Funtime Comics

Publish your work in Funtime

Our anthology, Funtime Comics Presents... is made up entirely of artist contributions. We like it to include as wide a range of comics as possible, from experimental art to social commentary, to straightforward comics storytelling in any genre. It can be humorous, serious, or just plain silly. Creators retain the copyright on any work they contribute.

Funtime is a non-profit organisation. Any money we make selling comics goes back into printing more comics.

The Funtime Editorial Process

Funtime runs a slightly unusual editorial process. It works like this...

Step one: Artists submit their work. Some are handed over at workshops, others are mailed or emailed in from from around the world.

Step two: Sponsors make a donation of NZ$5 for each page they'd like to see published. Sometimes artists sponsor their own work when they submit it, and we also have a bunch of people who like to donate to support other artists.

Step three: The Editor puts together each issue from the sponsored comics.

What's most likely to be sponsored?

Sponsors tend to pick work that hasn't already been printed elsewhere, and new artists who haven't been published before tend to be specially favoured.

Submission Guidelines

Funtime is published in an A5 portrait format (148 mm wide, 210 mm high) format. We can take submissions in other formats, but they'll be shrunk to fit this size. Be careful that your lettering will still be readable at this size - people hate having to use a magnifying glass to read their comics.
Funtime artwork is black and white.
For paper submissions, write your name on the back of each page as well as a page number if your contribution is longer than one page, so we don't get the order wrong.
For digital submissions, make sure the file names include numbers to show their order.
Please try not to send any work that might get us arrested.
Include contact details, and biographical information with your submission. A small self-portrait is also handy.
Submission of artwork is taken to imply that the contributor gives permission for their work to be published in our anthology, and that short excerpts may be used for the promotion of the anthology as the editor sees fit. If you have specific requirements for how your work should be used, please let us know.