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July? Wow. Even Greg should have no trouble making that oneOriginally Posted by cbikle
Quick question - Is a crossover between Marvel/DC characters acceptable ( I don't actually have an idea on that just yet but wanted to be sure just in case ).
Hey all, this contest is just like last month's except the theme involves writing a 5 page script (or excerpt of one) having an obscure character team-up with a mainstream character or another obscure one; all characters to be part of the same shared universe (Marvel Universe or DCU).
The Rules Specific To This Contest:
- Ideally, the two characters should be unconnected to each other by previous history/continuity
- Don't use any of the characters that were used in last month's contest (even peripheral ones)
-In your story entry, try to include a picture (or YouTube clip) and a Wikipedia for the obscure character(s) you're using.
- The script/excerpt should be something acceptable to show to an actual DC/Marvel editor, so use common sense in regards to graphic, political and religious content.
- Have fun.
DEADLINE: Sunday, JULY 17th
Last edited by cbikle; 06-02-2011 at 05:27 AM.
July? Wow. Even Greg should have no trouble making that one
Quick question - Is a crossover between Marvel/DC characters acceptable ( I don't actually have an idea on that just yet but wanted to be sure just in case ).
Nope, no Marvel-DC x-overs EVER. Simply because those type of stories are of no value to a writer or artist trying to get work with DC or Marvel.
The basic idea behind these contests, is that ideally, an artist will use one of your stories as a portfolio piece and that might lead to your work being seen indirectly by a Marvel or DC editor, who possibly might become interested in the writer as well as the artist - very much a long shot, but right now it's the only way an editor for the Big 2 is going to get exposed to your work (unless they happen to visit this part of the PJ site, but I have no idea how likely that is).
An artist showing his portfolio work to a Marvel or DC editor, is only going to show work using characters of that respective company (and maybe some personal work); showing a DC editor work with DC characters in it would be a pretty big faux pas on the artist's part.
Fair enough so....
It might be interesting to tie these competitions in something competitive with the art guys... I'd like to see a "winning" script get the pencil treatment.
Are we to assume that "July" was a typo or am I completey lost in space time thanks to my airline secretly testing FTL engines?
There has been plenty of mention of trying to get the artists to do a competition between the Marvel/DC contest or even the regular WC. but I don't think it has ever stuck or interested anyone enough to want and do it.
I spoke with one of the Art Mods about doing some sort of cross-contest. He had some good ideas, but the whole thing became a lot more complicated than what I wanted to do.
My idea, was to let the artists choose a panel or page from all the writing entries as part of a separate art contest.
I didn't want to limit it to the winning writing entry, because frankly, I don't think there'd be a strong enough turnout of artists for that at this time.
As these contests go forward and build momentum, I think we'll be in a better position for joint writing-art contests.
And it goes without saying that if any artists out there want to set up a contest, I'd be up for it.
Are Beast and Swordsman acceptable?
Yep, that'd be fine.
How about Disney characters, since they own Marvel now?
That way, I can just repost this gem - I did it for the LOLs
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Is The impossible Man sufficiently obscure?
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