You need to:

• Live in the UK
• Create original comics
• Have one completed comic, to a high standard, ready to print. The comic must be at least 20 pages, and can be either a standalone story, several shorter stories or a chapter of a longer work.
• Be familiar with our products and standards
• Be friendly and willing to work within a group
• Be committed to seeing projects through to fulfilment
• Be willing to learn and expand your skills
• Deliver content digitally (please scan traditional media)
• Be over 16 years old.

As a member, some of the benefits you receive will be:

• Advertisement of your comic in other titles
• Option of joining group print runs
• Option to participate in group projects and anthologies
• International sales through the website
• Sales at various UK conventions and events
• ISBNs for books/collected volumes (and associated distribution through Amazon, other retailers and wholesalers)

Once you are a member you must:

• Give 10-20% of the cover price to the group to cover distribution and other miscellaneous costs
• Print the Sweatdrop logo on your comic's cover at a legible size
• Include 1 or more page of adverts for other people's titles
• Help out at group events if at all possible, allowing for individual circumstances and availability

Be realistic! Epics are very tempting, but shorter stories are easier to complete, and you will improve/learn loads, particularly if you're just starting out.

If you get turned down, just keep working hard and try again. Not all of our members were successful on their first application and we always give feedback. We're impressed by noticeable improvements in your art or writing!

Please be aware that we are very busy during convention season (Feb-Oct), so applications processing will slow down or even pause altogether during these times. Please be patient and understand that con season is a manic time for any comics group.

You should be familiar with self-publishing and how self-publishing works. It's all right if you only publish online currently (ie. you post your comic as a webcomic on a hosting platform), just so long as you're familiar with the process to some extent and are ready to self-publish in physical print.

Although it's not obligatory, we recommend you get to know us, either by talking with us on social media, or meeting us at events (announcements of which can be found on our social media)! As a group and collective, we depend on collaboration and great teamwork, so it's a good idea to get acquainted before you apply.

Great! Please fill in the following form and send it to applications@sweatdrop.com

Name:

Age:

Location:

Website:

Tell us about your comic(s)... titles, summaries, length:

Do you have your comic online? If so, what's the URL?:

Sample pages: (Attach or link). Please send at least 10 sequential pages, preferably from around the start of your comic; we need to see storytelling as well as artistic skill. If you have multiple short comics, send a total of 10 or more pages from them as needed. If emailing pages, please send JPGs less than 1000 pixels wide.

Is your comic the work of more than one person? If so, please confirm that all contributors have consented to its being submitted as part of your application and, if the application is successful, being printed as a Sweatdrop comic.

Finally, please tell us why you want to join - how do you think being part of Sweatdrop will be beneficial for you?