WHAT IS A DOUJINSHI? A doujinshi is a fan comic. A story written by fans of popular TV, cartoons / anime and video game characters and worlds. An original doujinshi is a fan made comic that is the original creation of the fans. The characters and worlds are new, and are singular expressions of a fresh talent wishing to tell and or illustrate new stories for others to enjoy. SUBMITING YOUR ORIGINAL DOUJINSHI All material in your story must be original. All characters and places must be new. You cannot create a new city in the Full Metal Alchemist universe, and your character cannot be Peter Parker's long lost sister. Make your planet, series, etc. all original. You can have generic elements like drows, orcs, ninjas, pirates and ninja-pirates... but don't copy, be as original as possible, and above all, entertain folk. Parodies are also acceptable, as long as they are entertaining on their own and stand up as original pieces. Content that you would see in Mad magazine and Cracked wouldn't be suitable for Healthy Insanity, those parodies are too close to the original work. PORN & GORE = NOT OK Content must also be no stronger than PG-13, no porn, needless bloodshed or illegal themes. HI isn't meant to be kid safe, so you can have mature themes, adultish jokes and bloodshed, just nothing over the top. PAGE COUNT IS OPEN. How many pages should stories be? As many as you like. Though we recommend 8 page chapters for beginners. HOW "COMMISSION" WORKS. Every comic page, every comic strip and every pinup counts as a "page." Half of your pages must have been created in part by commission work. It could be commission writing, penciling, inking, coloring or lettering. This means that only part of it needs to be commission, you can do the rest. For instance if you are a kick ass artist, you can hire someone to sketch and you'll ink it, or perhaps you'll just color it. Both count! Here are examples of acceptible submissions. Don (copyright holder, artist) hires Paul (writer) to write his 5 page comic. 5 comic pages including Paul's commission writing 5 pinups by Don himself Paul (copyright holder, writer) hires Sally (artist) to draw four pages of his comic. Greg volunteers to draw four pinups to get his name out there. 4 comic pages including Sally's commission art 4 free pinups by Greg Here's an example of what doesn't qualify. Greg (copyright holder, artist) draws his own comic and pays Don (artist) to do one pinup. 7 pages by Greg 1 pinup commission by Paul. Half of the submitted pages did not contain commission elements. If you have any questions about the project there is a section in the forums just for asking questions right here: http://www.healthyinsanity.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 http://www.healthyinsanity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8 Merchandise & printing - Only applicants who register via contract may sell merchandise through the Healthy Insanity on-line stores and qualify to take part in the printed doujinshi part of the project. Who owns the copyrights to work submitted to Healthy Insanity? A) You, the original copyright holder, do. We don't want your copyrights. If you don't sign a contract, we're just showing your work on-line for no less than two years after submission. We never acquire a publishing license and no transfer of copyright privelege is made. If you sign a contract with Healthy Insanity, you still retain your copyrights, publishing rights will be defined by the contract so please refer to that. PLEASE NOTE: If you sign a contract with Healthy Insanity, it is highly recommended that you also sign contracts between yourself and your own hired help / volunteer workers so that you are not violating their creative rights by submitting their part of your work for production on Healthy Insanity. An exampe of when a contract is recommended is an artist hired to create a t-shirt design for you. Healthy Insanity assumes no liability for legal complications arising between the submitter and their collaboraters, paid or unpaid.