![]() I’m so glad I didn’t!īingo Love is creator-owned but published by Image Comics-what does that mean in terms of the practical tasks involved?īingo Love was self-published by me and my publishing company, Inclusive Press, via Kickstarter. As the numbers kept rising, I almost hit the cancel button and returned everyone’s pledges. Never did I think that we were going to be funded in five days that was just completely unheard of. ![]() Tee Franklin: I honestly expected to have to beg and plead with people to fund the Kickstarter. ![]() LJ: What were your expectations when you started your Kickstarter campaign to fund Bingo Love? We interviewed Franklin about her experiences with Kickstarter, self-publishing, and more. ![]() The author has since received widespread acclaim for the queer romance novella Bingo Love, illustrated by Jenn St-Onge and Joy San, which garnered $60,000 via Kickstarter and won the 2017 Queer Press Grant before being released by Image Comics ( LJ 2/1/18 ow.ly/ylBu30k2TBd). Tee Franklin, a queer disabled black woman, founded Inclusive Press to publish her own comics and those of other marginalized creators. ![]()
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