Price range: $20.00 through $40.00
Artist Al Benbow explains the key components of how to get an agent for your graphic novel. Get the inside scoop in this workshop on Thursday, January 21 at 4-6pm PST / 7-9pm EST
About the workshop:
The first step to pitching a graphic novel to a major publishing house is getting an agent… but how does that work, exactly?
In this two-hour workshop, artist Al Benbow will go over the key components of how to get an agent for your graphic novel, including writing a successful graphic novel pitch, querying agents, and submitting to publishing house open calls.
About the teacher:
Al Benbow is a graphic designer, illustrator, and comic artist. Their memoir Unbinding: A Graphic Memoir of Top Surgery will debut from Oni Press in 2027. Their work, which usually centers around their identity as a nonbinary butch lesbian, has won multiple awards, and their comic “A Dyke Like Me” appeared in Issue 004 of Transmuted. Born and raised in the Midwest, they now live in Massachusetts with their partner, their cat, and their four-year-old goldfish.
Date:
This two-hour workshop will be Thursday, January 21 at 4-6pm PST / 7-9pm. The workshop will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers.
Questions about this workshop?
Email Crucial Comix publisher Shay at smirk@crucialcomix.com
To make them affordable, all of our classes and workshops are offered at a sliding scale cost.
Supporter - This payment level pitches in a little extra toward the teacher’s income and helps pay artists to create new comics at Crucial. Thanks for your support!
Standard - This is the basic rate for the class, which covers our costs.
Discount - We want people of all income levels in our classes, so choose this rate if you paying the standard rate is a stretch for you.
We set aside three spots in each class to be offered for free to people who would find it a hardship to pay the discount rate for any reason. These free spots are first-come, first-serve. If you would like to take a class for free, please send us a short email about yourself, what class you would like to take, and why. If a free spot is still available, we’ll send you a discount code to register for free! Email: editors@crucialcomix.com
