Incandescent: A Magical-Girls Zine
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Title: | Incandescent: A Magical-Girls Zine |
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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.
Milestone | Start Date | End Date |
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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.
Bundle Name | Price (USD$) | Contents | Other |
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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]:
- 2" x 6" double-sided Little Witch Academia bookmark
- 4" x 6" Tokyo Mew Mew print
- 4" x 2" Cardcaptor Sakura die-cut sticker
- 4" x 5.5" memopad
- 5" x 2.25" Princess Tutu standee
- 2.5" Saint Tail acrylic charm
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.
Goal Name | Requirement | Received Reward/Benefit |
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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
- ^ https://magicalgirlszine.carrd.co/#faq
- ^ https://magicalgirlszine.carrd.co/#schedule
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/magicalgirlszine2024/760527656811921408/preorders-closed-thank-you-so-much-for
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240831072516/https://magicalgirlszine2024.bigcartel.com/
- ^ a b c https://web.archive.org/web/20240901034416/https://magicalgirlszine2024.bigcartel.com/product/full
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/magicalgirlszine2024/756808467207061504/hi-everyone-were-excited-to-announce-our-magical
- ^ https://x.com/MGzine2024/status/1815769281012847085
- ^ https://www.tumblr.com/magicalgirlszine2024/756095889293115392/question-how-do-stretch-goals-look
- ^ https://magicalgirlszine.carrd.co/#mods