Dundee Comics Prize 2018

2018 is the 200th anniversary of the The aim of the Dundee Comics Prize is to publication of Frankenstein, or The nurture talent in comics and to help new Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. creators gain recognition. Anyone can She lived in Dundee as a teenager, which enter the competition, and the submission partly inspired her in writing the novel. can be in any style, in black and white This was recounted in 2015’s Frankenstein or colour, but the work must be finished Begins comic. The sequel, to be published to a high standard (lettered, inked, etc), in October 2018, is entitled Frankenstein and it must be a complete story. The work Returns. University of Dundee’s Comics must be original, and it must not have Creative Space and the Being Human been published already or be currently Festival will team-up to celebrate offered for publication elsewhere. Shelley’s novel, and its afterlife and When submitting final copy good quality legacy. There will be a series of events electronic copies are requested in the in Dundee, including talks, workshops, first instance. The prize is awarded to an exhibition, the publication of a Dundee the creator or team who produce the edition of the book, and the launch of the work. If the comic is collaborative the new comic. Contributions to the comic, on members of the team will share the prize the theme of “Frankenstein Returns” are money equally. All winners (including now invited. runners-up) will be asked to provide a short account of how the comic was Entries to the Frankenstein Returns/ created, along with any relevant photos Dundee Comics Prize competition should and sketches. These will be used on the be in the form of at least 5 pages of DCCS website. The decision of the judging completed comic art. The prize is £300, panel is final. plus publication of the story. Runners-up may also be published. The deadline for All queries and submissions should be submissions is 1st October 2018. The sent to Professor Christopher Murray work will be judged by a panel consisting at: [email protected] of comic creators and scholars, with the Please send large files via wetransfer: announcement being made at the launch https://wetransfer.com/ of the comic on Saturday 27th October More information is available here: 2018 in Dundee Comics Creative Space at www.dundeecomicscreativespace.com/ 6pm. The comic will be produced by Ink and here: http://beinghumanfestival.org/ Pot Studios and published by UniVerse. Artwork by Norrie Millar, colours by Rebecca Horner.