Negative Space Comics Anthology
by Various
A 150-page collection of short stories from Negative Space Comics competition winners, finalists, mentors, judges, and more!
Support this project to gain access to rare opportunities in the add-ons section, including competition entries and one-on-one mentoring sessions with respected comic book industry professionals!
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PDF of the Negative Space Comics Anthology
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Full digital version of the book including all 150 pages [15 short comics]
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Physical Print of the Negative Space Comics Anthology
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Full 150-page anthology comic book in your hands! Dang, this is going to look great on your book shelf!
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Retail Bundle — Physical Print x5 of the Negative Space Comics Anthology
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This offers a 50% discount to any retailer. The bundle includes 5 copies of the printed anthology.
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Retail Bundle — Physical Print x10 of the Negative Space Comics Anthology
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This offers a 50% discount to any retailer. The bundle includes 10 copies of the printed anthology.
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ADD-ONS
Add ons are only available once you have selected at least one Primary Reward listed above.
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2023 Competition Entry
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Add an entry to any competition next year! For our 2023 competitions, our regular deadline fees will be $35 and our final deadline fees will be $50 — get a discount by purchasing your entry today! This entry voucher will work for both the regular deadline and final deadline for any of our four main competitions for the calendar year.
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2023 Pitch Fest Competition Entry
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In the spring of 2023, we will hold a Pitch Fest Competition! You will be able to submit a 2-4 page comic book pitch document, the top 5 pitches will present on a live Zoom and get feedback from editors! The regular fee for this will be $25, buy your entry now for a discount!
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We'll Promote Your Crowdfunding Campaign!
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Do you have a crowdfunding campaign coming up? For the price of an overpriced coffee (like they are here in New York City) we'll promote your campaign on our newsletter, social media pages, and podcast!
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2 Pages of Script Feedback Notes
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Receive professional feedback notes on your comic book script! Similar to our feedback notes addition on our competition's entry — you will receive notes on the plot, the characters, the marketability, and more! The script should be 22-24 pages of comic book pages (the document should be less than 35 pages).
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45-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Teodoro Leo — Editor at Aftershock Comics
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Teddy has a passion for producing new and innovative ways to tell, experience, and consume stories. As an Associate Editor at AfterShock Comics, he reads and evaluates scripts, tracking material from early development through to press. He is the host of the popular podcast, It’s Gotta Be Creative, an interview series focused on the lives of creatives.
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60-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Teodoro Leo — Editor at Aftershock Comics
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Teddy has a passion for producing new and innovative ways to tell, experience, and consume stories. As an Associate Editor at AfterShock Comics, he reads and evaluates scripts, tracking material from early development through to press. He is the host of the popular podcast, It’s Gotta Be Creative, an interview series focused on the lives of creatives.
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60-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Marla Eizik — Writer & Editor at TKO Studios
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Marla Eizik is Associate Editor at TKO Studios. Previously, they acted as Talent Liaison at Image Comics, and a founding member of Comic Book Workers United, the first union for comic book workers. Marla’s writing appeared in Sky Island Journal, Buckmxn Journal, and The Maine Review. They are currently writing a novel, a collection of queer erotica, an essay collection on consent, and a really weird comic book.
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45-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Nahuel F.A. — Writer & Co-Founder of Negative Space
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Nahuel F.A. is an Argentinian comic book writer and screenwriter. This year, Nahuel wrote the short sci-fi comic The Distance Between for Amongst the Stars Anthology, was hired to develop and write a Hawaiian-based YA comic that’s being adapted into a TV series, and is producing a horror short film which explores Nahuel’s favorite theme of the evils of toxic masculinity. On top of editing and publishing Negative Space Comics first-ever Anthology!
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60-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Andre Frattino — Graphic Novelist
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Andre is a professional illustrator and storyteller, having worked in a variety of mediums, from published graphic novelist to ghost tour guide to reality television and podcast personality. He currently holds degrees from both Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA Sequential Art) and the University of Florida (MA Art Education). His recent titles include the Kickstarter-success Simon Says where he served as writer, and his illustrative adaptation of A Land Remembered, a Pulitzer Prize nominated novel.
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45-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Josh Sippie — Writer & Educator
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Josh is offering 45-minute query letter coaching for those intrepid creators who want to go the traditional publishing route and find an agent to rep their work. Josh is the Director of Publishing Guidance at Gotham Writers in New York City, where he helps coach and connect writers with agents and publishers that are right for their goals. He's also a writer of comics — middle grade, horror, and more — and loves finding the humor in even the darkest stories.
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Black & White Commission Art from Fernando Pinto
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Get a fun, wild, character commission in the exciting art style of Fernando Pinto! You can request 1 or 2 full figure characters doing something action-y. Commission will be 8.5x11 page size — Physical Art Piece. Price Includes Shipping from Chile. Please Note: It takes about 3 weeks for it to arrive after its art is sent.
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Color Commission Art from Fernando Pinto
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Get a fun, wild, character commission in the exciting art style of Fernando Pinto! You can request 1 or 2 full figure characters doing something action-y. Commission will be 8.5x11 page size — Physical Art Piece. Price Includes Shipping from Chile. Please Note: It takes about 3 weeks for it to arrive after its art is sent.
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Daredevil 8x10 Print by JJ Lopez
Did you see this post on Twitter? Did you see how people went wild for it? Well, now you can get your 8x10 print of the amazing Daredevil piece — ONLY HERE!
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Commission Digital Art from J.J. López
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Want your own piece similar to the Daredevil one? Get a waist-up, relaxed, or non-action portrait with a similar color treatment. Offerings commissions of established characters only for the time-being.
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Black & White Commission Art from Max Bare
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Get an 8x10 commission in Max’s “constant wiggling" art style — beyond the superheroes, Max loves old school video games (Mega-Man) and cartoons (TMNT), and he’s not afraid to do personalized commissions of people in his style (but no caricatures/exact likenesses, please).
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Color Commission Art from Max Bare
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Get an 8x10 commission in Max’s “constant wiggling" art style — beyond the superheroes, Max loves old school video games (Mega-Man) and cartoons (TMNT), and he’s not afraid to do personalized commissions of people in his style (but no caricatures/exact likenesses, please).
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Color Character Commission Digital Art from Ace Hetisimer
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Get an 8.5x11 character commission from Student Competition winner Ace Hetisimer! Loves to draw mecha stuff, D&D characters, is okay with mild-gore and mainly humanoid characters. No furries and no NSFW!
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Color Character & Scene Commission Digital Art from Ace Hetisimer
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Get an 8.5x11 full character and scene commission from Student Competition winner Ace Hetisimer! Loves to draw mecha stuff, D&D characters, is okay with mild-gore and mainly humanoid characters. No furries and no NSFW!
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30-Minute Portfolio Reviews w/ Teodoro Leo — Editor at Aftershock Comics
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Looking to build a portfolio that will catch comic book editor’s eyes and help you better your skills as an artist? Teodoro Leo, Associate Editor at Aftershock Comics, is offering 30 minute portfolio reviews where he will provide artwork feedback, portfolio guidance, and editorial contact tips that can help you build a winning portfolio and start landing paid work!
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60-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Heather Antos — Senior Editor at IDW
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Heather Antos is an award-winning comic book editor and writer most known for her work on Marvel’s Star Wars and Deadpool lines, as well as one of the co-creators of Gwenpool. You can find her editing various titles at Image, IDW, and Humanoids.
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45-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Alex Segura — Writer & Publishing Exec.
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Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which the New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. Alex is also the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, and a number of comic books — including The Mysterious Micro-Face, The Black Ghost, The Archies, and more.
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60-Minute Mentoring Session w/ Brian Hawkins — Comic Book Writer & Editor at Mad Cave Studios
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Brian is the writer of The Vineyard with Aftershock Comics, co-creator and writer of Black Cotton with Scout Comics, and writer and self-publisher of his horror comic book series The Lunatic, The Lover, and The Poet. He is an editor for Mad Cave Studios, a freelance writer for BlackBox Comics and Zenescope, and author of 2 children chapter books for North Star Editions Publishing.
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45-Minute Mentoring Sessions w/ Julio Anta — Writer
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Julio Anta is Cuban and Colombian American author from Miami, FL. He lives and writes in New York City where he tells narratively rich stories about diverse Latinx characters for readers of all ages. His debut comic book series HOME was released in 2021 through Image Comics. Forthcoming work includes FRONTERA and SECOND GENERATION BLUES, a pair of YA graphic novels from HarperAlley, and SÍ, SE PUEDE, a non-fiction graphic novel from Ten Speed Press.
Story
NEGATIVE SPACE COMICS IS ONE YEAR OLD! To celebrate, we are launching our first-ever anthology featuring our competition winners, finalists, mentors, judges, and more!
Our writers were told to give us their interpretation of what “negative space” means to them — either as a physical thing, a concept, or a mission — and they took it and ran. Most stories are YA+ and range in genre from horror to romance, from fantasy to real life.
Some of the creators on this anthology are being published for the first time! This is them breaking into the industry and being showcased to the community, while others are veterans with amazing new stories to tell. Our mission has always been to empower creators to get the education and mentorship to make it in the comic book industry — and with this anthology, AND YOUR SUPPORT, we can cover our second mission — TO GET PEOPLE PUBLISHED!
Purpose
We believe the comic book industry is ready for new voices, new stories, new people — our competitions open up a door for many newcomers in comics to find a community, grow their circle, and find professional mentors towards life-long career support. Our anthology, in part with that mission, is giving new creators a chance to get published, to get their work in your hands, to have something to show for their amazingly creative ideas that they have been pushing to put out in the world. Your help can make many of these creator’s lives & careers flourish! We are here for the underrepresented — your support in this really helps us to continue our mission and our path to open doors into the comic book industry!
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Contributors
CO-FOUNDER OF NEGATIVE SPACE
Alex is a Czech and Latina screenwriter, graphic novelist, published essayist, and actor. As the daughter of immigrants from clashing cultures, a teen cancer survivor, and a former runway model, Alex writes stories based on her life experiences with authenticity, dark humor, and heart. She’s drawn to coming-of-age stories of protagonists who turn individuality into superpowers — teen rebellion at its finest.
Audrey Meeker is comic artist and editor based in Athens, GA. When she's not working on her debut graphic novel "SWING", she's making coffee or sleeping. You can find Audrey on Twitter @MeekerAudrey.
Grey is a freelance comic artist and illustrator. She’s a farm girl with a passion for roleplaying games, horror stories, and historical fiction (plus lots of other nerd stuff). She lives with her Overwatch duo-queue partner/husband and their spoiled tabby cat, Cleopatra.
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Stretch Goals
$12K — Negative Space Sticker Pack: Anyone who purchased a physical reward will receive a sticker pack with 6 stickers, including Negative Space Comics and Negative Space Anthology artwork stickers!
$15K — Postcard Set: Anyone who purchased a physical reward will receive a postcard set with 5 postcards of artwork from this anthology!
$20K — Negative Space Fund: This is the big one! If we reach $20K we will launch the Negative Space Fund for 2023 competitions. Anyone that does not have the ability to pay for our competitions can easily apply to receive discounts or even a free submission to any competition! Help us help others!
Timeline
All anthology stories are already in the art stage! We spent August editing the stories — we expect inks to be ready by end of September and colors/letters by end of October.
When the campaign ends, on November 4, we hope to take 2-3 weeks to finalize the book design, and set up for printers. Our aim is to go to print before December. We are working with anthology creator extraordinaire Pete Carlsson, who will make sure we stick to our schedule.