Hazel and Mari’s story is one readers don’t typically encounter. Image believed in Bingo Love and wanted to publish the book and have it reach people and places that I couldn’t have reached on my own.
A few months after the Kickstarter ended, I was introduced to the head honcho at Image. Instead of bringing it to any of the major comics publishers, I decided to give it to the people and let them tell me yes or no. 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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