Artist Templates and Guidelines

Content

Main Zine:

The main zine is rated Teen/16+. It will be available for purchase to all ages, but with a parental content guideline of 16+. This means that pieces created for the main zine can include content such as swear words, kissing/romance, lightly implied sexual relationships (flirting, innuendo etc.), canon-typical levels of dark themes and sensitive content (mental illness, PTSD, violence, death, brainwashing, body modification). Pieces for this zine cannot contain any graphic or overt sexual content, or intensely graphic violence, or implied sexual relationships between characters under 18 years of age and characters over 18 years of age.

We understand that the level of graphicness can be hard to judge, and that different canons have different degrees of canon-typical violence and graphic content, so if you’re ever not sure, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the mod team and ask. We’d be happy to help!

NSFW Add-On Booklet:

The NSFW add-on booklet is exclusively for M- and E-rated content, with a focus on the adult, sexual relationship between Tony and Bucky. All pieces for this zine should be 18+ in some way. All characters in both art and writing must be depicted as over 18 years of age.

Format

Images can be .png or .jpg and should be 300dpi and at least the minimum size of the relevant page template for your piece. RGB will be converted to CYMK for print, so we will either do the conversion ourselves or if you want to control the conversion, you can work/submit in CYMK.

Spot illustrations will be embedded as no larger than half a page. Please feel free to get creative with your spot illustrations; they do not have to simply be a quarter or half page, they simply have to be able to integrate with at least a half page of text. (Decorative border, anyone?)

Collaborations

Comic Collabs

Matches for collaborative comics will start with artists filling out a small survey about their preferences. Writers assigned a script will then have the opportunity to review those survey answers and select the partnerships they think would suit them best. We ask that you try to be as open and flexible as possible to make matching easier, but we don’t want to saddle anyone with a universe or genre they feel they can’t create for.

You will receive instructions for matching by email in the week before the creation period starts so keep an eye out! We are hoping to have all matches finalized by the beginning of the creation period.

Spot Illustrations

Matches for spot illustrations will begin with writers filling out a short survey about their preferences. Artists will then indicate to the mods which partnerships they think would suit them best. If you have been assigned a fic with spot illustrations and have not yet filled out the survey in your acceptance email please do so immediately. Once matches have been made, you should receive your match via email by the beginning of the creation period.

Feedback

If at any point between check-ins you feel like you need feedback on your piece, please don’t hesitate to share your WIP in the appropriate Discord channels and ask for the kind of feedback you’d like. If you’re not comfortable sharing in that manner, you can also reach out to the mod team, who will provide whatever support we can.

Check-Ins

Each piece will be reviewed by a member of the mod team after each check-in, however feedback will be provided as desired. At minimum, you will receive notice that your piece is in line with content restrictions and you are good to continue working. If you’d prefer more in-depth feedback, you will have the opportunity to indicate as such on your check-in form, and a mod will be in touch about details. If you prefer not to receive feedback during the creation process, we will only alert you if there is content in your piece that violates the content guidelines and will need to be altered.

Final Submission

Each piece will be reviewed by a member of the mod team after final submission and receiving feedback will not be optional, however you will be able to indicate the depth of feedback you wish to receive. Every piece of art will be checked for adherence to the templates: size, resolution, format, bleed etc. You will also have the option of requesting more in-depth review re: anatomy, shading, layout, background etc. if you wish, though any changes of that nature will be ultimately under your discretion.

Templates