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Hi, for people applying for both page/cover art and for comic art, do you want separate portfolios or to just have a comic as oe of the pieces, or is a comic sample ot required? Also, is a multi-page comic okay to cout as a sigle piece? (sorry, oe of my letter keys has stopped workig. im sure you ca tell which oe)
Hello! I am so so sorry for the late response! I've been on holiday and have returned mildly ill (allergies) but to answer your question: oh gosh no! Please please do not send us separate portfolios! And yes, a multi-page comic works just fine! In fact, personally, I don't think a comic piece is really necessary to apply as a comic artist as I feel any style will lend well to the format.
What I will tell you, though, is something no one ever told me before applying as a comic artist to zines -- if you are selected to do a comic for us, be prepared to find and use a font that is "free to use commercially." It's highly unlikely we would run into copyright problems down the road, but always good to have it just in case. If your art program doesn't support importing fonts, let us know immediately and we will do the font work for you! (you can always of course use legible handwriting as well)
Looking forward to seeing your app !! ^w^
(side note for anyone wondering: we have tumblr asks off because we want all public/anon asks to go through retrospring for ease of postability to twt/tumblr, but if there is a private concern, you may always DM us on twt/tumblr!) -Mod Lux
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