About

FOCUS (A COVID-19 Charity Zine) is exactly what the name suggests. We are creating a non profit zine (short term for magazine) with the purpose of helping those in need during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

Our goal with this project is to bring ‘focus’ to the often overlooked positivity that occurred and is occuring during the COVID-19 pandemic: people reaching out to relatives, opportunity to pursue hobbies materializing, time for self care and self study appearing. In short, we hope to bring a bit of positivity during these relatively negative times.

In case you missed them, our socials are focuscharityzine on insta and tumblr, and zinefocus on twitter.

What we offer:

The zine was brought to light with the help and efforts of our talented team of artists. Themed around the positive occurrences during the pandemic, It’s an all-round feel good zine that we hope will make you smile.

The zine features:

• 40 + full colour page illustrations (little to no text, so can be enjoyed by anyone)
• A5 (21 x 14.8 cm) portrait 
• Soft cover with Perfect binding
• Made 100% with recycled paper (environment friendly)

Outside the physical zine are available:

• A collection of digital phone wallpapers of some pieces featured in the zine 
• A digital version of the zine

Stretch goals

All physical zine purchases have a chance to receive free merchandise made exclusively by the graphic moderators upon hitting sales goals. They are :

35 physical orders - Focus charity button

55 physical orders-  Focus die cut sticker 

70 physical orders- Focus holographic print

We will consider making more stretch goals if sales go well!

(this offer is only included for physical copy orders)

Chosen Charity

It is an understatement to say that COVID-19 has made an impact on us all. 

With it being perhaps the most widespread and influential pandemic of the past century, it is now painfully clear how crucial of a role health plays in our daily lives and the importance of protecting it.

This is why we are excited to be donating to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières). They are a Swiss-based non-profit charity whose goal is to bring doctors anywhere they are needed, ignoring restrictions that would usually be placed on them due to different governments, budget problems or other forces.

They've worked to provide COVID-19 relief in over 70 countries worldwide through volunteer-led expeditions; these accomplishments, along with our values to help struggling international individuals, made them the perfect choice to fund.

After covering creation, shipping and other budget costs, all of the money will go to ‘Doctors without Borders’, 

Funding and Budgeting

While we plan for all of our profits to go towards ‘Doctors Without Borders’, we have several expenses that must be covered to determine campaign success.

Essentially our budget of 750 euros will pay for:

 If we fail to raise the sufficient amount of money to cover our costs after the campaign ends, we will proceed to continue our campaign on eBay until the minimum production cost is covered.

Shipping/Schedule

Pre-orders for FOCUS (A COVID-19 Charity Zine) will run from the 1st of December to the 15th of January

Due to current restrictions on travel and shipment, we have devised a tentative schedule of the projects journey:

• 1 December- 15 of January- project runs
• 20th of January- every physical item ordered and digital goods dispensed
• Production of items will be from 3 to 1 months (incluiding shipping said items to Head Mod Med for checking quality and packaging)
• Delivery estimated in May- End of July (due to potantial virus-caused delays)

In order to maximise our donation, we ask that customers pay for shipping of any physical orders made.For convenience, the zines will be shipped from France and adjust to local shipping prices.

France:

  Zine- 4 euros

Rest of the World (including Europe) :

Zine - 8 euros

Due to the almost doubling of costs (especially for international orders), we will not be offering ups tracking with the shipping. If you would like tracking on your order regardless, please contact us at focuscharityzine@gmail.com.

 Any stretch goals will be included in the packages at no additional cost

Our Artists

FOCUS is comprised of  16 individual creators who have selflessly volunteered their time and efforts to make a beautiful and positive impact. You can find their relevant social media pages below:

Instagram:

 @eirlysie / @qquoe / @panstarri / @offpeach / @rayleearts / @kur_ui / @fantellerhur / @nataliehaku / @teacloudii / @thesunnygo / @stephaugi / @oletarts / @_speed_riri_

Twitter:

 @enghurrd / @anush_arts / @roker_flower

We’d also like to also say a massive thank you to those who applied but didn’t make it into the final zine. We appreciate all the support that you have given this project!

The Mods

Nice to meet you! This zine started as a passion project between three friends stuck during the first major lockdown in Spain. The negative news projected everywhere made us want to make a positive change, while somehow helping the relief efforts

Our team is made up of three creatives who just wanted to spread a bit of positivity during this pandemic. We’re all avid art-lovers and we figured this would be the best way for us to do our part to help out, even if we are quite new to zine making!

You can find our relevant social medias below our stylized doodles

Questions and Concerns

We’d like to mention that this is our first time large-scale campaign and, while we’ve tried to have answers to all situations that may arise, if you have any other concerns or questions, please  don’t hesitate to look at our Q&A section or contact us at focuscharityzine@gmail.com or any of our socials. Questions are welcome and help improve the project!

Thank You!

Last, but certainly not least, we’d like to thank everyone who has helped support this project! Whether you’re someone who’s interested in donating, someone who sent in an application, one of our zine artists, or just simply someone who helped us get the word out, we really appreciate every single one of you and couldn’t have done this without your support. This project has been many months in the making and, thanks to you, we’ve been able to do our part and hope to spread a bit of positivity along the way.

Special thank you to Nat Chang (@coldergeist on twitter, tumblr, instagram and carrd) for her endless support during this project. Without her insights, this would not have been possible and her kindness and expertise will forever humble us. Check out her involvement on other zine projects on her socials as well as her personal artwork.

Stay safe

-The moderators

 By purchasing a zine copy, you will receive a magazine made by a multiracial team of creatives that will act as a positive momento for the otherwise unpleasant times while indirectly supporting medical professionals and the international virus victims that they are aiding. So thank you!