Are You the Next Comic Superstar?
By swikan on August 18th, 2009Posted In: Blog
The quest for the Next Comic Superstar begins today through September 12 by Amazon.com and Andrews McMeel Universal.
Five thousand entries will be accepted and should consist of 10 daily strips and two Sunday comics along with a title and brief synopsis. Universal Uclick will narrow it down to 250, then editors John Glynn and Lee Salem will winnow the quarter finalists to 50 at which point Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury), Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse), Scott Hilburn (The Argyle Sweater) and Mark Tatulli (Lio, Heart of the City) will choose 10 finalists and post feedback for each on Amazon.com. Amazon.com customers will then have the opportunity to view the finalists’ submissions and vote for the grand prize winner.
More info, contest rules, etc. can be found linked from this page on Amazon.com.
(via The Daily Cartoonist)
UPDATE: If you are considering entering this contest, please read THIS ARTICLE penned by Brad Guigar. He looks at the rules with an experienced eye and makes comments on each section. The comments thread after the article was also very informative as different aspects of the rules were discussed.