[HIRING] looking for artistic team for a fully written script for submission and (hopefully) publication of a 48 issue story.

Calling all artists colorers and letterers.

I’m an old scientist with a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry, but a passion for creative writing and comic books. Over the past 5 years, I’ve written a full script re-imagining a familiar (not-copyrighted) story through the lens of comic book violence, humor and political/social commentary/parody. The overall message is left leaning, anti-establishment but, I hope, it’s written in a fun and entertaining way.

I now need a creative team to work up a submission package including two full issues. I'd preferably like to collaborate with two or more multi-skilled artists who can do coloring and lettering as needed. My proposal would be to pay you a flat fee for work done on the submission package and then either a flat fee or profit share if (when!) we get taken on by a publisher. I would draft contracts through my limited company for the protection of all parties and I would be fair if you prefer splitting profits. I do not underestimate the value that great artists and experienced collaborators will bring and I understand everybody needs to make a decent income, so I can promise you those values will be applied in any agreement we come to.

I’m really serious about this project and I’m very confident in the quality of my written work, but I have zero experience in getting a comic book published, so I do need at least one artist to have some depth of experience in this field to help navigate the process and gain credibility with prospective publishers.

The story is split over two titles. The first will run for 29 months. The second will run concurrently for 19 months from month 6 through month 24. Issues vary in length from 100 to 120 panels and artists will be given full creative license in terms of page layout. While the script obviously steers, artists will also be relied upon for their expertise in panel layout, character design etc.

I’m based in the UK, and my preference would be to find a creative team also based here so that we can meet physically if needed. However, that is not as essential as getting great artists who know what they’re doing and can demonstrate a commitment to produce the required output for the lifetime of the project.

I look forward to hearing from you so we can discuss more!