2D CLOUD is seeking submissions for our upcoming GOOD MINNESOTAN episode #4 and Struktur phase one. Please read through the following submission requirements and email any remaining questions to Justin, Raighne, or Meghan at good.minnesotan [@] gmail.com.GOOD MINNESOTAN episode #4 Submission Guidelines
For those of you unfamiliar with our comic art compendium, GOOD MINNESOTAN, each episode contains experiments in sequential storytelling created by artists from or living in MN. To see the previous three episodes visit the 2D CLOUD Store.
We have often leaned towards odd, somewhat autobiographical fine-art comics and to artists who have never worked in the comics medium before. With GMN#4 we hope to make this our most beautiful and expressive fine art comic compendium yet.
To read the rest of the GMN #4 Submission Requirements click here and/or continue reading below.
GMN #4 Submission Checklist: Your comic pages, self-portrait, and bio.
The comic pages and self-portrait you submit must be: gray scale, a minimum of 300 dpi for initial submission, 1200 dpi for final pages, .tiff files, 8.5" x 7" page size for comics, 2.5"x 3.5" for self-portraits. For those who want their comic pages to have bleeds, they must extend at least 1/8th of an inch past the page edge and within that 1/8th of an inch don't include anything vital.
We prefer stories that are 1-10 pages in length, but do not exceed 25 unless you consult with us first. DO NOT INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS.
Your comic must be sequential art. Do not send us unrelated images that cannot be read in a sequence. We're looking for stories, not sketchbook material. Your bio should include your contact info such as email, website, blog, myspace, facebook, etc.
At this time, the payment you'll receive if your submission is accepted is your comic posted on GOOD MINNESOTAN online, a free copy of the print issue of GOOD MINNESOTAN your comic is included in and free promotion. GOOD MINNESOTAN is sold in comic and book stores in Minnesota, Illinois, California, New York, Portland, Maryland and online. Tony Shenton, our indy sales rep, markets GMN to comic book shops across the US. We do local conventions such as FallCon, MicroCon, Rain Taxi's Twin Cities Book Fest, the MCBA Bookarts fest, Twin Cities Zinefest, The Walker Art Center's Multiples Mall and national/international conventions such as APE, TCAF and MOCCA. GMN gets reviewed on comic review sites such as Optical Sloth, File Under Other, and High-Low and is referenced on The Comic Journal's 'Journalista' blog.
WE ONLY ACCEPT EMAIL AND MAILED CD SUBMISSIONS. Don't send us your originals. We won't be able to send them or any submission material back to you.
Title your email or burned disc: GMN4 Submission from (your first and last name). In the message of your email or on the disc package include: your first and last name, your email address, the title of your comic, the number of pages. Attach/burn to disc/or send via FTP: your comic pages, bio, and self-portrait.
Send your submission to: good.minnesotan@gmail.com or Raighne & Meghan Hogan 2D CLOUD 1618 Central Ave NE Suite #214 Mpls, MN 55413
Deadlines and Notification
- Fri 8/14/09: GMN#4 Submissions DEADLINE
- Mon 8/31/09: Accepted comics will be listed on the GMN blog
- First half of 2010: GMN#4 release
Struktur Submission GuidelinesEDIT : Click here for an update to the Struktur submission info.
This is very much a conceptual/experimental project. I got the idea for this a few years ago and tried to get folks interested in it, without too much success. But what originally inspired me was the work of Georges Perec, a brilliantly experimental writer and member of Oulipo.
In W, or The Memory of Childhood, Georges Perec, balances two narratives that may or may not have anything in common. As the reader delves deeper into the novel something happens. A 3rd narrative emerges, one that ties it into a whole. It’s the same kind of magic that happens in a comic, the juxtaposition of text and image. The reader becomes an active participant and fills in the gaps.
My idea for this conceptual anthology is to lay down some basic rules, and, similar to how wikipedia works, perhaps a common thread or in wikipedia’s case- facts, will emerge, while in the case of this anthology, the forming of a between the lines narrative.
In my previous write-up for Struktur I said that the overall theme was escapism. That’s not quite true. What the theme for this project ought to be based on is the machinations of miniature societies, utopia’s or even dystopias (thanks to Tom K for reminding me of this!) Obviously escapism can be a part of this project in addition to the above theme’s, it needn’t be the root.
So, back to the rules:
There is a building or some kind of general housing structure. There are its inhabitants who have never left that place nor seen what physically lay beyond there for X generations. Then there is the WHY and the HOW. Why are they there/why haven’t they left. How are they able to exist in that microcosm (food/breeding/heading/water/religion//clothing/etc)?
Those questions are up to the creator to explain or hint at in 1-25 pages (10 pages preferably- your story can go above or below the 1-25 page limit, but this might make the likely hood of it’s accompaniment in the printed version unlikely).
As to the visuals:
Due to the nature of this first appearing on the internet (and general visual preference that I have) I would ask that your art be of the hand-crafted/drawn/coloured/mixed-media-ed variety. Why? I feel that the showing of nature or handcrafted things brings an organic openness to new(ish) media/art (in this case, being the web) and makes it easier for the mind to step in. In the extra’s section on the dvd of the film Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky, he talks a bit about why this is (this may be on the extra’s in the film Stalker if not Solaris).
An Evolving Project:
This Project currently has 3 phases, but that could change. In phase one, the above rules will have to be adhered to with some seriousness. In phase two, the rules can be loosened. Finally, In phase three, the rules can be broken. The reason for this set-up is that let’s say you are in a strange city. What do you do/where do you go if you could do anything/go anywhere? Obviously, you could go anywhere/do anything just as soon as you could go nowhere/do nothing. I think it is easier to start something if you have a destination. Once phase one is complete and online, this could provide a direction to continue in, or equally to go in the opposite direction. Phase three will continue in opening up the project.
This Anthology will provide a bit of an elevation platform as it will ideally provide both established creators and new creators with an outlet for something new and a bit different for the cynically small small press comic market.
Creative-Commons Initiative:
Collaboration is a large part of this project. As such usage of your art/characters/media by your peers/fellow collaborators is to be granted and advocated. Everyone involved with this project is free to turn their contribution into a mini or evolve it into any sort of large or small scale project without needing permission from anyone. What we do ask from everyone that decides to try is to somewhere on their project to make reference to our project and its web address (which will most likely be an extension of our 2D Cloud website, you know, once that becomes an ACTUAL website...)
More Infoz:
The comic pages and self-portrait you submit can be in either gray scale or colour, 1200 dpi, .tiff files, 8.5" x 7" page size for comics, 2.5"x 3.5" for self-portraits. For anyone who wants their comic pages to have full bleeds, have the file 1/8" minimum larger than given page size and within that 1/8" of an inch do not include anything vital.
Your comic should ideally be 1-25 pages. We prefer stories that are 1-10 pages in length. DO NOT INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS on your comic pages.
Your comic must be sequential comic material. Do not send us unrelated images that cannot be read in a sequence. We want stories. Your bio should include your contact info such as email, website, blog, myspace ect.
At this time, the payment you'll recieve if your comic is accepted is a free copy of Struktur and free promotion. 2D Cloud comics are sold in comic and book stores in Minnesota, Illinois, California, New York, Portland and online. Tony Shenton, our indy sales rep, markets GM to comic book stores across the US. We do local conventions such as FallCon and Rain Taxi's Twin Cities Book Fest, and national conventions such as APE in California. GM gets reviewed on comic review sites such as Optical Sloth, File Under Other, and High-Low.
WE ONLY ACCEPT EMAIL AND MAILED CD SUBMISSIONS. Don't send us your originals. We won't be able to send them or any submission material back to you.
Title your email or burned disc: Struktur Submission from (your first and last name). In the message of your email or on the disc package include: your first and last name, your email address, the title of your comic, the number of pages. Attach/burn to disc/or send via FTP: your comic pages, bio, and self-portrait.
Send your submission to: good.minnesotan@gmail.com or Raighne & Meghan Hogan 2D CLOUD 1618 Central Ave NE Suite #214 Mpls, MN 55413
Deadlines and Notification
* Sat 11/11/09: Struktur Submissions DEADLINE
* Fri 12/31/09: Accepted comics will begin to be serialized online!
* MoCCA 2010: We ought to have the printed version out by then.
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