Do you want to be a comic writer or artist? Our Top Cow Talent Hunt is one of the best ways to get in and noticed. Previous winners include Tini Howard, Jim Towe, Isaac Goodhart, Hannibal Tabu and so many others!
Download the details from here (cut and paste):
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/2yybVhb8y0/fi-6483a4d9-f684-4e78-8f95-b3355b70a915/fv-fcbcc5d0-43be-4b58-aaed-8ca84edc23ce/POSTAL%20%2316.docx
READ THE WHOLE DOCUMENT. I get hit up with questions every year that are CLEARLY ANSWERED in there.
There’s also a direct link at the CBR story you can click on: http://www.cbr.com/top-cow-talent-hunt-2017-details/
The reference books this year are Postal, Think Tank, The Tithe, Samaritan and some of those are free here:
The Tithe #1: http://topcow.com/files/TI001_loreader.pdf
Postal #1: http://topcow.com/files/PO001_loreader.pdf
Postal #5: http://topcow.com/files/PO005_loreader.pdf
Think Tank #1: http://topcow.com/files/Think_Tank_01_Digital.pdf
Think Tank #2: http://topcow.com/files/ThinkTank02_lo.pdf
Think Tank #3: http://topcow.com/files/ThinkTank03_lo.pdf
Think Tank #4: http://topcow.com/files/ThinkTank04_lo.pdf
Think Tank Fun with PTSD #1: http://topcow.com/files/ThinkTank_FunwithPTSD01_reader.pdf
My best advice is to write a story about a single character, self-contained story and have it be about an emotional reaction of sorts.