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Ok yeah that's what I was wondering. I'd rather be in direct contact with the printer than do things through Tapas. Thanks~! ^^

We would suggest selecting your strongest pieces/the pieces that will best convey your idea to us. The file size limit is 25 MB for a .zip file.

We will be utilizing a form for submissions this time instead of an email. There will be appropriate sections for you to fill in for synopsis, summary, etc.

  1. 30 panels is just a rough estimate of the amount of panels for an episode and you are definitely welcome to have episodes with more panels.

  2. We are looking for compelling stories, not just feel-good stories, so grimdark stories do have a shot. (We actually have a few dark Premium titles...)

Those who are ineligible are typically those who are under 18 or have a visa that restricts them from working with a U.S. company. If you live outside of the US and don't have a visa that restricts working within a U.S. company, you are eligible.

OMG I have a long story idea for a long time! I think I am going to pitch it! I am also excited to work with a different format for mobile (I usually make small gag comics)!

Hi. Regarding this requirement:
"If you're not currently publishing with us, please provide links to your websites or social media pages"

How important is the existence of an active social media page? Would a dA account that I haven't used for years still be a positive or more detrimental to my application? And if the artist doesn't have any social media pages/websites but would be willing to create one and maintain it for publicity would that also be acceptable?

Likely, you'll have a contract with Tapas and whatever is in that contract READ IT VERY CAREFULLY. For anyone who does not have experience, have someone with experience read the contract with you to help understand it. Sometimes wording can be misleading or confusing in order to give the contract company the better end of the deal.

Make sure that you are not giving away your rights as the creator to YOUR WORK. This is still YOUR WORK and you should own it and have the final say in what happens with it. Personally, I find the wording of even just the OP to be a bit suspicious and I remember there was a fiasco a while back about Tapas rewording some of their policies so they essentially own the works of other people. Also suspicious the staff chose to answer every other question yet ignored this one. hmm

As far as I'm aware, any series created through the Incubator program Tapas owns a sizable percentage of it (up to negotiation though obviously between each individual incubator creator). I don't know if they'll own it indefinitely or if after a number of years all rights will revert to the creator, but I imagine they'd want a say in the creation of any physical media to sell.

And per the fiasco with the ToS, Tapas only wanted to offer bargaining rights for their creators when pitching to other companies.

But feel free to clarify @STAFF, if I got any of this wrong.

So, for this, can we include extra documents? For example, I have a document with just extra information regarding details about the universe the comic is taking place in, details about the story line (like, how certain things came to be, etc,) and such, and I was wondering what exactly we have to put? Like I get that we gotta put on the list but can we add extras?

Furthermore, I am under 18 but my parents would be willing to help w/ money stuff, or the other stuff that is like only 18 and over can do, so can I still submit?

Page 3 I suppose. In short, if Tap ever allowed minors to work officially for them (either as contract workers or employees) there are a bunch of forms to fill out for both parties and Tap would have to be checked out by a state office.

More trouble than it's worth. Just wait a few years until you're legal. ^^

Most of your questions can already be find in the FAQ3. You should read it.



Sorry, I'm just looking for clarification on a question covered by the FAQ! If you are an artist/writer duo, should you apply under a Tapas account of one of the individuals, or should you make a "duo account" for lack of a better term?