David Meadows
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Competition: superheroine comic
Most contests in the comic book business are geared toward artists. Shadowline is bucking the tide and creating a contest geared toward writers!
According to Shadowline editor, Kristen Simon, “I’d been hoping to see a super-hero book with a strong female lead to act as a counter-point to our popular Bomb Queen series, but none were forthcoming. So I decided to come up with a contest to create a super-heroine for the 21st Century.”
The character will be 100% creator-owned as all Image and Shadowline books are (Trademark and copyright to be shared by writer and artist). The winning entry will be featured in their own self-titled three issue mini-series to be drawn by fan-favorite artist, Franchesco! (She-Dragon, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly) and back-end profits will be split between the creators.
Contest regulations are listed below. Neither Image nor Shadowline can or will be responsible for synchronicity (similar ideas appearing at the same time).
No feedback will be provided on submissions, just a confirmation of receipt.
Contest will be divided into three parts as outlined below, deviation will result in immediate disqualification:
Round One:
Contestants e-mail a BRIEF one paragraph story synopsis by January 31, 2008 to: superheroinecontest@gmail.com. Stories/concept must be original with original characters. No pre-existing characters may be used unless owned by contestant.
Round Two:
Ten semi-finalists will be chosen from all entries received by the above date and notified by e-mail. They will then be required to turn in 5 (five) fully scripted pages by February 29, 2008.
Round Three:
The five finalists will be announced and their synopses published on March 10. Readers will be encouraged to vote on their favorite. (Writers are strongly advised to direct traffic to the contest via message boards, myspace, etc…every vote counts!) Polls will close on April 4, 2008.
The winner will be announced April 28 with initial concept art/character design by Franchesco. First issue will be solicited with a cover date of November, 2008.
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1/9/2008, 10:56 am
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
I'm so gonna try this...
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
Go for it Jessie! I hope you'll get it. 
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
I'm actually really tempted.
There need to be more decent superheroines (I often have this discussion with my boyfirned when we've just left the comic shop).
I've had ideas in this direction before, but several of those are parodies or satirical. Still no harm in thinking about it.
I'm assuming that the main points about the character and her concept are summed up in the single paragraph along with a short plot idea. The concept and plot aren't separate, are they?
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
This does sound like a fun thing to try. I don't know how serious I could make a superhero/ine, I'm a rather silly person at times and all my ideas so far have been more toward the comical heroics and less in the serious end of the spectrum.....
I do have an idea for a story in which the MC is female and has the power of timetravel, but I'm not sure that would be good enough....
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
quote:
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I'm assuming that the main points about the character and her concept are summed up in the single paragraph along with a short plot idea. The concept and plot aren't separate, are they?
They say one paragraph, so I imagine that's one paragraph to explain both the character and the entire story arc (remember you need to describe the ending of the story, so don't end with "But will she survive???" -- you're not teasing a reader, you're letting the editor know you know how to finish the story).
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Sent my two entries today. Anyone else trying his/hers luck?
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
If anyone is interested in how a winning pitch looks, the five finalists are given here:
http://www.kris-korner.com/forum/index.php?topic=984.0
No idea why mine isn't there 
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 Sorry, Meadows! Clearly those editors have no idea what real talent looks like! *pat pat*
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Hm... Maybe we should showcase our entries in one of the private forums, huh, David?
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Re: Competition: superheroine comic
Two of the winners seemed interesting, but the other three were pretty run of the mill boring. I think the artist just couldn't paint London, David.
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