Price range: $20.00 through $40.00
Getting an agent is a complex and opaque process. This workshop helps to open that door!
About the workshop:
In this workshop, Al 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. We’ll also workshop participants’ longlines and short summaries—so if you’re working on a project, bring a short description of it! Literary agent Fiona Kenshole will also be in attendance to offer advice and feedback.
Date:
This is a 2-hour online workshop on Thursday September 18, 4-6pm PST/7-9pm EST. The workshop is capped at 25 participants. Everyone who signs up will receive a Zoom link via email and then a recording of the workshop afterwards.
What you need:
• An idea for a graphic novel or longer comic you want to pitch to a publisher someday
About the teacher:
Al Benbow is a graphic designer, illustrator, and comic artist. 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.
About the agent:
Fiona has been a Senior Agent at Transatlantic Agency for twelve years, specializing in children’s and YA, and selected adult nonfiction and graphic novel titles. Her clients include Rosanne Parry whose book A WOLF CALLED WANDER has spent five years in the NYT bestseller list; Eisner winner Fiona Staples: and YALSA shortlisted author Elizabeth Rusch, A GREATER GOAL. She also proudly represents Shay Mirk’s graphic novel GUANTANAMO VOICES which was a New York Times best graphic novel of 2020.
Previously she was VP of Development Acquisition at Laika, acquiring new projects including the Oscar-nominated THE BOXTROLLS. She was a publisher in the UK at HarperCollins, Little, Brown, and Oxford University Press, publishing authors including Michael Bond (Paddington Bear), P.L Travers (Mary Poppins) and Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) and was the UK editor for Beverley Cleary, Lois Lowry, Bruce Coville, Gary Paulsen and Kevin Henkes. She was nominated for Editor of the Year at the British Book Awards. She lives in Portland, Oregon with two cats and a labrador.
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
