Below are the submission guidelines for FTL, Y’all: Tales from the Age of the $200 Warp Drive.
Submissions open August 15th.
Submissions will close September 15th.
The full list of anthology participants, including any invitees, will be announced October 15th, unless we receive more submissions than expected. If this eventuality comes to pass, the final decision may be delayed up to one week to accommodate the unexpected volume.
Successful submissions must be completed by April 30th, 2018.
FTL, Y’all will be a black-and-white/grayscale, all-comics anthology.
Each story will be between 4 and 20 pages in length. The stories will be individual, creative interpretations of a universe where humanity has discovered how to build a faster-than-light engine for $200 in easily available parts. Space travel has been democratized, and the entire cosmos irrevocably changed.
The anthology will be edited and managed by Amanda Lafrenais,
and Iron Circus Comics will publish and distribute the finished volume.
WHAT WE WANT
Original stories of all genres – adventure, romance, horror, etc. – about a universe where FTL travel is cheaply and readily available to all strata of all human societies. Consult the FAQ for more details and specifics.
WHAT WE DON’T WANT
Pin-ups and prose submissions.
This anthology will exclusively feature comics.
Excessively graphic content.
Submissions to the anthology must be equivalent to a PG-13 movie rating. No “hard” profanity, nudity, erotica, or gore will be accepted.
Proposals from incomplete creative teams.
If you’re an artist without a writer, or a writer without an artist, please find a partner before submitting your proposal. Iron Circus Comics can’t play matchmaker.
Single-creator submissions are fine. We don’t prefer multi-person teams over single creators, or vice-versa.
Fanfic, fan art, or pastiche.
Please don’t submit stories using intellectual property you don’t own, or stories that are clearly referential of such work/take place in the same universe or reality. This includes the original inspirations for FTL Y’all, both in the RPG.net thread and the Oltion novels.
EXAMPLES
Below is some existing media (apart from the original inspiration, of course) that captures the feel and spirit of FTL, Y’all.
PAYMENT
FTL, Y’all will pay a $50 page rate, plus ten contributor’s copies per creator and the perpetual right to buy copies of the anthology for 50% off the cover price for as long as the comic is in print. There will also be a bonus for all contributors if the Kickstarter campaign meets stretch goals.
CREATOR’S RIGHTS
Creators submit stories to
FTL, Y’all with the understanding that, if accepted, they are ceding exclusive first worldwide rights to the story for a full calendar year from the date of publication, and non-exclusive worldwide reprint rights in perpetuity. Intellectual property rights will remain in the hands of the creator.
We don’t want your characters or concepts, just your comics.
PRODUCTION SIZE
If your submission is accepted, the final art must be designed to fit standard American graphic novel dimensions: 6.625" × 10.25". What this means for your production process depends on your choice of medium, but the following guides may be useful.
For more information, consult Blambot’s page on the subject.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this project which have not been addressed here or in the FAQ, you can contact us at [email protected]. Please do not send tumblr asks. Please read this page, and the FAQ, in its entirety before emailing.
Thank you!
