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Posted by Gobstopped Gobstopped is looking for artists who can create cartoon strips for the mobile phone. Check out our current offerings by texting GOB to 83238 or entering wap.gobstopped.com in your phone's browser. If you think you can do better, get in touch with us now! Please see our press release below for more info: PRESS RELEASE Gobstopped is a newly-launched platform where artists can submit their material for publication. It’s completely free of charge to join, and the platform is provided by Kwickee Mobile. Artists Worldwide are welcome to contribute, although the service will initially be available in the UK only. Gobstopped provides the means to publish material via mobile phones through all UK operators as well as on the Gobstopped website. Contributors are then free to market their material in any way they wish, plus they will benefit from Gobstopped’s own publicity campaigns at no cost. Artists and writers receive a royalty every time someone buys any of their work. The royalties are based on a percentage of retained income after costs. Contributing to Gobstopped involves NO COST and NO COMMITMENT. Cartoon strips are uploaded by the artist via their PC direct to the Gobstopped website. All material will be reviewed by the editorial team before being passed for publication. Then it becomes available for purchase via mobile phone by texting GOB to 83238. The initial price will be 50p per strip, plus we will sell packages of up to 14 strips for £4.50 (a saving of £2.00). The audience for Gobstopped is 17 – 25 year olds which means students and first time workers. The subject matter for cartoon strips should target this group as they are the most likely to be able and willing to search out and consume such material on a mobile phone. These strips can be edgy, alternative, subversive, underground – they can be humorous or dark; self-contained jokes or social commentary; serials and even mobile graphic novels. The only restraint is that no extreme erotica, pornography or violence is permitted. Gobstopped will also broker relationships between writers and artists. Kwickee Mobile has over 2000 writers registered already, so artists willing and looking to work in collaboration will find the Gobstopped team well placed to find the right writer. Before drawing comic strips specifically for mobile distribution we recommend that you check out what it might look like first. To see some examples text ‘GOB’ to 83238 and go to the cartoon zone by clicking on 'Cartoons'. You will be able to view the first strip in each Gobful free - but you are welcome to encourage your fellow artists by buying a Gobful of their work. Your network operator’s text charges will apply. Artists interested in contributing to Gobstopped should contact the team for more details by sending an e-mail to gobs@gobstopped.com. The message from the Gobstopped team is ‘contact us today and join the mobile revolution. Share and market your creativity with mobile users throughout the UK!’ There’s no limit to how much material anyone can publish through Gobstopped, and this is a great opportunity to get seen in a brand new and fast-growing market. For more details or interviews contact Link: Gobstopped website
on 25/7/2005, 2:10 pm
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New Mobile Opportunity for Comic Artists
www.gobstopped.com - a new web and wap site - is offering artists the opportunity to see their work distributed via the hottest new medium – the mobile phone. For illustrators who can create cool cartoon strips, quirky comics or unusual illustrations this is the chance to reach the ringtone generation – and help squash the frog!
Nick Hirst – Managing Editor, Kwickee Mobile
Tel: 020 7520 5708
e-mail: nick.hirst@kwickee.com
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