Hi Everyone,
I've been asked to take charge of Flux UK - a new imprint from What The Flux Comics.
Flux UK is now recruiting from the massive wealth of talent that
resides in the UK and Australia (since its a colony!). The first act of
Flux UK is to produce a top quality comic chock full of brand new,
challenging and exciting ongoing stories. We're looking to emulate
2000AD and Warrior by having original continuous series and characters.
The comic will be 50 pages with four ten page strips, the rest of the
room being taken up by advertising (sorry, but it has to happen if
we're to survive). At first we will be Colour cover and B&W interiors till we cement
our place in the industry, then we will definitely be looking to bring
in colour strips.
We will be looking to go monthly, but we will see how practical this is
after the first 5-6 issues. If it's looking like it's difficult to get
the strips done in time we may move to being bi-monthly or have some
substitute shorts cover the late material.
We won't allow F-Bombs or
C-nuts in the mag. No explicit sex (implied is fine), ultra violence is
accepted and even encouraged! If we were a movie we'd be looking for a
strong 12 or a 15 rating.
We're looking to kick the comic off in a very strong manner, so at
first, we're looking for already (or nearly) finished strips - they can
be OGN's or 30 page finished stories, doesn't matter, but we do need
them to be finished and long enough to give the mag 3 months worth of
material. Once we have three issues worth of material, we can announce the launch date
for the comic and then we can look at pitches for new stories from new
creators.
The book won't be necessarily a sci-fi comic, we'll look at any strips
providing they are compelling and well produced. We are looking for
seriously strong characters that will stand out in the sea of
mediocrity out there. One of the reasons that 2000AD survived and
prospered this long is that they have a truly iconic character in Judge
Dredd.
We'll be looking to emulate Warrior and 2000AD by bringing through the next generation of British talent. Alan Moore, Steve Dillon, even Grant Morrison,
they all worked and broke through on Warrior.
Do you want to be the next Alan Moore, or perhaps just the first you?
You'll be asking : Hey JP, How do I get in on this crazy scheme?
Easy. Reply to this post letting me know you want to submit something,
tell me a little bit about and and then send it to
fluxukcomics@gmail.comFollow us on twitter also
http://twitter.com/FluxUKComicsSimples.
Look forward to hearing from you all. If you have any other questions,
please stick a post up here asking and I'll do my best to get back to
you asap.
Cheers
JP
