Submit
Submissions are handled exclusively through **—but before heading there, please carefully read this overview.
> What to send
Newrosis considers any artwork that:
- Can plausibly be classified as comics (including single-panel) or sequential art;
- Tells, or suggests, a story mainly through visual means, without relying on lengthy dialogues—or even better, without any text at all;
- Expresses original, imaginative ideas, be they surreal, philosophical, absurd, antisocial, satirical, alternative, avant-garde, dark, macabre, weird, or more typical (yet somehow eccentric) science fiction/fantasy;
- Aspires to timelessness and universality, so that it is free from the contexts of the present time and place and can, at least in theory, communicate with anyone, anywhere, anytime;
- Was created by a human being without the use of AI tools.
Works from all over the world are welcome and encouraged.
Text, if used (such as in speech balloons), should be in English.
However, text in other languages is OK as long as accurate English translations are provided at the time of submission. Translations should be attached as *** and will be shown on the website as text under their respective panels.
No simultaneous submissions: your work cannot be under consideration here and elsewhere at the same time.
No multiple submissions to this journal at the same time: wait for a decision on your current submission before sending more.
There is no hard limit on how many panels can be in a comic strip, but a reasonable number for online viewing is up to 20 panels or so.
> Technical details
Each comic strips on Newrosis is presented as a vertical series of individual panels, which allows it to be viewed conveniently on any screen size.
When sending your work, each panel should therefore be in a separate image file. Please don’t send a single file with a complex layout of multiple panels.
Individual panels can be in any aspect ratio, but the best for online visibility is a perfect square or a vertical rectangle (as in portrait mode).
It’s OK if speech balloons break out of frames and appear on white background, as long as everything is clearly visible.
Accepted file types: JPG or PNG.
Panel width must be precisely 1000 px.
Individual files (i.e., each panel) must not exceed 200 KB.
(You can use a wonderful program called Irfanview for changing image files to user-defined specifications).
> When to send
Any time. Newrosis has no deadlines to meet or quotas to fill, so acceptance automatically leads to publishing without further notice.
Sending materials means consenting to this simplified process and allowing Newrosis to publish your work if accepted.
So be aware that if you get a positive reply, your work is either already online or likely to go live before you can say “I changed my mind.”
> Response time
Decisions are typically sent within one week.
Rejection or acceptance depends on the author’s personal taste and should not be taken as authoritative aesthetic judgment of your work.
In other words, don’t be discouraged if you get a “no.” Keep making more, and keep sending your best.
> Das Kapital
Newrosis neither pays for publication nor charges for submission.
The journal is, in addition, committed to remaining completely free to read.
> Copyright
Copyright to artworks remains entirely with their respective creators. There are no restrictions on creators’ reuse of their work elsewhere after it has appeared here.
> Publicity
In case your work is published, Newrosis kindly asks that you post at least one link at an online venue of your choice, pointing either to your work’s URL or to the website’s homepage.
Just like in the old days, this journal, and the art it showcases, depend on creators to spread the word.