ANCIENT: Call for submissions!

Hello, hello! This is Leila del Duca. At the moment, I'm listening to Man Man, and it's doing a good job at fueling my creative energy. That's beside the point. The POINT of this post is that we're doing an ALL SEQUENTIAL issue of Cellar Door to be released in time for Denver Comicon in June 2012! The theme this time is "Ancient" and I will be guest Art Directing it. Yes! Yes, it is true, so true. This time we aren't accepting any short stories, but we are accepting comics and whatever form of sequential art you can throw our way, and I hope you have some good stuff to hurl at us. Hurl in the tossing sense, not puke or anything...This is getting gross. Just read the submission guidelines already and TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

Ancient

An all-sequential issue of Cellar Door

Call for Talent

Cellar Door, the literary and visual arts publication is now looking for submissions for its first all-sequential issue to be released in June 2012 in time for Denver Comic Con! This time, we will be accepting comics, or, sequential art.

The Theme

The theme for this edition of Cellar Door is going to be Ancient. Think of old things, new things that look old, crumbling ruins, times long gone and past. Think of the future and what the present must look like to those yet to come. Think of historical ancients and fantastical ancients and sci-fi ancients and ancient ancients. Think Ancients, like in Stargate! Yeah. Yeah!! Let us know if you have any questions.

The Guidelines

Being that comics/graphic novel serializations are a hybrid of written and visual work and are extremely work-intensive, please follow these guidelines:

First submit a proposal (no more than a page) outlining the story and some of its primary plot points and/or characters. Include only a minimal amount of artwork if you believe it necessary. If you are a writer in need of a comic book artist, please let us know. If you are an artist wanting to work from someone else's script, please let us know and include samples of your work in an email.

If your proposal is accepted you will be asked for a script and artwork sample (if applicable) and arrangements will go forward from that point.

Also, if you already have a finished work you’d like us to consider we would be more than happy to take a look at it without the process listed above.

Final artwork must fit within the dimensions of 6 x 9 inches, which is the format of the final book.
Comic/graphic novel serialization proposals and relevant questions should be sent to Cellar.Door.Book@gmail.com.

Deadlines

Proposals: December 15, 2011Script and minimal art: February 15, 2012Final art: April 15, 2012

Response Time

Though we try to get back to all contributors in a timely manner we do get behind in the game now and then. Please feel free to contact us in regards to the status of your piece if you have not heard from an editor within 10 days of submitting.

Compensation

Beyond exposure in the quarterly, the contributor is guaranteed one copy of the book in which his/her work appears.

Measures are being taken to obtain financial compensation as well but I have no firm details or planned rates at this time.

Rights

By submitting your unpublished work, you understand that, if accepted, Cellar Door is acquiring First North American Serial Rights which gives us the right to publish your work for the first time in the North American market. You, the author retain all other rights to the work and will be contacted for permission if we plan to include it in any future collections. If the work is not published within six months of acceptance all first rights are null and void.

Any use of your material in the format of Podcasts and MP3 will be protected under the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial - No Derivatives 3.0 license (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for full details). Basically this protects your work from any attempts to use it commercially or creating derivatives not approved by the creator of the work.

Contact

This issue will be guest-Art Directed by Leila del Duca. Please send inquiries and correspondence to her at leiladelduca@gmail.com, and please CC to Cellar.Door.Book@gmail.com. The editorial staff of Cellar Door look forward to hearing from you!

Blog Fail!

So this is just a blog to let you know that I know that I've been failing at keeping this blog all exciting and fresh lately. Cellar Door: Unraveling is at the printers and ready to roll...waiting to roll....wanting to roll! There are only a few minor obstacles to conquer and it will be allowed to roll. Hearsay and rumors and little birds say that there is a good possibility that we might be holding the release party in the esteemed Grant Humphreys Mansion of Capital Hill which should be rather grand. I just finished making the little changes on the Call for Talent for book three, themed Threshold so if you don't see a copy in the next few days and would like to get one just let me know. The big news is that we are now going to be in full color. While that might not be huge news to the writers (though some do like to play in colorful fonts) I think it deserves a great big exclamation point for the artists and the readers. Well that's about all that I have for you right now but be sure to check back here soon for more. I plan on getting better at this and maybe a few angry emails would help make sure I do.

Cheers,

Michael

Coming Soon!

Here it comes! The long awaited second book of Cellar Door Anthology! I'm happy to tell you that I dropped off a disk containing all the pertinent files to Peter (our heroic local printer) this morning. I have no doubt that its going to be a thing of beauty. I also have no doubt that I'll be on here (and on Facebook) celebrating the arrival of the proof into my hands so stay tuned all! The wait is almost over.

Release events to be announced SOOOooooon!

The Rise of the Platypuses!

Give these Platypuses hope. Give them purpose. Support Cellar Door and give them color and character and pizzaz. We will send these little fellows forth into art auctions once they are properly adorned to earn money for the continued success of our collective and projects.

There are four of these clay-born creatures available at Denver Drink & Draw (Leela European Cafe) tonight. I also have a plethora of colorful sharpies and acrylics.Be the first to sign one and grow in fame.


Their infamous debut will most like be occurring on September Second wherever our auction table finally lands (You will be kept in the know).

For those of you language geeks that are scoffing at my pluralizing of these little guys, Webster's and other trusted interwebs sources assure me that both platypuses AND platypi are acceptable usages. Thank you for your time and consideration!

Denver's Superheroes and Villains!

Good day Denver!

So, in preparing a fantastic comic conference (see www.denvercomiccon.com) we are preparing a video blog about our local heroes and villains. If you would like to be the stars of said blog you should let me know about your powers and your wicked plans. This can be done in two ways. First you can make a quick vid and send it over to me at MichaelWilliamPrince@gmail.com OR stop in at the Drink & Draw of Leela European Cafe on Tuesdays between the hours of four and six for a quick try-out. Tights, masks and the such are welcome, otherwise just tell us about what you could do with superpowers and your plans for world domination. Hope to see you!

Lonnie MF Allen

Next up we have the interview results from one of the most notorious members of Denver Drink & Draw and a dear friend of your humble editor: Lonnie MF Allen! Enjoy!

Cellar Door: What do you write and draw?

Lonnie MF Allen: I’ve made a lot of mini-comics since then late nineties as well as had comic short stories published in anthologies, including an Eisner nominated one in SPX 2005. I’m currently working on a graphic novel that I hope to show around as well as irregular web-comic on my blog page.

CD: Is there anything you would love to adapt? A book to a screenplay? A movie to a comic? A fairy tale to something? Etc…

LMFA: Just about every novel that I read I want to adapt into a television series or film. Oddly enough, I don’t feel that way about comics because those are better adapted to animations. Aeon Flux is the best example I can think of, it was a wonderful animated series and when I had heard they were adapting it into a film, I thought that could be nothing but horrible, and I was right.

CD: Who are your strongest influences?

LMFA: If I went into a list, it would most likely be boring and long. I’ll name off a few big ones for me: Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Pynchon, Voltaire, Dash Shaw, Hernandez Brothers, Jose Munoz, and David Mazzuchelli.

CD: What are your favorite books (comics, of course are included)?

LMFA: Breakfast of Champions, As I Lay Dying, Things Fall Apart, Asterios Polyp, Body World, anything by Neal Stephenson.

CD: What music (if any) do you listen to while you work?

LMFA: Everything and almost anything. Please don’t misunderstand this as me not caring. I love music, so I try to just set my iTunes to random, and listen.

This piece is from www.LonnieAllen.blogspot.com

Astroland!

        

        

     Come one come all to a comic reading at the new(ish) DIY art and music headquarters of Boulder! This should be a fun night full of amazing artwork and great storytelling by some of our local heroes including Lonnie MF Allen, the Xeric award-winning cartoonist Sam Spina, Celso, and Noah Van Sciver of Blammo fame. 

      The gallery will be opening at 6 pm and the readings will commence at 8 pm. This event is free but there will be places to make a charitable donation! Astroland is located at 4415 North Broadway, Boulder, CO.

      This should be a lot of fun! I hope to see you all there on July 9th!