December 2007 Archives

Breaking into comics writing is hard enough, but if you live outside the key catchment areas of the United Kingdom and the USA, you can almost kiss those dreams goodbye.

With western comics primarily coming out of either London or New York, those of us living in the Antipodes, such as myself, are unable to secure internships, acquire reputable mentors or network with the people capable of opening doors.

Thankfully, not all Australian amateurs admit defeat. Hero Central, a new mail order comic company based in Sydney, has decided to try to challenge the accepted wisdom and encourage fresh local talent to get published.

The goal is to initially release a compendium of comic short stories, allowing a few lucky creators to finally see print. Of course, no one is expecting overnight success and a springboard straight onto the pages of Spider-Man, but one of the first big steps towards a career in comics is to have a portfolio of published works.

Hero Central is looking for writers, pencillers, inkers and colourists, capable of collaborating on publishing a professional comic.

A quick apology. As noted a few days ago, I am currently tweaking the css on the site. Today I discovered some glaring problems in IE6 requiring urgent attention. If you are viewing this site in Internet Explorer, I am sure you've noticed the problems, so please be understanding whilst I fix them. For other users, if the site goes down for a short period, it will return quickly once I've hacked the code. Normal service will be resumed as soon as someone explains to me what normal is.

This blog was originally set up as a learning project for me as I recently started work for an online marketing company as a copywriter of websites as well as writing articles for newsletters on ecommerce.I've always preferred to learn...