SPACEDOG, TOP COW ANNOUNCE NEW CONTEST

[MattBrady]

Press Release

Spacedog Entertainment and Top Cow Productions have teamed up to create a contest where aspiring comic writers and artists can submit their work for publication. The contest, dubbed “Choose Your Own Creator,” launched on May 1st, 2008 and runs through April 15th, 2009. The contest will have 22 winners total that will be paid for their work and be included in the resulting five-part comic series to be published by Top Cow Productions.

Entries can be submitted for the series’ treatment, character designs, individual issue scripts, cover art, black-and-white sequentials, and color sequentials. The contest consists of seven rounds, with each new submission building off the winning entries of the previous round. Contestants are welcome to submit entries for as many rounds as they like.

“Since its inception, Top Cow has been a beacon to comic writers and artists, launching many of the industry’s best. We believe that with Spacedog’s ability to create compelling stories, married with Top Cow’s artistic expertise and credibility, we have the ability to create something special while helping to launch the careers of upcoming artists,” says Roger Mincheff, founder and CEO of Spacedog Entertainment.

Entrants will be responsible for creating a prequel to Spacedog and Top Cow's already successful Proximity Effect graphic novel. To learn more about the contest, visit www.chooseyourowncreator.com.
www.spacedogentertainment.com

[LazarusMan]

Getting to work on the treatment. I'm gonna be busy these next few months.

[Metall-x]

What is the difference between a treatment and a synopsis?

[render man]

Boy they sure do make it confusing to enter this contest don't they?

If I'm a writer I am allowed to just submit a treatment? I don't have to worry about the art part?

And if I am just an artist I still have to come up with a treatment?

A little more clarity is needed I do think on their part.

[aportee]

Does the treatment has to be related to the 5 part comic book series that they are doing or can it be an original idea? I'm confused.

[dozymuppet]

Originally Posted by Metall-x

What is the difference between a treatment and a synopsis?

A synopsis is a short summary of your idea, normally only a few paragraphs, roughly a page in length.

A treatment is essentially your whole idea, written like a short story, telling what happens along the way. It describes the action and includes dialogue.

[Metall-x]

Originally Posted by dozymuppet

A synopsis is a short summary of your idea, normally only a few paragraphs, roughly a page in length.

A treatment is essentially your whole idea, written like a short story, telling what happens along the way. It describes the action and includes dialogue.

Thank you. I think this is only suppose to be for one issue. I am not sure how they expect 3 pages on it.

[dozymuppet]

I beleive they want a treatment for the whole series. For individual issues they actually want a full script.

To clarify, a treatment wouldn't include ALL the dialogue, but maybe an outtake or two that you feel are important to demonstrate your plot-points, like "I am your father".