Don’t Miss Your Chance to Pitch at OFF LIFE!

By John Freeman on August 26, 2016

Comics season is upon us. Every weekend for the next couple months it seems there’s a festival, exhibition, small press day or major releases to occupy your eyeballs. So, what better time time for OFF LIFE, the UK’s only street press comic, to open their doors to comic submissions for their next issue?

OFF LIFE publishes a magazine full of indie comics and illustration to help showcase the comic art form and the incredible talent working within it. Over eleven issues they’ve featured some of today’s most exciting creators, including Jack Teagle, Kristyna Baczynski, Kyle Platts, Jamie Coe, Ana Galvan, Box Brown and Jean Jullien.

“As ever we’re looking for one to four page comics that have something honest, insightful or fresh to say,” says Daniel Humphry, Editor. “Aside from not accepting genre work (think spandex,sandals or space) we’re completely to open to all types of work – whether that’s a minimal page about modern dating or a surreal epic about the political armageddon we’re currently going through. We want to see it all!”

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never been published or have been published everywhere. The OFF LIFE team are a democratic bunch and we consider all comics just the same. So if you’ve already got a comic ready or if you’ve just a passing interest, please drop them a hello at: info@offlife.co.uk.

• The OFF LIFE Deadline: Friday 16 September 2016 | Specs and rights info: offlife.co.uk/submit

• Read every issue for free right here | Follow OFF LIFE on Twitter @OFFLIFE_comic

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.