VOID
Community => News & Events => Topic started by: Angie on Oct 22, 2011, 11:13 AM
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Introduction
For those of you that have been on the site for a while, you may remember the Pulpo anthologies. To the new guys out there, Pulpo was an anthology book that was released through Void's Pulpo imprint. The thing about Pulpo was it only ran stand alones that weren't connected at all to Void. Now Pulpo's daddy has moved onto bigger and better things, which has left us without a yearly printed book.
Now for years I've heard members request some sort of Void related book. They were always told that it couldn't be done due to the copyrights being such a pain in the butt. But then I saw War for Arcadia did release an official book for their site that featured artists from the site's characters and artwork.
And to give credit where credit is due, their releasing the book which can be found at http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5875 gave me the idea that hey, this can be done, let's do this shit. Void hasn't done a book in quite a while and this is something members have been requesting for years, so let's do it! (and so help me god if any of you turn this into a Void vs. WFA thread you will face my wrath, so keep that shit out of here)
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Requirements
1.Your entry must be Void related, meaning you're going to be using your character. The actual setting is up to you, so don't worry about it taking place in Void City. Alive or dead characters are allowed!
2.It must be a stand alone comic and must be something new, so no old battles. You are more than welcome to include bonus material like battle pages or pin ups, but it must be in addition to your comic.
3.If you are going to feature anyone else's characters, such as cameos. You must get their consent and info on getting that done is below in the copyright junk section.
4.Entries must be finished. Unfinished/obviously half assed entries will be declined.
5.Anyone who is a Voider that has done a comic on the site can submit and you won't be declined if you're not the best artist on the site. All that I ask is the entries be completed and are of equal quality to your battles.
6.No comic sans or unreadable text allowed. Anyone that uses comic sans or difficult to read text will get declined. You can find good fonts for free at http://blambot.com Digitally lettered pages are preferred so you can edit any typos and such down the line.
7.There will be a 3 page minimum, no maximum. But remember quality over quantity. A crappy 50 page entry isn't getting used.
8.No pornographic content
Technical Info
-printing will be done through http://ka-blam.com/printing/front/ and http://www.indyplanet.com/store/
-Black and White is accepted
-Color is accepted but it must be done in RGB (this is Ka-blam's standard)
-The book will be standard 7X10.5, however the "live area" as in area that won't get cropped is 6.25X9.75, Ka-blam has a handy template at http://ka-blam.com/printing/front/?p=119 if the template confuses you http://ka-blam.com/printing/index.php?page=Specs_comics should clear anything up
http://ka-blam.com/printing/front/?p=549 for double spreads
anything that doesn't fit in the template might get cropped. So double check all your pages to ensure they fit Ka-blam's template! I won't be fixing anyone's entries!
-All files must be 300 dpi. No more, no less. (beware of this if you work in Sai as it occasionally messes up dpi from Sai to Photoshop)
-All files must be saved as a .tif with LZW compression.
-All files must follow this naming format yourvoidnamepagenumber. For example, my submission would be angieness1.tif, angieness2.tif and such. No exceptions.
-Please include a page with any bio info/website info/credits you would like to have at the end of your entry
If you have any print specific questions, definitely check out Ka-blam's FAQ at http://ka-blam.com/printing/front/?cat=5
Deadline
April 1st, 2012 no exceptions
All entries must be sent to angieness@gmail.com by that deadline to be considered for print. Early submissions are welcome.
Copyright Junk/General Info
In order to give us the right to print something with your character, you will need to sign this form here.
www.hbreckelcolors.com/images/contractrough.pdf
(right click, save as)
If you cameo any character that does not belong to you, you must have them sign the form as well. This is to keep things from getting messy copyright wise. Once you sign the form, you give us the right to print your work and have your character featured. No take backs. You still retain all copyrights to your work and your character, Void nor Ka-blam nor Indyplanet will take the rights to your work away from you.
Absolutely no use of brands and such that do not belong to you is allowed. For example, you can't have Garfield drinking a can of Pepsi in your comic. Ka-blam actually declines comics for this.
As to where the money will be going, all proceeds will be going straight back to Void.
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FAQ
Have any questions? Toss them my way and I will include them in this post!
Why Ka-Blam and not Lulu or some other print service?
I have done a few books through Ka-Blam and have had overall good results with them. It's mostly a matter of going with what I know.
Should we keep the comics just for the book or will we be able to submit them to void site too?
You may submit a small preview, but you cannot post the whole entry. This will give Voiders incentive to buy the book.
Why Void themed and not all new characters and stand alones?
People have been asking for this a long time. We did have a stand alone anthology and it might happen again at some point. So just give it time.
Will I get any money for doing this?
Unfortunately no. Not even I will be getting any form of compensation and I'm the one putting the book together. All proceeds are going directly back to the site for things like paying the site's domain bills and such.
Can I do a collaboration with someone?
Sure thing! Just don't use this thread to set collabs up. I will need signatures from all parties involved.
Can I include any old battle pages?
You can, but only and only if you include a completed stand alone comic. And please don't go overboard, I'm not going to allow you to include 5 of your old battles because that would be silly. And again, you must have permission for all characters included.
Can I have references to any previous battles?
I don't mind, in some cases it may be inevitable. But stand alone means stand alone. If the comic does not make sense on its own without the audience having read previous installments, that's a no go. While I understand it will be mostly Voiders buying this, don't do anything like having your story take place during an important story arc.
For colored entries, are there any color restrictions?
I will be honest, even though Ka-Blam takes RGB files, there is no guarantee your entry will print 100% accurately. I highly recommend you stay away from extreme neon colors or extremely dark scenes. Bright blues and yellows especially can be picky. Ka-Blam is fairly accurate in my experience, but neon colors and very dark colors are going to be a gamble.
On the other note, will there be a moment at which you will say: ok, no more signups, TOUGH! ?
Nah, if I seriously get a complete entry from everyone signed up that would be amazing. If I got more than 250-300 pages worth of work from people I would just split it into 2 soul crushingly awesome volumes to keep the cost of the book down. (I think 300 pages was the limit before the book would go past $30 and that's when it gets insane) I know the likelihood of receiving a complete entry from every single person that's signed up is very slim, same with getting more than 250 pages of content. Which is why I would rather ensure I keep sign ups open and let everyone in that might do something than potentially end up without enough work to put in the book.
Like I said, worst case scenario I get so much amazing content I would put it in a volume 1 and volume 2 (they would be released at the same time of course). But again, it's pretty unlikely that will happen as I realize things come up, some people might not end up doing it, some might not make the deadline, etc.
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Sign Ups
This is just a formality to keep track of who all is wanting in. (If you change your mind about what character you would like to use or want to bow out, let me know!)
angieness with Angela Rudell (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/927/winterheadshot.jpg)
knomer with Skidmark (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1704/mccoythumb.jpg)
Monday with Agent Black (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/553/iconblack2.JPG)
Nachte with Gris (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1219/icon.png)
Orange with Luna (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1785/LunaAvatar.jpg)
Jackster with Dolly (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/860/flower.png)
Mister Kent with Jane Blonde (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1640/JaneBlondeScar2.jpg)
Sean Patrick Kelly with Doodle Dan (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1782/th_Doodle_Dan_001-1.jpg)
Dimension with Eden and Seak (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1394/Eden%20seak%20avi%20again.jpg)
amazingdavid with Ethel Chu (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1694/Aliceicon.jpg)
A.X. with Xia (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1642/xia%20icon.jpg)
Jong Bom with Jong (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1475/jongicon.jpg)
MyHateEatsPeople with Wizzie (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1918/newavwiz.jpg)
Galvo Character TBA
Toast Character TBA
Puzzlething with (http://i.imgur.com/7CimZ.jpg) Samandiriel
Dan with Dan(http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/77/thumb.jpg)
Zsabreuser with Pothole (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1400/potnewhead.jpg)
Runic with Ridley von Clayborne (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1787/VoidIcon.jpg)
Mr.Robot (possibly)
Redrevolver with TLBot (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1177/tlicon.gif)
Fern Character TBA
Ponbiki with Kaisho Ponbiki (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/187/ponicon.jpg)
Chao-one with Tobias (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/169/tobias-headshot.jpg)
wolcik with Mr.Awesome (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1671/awesome%20boxin%2050.jpg)
Michaelharris with Ghost Revolver (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1512/ghostrevolverhead.jpg)
PyrasTerran with Arena (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1679/arenalogo_entervoid.jpg)
tdkgunghoul with Kars (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1665/newshead.jpg)
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Add Skidmark pls (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1704/mccoythumb.jpg)
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100 pages
2hours
knifeonly
fogofwar
norespawn
do it you wont
(http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/553/iconblack2.JPG)
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(http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1219/icon.png)
You miswell just stick this next to black's icon, because I think we're doing a collab. At least judging by the 495830495 messages I just got on skype from Monday.
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Its rebootin' time.
Luna - (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1785/LunaAvatar.jpg)
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And collabs are fine. I might do one myself if my usual partner in crime is up for it. (amazingdavid)
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Hey! The deadline's on my birthday!
Anyways, I'll join in the fun with (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/860/flower.png) (http://entervoid.com/character.php?id=860)
I had this idea for a comic that I was going to submit as a Beyond Battle. After seeing this, I'll transfer it exclusively for this book instead.
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Sign me up pleeease! :D
Methinks I'll go with (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1640/JaneBlondeScar2.jpg)
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(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/293/d/d/so_awesome_rainbow_dash_by_misterbrony-d4da6jj.png)
I would love to join in on this and Doodle Dan is my guy of choice!!!
Sean Patrick Kelly with Doodle Dan (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1782/th_Doodle_Dan_001-1.jpg) (man, i gotta make a replacement)
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A 4 month deadline? SIGN ME UP.
obviously I only have one character, Zedan Dromer. (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1854/zedan%20icon.jpg)
This is the perfect chance to do some of his pre VOID adventures.
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Hey! The deadline's on my birthday!
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That's my birthday too.
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OH MAN. THIS IS GREAT.
You can count me in. Dimension with Eden and Seak (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1394/Eden%20seak%20avi%20again.jpg)
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I can throw some pages at this anthology...I will probably use Ethel.
YAAAAYY! Social work and Justice combined BOOM POW!
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me me me me me meeeee
A.X. with Xia (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1642/xia%20icon.jpg)
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Jong Bom with Jong (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1475/jongicon.jpg)
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Yes, Gonna do thiiiisss
Sign me up with (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1918/newavwiz.jpg) Wizzie (considering she's my only Void fighter, ha)
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And to clarify, you are more than welcome to include old battle stuff but you must submit a new comic in order to include it. So I don't mind if you guys wanna show off any previous work, just there has to be a comic that is exclusive to the book first. Just don't like, submit your entire battle history, that would be a bit much.
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Updated the FAQ with some info, especially on colors. Be wary of dark scenes or neon colors in your entry. Ka-blam is pretty accurate, but extremely bright neon colors and very dark scenes might not print out well. So be mindful of "do I think a printer is capable of printing this?". Certain yellows and blues can be kind of weird. I have personally never seen anything from Ka-Blam print too off compared to what I saw on the screen, but better safe than sorry.
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Going off of what Angie said, if you're coloring with Photoshop, it should actually warn you if the color you're picking might not print the same.
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Yeah you'll see a little ! next to your color selection. Just click the ! and it'll auto pick something safe.
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what kind of person would i be if i didn't sign up.
put me down <3
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Sounds super fun, I'd love to get something in.
Puzzlething with (http://i.imgur.com/7CimZ.jpg) Samandiriel
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Planning on trying to get a cover together, as well as a story for this beast! Using Dan! (forgive my non-usage of the thumbnail, posting from mobile). Hell yeah, Angie!
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Cool cool, will add you to the list when I get home as I am also on my phone.
Also, Galvo did you have a specific character you wanted to use? I'm assuming you would wanna bust Galvo out for this but let me know
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Aluísio sends in (http://entervoid.com/images/fighters/1400/potnewhead.jpg) (http://entervoid.com/character.php?id=1400)Pothole!
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I want to be a part of this. The WfA book was a fun process!
In with Ridley. I have to plan some things!
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heather-- TBA.
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I'm in, with Valpuri.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/endjoi/valicon.jpg)
I'll do anything, just so I can draw her hair again.
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Awesome awesome! We've got quite the sweet lineup so far! As long as everyone turns in, this should become a very lovely book. I'm estimating this will be about 200 pages or so unless we get some very very long entries. I think ideally we wouldn't want to go over 300 pages and I highly doubt we would (we're fortunately not all page monsters), because then the price might start getting insane for the book. I figure we'll cross that bridge when we get there when I actually look and see how many finished entries we have.
All the more reason to focus on quality over quantity.
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I'm in, with Valpuri.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/endjoi/valicon.jpg)
I'll do anything, just so I can draw her hair again.
ahhh this is awesome. I really like this character.
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I'm in, with Valpuri.(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/endjoi/valicon.jpg)
I'll do anything, just so I can draw her hair again.
ahhh this is awesome. I really like this character.
I second this sentiment. It's a shame the character did not get many comics.
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I'm writin', Gabe's drawin'. No decision has been made on characters yet.
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I want to do this real bad. I think I can pull something together but I might be too busy!!!
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Oh my goodness it would be an honor to have you if you can do it Evan! I'll add you to the list, but if you can't do it no worries
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I'll do a little something with TL Bot :D
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I'd love to sign up too - possibly with Lophii or the other gal I am working on ATM.
On the other note, will there be a moment at which you will say: ok, no more signups, TOUGH! ?
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Nah, if I seriously get a complete entry from everyone signed up that would be amazing. If I got more than 250-300 pages worth of work from people I would just split it into 2 soul crushingly awesome volumes to keep the cost of the book down. (I think 300 pages was the limit before the book would go past $30 and that's when it gets insane) I know the likelihood of receiving a complete entry from every single person that's signed up is very slim, same with getting more than 250 pages of content. Which is why I would rather ensure I keep sign ups open and let everyone in that might do something than potentially end up without enough work to put in the book.
Like I said, worst case scenario I get so much amazing content I would put it in a volume 1 and volume 2 (they would be released at the same time of course). But again, it's pretty unlikely that will happen as I realize things come up, some people might not end up doing it, some might not make the deadline, etc.
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And on the cost note, I am most likely going to let Indyplanet sell the book digitally as well. On the book that I released that was only about 50 pages, I remember a few international friends that bought it had to pay out the ass on shipping, I don't want to know how much it would be for something larger. It will be available digitally if the cost of the physical book is too much for you or the shipping might be insane.
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Will you moderate the entries as well? I am just curious, I hope whatever I do would get past moderation ;)
Oh, just imagine 300 pages of void awesomeness... I think I would be one very happy girl if I got one of these!
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I will be moderating entries based on the following criteria. And keep in mind on all of these it is your responsibility to fix any major problems I find, I won't be doing it.
-Is this comic equal to or superior to your comics present on the site? This is the big one. Like I said in the rules, anyone of any skill level can get in, but I have to see that you put your best foot forward. If it looks like ass next to your battles it's a no go. As long as you really put your heart into the comic, you'll have no issues getting in. Please don't attempt to make a long entry if you've never successfully done a long comic. I would rather have 20 entries that are 5 pages long that look amazing than 20 long entries that look like ass.
-Did they follow all of the rules?
-Does everything fit the technical specifications? (page size, does it fit the ka-blam template, is it 300 dpi, etc.) If it doesn't, you will be asked to fix it.
-I highly recommend everyone have a friend proof read their entries, especially if you know spelling/grammar is a weakness or if you might have some troubles with English. I'll be checking for typos and stuff like that so it'll definitely make my life easier if you guys have your buddies look over your script prior to submitting. I recommend everyone does their text digitally for this reason, because you'll have to fix any problems like that. I'm no grammar nazi, but at the very least your entry should be free of typos or grammatical errors when you're submitting something for print.
I mean it's going to be very straight forward. As long as everyone follows the rules and technical requirements and tries on their entries it's not going to be very hard to get in. I won't be personally critiquing everyone's entries or anything, but I will let you know what was wrong if the entry breaks the rules or looks like ass.
If anyone gets declined they can of course resubmit, but the problems have to be fixed or we won't be friends anymore.
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Hey Angie, I'm the co-editor of the WFA artbook. Just dropping by to wish you good luck with the book! Good choice in doing an anthology, it will be much less work regarding editing than an artbook; our book took ages to put together because we had to chase down people, collect artworks and write texts too. I will check out the void book once it's done!
Regarding Indyplanet I can tell you a few things:
- The cover gets cut more than you'd think. The inside cover seems to get cut a lot less for some weird reason.
- The quality is okay but since it's print on demand it's not perfect. I think Indyplanet is much much much cheaper than Lulu if you want to print in color. Comixpress is another printing service but I have no experience with it. Seems to be the same thing, in essence. We had some small books from both Comixpress and Indyplanet here before we decided but it's hard to judge.
- Printing and shipping together can take up to a month, with bad luck even a bit longer. We have been waiting for the digital publishing option since June or so and as far as I know it's still not available. Their website is a bit broken in places.
- Shipping internationally! Our book had 224 pages so we are talking roughly the same size here. Do not order more than 4 books at once else the shipping costs will increase drastically if you have it shipped internationally (you can play with the amount in the shopping cart and see how shipping costs change). Shipping of 4 books is actually reasonable.
They split up my order of 4 books to 2 books per package and marked it as a commercial sample. This way it takes longer but it's also easier to avoid customs this way. Customs and stuff like that will probably depend on the country, so look up your customs regulations and the price limits if you want to save money.
All the best with this project! :-)
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Thanks for the tips and the well wishes! Because I had gotten the idea from seeing WFA do it, I'm glad we have your blessing.
What would you recommend for a wrap around? I couldn't tell if you guys' cover was a wrap around or not from the picture on Indyplanet.
Yeah, cost was definitely the reason I went with Indyplanet over Lulu. Lulu is nice but they get pretty pricey and they can be picky about what they put up. I'm surprised it takes so long for them to put the digital version up. With my own book the digital edition went up at the same time as the print edition but that was only 50 pages vs. 200+. Have you guys contacted them about that? I remember just needing to ask and someone was able to put it up right away.
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We had a wrap-around cover, you can see it on this photo: http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h50/fivelein/WFA/Artbook/artbook-photos.jpg
As far as I know the whole digital book section has been down for half a year. I just looked it up, it's still down for "maintenance": www.indyplanetdigital.com
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Very nice!
For the digital edition I may toss it up on Graphicly then, they seem to be pretty solid.
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Lulu is a racket. Comixpress has been pretty good for me!
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Me with ponbiki.
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Count me in. I'll be throwing in Tobias.
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Since there's still some time I might try to do something quality with Awesome - like a summary of some sort of his personality ;)
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Hope everyone's starting to think about their comic for the anthology! The deadline can definitely creep up on you!
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Hope everyone's starting to think about their comic for the anthology! The deadline can definitely creep up on you!
Script is in process!
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The script for my entry is mostly complete. I have the first 14 pages rough sketched already.
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I've got a rough outline and some concept doodles, now to start hashing out an actual script. I'm not letting this deadline pass me by. >:3
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Glad to hear it!
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I just planned out my deadlines for my thesis, and it looks like I'll be working flat out on that for almost the next year. Basicly, I won't have time to do this.
I need to remove my entry.
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good luck everybody!
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I'll be doing some Ghost Revolver...
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As soon as I get a character approved, I am all over this :D
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Jump me in with Arena (and maybe her Entourage)
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Question: No pornographic content, define pornographic in this case?
what about nudity, or tasteful (or pg13) sex?
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I would avoid sex and nudity altogether, Ka-blam won't print adult material and I don't know how lenient they are on nudity.
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What about strong language and/or bloody violence?
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Strong language and violence is fine, I think Ka-blam only cares about nudity/sex.
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I'm in. Kars.
Let's do this right.
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Will this be available to order through a comic book store?
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No, only online and print to order. Void is not yet at a stage where comic book stores would be carrying it.
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I have to bow out. I have some life changes happening in the next few months and have to put everything on hold for the time being. Sorry, I was super excited and bummed I have to miss out. mayhaps next time.
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I'd love to be a part of this, but honestly I'm stumped about what to submit.
Anyone wanna collab?
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Just a heads up, I think I'll be using Sodah for this instead of Eden and Seak.
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no comic sans? booo
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I don't know if anybody asked this yet, but in the event this whole thing pulls through, when will the final product be ready for sale?
(not asking for an exact date here, more like just a vague movie trailer "coming this summer" would be fine tia)
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Not sure, it depends on if everyone follows the Ka-blam templates for their pages. It'll likely be 1-2 months depending on how long it takes to get the test print, if there's not much editing that needs done, as well as how long it takes them to put it on indyplanet.
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Progress is 9 pages completed out of 38.
29 pages
36 days
Let's rock this shit.
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Hell yeah Theo - that's the spirit! I think I'm half done...ish
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We're here in the last month now! Hope you're all working on your entries! If anyone needs any extra time, let me know. I am willing to grant extensions, but they have to be realistic, meaning you won't get anything like an extra month. But if you're cutting it close I'm willing to give people a little extra time.
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I will not be able to meet the deadline :( Maybe next volume....
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I've got the lines, now I need some color on them and I'm ready :)
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Sorry guys but I won't be able to meet the deadline either, and an extension for me probably won't be reasonable enough. College final project and family issues got the better of me :(
I'll be submitting my entry as a BB for the site anyway. Apologies for the let down.
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My collab team is kicking into overdrive, I hope you're all doing the same!
The first 2 pages, unlettered. If anyone wants to share hype to light fire under people's asses, then go for it!
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3462/anthologypreview.jpg)
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19 days to go everyone!
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Just finished toning my 22nd page... 16 more. Let's do this! >:D
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Just a heads up.
Sorry, I won't be able to make the deadline for this. I only got about 5 pages done, and I was hoping to catch up during my spring break, but I think I'm gonna have to be working during it instead. And once I get back to college I won't have time.
I'll still buy this anthology when it comes out though and I look forward to it so good luck dudes!
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26 pages completed.... 12 left... not counting revisions... I am so tired. @_@
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Keep it up! 8 pages to go here!
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4 more pages to go on my side. Can't wait to see who else turns in!
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I hate to be a party pooper...like I generally am these days, but I doubt I'll be able to find the time to submit. If I can get some things in order and just crack down hardcore next week on an entry for this I can maybe squeeze in one, but as it stands I doubt I'll be able to. Just haven't had much motivation in the way of working on Luna comics lately, and I was going to do something else...but I lost motivation on that too.
Still though, I've seen some rad WIPs from some of you guys so this should kick ass anyway.
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Sunday is the deadline! Anyone that needs an extra week let me know!
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I've got two more pages to go, though a week extension would be great for breathing room and time to make some tweaks to the final art.
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there seems to be a problem with angie's mailbox capacity
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Gmail can only take up to 25MB files at a time. If your files are too large, please upload them to rapidshare or sendspace and send them to me that way. Most entries shouldn't be that large when saved properly as a RGB TIFF with LZW compression
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DOH! Sorry about that, I should've putted in my characters. Here's my groups of character, all of them together) the RFC Squad (http://i43.tinypic.com/23vx2ko.jpg)
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DOH! Sorry about that, I should've putted in my characters. Here's my groups of character, all of them together) the RFC Squad (http://i43.tinypic.com/23vx2ko.jpg)
I think you're a bit late to the party.
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Anyone that submitted an entry, could you get me a quick artist bio? Some people made their own for their entries so if you want to format your own page for it, that's fine. Otherwise I need a quick blurb about you. I also need people's real names and the title of their entries if they didn't provide one.
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I just finished assembling everything! All that's left is me writing a quick outro and making the spine. The editors are going to do a last look through to make sure I didn't mess up the order of anyone's comics. From there everything will be sent in to Ka-Blam for the test print. The final page count of the book is 177 pages!
I can't give an ETA yet as I'm not sure how long it will take to receive the test print, and there's also the chance something might go wrong. But if Ka-blam doesn't take forever, it should take about a month for it to be available. I don't have a finalized price yet, but it will likely fall between $20-$25 which is average for a full color anthology book of this size. For those who can't afford it/are from another country and don't want to pay out the ass for shipping, it will also be for sale digitally. (not sure how long it takes Ka-blam to put stuff up for digital sales)
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I'm going to look over the book one last time tonight and send it in for its test print tomorrow! I'm not sure how long the process will take, I anticipate it taking a week or two to receive the test print. If we get it right on the first go, the book will be up for sale soon.
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Shipping date on the test print is June 13th! If there's nothing wrong with the test print, expect to be able to purchase it shortly after then.
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Will the purchases be different for folk over seas (like here in Jolly old England) don't know If that is a stupid question or not.
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Perfect timing! My bday is on the 19th so I'm sure I'll have some money to get it :D
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I know that shipping is a lot more for overseas, but that's a given. I recall a few people had to pay a lot for my 50 page book I released through Ka-blam just because of S&H. The book will at least be available digitally if anyone's afraid of the shipping costs.
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I'm one of those who prefers purchasing digitally, it saves me from abusing my wallet too much.
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Got the book in the mail today!
(http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4704/anthologyhardcopy.jpg)
I am in the process of setting it up for sale, but here's the details.
177 pages
$20 for the hard copy, not including S&H
$4.99 for the digital copy
All proceeds that don't go towards printing, go towards the site itself, I'm not pocketing a dime.
I can't remember how long Ka-blam takes to put things on their store, but I'll make a new thread when it's available!
Next time I might not number the pages as there's just no elegant way to do it.
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Do want DO want DO WANT!
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! (I hope my pages are okay!)
I'll be using these photos to advertise it on my facebook art page if that's alllriiight!
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That's totally fine! Everything looks like it printed accurately to me. The people that were most in danger of having any issues were me and Jackster due to my weird color palettes and Jackster's bright colors and they came out fine. I didn't see any issues of pages going too dark which can happen. Ka-blam has always been accurate to me so that's why I went with them.
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Yeah I heard something that certain blues and yellows can be a little temperamental in print or something along those lines with certain colours! Nightmare. I wish my entry could have been longer though.
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its so beautiful! I want one!
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so excited!
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Is there a second one coming up? Cause I'm not satisfied with what I sent last time.
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There is, but not until after The Black Stripe comes out. THen again, you can always do something for that. Or both...
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Yeah volume 2's date won't be announced until after The Black Stripe's release. The second volume will have the same guidelines as the first, so people are free to start early and send me entries at any time. You've got at least a year.
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I'm creating a comic for this right now, but I didn't sign up, is that a problem?
Sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread, it was meant for the Black Stripe one... Stupid me...