Welcome to the Canada Comics Open Library crowdfunding campaign!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Located in downtown Toronto at 986 Bathurst Street, the Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) is a fully volunteer-run library dedicated to making comics more accessible and strengthening the comics community. We strive to increase representation of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and marginalized groups in our physical and digital spaces. We are working towards these goals through the way we catalogue and organize our collection, through workshops and other events, and through our online resources like the Canadian Cartoonists Database, blog and collected lists of other comics resources.
We continue to be fully volunteer run and rely on donations in order to pay our rent, insurance, library supplies, and other fees associated with running a non-profit library.
Thanks to your support in the past, it is with great pleasure to announce that the collection is now borrowable for all members. This has always been an large goal of ours which could not have been possible without the financial support of past donors, THANK YOU!
By donating you receive one of our yearly pay-what-you-can
memberships, and are welcome to stop by the library and borrow
some books during lending hours. We are also offering longer
memberships for larger donations during this fundraising
campaign as well as some exclusive digital content. For this
campaign, if you make a donation of $25 or higher, we will add
your name to our Donor Recognition page as a big thank you!
All crowdfunding proceeds will go towards our operating
costs, including rent, insurance, and library supplies. Any
additional funds will be set aside for free memberships for
community members. We have traditionally called these
"pay it forward" memberships, and they can be
accessed by anyone who wants a membership to join the library
but is unable to afford a donation. If we exceed our
crowdfunding goals we will also be able to pay artists to host
workshops and other events without relying on government grant
funding to do so.
We also want to take this time to mention that all previous memberships purchased pre-pandemic will be honored for a year after the launch of this campaign in the spirit of fairness! If your membership has expired and want to borrow from our collection, please come by and we will update your membership’s expiration date to April 15, 2024.
We hope to see you at the Canada Comics Open Library in the future so we can share our love for this truly wonderful form of art that we call comics, together! | Donation RewardsAll donors receive at lease a 1 year membership to borrow books from the library. You can pick up your membership card from our library branch at 986 Bathurst St. Toronto. Please contact us if you would like the 1 year membership to go to someone other than yourself or if you are unable to pick up your card at the library! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CCOL Member => Pay what you can
CCOL Hero => $10
Super Reader => $25
Comics Supporter => $50
Comics Champion => $100
CCOL Sidekick => $250
CCOL Superhero => $1000
*All exclusive digital content will be emailed to you at the end of the campaign and will include desktop backgrounds, graphic novel pdf, and other fun cartoon images presented to you on your digital screens! *Our resident cartoonist is Jordan Reg. Aelick! |
