Avatar Press is a leading independent company which publishes a wide variety of comic books — highly-regarded creator-owned titles such as Alan Moore’s The Courtyard, Warren Ellis’ Black Summer, and Garth Ennis’ Crossed; licensed comics such as Frank Miller’s Robocop, Stargate SG1, and George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and a number of other current and upcoming titles. Avatar is privileged to work with some of the most talented creators in comics, and the company is currently seeking out additional creators – both new and established – in a number of categories:
ARTISTS
Avatar Press is always looking for talented freelance artists, and often has a range of work in a wide variety of subjects and genres available. If you have a web page or online gallery of your work available, sending Avatar Press editor-in-chief William Christensen a link to that is generally a good place to start. Emailing a few graphics is also okay, as long as the file size is not too large to start with. The continued search for artists to join the talented group of creators we work with for a number of upcoming projects is an important priority at Avatar.
When sending submissions via snail mail and/or other more comprehensive submissions, your submission should include a wide range of samples, showcasing all your abilities. We want to see panel to panel continuity (storytelling), as well as illustrative work (pin-ups, covers, etc.) We will consider penciled and inked pages, penciled pages (so long as the pencils are tight and clean), fully-rendered pencils (grayscale tones), and painted pages. Don’t forget to include your name, address, e-mail address and/or a phone number at which you can be contacted.
You may send a link to a web page or gallery of your work as a preliminary indicator of your abilities. We want to see work from talented artists of all kinds.
WRITERS
Avatar is not generally seeking script-only submissions at this time.
COLORISTS
Colorists, send William Christensen a link to a gallery of your current work. We require 600 dpi files colored in cmyk with correctly trapped linework (if you don’t know what that means, please find out before you submit work!)
CREATOR-OWNED PROJECTS
Avatar Press is one of the leading publishers of creator-owned work in comics, with projects from Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, and Garth Ennis among many others. Although we have a relatively small number of projects in production at any given time, we will always consider quality creator-owned projects from other creators. All genres and styles will be considered. The ideal submission will include an overview of the story, a detailed plot synopsis, sample script pages, character designs, and several sample art pages (panel to panel continuity). Don’t forget to include your name, address, e-mail address and/or a phone number at which you can be contacted. We may make exceptions for established professionals, but it is generally more difficult to consider projects without an artist firmly attached as a co-creator.
OTHER SUBMISSION NOTES
Submissions should be sent to the attention of William A. Christensen, Editor in Chief unless you have previously arranged to send it to another Avatar staffer.
Avatar Press does not currently have work available for additional freelance inkers or letterers. Again, feel free to submit work to be placed on file for any possible future reference, if you so desire.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU SEND IN YOUR SUBMISSION
If we have an immediate interest in your work you will be contacted. If anyone on the Avatar staff has even the slightest interest in your work your submission will be kept on file for future reference. No immediate response from us does not necessarily constitute a rejection. On the other hand, if you’re sending a submission cold and we’re not currently not interested, we may not have time to critique your work and may not get back to you. That said, if we like your stuff and have a place for you, you will hear from us.
Thanks for your interest in submitting material to Avatar Press.
