Back From The Depths Needs YOU! (BFTD Comic Submission Guidelines)

[Malcolm Kirk]

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the appearance of Scream! comic on newsagents shelves. So we at Back From The Depths were thinking... What better time to pay tribute by producing our very own Scream! inspired tribute publication?

That's where you lot come in. Back From The Depths are looking for artists and writers to help bring this idea to fruition.

We initially plan to produce a 32 page "issue zero", which will be available to download for free in pdf format. However, we may stretch to 64 pages if we receive enough contributions, and this is the pagecount we'd be aiming for with any subsequent issues.

Ideal submissions should be horror orientated and must be weird or spooky to make the final cut. We are mainly looking for completed comic strips between 1-7 pages in length. Eerie illustrations and artwork along with interesting horror/comic articles, scary short stories, petrifying poems or anything just plain creepy will also be considered.

We'll also consider material previously published elsewhere, as long as the contributors own the copyright.

Completed artwork should preferably be A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) 300 dpi jpegs.

Submissions can be sent to malcolmkirk(at)hotmail.co.uk or you can join the ning group and upload stuff there if you prefer.


To get involved visit the forum for more information, post your suggestions and stories and check out existing story ideas...

http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/category/listByTitle

and if you're an artist you should also check out the following rough storyboards in need of your talents...

Nintendo of Doom
http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/topics/2158124:Topic:1127
Bucket of Blood
http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/topics/2158124:Topic:334
Mostly Haunted
http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/topics/2158124:Topic:1109

As this is a non-profit, small press publication, contributors will not be paid but they will retain copyright on any material submitted.

DEADLINES :

Scripts, articles and text submissions : Saturday 25th July

Artwork : Saturday 10th October

Completed strips : Saturday 17th October.

The finished issue will be available online on October 31st.

[simon mackie]

Would this be suitable?

[simon mackie]

Further 3 pages

[simon mackie]

Final 3 pages

[Malcolm Kirk]

That should fit in perfectly. Nicely British atmosphere.

Tim West has final say on what goes into the comic 'cos he's the head editor chappy, (I'm just the bloke putting it all together), but I'm sure he'll be of the same opinion as myself.

[Tim West]

Yes, this is the type of story we are after. Thanks Simon

[simon mackie]

Excellent! Thanks Guys!

[dave hailwood]

Sounds like a fun project,

I'm quite busy with my Creative Writing MA final piece at the moment, so it may have to be a previously published strip.
I'll have a hunt around and see what I can find.

[Malcolm Kirk]

Just posting a reminder that the deadline for scripts, articles and text submissions is only a few weeks away.