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PREMIER COMICS SUBMISSION

Premier Comics is back in action once again. We have recently released our 2017 Spring/Summer issue, which you can find here. We’re now moving into the next wave of Premier, and are now accepting submissions for our Fall/Winter issue for 2017!

2017 FALL/WINTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Our current deadlines are the following:

Submission Deadline: August 1st

Progress Deadline: October 20th

Final Deadline: November 17th

You may see that our Submission Deadline is August 1st. This is not a complete cutoff, as we will still allow people to submit content well after this deadline. If you submit after the Submission Deadline, we cannot guarantee our ability to help you with whatever needs you may have, but we will still try our best to get to everyone when possible.

You can read a more in-depth explanation to our new deadline rules, here.

SUBMITTING YOUR CONTENT

Now, I want to start off by letting everyone know that when you submit content, you keep the rights to everything you do and make. Premier Comics is free and has no advertisements of any kind, making it more accessible to the community. Work published through Premier Comics remains entirely the property of their respective creators, meaning they are free to be published anywhere else as well.

Now that that’s out of the way, we welcome all illustrators, writers, letterers, and editors to join the fold and create and assist in content. We accept comics, art pieces, articles, interviews, and tutorials for Premier. If you have something you’d like to submit, you can use our Submission Form!

PREMIER COMICS SUBMISSION FORM

Everyone is welcome to join us and our community! Come into the Discord and chat with everyone! We have an active community always willing to help others and discuss many topics.

Premier Comic’s Winter 2017 issue now has its submission deadlines laid out for all contributors!

Submission Deadline: August 1st

Progress Deadline: October 20th

Final Deadline: November 17th

Having gone over how the deadlines work and what we expect from comic submissions, I'll now talk about the submission process itself. Since you're going to be emailing us for the deadlines, here's what what expect in the emails.

Subject Line: Be professional. Use this template: [ISSUE RELEASE DATE] SUBMISSION - [COMIC NAME] BY [AUTHOR/AUTHORS] Example: November 2016 Submission - Sprite by Oruguin Avoid: My submission / Here's my comic / I like comics / etc.

Email Content: Be straightforward. Hit these points:

Introduction: Hello, my name is… I am sending in COMIC NAME. My collaborator is/I’m working alone. This comic is a one-shot/ongoing and is X pages long. The basic gist of the comic is…

The Submission: I've zipped up the storyboards/attached the script to this email.

Contact info: Info: My site is… You can contact me over email/this website.

More on Submissions: Earlier I talked about what we'd like to see from submissions. I'll give some examples now from comics we've run in the past.

For a team collaboration, you can take a look at we received for Mouth by Schwarbage and Pal-el. -> Script Concept Art Work

For a solo effort, you can take a look at what we received for Nancy ‘n' Winston by Dustin. -> Example 1 2 3 Tidiness: If you want to earn my gratitude, go easy on my inbox and use the same email to stay in contact with me and for further updates on the submission. It should make things easier for both sides. Of course you can always send in a separate email if it’s easier for you.

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Hello everyone! This is Brian, the editor-in-chief of the magazine. We’re starting our recruitment efforts for the summer in preparation for the November 2016 issue. Because a lot of new faces are showing up, I’ve decided to write a series of posts about some of the basics new contributors need to know.

First, I wanted to talk about the deadlines. We have four deadlines for each issue - an entry deadline, two progress deadlines, and a final deadline. Each issue development cycle consists of about 60 days and each submission is sent to our email ([email protected]).

The deadlines for the upcoming issue are as follows:

Entry deadline - September 5th Progress deadline 1 - September 26th Progress deadline 2- October 17th Final deadline - November 5th

For the entry deadline, you must send in your comic’s pitch. Things work differently depending on what kind of contributor you are. 1.) If you’re a writer - You will need to send in your script and the name of the artist you’re teaming up with.The only scripts that will meet the entry deadline are ones with an artist on board, so you need to find your partner before then! 2.) If you’re a solo artist - Many artists don’t write scripts, so a story outline is fine. Storyboards/layouts/thumbnails are preferable, as it shows us you’re more serious.

To summarize the progress deadlines - You’re showing us what you have completed on those days. You also have to send in a lettering sample so we can make sure your comic is legible ahead of time.

And for the final deadline, that’s when everything has to be complete. If you’re having trouble meeting this date, please tell us in advance and we may be able to make accommodations if you need a few more days (Things happen...). Otherwise, your comic will not run if it doesn’t make it. This means it’ll have to run in the following issue.

We do accept submissions in advance and projects that are already completed. However, for the latter, they must meet our submission requirements. For now you can read http://premiercomics.com/submission-details for information on that. In our next post we will be covering that topic.

As always, we're available for questions via the message section here, our email ([email protected]), or via our Discord server (https://discord.gg/0tD9RZu8RQWWHeds). Until then,

Has there been an orange shaped hole in your life ever since your favorite (free) online indie comic anthology vanished back in 2013? Fret no longer, dear readers! Premier Comics will be returning later this year!

There are a lot of exciting things in the works I'd love to share with everyone, but first I'd like to touch on some of the basics, as it's been a long time since we last posted anything here.

In case you've forgotten why you subscribed to this blog, Premier Comics has one mission: To get people making comics. Please check over the "How to Submit" and "Deadlines" sections over on the left. Although they have not been updated yet for the relaunch, the magazine will be run the same as it was in the past. Especially important is to make sure to pay attention to the technical requirements:

>The magazine’s page size is A4 at 200ppi: that works out to 1654×2339 pixels, but it’s recommended you send images at a higher resolution and the same proportion for your final submission. Avoid JPEG compression and save your images in .TIF, .PNG or .EPS formats. Do not use transparency, and save your files in RGB colour. Every comic must feature a title and full credits on its first page. Do not include page numbers on your pages.

The last thing you want to do is create a comic and find out we can't run it! At the moment, we are looking at September 5th as the entry deadline for the Fall 2016 issue, though it may be changed as we work out the details over the summer. There may end up being a Christmas issue following the Fall 2016 issue, but for now we only have one issue planned for this year. In 2017 the magazine will resume it's quarterly release schedule from Spring onwards.

There is still a lot the staff has to do before we're ready for the relaunch, but in the meantime you're welcome to hang out in our Discord server (https://discord.gg/0tD9RZu8RQWWHeds). If you're not familiar with Discord, it's a free program for chatting online, with a web, mobile, and desktop client. Come by and introduce yourself and get to know other folks interested in making comics.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or ideas, feel free to reach out to us using the "Message" feature on the left. Make sure to follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/premierpulp) and Facebook as well (https://www.facebook.com/PremierPulp/) Until then,

The Symphanova Madadayo (writer)

Kiarou (artist)

Jack “Punt Speedchunk” M. (letterer)

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