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antonyjohnston

Date:

June 20th, 2009 2:22 PM

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A Few Good Artists

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This year's Oni Press talent search is now underway. If you're an artist trying to break in to comics, you should know that this is for real; the previous iteration in 2006 led directly to both Joe Infurnari and Mike Holmes getting their start in the industry.

Once again, I've contributed a sample script -- this time it's the first five pages of COLD CITY, an espionage thriller I'm currently writing. I make no promises that drawing my script will get you a job on the finished book, of course! On the other hand, it was Joe Infurnari's excellent rendering of my script last time around that led to him drawing a WASTELAND interlude issue, so you never know.

Just so there's no confusion, you should know that I, and the other contributing writers, are not the judges here. That's entirely the domain of Oni's editorial staff. We just provide the scripts for you to draw. With that in mind, it's pointless me trying to give any advice, or tell you how to "succeed" at this. Just do what you do, and do it well.

That said, there is one way I can guarantee you won't succeed, and that's by ignoring the rules. Don't try to be a smartass and ignore them, thinking that your talent will get you through regardless. It won't. Talent and the ability to follow submission guidelines, on the other hand, will get you far.

Good luck!

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