Comic Artist Wanted:

ElvenRaptor · Post by **ElvenRaptor** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:21 pm

Artist Wanted:

Author looking for comic strip artist.

Art style:

Black and white illustrations.
Only simple illustrations. (along the lines of ?The Peanuts? or the early ?Calvin and Hobbes? and the early ?Garfield? comics in style.)

Format:

Single row.
Three to five panels (sometimes, just one)

Pay:

Will be negotiated. (No promises, though)

Art Supplies:

Could possibly pay for.

If you?re interested in working with me: just send me a PM, complete with a link to some samples of some your earlier work. I?ll answer it as soon as possible.

Work set up:

I?ll send you the scripts that I write up. (I?ll be as thorough as possible when writing them, so don?t worry about not knowing what to draw.)

The strip, itself:

It?s your typical talking cat and talking dog comic. If you?ve read ?Get Fuzzy?, ?Garfield?, or ?Faux Pas?, you?ve seen comics along these lines. It's about a cat, Boston, and a dog, Prancer, and is a "simple gag" strip by nature, though it will have story arcs. Its about two comical talking pets who go on various insane and hilarious adventures. Their master is sometimes dragged into it.
It has no set plot, as it will be pretty episodic most of the time.

Ferguson · Post by **Ferguson** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:16 pm

Uh oh.
*steps back*

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:21 pm

Good luck with this.

Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:23 pm

I think we need something about this in a FAQ or in the Wiki or something, considering how often it comes up.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:23 pm

Not many people have much luck with this sort of thing, unfortunately. Drawing is harder and more involved work than writing and anyone who signs on will be doing a lot of work for an untried and untested author whom they don't know. Even if you are a good writer, they don't know you or how you work. They, in short, don't know how well they'll work with you or you with them.

It's a huge leap of faith. It does happen and it is worth trying but don't be surprised if nothing comes of it. Here is certainly not a good place as we all have our own comics.

However, you're offering money. Well, sort of. That always helps.

It is also, incidently, not that hard to learn how to draw. Many, many comics, if you look at them at the beginning, have anything from bad to abyssmal artwork. College Roomies From Hell, which is very popular, started out with very crude scrawls indeed.

Best of luck, though.

- Joel Fagin

Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:27 pm

Joel Nancy Fagin, did you copy and paste some of that, young man?

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:33 pm

heh, I believe he did.

Especially if you're only looking for 'early peanuts' level quality then I shouldn't think it would be very hard at all to learn to do yourself.

Also I think you'll find there's no love lost between folks here and garfield. So recruiting people for a garfield-esque strip is probably not your best pitch.

BOMC · Post by **BOMC** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:34 pm

I suggest posting some scripts as examples... No artist is going to sign on unless they know you're a good writer. Certainly, the concept is not going to hook them (no offense, but it's been done... not to say it couldn't be excellent assuming it is well-written).

Muncho · Post by **Muncho** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:12 pm

? is not a good substitute for '

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:20 pm

Escushion wrote:Joel Nancy Fagin, did you copy and paste some of that, young man?

Wait...Nancy???

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:21 pm

I'll do it...

...of course I demand a yearly 100 thousand dollar salary.

Shishio · Post by **Shishio** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:09 pm

If you can actually afford to pay an artist, post this on Deviant Art.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, better start practicing drawing.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:29 pm

Escushion wrote:Joel Nancy Fagin, did you copy and paste some of that, young man?

Well, everyone said the last one was well put and it wasn't long ago so it didn't take much finding.

- Joel Fagin

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:40 pm

did he say there's going to be a cat AND a dog?

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:07 pm

Well as crazy as this sounds, I may be interested in the future, but right now I just have too much crap on the plate.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:30 pm

MixedMyth wrote:
Escushion wrote:Joel Nancy Fagin, did you copy and paste some of that, young man?

Wait...Nancy???

It's not something you brag about.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:31 pm

anywherebuthere wrote:Well as crazy as this sounds, I may be interested in the future, but right now I just have too much crap on the plate.

Psst, hey...that's not where you're supposed to be crapping.

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:12 am

ElvenRaptor · Post by **ElvenRaptor** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:17 am

I know this is probably the wose way to get an artist, folks, but I've never done this before, so I couldn't think of very many options for pitching this.

Thanks for the Deviantart suggestion, man.

Sincerely · Post by **Sincerely** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:09 am

Insane and hilarious adventures, ey?

But really, I think cat and dog comics have been done to death. Why must it be about cats and dogs? Why not ferrets and parakeets? Hamsters and turtles? I mean, what is so magnificent about cats and dogs that everyone has to do them? In this example (not that I'm trying to pick on you specifically) I see nothing in the pitch that requires that the critters specifically be a cat and a dog or even that they be animals. I mean, I guess it could be justified in the story, but if you need to justify it, why do it in the first place?

*deep breath* Okay, I'll shut up now.

Also, props to Joel, who is apparently now our official artist-wanted-topic greeter.