"Semper Fidelis Tyrannosaurus!"

The Defenestrati is the monthly comic of Defenestration [link] an online magazine dedicated to humor and edited by yours truly. The Defenestrati is unusual in that it isn't created by a single person, but rather a group of people... and that group of people is YOU.

But who are the Defenestrati? You can find out more about the characters by going to these deviations:



How do I get involved?
Easy. Just make a Defenestrati strip and e-mail it to me at defenestrationmag@yahoo.com.

Please DO NOT upload the strip onto deviantART until AT LEAST a week after the strip gets published. We want these to be brand new when we publish them. It’s more special that way.

Defenestration publishes a new issue on the 20th of each month.

Copyright info?
The Defenestrati is copyright Andrew Kaye, Eileen Lavelle, and Genevieve Valentine. Or in other words, © Kaye, Lavelle, and Valentine. If you end up putting your strip on deviantART later, please use the appropriate copyright information in the description.

What medium can I use?
Any that you can think of. Traditional, digital, it doesn’t matter. If you want to make a strip from a series of photographs, go for it. Creativity is encouraged. All artists, regardless of experience or drawing ability, are encouraged to participate. And if you prefer coloring artwork, there are bound to be opportunities for that as well.

Please make sure the characters are recognizable as Scott, Barbara, and/or Kleptemkamen. You can make them in any style you want, but since different people are going to be making each strip, we need the characters to be identifiable.

And please, don’t submit anything to us unless it’s your own work!

I’m a writer, not an artist.
Cool. If you want to write poetry and prose about the Defenestrati, that’s fine too. We can create a strip around it. Or if you have a great script/idea for a comic but need an artist to bring it to life, we can take care of that, too. However, if you do decide to write Defenestrati prose, please keep it under 500 words.

Are there any limitations?
Defenestration publishes all sorts of stuff, including things deemed to be for more “mature” audiences. Follow this rule when creating your strip: if it can be displayed on deviantART, it can be published in Defenestration. We often walk a fine line in the humor business. Foul language is fine, racial/religious/sexual/etc. slurs are not. Nudity is fine, pornography is not. We’re trying to make people laugh, not offend them. Please note that anything deemed “mature” will be labeled with the appropriate tag on our site.

If you’re unsure whether something will be appropriate or not, send me a note or an e-mail and ask. Better to get a green light beforehand rather than draw something only to find out it’s probably going to offend half the population.

Can I put one of my own characters into the comic?
Please don’t. We want to keep this strictly a Defenestrati thing. Don’t put characters from your own comics into a Defenestrati strip; people probably won’t get the joke/cameo/whatever unless they’re one of your fans, and we want everyone to enjoy this.

This includes characters of my own. While Ben, Winslow, the Vampiric Minority gang and all my other characters are a lot of fun, they don’t belong in Defenestrati strips, especially since I often use them in my monthly column. If you want to draw my characters, make me some fanart.

So there you have it. If you have any questions, please ask!

If you’d like to contribute to Defenestration in another way, you have some other options:

Featured Artist
Defenestration features different deviantART humorist every month. This includes a selection of their works and a link back to their site(s). If you would like to suggest an artist to be featured in our magazine, send me a note.

The Usual Way
If you'd like to submit your funny artwork to Defenestration (and we don't care if it's photography, comics, cartoons, paintings, photomanipulations, or whatever), either send me a note with the link to the deviation, or drop us a line at defenestrationmag@yahoo.com

If you're a writer, and would like to submit funny poetry and prose to us, you can send your submission to submissions@defenestrationmag.net



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