| The
Marvel Proposal
The goal is to create an
actual fully-illustrated proposal book. When we’re finished, everyone
involved in the project will get a PDF
copy of the final product that they can use to show off their work.
As we first get going, I’ll
accept anyone’s art that’s interested. As more artists get involved,
we’ll start selecting the best artists for each proposed series.
But even if I don’t use someone’s art in the final product, we’ll still
find someplace to display the work properly.
In the proposal,
there are 12 titles, with three series running in every title. That’s
a total of 36 (there’ll actually be 37) individual series, featuring 37
solo characters or teams of characters. So there’s the FF, Spider-Man,
the Avengers, Millie the Model, the X-Men, Captain Marvel, Thor, and etc.
I’d like to find artists for each one. Of course, since we’re actually
not going to seriously do the thing, one artist can be selected for three
or four series.
For each series, I want the
final artist chosen to draw several specific things:
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The character logo, to go in
a box in the corner of the front cover. For the most part, I want
the logos used in the late Silver Age.
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A similar logo pose but of the
character’s secret identity.
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An “action logo” of the character.
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The face, or head, of the character.
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Individual logo-type drawings
of all the major supporting cast members (some series have several, some
have almost none).
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A letters column drawing of
the character
These drawings will be
used throughout the proposal book in order to provide a sense of how the
proposed comics would be formatted.
In addition, it would be awesome
if we could also have:
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A cover for a story (and not
a generic pin-up cover, either)
I would, of course, discuss
everything with each artist beforehand, so they’d know exactly what to
draw, just as we would talk it over if we were putting a comic together
for real. This will give us an opportunity to work together, and
give you a chance to see if you’d like to work with me on comic project
for real.
After finding artists who
can and would like to both co-plot and pencil their stories—just like the
original artists of the Marvel Bullpen—we’ll then seek to put together
a whole team, finding artists who can then color the work digitally.
The ultimate goal is to put
together a band.
Well, at least a solid group
of professional-quality artists* who enjoy working together and would like
to create some comics as a group.
If you have more questions,
please just drop me a line at:
carlton donaghe [All small
letters and NO spaces] @ gmail.com
(I wrote my email address
that way because I don’t want robo-spam!)
* I want artists who can
draw at least as well as I can write. As to the quality of my writing,
you’ll discover that by reading my Marvel proposal. Although hopefully
by now you’ll have already noticed that I can spell, punctuate correctly,
and even use proper grammar! |
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