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As it so happens, I've been itching to do a short comic story in collaboration with a writer for a while. Since I haven't had a whole lot of luck finding one by more desultory methods, I'm going to hold a contest! The winner will have his or her script drawn and publicized by me.

Entries should be scripts for a story approximately 5-15 pages in length. It can be any genre, using any combination of art techniques you like (though please take a look at my gallery linked in my sig to get at least some idea what I usually do. You're not limited to what I usually draw, but you do need to take into consideration how I usually draw.) You will, of course, have co-author credit and share the copyright and any profits which may eventually accrue (though I don't plan anything like that at this time.) You will be consulted on the art--we'll work together to get a result we both like.

Content should be kept within a PG rating. No innuendo or serious violence, please. I mean, you can submit bad stuff if you like, but it won't win, because I wouldn't want to draw it.

Please e-mail entries to me at nielsen dot cameron at gmail dot com. The judge will be me. I'll just pick the one I like best and which I think would be the most fun to draw--so the winner won't exactly be based on pure literary merit. You have been warned.

Deadline for entries is Thursday, May 1st--three weeks from today. Have fun!

Okay, some clarification, because some people were confused: the script should be for about 5-15 pages of COMIC. The comic page size is 6x9 in. So the author needs to kind of think roughly how much of their dialog would fit on a page, how much space action scenes take up, etc. While I will be doing the actual layout and composition of the pages, the author does need to meet me halfway. So, basically, a script laid out like this would be what I'm thinking of:

PAGE 1

Panel 1 (Small panel, close-up)
--Character 1: "Blah blah blah..."

Panel 2 (Larger, show everyone)
--Char. 2: "But blah!"
--Char. 1: "No, blah--"
--Char. 3: "You both are blah, so there!"

Something like that, anyway. You can do it however you like, really.

Hey, I've got a few scripts knocking around here somewhere. Gimme a few days to clean them up and pick a good one and I'll send it through PM

Hey, I've got a few scripts knocking around here somewhere. Gimme a few days to clean them up and pick a good one and I'll send it through PM

Excellent. (No hurry, you have plenty of time.)

Work made me forget this... darn it.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...very interesting...

One more week to go before the contest ends!

D: Still got nothing. Darned school and projects!!!

Is it too cheeky to submit a script for my cartoon that I don't want to draw yet?

Is it too cheeky to submit a script for my cartoon that I don't want to draw yet?

You mean as in a WFTT script?

That wouldn't bother me. Then I could kill two birds with one stone--guest strip for you, AND the comic contest.

ah yes, that sounds like a good idea.

Is it too cheeky to submit a script for my cartoon that I don't want to draw yet?

You mean as in a WFTT script?

That wouldn't bother me. Then I could kill two birds with one stone--guest strip for you, AND the comic contest.

What about an "Alone in a Crowd" script?

What about an "Alone in a Crowd" script?

Why not?

Nearly done mine...I don't usually put stage directions in the scripts as I have them in my head, so bare with me

As much as I want to refrain from using my own personal IPs... they are all I have. I wouldn't want to force you to make something that is mostly stuff that we already know about... given the number of times I drew up art of it.