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artwork, collective unconscious, comics, publishing, roostertree, the company of good friends, writing

Wanna Publish Something?
I want to publish something, & y'all know of my current love affair with the sequential art storytelling medium. But I don't have a standalone graphic novel anywhere near ready to go. I've been giving this some intensive thought over the last 2 or 3 days, &, by coincidence or collective unconscious, it just so happens that I got an email this afternoon from a friend & it kinda has me excited.

Do you remember the good old days? Everyone was making Cocoa or Ricardo strips, or fun, sarcastic jabs at each other. Yeah, there were a couple that were less than fun, but whatev.

Note that I'm not looking to recreate *the good old days*. That'd be an impossible task. We all know there's a darkness that has settled over that era.

In this one case, in this one post, naming names is not allowed by anyone.

I've met a lot of creative people here, good people, people I am proud to call friends. And with that I want to put together a collective-oriented collection of short comic stories.

This is my open invitation to every one of you on my f-list (this includes all those who have expatriated or been incommunicado for any reason - like I said, I'm not naming names - this is truly an inspired project open to ALL). I will follow up with personal invitations to all of you, some in emails, some in LJ comments. My hope is that everyone will participate & it will be a big mofoing book, diverse in style & eclectic in subject matter.

[EDIT: I will be personally inviting everyone who has *writing*, *drawing*, *comics*, &/or permutations of these as interests in their profiles. But everyone is still welcome to take part]

The caveat will be the same as with all other anthologies: the story must be stand-alone (not part of a pre-existing story arc) & must use characters that you either control or have permission to use. I officially do not care about drawing ability or writing experience - the mandate is to tell the story you want to tell. Photocomics will be accepted... but if you know that I know that you know how to draw or otherwise illustrate, you know that I won't let you cop out ;)

And this will not be a free book - we will be paid. PAID!!! I don't know about you, & I have no inkling about making any substantial cash, but won't that just feel pretty fucking good?

I am going to act as informal & volunteer editor, editor-in-chief & proofreader.

Critiques & commentary for this idea/intent are eagerly welcomed. Details will follow...