| Britainâ??s premier sci-fi comic 2000 AD, in association with leading pen manufacturer STABILO, is looking for the next generation of comic artists, and so is launching a nationwide competition to find the best new talent in the country.
The brief is simple â?? design a new villain for future lawman Judge Dredd. If youâ??re familiar with the Mega-City copâ??s adventures in 2000 AD every week, then youâ??ll know heâ??s faced a great number of foes in his twenty-eight-year history, such as Judge Death, Mean Machine Angel and the assassin Orlok, amongst all manner of aliens, cyborgs and mutants. But now we want you to come up with a brandnew nemesis that will test Dredd to the limit!
There are two age groups â?? 12-18 and 18+ â?? and the entries should be a fulllength image of the character, with further sketches if necessary, plus a fifty-word profile explaining who he/she/it is. Stretch your imaginations and come up with an original, visually intriguing baddie that immediately jumps off the page and who youâ??d love to see battling Dredd in their own storyâ?¦
â?¦because thatâ??s not all. The twenty finalists (10 from each group) that are picked by 2000 AD will win a whole host of STABILO drawing products before their character designs are judged by another panel to determine the two overall winners (one from each group). These lucky artists will have a specially commissioned Judge Dredd story written for them by John Wagner featuring their villain, and will receive expert tutelage and advice from professional creators in how to draw a five-page comic strip. The stories will be scanned, lettered and printed in a 2000 AD Winter Special, also featuring stories written and drawn by the UKâ??s emerging new talent.
If youâ??ve always dreamed of becoming a comic-book artist, nowâ??s your chance to be part of the Comic of Tomorrowâ??s future!
Send your entries, together with your name, age and address, to:
2000 AD/STABILO ART COMPETITION
THE STUDIO
BREWER STREET
OXFORD OX1 1QN
Alternatively e-mail your entries to
2000ADSTABILO@2000ADONLINE.COM*
*Please limit emails to 1.5Mb or less!
Closing date: July 31st 2005. Entries should be photocopies only, not originals. We regret we cannot return entries. This competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.
No cash alternative to prizes will be offered. The winners will be chosen from all the entries received by the closing date. |
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