Yet Another Contest
by Joey Manley
Via Comics Worth Reading, this excerpt from an Archie Comics press release:
Have you ever wanted to be a comic book writer? Have you ever dreamed of braking [sic] in to comics? Here is your chance to become a published comic book writer. Many legendary creators like Mark Waid, Neal Adams, and Tom DeFalco got their start at Archie Comics. You could get your first brake [sic] at Archie too… read more
And what do you win for your writing efforts? A subscription to the Archie publication of your choice!
At least they’re not asking you to create new, original characters and concepts and hand them over for a pittance and a page rate and a promise of a movie deal someday, maybe. So there’s that.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:25 am
Sounds like just a reader’s contest, basically.
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 am
The prize would indicate that … except they mention breaking into comics, and throw out some names that the typical (presumably) teenaged reader of Archie comics wouldn’t know. How many 13-year-old Betty & Veronica fans who pick up the digests at Wal-Mart give a hoot about Neal Adams’ or Mark Waid’s career trajectory? That part was aimed squarely at the people who want to write The Avengers someday …
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Work for hire in exchange for Archie comics.
August 8th, 2007 at 2:20 am
[...] “At least they’re not asking you to create new, original characters and concepts and hand them over for a pittance and a page rate and a promise of a movie deal someday, maybe. So there’s that.” – Joey Manley [...]
August 8th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Or I could just work on my own thing and derive greater artistic satisfaction for free. Not that a little moolah would hurt.