I’m excited to share a couple updates coming to the Comics Ops Newsletter as of this email/post!
I’ve received significant interest in doing career development specific emails. Thus, I’ve decided to add a quarterly email with specific topics discussing my own approach to these subjects. My first will cover tabling at comics festivals.
In addition to these, I’ve also decided to highlight a specific artist every newsletter. These are artists who have significant resources available for the community. These highlights will come at the end of the email, below the Continuing Education section of the newsletter. None of these will be sponsored in anyway, they are simply artists I admire for their work and professionalism.
Lastly, I have some events coming up in these coming months. I’d love to meet you all in person. Those will be posted at the top of the email for some shameless self-promotion. I hope these additions to the newsletter will enrich your own art practice in whatever way suits you.
Reminder that any ongoing ops are removed after a three-month cycle, allowing space for new opportunities.
All links to an opportunity are in its header. To submit an available opportunity fill out this form.
April 11, I will be at Comics Arts Portland Maine as part of a panel on Emerging Artists Career Development featuring brilliant artists Erin Roseberry, Robyn Smith, Sadie Saunders, and myself. I will also be tabling and selling my work at CAMP
Annual Young Artists Comics Fest – Mar 17 – Ashland, MA
YOUTH APPLICANTS ONLY (8-18 years old). Seeking vendors for their Mar 21 festival.
PictoBeach – Apr 3 – The Rockaways, NY, NY
Seeking cartoonists for their beachside mini festival
Note from Grace: While this show isn’t a huge money maker, the Rockaways are pretty, and the vibes are good. A great starter festival for NYC locals.
Small Press Expo (SPX) – Mar 14 – Bethesda, MD
Table lottery has opened for SPX, one of the premier indie comics festivals in the USA.
Note from Grace: HIGHLY recommend applying or attending. This is a wonderful festival full of amazing panels, artists, and people.
GeekGirl Con – May 31 – Seattle, WA
Seeking vendors for their festival, SCI-COM and STEM oriented artists highly encouraged.
Seeking cosplayers for their featured cosplay line up.
FLAME CON – LOTTERY OPENS Mar 21 – NY, NY
LGBTQAI+ APPLICANTS ONLY Seeking vendors for their festival.
Note from Grace: EXTREMELY COMPETATIVE. Set an alarm and open your browser as this is a first come first serve situation. Will be posted via Eventbrite.
Seeking comics artists for their Sept. 24-30 festival.
Heading includes link, compensation, and deadline.
David Higham – Unpaid – Ongoing Until Closed
Agency open to submissions.
Note from Grace: Querying an agent is awesome! But! Make sure this agency aligns with your long-term goals as well as your creative style. Finding an agent is a lot like dating—it takes some work and lots of rejection to find the right one.
HerStry – Paid – Every 2nd of the Month
FEMALE IDENTIFYING APPLICANTS ONLY Seeking creative writing, open to comics.
Coin Op Press – Paid – Ongoing
Seeking art for their themed zines.
Fit to Print (in collaboration with Anyone Comics) – Unpaid – Ongoing
Seeking comic strips, article ideas, essays, reviews, pop culture op-ed, literature, & poems.
Email submissions to any1news@gmail.com
Anarkiss Zine – Unpaid – Ongoing
QUEER APPLICANTS ONLY Seeking interdisciplinary artists, writers, and zinesters for their ongoing anarchist zine publication.
Strip Publication – Payment Unclear – Apr 15
Seeking artists, essayists, poets, and journalists to contribute to their comics-oriented publication.
Solstice Lit Magazine – Paid – Mar 31
Seeking Graphic Lit, Poetry, and Fiction.
Note from Grace: This was one of the first magazines my comic ever got into. Highly recommend for emerging cartoonists.
Seedlings – Rolling – Artist Copy
Seeking writing, art, and multimedia projects.
Black Feminist Collective – Unpaid – Rolling
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, and/or POC Applicants only. Seeking writing, essays, comics, art, for their quarterly newsletter.
UK based publisher seeking picture books, pre-school educational books, and activity book pitches.
Strip Burger – Author Copies – Mar 31
Seeking B/W 1-8 page comics for issue #87 of their comics magazine.
Lumic Press – Paid – Late April (Flex Deadline)
Seeking YA comics in a manga style for their quarterly magazine.
Foofaraw – Paid— Apr 1
Surrealist zine anthology seeking poetry, writing, and comics.
Bacchanalia Art & Literary Magazine – Payment Unclear – Apr 1
Seeking writing, art, and poetry with the theme CONSUME.
FUCK AI Magazine – Author Copies - May 1
Seeking art and writing.
Sapphic Sun – Payment Unclear - Apr 1
FLORIDA APPLICANTS PRIORITIZED Seeking writing, journalism, and art around the theme WOMEN IN SPORT.
Heading includes opportunity name, deadline and location.
Deer Lake Residency – Mar 31 – Burnaby, BC, Canada – Housing
Seeking artists to work on a project of their choosing and encourage community engagement with fellow residents and the community of Burnaby.
Powerhouse Arts – Mar 15 – Brooklyn, NY – Payment Varies On Proposal
Offering artists stipend and/or grant to teach course or a workshop of their choosing at their Brooklyn based facility.
In collaboration with Comic Arts Maine Portland, this grant covers print costs and offers tabling opportunity to a cartoonist.
TO Live – Mar 9 – $7K toward project of choice
TORONTO BASED APPLICANTS ONLY Seeking interdisciplinary artists for a grant toward the artists project of choice.
Art Info Land – General Opportunities
This site is full of international residency opportunities, worth browsing and choosing a couple that suite your discipline.
Chronicle Book Design Fellowship – Mar 16 – San Francisco, CA – Fellowship
Seeking a designer to work with the Chronicle publishing team and develop their skills as an industry designer.
WNY Book Arts Center – Rolling – Buffalo, NY – Studio Space
Month long studio space residency for printmakers.
The Ou Gallery Residency – Rolling – Vancouver Island, Canada – Housing and Studio
Peaceful residency/retreat to unplug on Vancouver Island.
Barbara Webb Residency – Mar 30 – Stroud, UK – Studio Access, a free course with GPC
Part of the Gloucestershire Printmaking Collection (GPC) provides access to incredible studio and materials.
Mass MoCA Studio Residency – May 1 – North Adams, MA – Studio and Housing
Seeking artist to fill their studios for varying lengths.
Note from Grace: I did this residency, and it was amazing. It was one of the first I ever did and I learned so much from artists of varying disciplines. The group housing was also fabulous.
Quindrie Press – May 8 – 3,000 UK
UK APPLICANTS ONLY Providing funding toward a project of their choosing.
Comics Arts Richmond – Mar 21 – Richmond, VA
Comics fest in Richmond, VA.
Punk Cat Press – Mar 15 – Jersey City, NJ
Screen printing workshop on April 25
NYC Cartoonist Meet Up – Monthly – Brooklyn, NY
Note from Grace: I co-founded this event, and it is a great way for young artists in New York City to get to know one another.
$10 at the door. Community meet-up.
Upcoming Dates:
Mar 16, Apr 13, and May 18
Simon & Schuster – Book Designer
SAW (Sequential Artists Workshop)
This is a fantastic organization that is constantly running workshops for the betterment of the comics industry. They have some incredible workshops both in person and virtual.
Anoosha Syed is a Pakistani-Canadian illustrator based in Dallas, TX. Her work in children’s books is incredible. Not only does she make visually rich worlds, but she also constantly provides resources for the rich artistic community we are all apart of.
Highly recommend her Instagram reel about agenting. It’s a great little primer.
Additional Submission Resources
As usual, here are some additional resources available for your own personal research.
I’ve come across these sources on my own time, of which have sponsored me for their shout out.
- Submittable.com
- Short Run Seattle
- Cartoonist Co-Op
- Instagram: you.got.this.gigs
- Instagram: chillsubs_official
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