CREATOR OWNED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES

Welcome! We at ANTARCTIC PRESS are looking for new, interesting and inspired material creator owned comic stories.

. Here are some general guidelines that will help expedite things and improve your chances of getting accepted.

HOW DO I SUBMIT MY CREATION FOR CONSIDERATION?

GUIDELINES

1. Do not send incomplete or partially completed material. We do not have the staff or the resources to review material that is not print-ready. Make sure all material is complete and ready to go before we even look at it. No pencils, partial inks or partial colored, or unlettered work.
2. Do not send material that is not wholly owned by you. If you are part of a team of creators please designate a single creator to deal with us. This avoids complications as to who to communicate with and to who to pay should we accept it.
3. Do not send piece meal any submission. In other words do not send 10 pages of a 100 page epic. We need the entire story. Also, do not send part 1 of a 4 part story. You need to send all parts of a story and not a “to be continued” story. It is all or nothing.
4. Image size is 6.75″x 10.5″ (17.45cm x 26.67cm) with a live image area of 6.25″ x 9.5″(15.875cm x 24.13cm).
5. Send as JPEG, PSD, PNG, TIFF or PDF. Minimum 300 dpi. We will ask higher resolution if we accept your submission.
6. By submitting your submission you allow ANTARCTIC PRESS and its employees to review your material and give your consent.
7. EMAIL submissions only. DO NOT SEND BY MAIL UNLESS ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE.  Send all submissions to be sent to Ben Dunn at apsa1987@aol.com. Be sure to include the word “submission” in your header.
8. Please allow time for review. Usually we will contact you with 24-72 hours that we got your submission. It can take up to a week or more to fully review your submission.
9. Be sure that all single stories fit within a 20-24 page or less format unless you are submitting for our anthologies or company owned titles like TOMORROW GIRL or NINJA HIGH SCHOOL (please see those guidelines). If the story is more than 24 pages and be divided then please do so. There are exceptions to this so please inquire.
10. Submissions can be made in color or black and white format but they must be print ready.
11. 11. BE SURE TO INCLUDE CONTACT INFO within the body of the SUBMISSION!

GOOD LUCK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT GREAT CREATION!

FAQ:

1. DO I KEEP THE RIGHTS TO MY CREATION SHOULD I SUBMIT TO AP?

Yes. You absolutely keep all rights to your creation no matter what.

2. DOES. THIS COVER OTHER MEDIA SHOULD I BE ACCEPTED?

It will be on a case by case basis. For the most part we will send a contract that will cover digital as well as physical formats.

3. SHOULD I BE ACCEPTED WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Should AP accept your submission we will contact you and send you a contract for you to look over.

AND NOW A WORD FROM THE EDITOR!

Hey thanks for the submission we do appreciate that you are considering Antarctic Press for your creation. But before we move forward I do have to give what I call our disclaimers…which are things you need to understand about AP, indy comics and the comics market. It is not meant to scare you but I believe in full disclosure when it comes to these matters.

1)      We are a small indy comic book publisher…while we have been around since 1985 we do not sell millions of copies of our releases. In the industry today selling indy books is tough especially through the current distribution system. Even our best-selling books sell about 4000 copies and typically our new indy titles sell between 400 and 1200 copies. So if your expectation is to take the market by storm it is very very difficult.

2)      While we do pay based on royalties as you can see the royalties on most books is not great. The good news is if you can get traction on your book and market your book to your fans it may result in a decent payback. I just did not want to sugarcoat any expectations.

3)      There is no funny stuff in our contracts. You own the book and the property we are a creator owned company and we believe in creator rights. We will not interfere in any outside sources of revenue you generate on your book (if you offer Indiegogo or kickstarter on your book it may affect some Diamond sales but we look past that). We will not own any part of your creation.

4)      There are no payment shenanigans with our contracts. It is a straight royalty. Some companies deduct advertising, printing fees etc…for creator owned books and we do not do such things. We also always pay our bills and while a creator may not get a king’s ransom you will never see that we do not fulfill our obligations.

5)      Since we are not a large company we do not have an endless advertising or marketing budget. While we do have some presence in Previews and online we are limited in that regard. We would encourage any self-promo that you can perform

6)      Despite these disclaimers our calendar is full…so while we may like your project it may take a bit of time to get it out. If you do not have the time to wait we would never interfere in you taking your creation elsewhere. We try to expedite releases but as we speak we have multiple books in the pipeline and a limited amount of space to release those books.

 

 Don’t get us wrong…if we like your book we want to get it out but we have constraints which limit our ability to get all these great creations out. So if I did not scare you away then I can get your book into the editorial pipeline and see where it ends up.