Incandescent: A Magical-Girls Zine

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). In the zine was over 21 fandoms.

Zine Timeline

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 1, 2024

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

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:

• 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, 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, 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

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.

Moderators

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

• 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