Do you have a great idea for a novel? Do you love writing? Have you started writing your own story? If you answered yes to any (extra points for all) of the above, then you need to check out NaNoWriMo–short for National Novel Writing Month. “National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel…
It’s big. Easily one of my favorite ideas, and one that I’ve been developing for months and months. This comic will end up totaling 500-600 pages when completed, and the drawings and story will be rich with details. Where Upside Down is spooky and fun, this story is adventurous and thought-provoking. I think that it…
From Craig Atkinson, Publisher/Editor of Cafe Royal Books: “Dear All, Illegal Olympics is a new project I’m working on. I am collecting images of illegal use of Olympic branding. The 2012 London Olympics come with strict guidelines regarding the use of Olympic branding,http://www.london2012.com/about-us/our-brand/using-the-brand/. I will be publishing a book, documenting illegal use of Olympic branding,…
CALL FOR COMICS #1 (from Emi Gennis and Hic + Hoc) Hic & Hoc Publications is planning to publish their first anthology next fall, and they have selected me to edit the book. I’m very excited about this! The theme of the book is Unsolved Mysteries, and we’re looking for submissions of short, nonfiction comics that fit within…
Are you an artist or a writer and looking for a great way to spread your work to the masses? You might want to check out Emanata – a comic and visual story reader for the iPad that lets emerging visual storytellers show their work and interact with readers.”Some are funny, some sad, and some…
While The Submission Guidelines for every Comic and Manga Publisher in the Universe is missing some important publishers, and some of the information is outdated, Jason Thibault has put together a helpful list of submission guidelines for comics and manga publishers around the globe. If you are serious about submitting your comics to publishers, then you…
Happy Friday! I thought I’d try something different this weekend and post a challenge to you all: draw something. Draw one thing you can see in front of you and one thing that you make up.
“Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a contest where we invite students in the United States to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see. This year, we ask students to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, “If I could travel in time, I’d visit…” One lucky…
I just submitted my drawing for the Doodler’s Anonymous coloring book! I had a blast, just filling up the page with fun little critturs and things. You have until the 31st to submit your own. Hooray for drawing! Here’s a little piece from my submission: