PopCultivator Comics

Yes, very soon! We have updates on Mongrel, releasing this Fall, as well as The Encoded.

Ilan - Thank you for your question. We're selling Series Seed Preferred Stock at an early bird discount of $0.75 per share (up to the first $100k, where it increases to $0.88). There are additional ownership and capital structure details in Section 13 of our Form C ("The Offering"), but at a high level, there are information, inspection and participation rights usually reserved for Major Investors (minimum investment of $100,000). If you want to get into the weeds a bit, a link to our Form C is embedded at the bottom of our campaign page, just above the WeFunder fold. Or, if you have more specific questions, please reply back here and we'll do our best to answer them in a timely manner.

Hi Paul, it's something we're looking at in the near future. Once we've identified our final numbers, how many projects we're officially locking in that are already in the cue, etc. But there's been a lot of demand asking about submissions so it's on our minds. As for superhero content, it really depends on the nuances of the stories. Currently Marvel & DC dominate in that arena and still superheroes are down to being 15% of the market (I know this is direct contrast to the films) while most other categories are growing. That said "Superhero" specifically meaning "capes and tights", whereas fantasy and sci-fi stories that are basically the same thing aren't counted in that.

message us at info@popcultivator.com if you'd like to share more and show us your published work!

Coming very soon! Exciting stuff :)

Hi Marylin, we'd love to talk. Can you message info@popcultivator.com with a link to your work?

Yes! That's my main background, in fact, and a significant focus. Once the audience is there, we have the options of creating and/or licensing all kinds of add-on merchandise.

Hi Johnny, it's fixed! Thanks for catching that. dropbox.com/s/3div7d…_Deck copy.pdf?dl=0

@Josh - Thanks for sending!! @Johnny - The income on our pro forma itemizes multiple revenue streams, but for a little more context, the process is something like this: 1) We create, acquire, or jointly build characters, genres & stories. 2) Artists are paired with development teams and 3) Deals are negotiated with publishers. Once locked in, 4) Marketing (a la conventions, campaigns and social) is activated, 5) Content is distributed through stores and online, and 6) Our partnerships/content team reaches activates PR. 7) Licensing deals are negotiated for media and usage and 8) Merchandising kicks in for ancillary revenue (though it will not be uncommon for many properties to skip Step 7, but launch Step 8 successfully). Here are a few more salient points: What PopCultivator gets from each deal depends on Step 1, which is largely driven by how much of a following the artists we partner with, and/or their content already have. We estimate a very small fraction of our deals will make it to Step 7, but when they pop (pun intended), they will represent about 10-15% of our total revenue. Merchandising should contribute another 15-20% of our revenue and the rest is driven by Comics (15-20%), Collections (10-15%), Omnibus (5-10%), Digital Sales (15-20%), Backstock (10-15%). Between the pro forma and this context, I hope we answered your question! Thanks for checking in and Happy New Year!

Hi Craig - The short answer is "Yes", we intend to pay a dividend. But to be clear and transparent, the dividend plan and amounts have not been defined. The dividends will track with growth and exits on creative properties, but the timing and levels of growth/exits will correlate to the volume and diversification of our creative investments. So at this point, we're focusing on the raise so we can fund the development and/or acquisition of creative properties that we can then grow enough to generate returns. We don't have to wait for the returns to generate the dividend plan, but we do want to know how much we have to invest and build, so as of today, the exact structure of our dividend plan is still TBD.

Emmet - Awesome questions, thank you. The valuation was backed into by calculating the balance of the lowest cost per share we could offer investors with an equity stake commensurate to our raise goal and a startup of our size. A higher valuation that increases share price and lowers the owners' stake may create too high a watermark for investor returns, while erring on the lower side and giving up a disproportionately high % of the company may hurt us in subsequent raises should we decide to raise again later. The other two questions are much easier to answer. Yes, founders are investing cash in addition to sweat equity. We're confident in the outcome and hope you will be, too. And, as for funds, the majority is going to intellectual properties. Like a fund that invests in companies, we're leveraging our vast experience in comics to invest in artists and material (through combinations of acquisition, 'acqui-hire', and funding). Only nominal amounts will cover salaries and even those are weighted towards our production team which will get those early wins, as opposed to executive compensation. We hope this addresses your questions!! Happy Holidays from The PC Team!

Aaron - Great to hear from you! You can email info @ popcultivator.com. We’d be happy to talk/review your work.