"Everybody Loves Smiley" (1) is now available for everyone to read. First page above, rest on the website.

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/05/13/issue-5-everybody-loves-smiley-by-jectoons/

Now all of issue 5 is online, you can download it from the site! It should be up on the Internet Archive later today.

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/downloads/fodongo-issue-5/

Thank you for reading and supporting independent artists and Free-Culture.

A tale about uncomfortable roommates, by Mario A. Gonzalez, is now available for everyone to read. First page above, rest on the site.

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/05/06/issue-6-terms-conditions-by-mario-a-gonzalez/

Check out his other comics, Wyliman (https://www.wyliman.com), Clink (https://clinkcomic.com) and Nihil Negativum (+18)(https://www.ergo-comix.com/comics/nihil). And do check more comics out from issue 6!

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/downloads

From issue 5, "Dead Sight" by Zach Acherman is now available for everyone to read. First page above, more on the site:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/04/29/issue-5-dead-sight-by-zach-acherman/

Please check out his other comic at https://ewdeliverycomic.com, and check more comics at the Fodongo site!

Attention everyone! Issue 6 of Fodongo is out NOW!

This time around we have Mario A. Gonzalez, N. Toyohito , SPRAK and myself bring you freshly baked comics, all ready for you to read.

Please take a look at the link above, and if you can and want to, consider buying the issue. It supports the artists behind it and will contribute to our fundraising for Year 2 of the zine. Thank you so much!

"Miss Luna", by Amelie Shypilova, is now available for everyone to read! First page above, read the rest on the site:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/04/15/issue-5-miss-luna-by-amelie-shypilova/

Please check out her other work (https://amelieshypilova.myportfolio.com), and consider purchasing this issue to support the artist and to help fund Year 2 of Fodongo!

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/downloads/fodongo-issue-5/

Thank you.

Issue 4 on Archive.org

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.

"La Puerta Plegable", a short comic about I scare I had a few years ago, is now available for everyone to read!

First page is above, the rest of the comic is on the site.

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/04/08/issue-4-la-puerta-plegable-by-jectoons/

Later today the whole of issue 4 will be available on the Internet Archive, and you also have the option to directly download the .pdf from the site now! Of course you can still purchase it, support the zine and the artists in it.

Thank you!

Goooood morning! "Homesteady", by María Izquierdo Barri, is now available for everyone to read! First page below, other pages on the site:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/04/01/issue-5-homesteady-by-maria-izquierdo-barri/

Check out María's other work! (https://artstation.com/marizba), and do check out the rest of issue 5:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/downloads/fodongo-issue-5/

Thank you for reading and supporting Free-Culture.

"Wishing Star", by Peny0u, is now available for everyone to read! First page below, other two on the site:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/03/25/issue-4-wishing-star-by-peny0u/

Please check out her work (https://www.instagram.com/peny0u/). If you buy the issue, thank you so much! 50% of revenue is distributed among artists.

Thank you for reading and supporting Fodongo. :)

📣 OUT NOW! Issue 5 of #Fodongo !

María Izquierdo Barri, Amelie Shypilova, Zach Acherman and me put together March's issue of indie, Free-Culture comics.

You can check the release notes and release schedule in the post below:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/03/18/issue-5-is-now-available/

50% of revenue is distributed among participating artists.

Thank you SO much for reading and supporting Fodongo. :)

"La Rana" (03) by myself is now available for everyone to read!

First page above, read the rest on the site:

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/03/04/issue-3-la-rana-03-by-emiliano-carrasco-jectoons/

Please check out more comics at https://fodongo.jectoons.net

Would you like to win physical versions of the first 5 (that’s right, 5!) issues of Fodongo? Then this post is for you! There are three ways to enter the raffle:

• Buy a digital zine from the Zine Store
• Become a Monthly Supporter or
• Donate $3CAD or more on the Ko-Fi page

Proceeds from this raffle will support contributing artists and help make more zines in the future.

You have until March 17th 23:59 PST to join the raffle, and the winner will be decided on March 18th at 19:00 PST. You will then receive an email with the good news and asking you to provide an address to send the zines to.

If you can’t participate right now, don’t worry! There will be other chances to win physical zines in the future.

Thanks so much for your attention, and for supporting independent comics and Free-Culture!

From Issue 3, "Dungeon Dad", by SPRAK, is now available for everyone to read!

https://fodongo.jectoons.net/2024/02/19/issue-3-dungeon-dad-by-sprak/

See page 1 below. :)

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Please look at their work (https://sprakcomic.com), and consider purchasing the issue this comic was published in (https://fodongo.jectoons.net/downloads/fodongo-issue-3/). 50% of all revenue is shared with contributing artists!

If you really like Fodongo and you'd like to help make more zines, you can also support the project on Ko-Fi!

Thank you for reading and supporting independent artists and Free-Culture!

Issue 4 of the Free Culture Comics Zine, Fodongo, is OUT NOW!

This time Juanele Tamal, Amelie Shypilova and Peny0u all sensed a theme and made their comics about love. I'm the odd one out and made a short story about a scare I had a while ago.

Please consider purchasing this issue, it turned out quite great, and 50% of all revenue is redistributed among artists!

Thank you so much for your attention and support.

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And Issue 4 comes out on Monday!!

I encourage you to read some delightful comics at https://fodongo.jectoons.net :)

Hey, long time no see.

Since the last post there have been 2 more issues of Fodongo! And a new one is coming out next Monday.

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Issue 2 has a horror comic by returning artist Zach Acherman, a delightfully cute instruction manual by Sharvari Shah, a battle for the ages by Amanda S. Rovaron, and the continuation of the adventures of the Magical Singing Frog, by myself!

Issue 2 is now available at the Internet Archive (so is Issue 1, by the way), but if you wanted to support the participating artists you can still purchase a digital copy on the site!

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Issue 3 came out last month and has a comic about a writer by BurnedCoffee, a comic about airports by Federico Kempke, a comic about the role of parenthood by Sprak, and the conclusion (?) of the Magical Singing Frog's adventures by me!

Two of those comics are up on the site, and you can purchase the zine and support the artists if you want to as well. :)

Thanks for reading! Will post again soon!

I have been struggling with this for the past few weeks and I think Davide has put it quite succinctly. I am still listening to some of their shows, but have stopped listening to the main feed and I am no longer a supporter. I hope they do better in the future.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/10664306

> If you throw something plastic in the ocean and doesn't come back, it will never poison you. Chances are it will come back though. > > This is the cartoon from last week; was moving so I didn't have a chance to post, but here we are now!