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Sin-Eater Productions/RoosterTree ComicLit Bilateral: Confessions of a Porn Clerk
NEWS 2008.09.21
St. Äma, of Sin-Eater Productions, & I have been communicating about a comics collaboration which is already under way. Deets to follow.



RoosterTree ComicLit: CCCCP: Creative Community Collected Comics Pages
COVER ART 2008.09.25



NEWS 2008.09.02 (! UPDATED 2008.10.09)
October 6th has come & gone & submissions have closed; details are going out to our co-conspirators, the fabulousness of whom cannot be understated.


THE THEORY
In this blog post in my LJ I announced how I wanted to put together & publish a collection of sequential art works by my creative LJ friends, whether they had worked in the comics medium before or not. My love of sequential art includes such a broad definition that almost anyone in any visual or literary discipline could contribute.

My efforts, as an editor/proofreader/whatever the title is, continue to be volunteer outside my own contributions as a creator - all profit sharing will be equally split among the creators. My most recent consideration for a POD release is through comiXpress, but I'm open to any venue that serves more than just a local region; already I've received submissions from & collabs with people in Canada, the U.S. & Britain. The book will boast a colour cover with B+W/greyscale interiors, a humble, but proud beginning.

This collection of short comics is as varied in subject matter & eclectic in visual style as the people who chose to be involved. I left the subject matter completely open with a loose 5 page maximum. This collection is for mature audiences.

My preferred cover designer deferred, so my next task for this project is creating the cover art, followed in no particular order by book layout, consideration of venues for promotion & advertising, a game plan to put review copies in the hands of the media, distribution of publishing agreements to all contributors & asking those contributors for their bylines & personal ads.

~Brian


LIST OF CCCCP CONTRIBUTORS (alphabetagammically)
Props to the following ultra-cool mofos for submitting their work(s):
esmeralda_m - Esmeralda
fry1138 - Fry
klaproth_1 - Kaltrop
piratebanana - Mike
shoe5005 - Shoe
skarygrl - Jenn
strahlend31 - Jen
wbm - Brian
ysabetwordsmith - Elizabeth


SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED THUS FAR (chronologically)
Rose, a 1-pager by esmeralda_m
The Tragic Tale of Lou, the Self Aware HouseFly, a 1-pager written by esmeralda_m with her f-list pal strahlend31 setting up the images
The Adventures of Wrist Cutting Girl, a multi-part collection of short chapters written by klaproth_1 & illustrated by esmeralda_m
There's No Place Like Home, 5 pages of long-distance love featuring my illustration of a story written by me & skarygrl, not-that-loosely based on her current affair
Magic Hour, fry1138's tale of a very special early morning fishing trek, told with photos on 1 page
The Engineer in His Cups, originally a poem by ysabetwordsmith then adapted into a 3-page script & illustrated by Yours Truly
The Magic Cheese, dreamed & journaled by shoe5005 & illustrated as 2 pages by klaproth_1
Chateau du G'yargh'thraxx, a 4-page satire written by piratebanana & drawn par moi.


And the following two strips didn't make the cut - they made the interior into 26 pages, & only a multiple of four will fly:
Hacksaw, four panels of grocerilicious true story by esmeralda_m
I Love You, Lula, as told to me by my 6yo friend, Ethan O'Hearn.


LINKS FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED (chronologically - make sure you're logged into LJ, cuz they're custom-locked)
The following links all lead to the RoosterTree tagged custom-friends-filtered posts regarding this anthology:
Genesis of the idea
Format, profit-sharing, basics of sequential art storytelling
POD printing possibilities
Acknowledgements thus far
Thoughts on developing the creator/publisher contract
Thoughts on the editing process
Request for TITLE suggestions for the book
THE DEADLINE (August 15th, 2008), + a link to the still-in-development contract
Suggestion for the inspired & generous to help those who could use some assistance
Perks for contributors
Announcement of the inevitable inclusion of a bit of legalese


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