Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/01/2021
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Category(ies)

The Graphic Novel Process and how to Best Showcase Your Work

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2021
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EDT

Zoom Info:

* Your link to join the live webinar will be sent by 6:00 p.m. EST April 30, 2021 (the day before the event).

Note: This is your link. Please do NOT share it with anyone else. If you know someone who has signed up for the webinar and didn’t receive their link or who couldn’t sign up for the webinar in time, please have them email Diane (indiana-ra@scbwi.org) or Teresa (indiana-ra2@scbwi.org) ASAP to get sorted out.

* The recording will be sent to all registered participants a couple of days after the webinar (May 3, 2021) and will be available for re-watching for 30 days.

2021 is turning out to be the year of the graphic novels for IN SCBWI! To complement our graphic novel conference in January, we are so excited to have art director Kirk Benshoff from First Second follow up with a presentation on the topic. Kirk is offering paid critiques and there is a submission opportunity to him afterwards.

Kirk Benshoff is an accomplished graphic designer/art director at Macmillan managing their First Second imprint with over twenty years of experience creating graphic novels, trade books, magazines, logos, illustrations, websites, and more.

EXTRA! Portfolio critiques available:

Kirk is offering written critiques (of portfolios only; no manuscripts, please) at $45 each. If you would like to purchase a critique, you need to do so at the time of registration though you don’t have to send the materials until March 16, 2021. The feedback will be returned to you by May 1, 2021.

Please send the following as a single PDF to Diane Bradley-Kantor, indiana-ra@scbwi.org in an email no later than March 16, 2021:

1) A short bio about what you have been doing as an illustrator, highlights of your artwork, and specifically where you want to be going with your work. Preferably one page only, and please include it in the single PDF as the first page.

2) Up to 10 images that you have in your current portfolio.

3) Please put “Kirk Benshoff Critique” in the subject line of your email and label your attachment as “your name_Portfolio.pdf” e.g. “Teresa Robeson_portfolio.pdf”

The critiques will be completed by the date of the webinar, and Diane will email the feedback to you.

Submission* opportunities:

All attendees will have an opportunity to submit to Kirk. The specific submission information will be emailed, along with the link to the replay, to attendees post-conference.

*Submission is the publishing terminology for sending an editor something to consider for publication. Macmillan is normally closed to unsolicited submissions so this is an excellent opportunity to get your work to an editor who is otherwise unavailable to unagented stories. Submission does not mean “paid critique” of which there is only a limited number.

Cancellation Policy & Trouble-Shooting:

Since this is an online event with a recording available for one month afterwards to watch at your own pace, there will not be any refunds issued.

Please add indiana-ra@scbwi.org and indiana-ra2@scbwi.org to your email contact list. Webinar invites and recordings are sent through the SCBWI email system. Sometimes they are blocked by filters. Send us an email if you do not receive your links by the dates below.

* Your link to join the live webinar will be sent by 6:00 p.m. EST April 30, 2021 (the day before the event).

Note: This is your link. Please do NOT share it with anyone else. If you know someone who has signed up for the webinar and didn’t receive their link or who couldn’t sign up for the webinar in time, please have them email Diane (indiana-ra@scbwi.org) or Teresa (indiana-ra2@scbwi.org) ASAP to get sorted out.

* The recording will be sent to all registered participants a couple of days after the webinar (May 3, 2021) and will be available for re-watching for 30 days.

If you encounter any problems during your registration process for this event or have any other questions, contact Diane Bradley-Kantor, indiana-ra@scbwi.org or Teresa Robeson, indiana-ra2@scbwi.org and we will be happy to assist you.

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