Beat Comics
It’s not that easy to define exactly what Beat Comics is … the simplest “box” we can put it into is possibly to explain what we hope Beat Comics can become:
Financially successful SA Comics with a pure entertainment focus. Nothing more, nothing less.
Beat Comics is plugged into the financial support and distribution infrastructure of Media 24 – thereby creating a situation where creatives can finally concentrate on creating and not get stuck in the thousands of problems associated with printing and distribution of comics in SA.
So, does Beat Comics hope to become the saviour publisher of all the unwanted ideas that are gathering dust in drawers all over SA? No. Initially we are working on 3 in-house projects that are all very diverse in content and style, and also two freelance projects with artists based in Johannesburg and Durban respectively. The projects that are in-studio are fiction projects with a local focus – so no superheroes (...yet! :-D - AC), but on the flipside also no soccer.
At this point we won’t be adding extra content but we are very happy to look at portfolios, so please feel free to contact us with any questions or to submit artwork.
Stick around – we guarantee it’s going to be interesting.
- Moray
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The two main stories we're working on are:
1. Crime Reporter - follows the adventures of a young new reporter at a
major metropolitan newspaper ;) the story is set in a fictional Unicity that
is a combination of Jhb, CT and Durbs.
The lead character works for a tabloid newswpaper covering topical issues in
todays news (crime for instance), but because the newspaper is like the
Daily Sun, some of the stories he investigates will have a weird or
supernatural bent to them.
2. Mzansi Beats - a comic about 3 township musicians and their quest to
become a successful and famous pop group. It's not pop idols and overnight
fame - they'll have to do all the hard graft along the way and struggle with
the realities of being an SA band.
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