-Op store, and then they are released once a week for everyone to read on the Fodongo website. Once all comics are published on the site the digital zine becomes a pay-what-you-want download.
All the revenue from sales is split among participating artists and the project, so the artists get residuals paid to them as long as zines get sold.
For the 1st Batch of zines (issues #1-#12) the budget was of $75CAD per comic. For the 2nd Batch (issues #13-#24) the budget is $80CAD per comic. It is the goal of the zine to increase this budget as much as possible to compensate artists fairly.
You can read more about the history and context of the project, as well as the reasonings behind things, on this update post.
All the revenue from sales is split among participating artists and the project, so the artists get residuals paid to them as long as zines get sold.
For the 1st Batch of zines (issues #1-#12) the budget was of $75CAD per comic. For the 2nd Batch (issues #13-#24) the budget is $80CAD per comic. It is the goal of the zine to increase this budget as much as possible to compensate artists fairly.
You can read more about the history and context of the project, as well as the reasonings behind things, on this update post.
The Goal
The current goal of $4000 is intended to cover webhosting costs, commissions to artists, processing fees and other expenses incurred by the project.
The current goal of $4000 is intended to cover webhosting costs, commissions to artists, processing fees and other expenses incurred by the project.
This project is managed, edited and maintained by Jectoons.
Any inquiries can be directed to [email protected].
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