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aiyokusama

I'm Going To Do It! aka...need an artist!

Nov 01, 2010 04:59

Well, it's been peculating at the back for mind for about two years now. Three weeks ago i broke my cardinal rule of NOT posting in comic book forums, but I'm rather glad I did. In a thread about Cass Caine, I mentioned that I wanted to try my hand at writing a comic script and submitting it to DC, but I have no idea how. one person ( Read more... )

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dragonbat2006 November 2 2010, 05:10:08 UTC

Actually, in order to get DC to look at anything you writer, you have to show them published material.

The good news? Online publishing counts. Including fanfiction, so long as it doesn't involve one of their own properties.

If you're doing something original, then maybe go to ff.net's shy stepsister, www.fictionpress.net. Get your story up there, and tell them that you'd like to adapt that into a comic script. But they won't look at an unsolicited script.

aiyokusama November 2 2010, 06:02:49 UTC

This is why I'm going to do the self-published final product route. Would sending that to them be workable? Is there a magical publication number I need to hit to be noticed?

And when you say published online, I'm guessing you mean in proper comic script format?

dragonbat2006 November 2 2010, 10:26:23 UTC

Self-published is fine. And no, it doesn't need to be a comic book. It just needs to be published.

aiyokusama November 2 2010, 13:21:28 UTC

Well, seeing as I what to be writing comics, wouldn't showing my work in comic book format be a good idea?

Or is there another format that is preferred?

dragonbat2006 November 2 2010, 14:41:02 UTC

When DiDio spoke at Fan Expo, the emphasis he placed was on published work--period. Stories, screenplays, novels, comics... s'all good. He said that at conventions what he and the rest of the DC 'brass' do is go around to the tables where the local creative are selling/displaying and scout them out.

If you can get an artist and you're doing an independent comic, go for it. (And if Ty Templeton is at a con that you're attending, you can show him the finished product and he might give you some critical feedback. I saw him talk to an indie artist for a good 20 minutes about a self-published comic.)

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