I'll update it with news.
The idea is to exchange scripts for comics. For instance, I write a script for a short comic, no more than 10 pages, someone else does too, and then we swap scripts and everyone draws a comic for each other's script.
It's not something I have time for right now. Actually, I have no time for drawing one finished script I have here, but I'd just want to see how much of you is interested in doing something like this in future, so we might even make it an event or something.
A proposed list of rules:
1. We choose pairs. How? Well, everyone should have oportunity to state his favs, ei who he'd want to work with. Then I'll try to make a reasonable list of pairs, that should satisfy most of people. Actually all.
If someone would like to avoid specially working with someone, he could PM me about that.
2. We can participate in more that 1 pair. I, for one, would like to be involved into more than one collaboration.
3. Everyone writes a script and gives it to his pair. The pair will then draw it. Every collaboration has to produce 2 comics.
Why so specific on it? Every once in a while, a writer arrives looking for artists. I wouldn't like having someone labouring for other guy who don't wanna bother drawing. So if you wanna make writer/artist collaboration, it's fine but please, not here.
4. Kinds of comics that we're working on? Well, short stories, up to ten pages, probably, but it can vary. You can use characters from your own comic when writing a script, but not from a comic of your partner. Also, story has to be out of timeline of your comic/it mustn't be in your comic's archieves.
5. Eventually, I could ask Matt or Pin or whoever is holding a torch of KeenEvents at the moment, and make this something like KeenLaboration or something (Hm, maybe KeenLobotomy). And I'll place all comics on that site. But you can have it on your site too, well, actually, that's logical thing to do. It could be an ongoing event with new pairs forming as new interested people arrive.
6. Terms of collaboration of a pair: well, most of it should be left to them. I figure the easiest way should be, they agree about general stuff in story, like what kind of story, genre, drawing style and stuff. Then it's writers turn, he writes the stuff and artist has to follow it. On the other hand, writer writes only dialogues and general events in comic: he cannot force an artist upon placement of the camera, zooms, coreography or number of panels per page.
7. Time limit: I wouldn't force any specific time limit. Everyone should offer his own, but then he's got to respect it. Make it two, three, six months if needed, but make it done in that time.
Well, if anyone has a comment, additional rule or something he doesn't like in this set of rules, please say. But don't quote this, I want to be able to edit it later.
