Incandescent: A Magical-Girls Zine

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Zine
Title: Incandescent: A Magical-Girls Zine
Publisher:
Editor(s):
Type: Charity Zine
Date(s): 2023-2024
Medium: Digital (PDF), Physical
Size: A5, 100+ pages
Fandom: Various Magical Girl
Language: English
External Links: Tumblr, X/Twitter, Carrd
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Incandescent: A Magical-Girls Zine, or simply Incandescent, is a charity zine featuring fanart and fanfiction. The zine features characters from a variety of magical girl fandoms. It was run by @magicalgirlszine2024 (Tumblr, X/Twitter).

About

Incandescent is a charity zine raising funds in support of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)[1]. In the zine was over 21 fandoms.

Zine Timeline[2]
Milestone Start Date End Date
Interest Check September 26, 2023 November 30, 2023
Contributor Applications December 3, 2023 January 31, 2024
Check-In 1 April 2, 2024 -
Check-In 2 May 1, 2024 -
Check-In 3 June 1, 2024 -
Contributor Submissions June 15. 2024 -
Preorders July 5, 2024 September 3, 2024[3]

As the Incandescent zine offered both physical and digital purchase options, as well as merchandise, a range of zine bundles could be purchases.

Zine Bundles[4]
Bundle Name Price (USD$) Contents Other
Digital Zine Only 15 Zine PDF N/A
Physical Zine Only 25 Physical zine Option of $5 PDF add-on
Paper Bundle 35 Physical zine, memo pad, art print, sticker, bookmark Option of $5 PDF add-on
Zine + Half Merch Bundle 45 Physical zine, memo pad, standee, charm Option of $5 PDF add-on
Full Bundle 55 Physical zine, zine PDF, memo pad, art print, sticker, bookmark, standee, charm N/A

A more accurate description of the merch in Incandescent is[5]:

Zine Promotions

As a way to encourage the purchasing and awareness of the zine, a variety of zine promotions were offered.

The Incandescent zine promotions included a Tumblr giveaway[6], where in followers who reblogged the giveaway post become eligible to receive a free PDF of the zine. A similar giveaway was run on X[7], with followers having to share the giveaway post to become eligible to receive a free zine PDF.

Other promotions for Incandescent included a variety of stretch goals.

Stretch Goals[8][5]
Goal Name Requirement Received Reward/Benefit
Sticker 50 physical orders A 4" x 2" Tokyo Mew Mew sticker included in the physical bundles
Charm 75 physical orders A 2.5" Sailor Moon acrylic charm included in the full bundle
Mascot Sticker Sheet 100 physical orders A 4" x 6" sticker sheet featuring various Mascots included in all physical bundles
Pin 150 physical orders A 37mm / 1.5" hard enamel pin inspired by Cardcaptor Sakura included in the full bundle
Foil on Cover 200 physical orders A foil cover on all physical zines

Contributors

Each contributor was introduced in a spotlight post, as such no masterpost of contributors has been released. However, they were all listed in the product description of each zine bundle[5].

Moderators

Overall, for Incandescent, there was a team of 8 moderators[9]:

  • Holly (Head moderator)
  • Yowa (Production moderator)
  • Etteee (Writing moderator)
  • Yue (Socials and formatting moderator)
  • Jiro (Art moderator)
  • Zelina (Finance moderator)
  • Relia (Organisation moderator)
  • Rina (Design moderator)

Writers

  • Dragon
  • FillyBoy
  • Riz
  • KawaiiGroovycat
  • Dragonshade
  • Karakuri
  • justrainysunshines

Page Artists

  • Allison Kuhr
  • Ann
  • Ash
  • ButterflyLatte
  • A Cup Of Felicity
  • Cosmicseaslugs
  • Dunch Hour
  • Evelynn
  • Ghost
  • Glaze
  • Ina
  • Jeunny
  • Karmacat107
  • Ki Hiwatari
  • Kiddysa
  • Luka
  • Lumieartz
  • Mac
  • MugenCosmonaut
  • Mythicat
  • Nanominyo
  • Nasura
  • Nyansae
  • Pallice
  • Party
  • Poppy
  • Rachael Cope
  • Plennilunni
  • sar
  • SeiKittea
  • ShawnaDraws
  • Sie
  • Sierra E

Merch Artists

  • Corn
  • Kichi
  • Kiddysa
  • Sierra E
  • vanilla

Cover Artist

  • Allison Kuhr

References