SUBMITTING CARTOONS TO AFRICARTOONS
Qualifying Criteria
All professional editorial cartoonists whose work is regularly published in the established (digital or print) media are invited to submit their work. Authors of strip cartoons are also invited, provided that their strips incorporate a degree of social or political commentary.
Content Advisory
A diversity of political opinions is welcomed, and cartoonists from the continent’s free press are particularly encouraged to submit their work. The editors reserve the right to decide upon the merits of any cartoon before publishing it, and to pull any cartoon that they deem to be racist, incorporate hate speech, or that is unfairly offensive to any group (allowing that most cartoons will inevitably offend someone), or cartoons which do not meet with a general standard of quality or intelligibility.
Cartoon specifications
*Please send your cartoons as jpg files, 72 dpi, and up to 800 pixels wide, to THIS ADDRESS.
*Each cartoon should ideally be dated (the date it was first published), and signed with the cartoonist's and publication’s name on the cartoon.
*Ideally, cartoons should be saved as a jpg file in the Africartoons standard format: yearmmdd_yourname_publication.jpg (eg: 20100125_Zapiro_TheTimes.jpg).
*Regular contributors will be given the ability to post their cartoons directly onto the site, with added privileges allowing keyword authoring etc.
*Please submit a self portrait (or at least a photograph) of yourself and a biography that will help inform the information we post on your profile.
Permission to publish
By submitting your cartoons to africartoons.com you confirm that you are the copyright holder of the cartoons and agree to the terms and conditions as they appear on this page (and may be updated from time to time), including allowing us to publish your cartoons on the internet and use them for any promotional purpose. You also consent to the non commercial use of your cartoons, provided that they are not changed or edited and that you are properly credited as the author.
Commercial Use
Africartoons will represent you in the instance of any commercial enquiry regarding the use or purchase of your cartoons that is derived via the website. In the instance of such an enquiry we will contact you to inform you of the offer and, subject to your consent, africartoons.com will earn a 50% commission from any such transaction, which amount is to be calculated on the total and payable when payment is made by the interested party. Africartoons will pay the remaining 50% to the cartoonist.
Additional Services
While making your cartoons accessible to a greater worldwide audience, africartoons.com will also actively promote the site to online news sites and print publications that share an interest in African and international affairs, and encourage a growing community of interested parties to regularly visit the site so that it becomes the most popular resource of African cartoons. To achieve this we will pro-actively engage with new technology and media (such as social media), and ensure a high level of visibility of the content. Africartoons.com will also encourage better interaction between its cartoonists and lend weight to matters of mutual interest to African cartoonists, and the art of cartooning.
Charges
Africartoons will host your cartoons and cartoonist's profile as a free service, however we hope to subsidise the development and running costs of this site through commissions earned through the sale of prints, originals and publishing rights of the cartoons (in which proceeds will be shared with the cartoonist), and other joint ventures such as printed publications published with interested cartoonists. Cartoonists will be invited, but not obliged, to participate in any such joint venture that we deem viable. Africartoons will also provide a platform for sale of any publications or associated merchandise produced by the cartoonist and organise exhibitions and speaking engagements with the cartoonists.
Updates to these Terms
Please revisit these terms and conditions regularly to be updated with any changes which would become effective when they are posted here.
These terms were last edited on October 28, 2011.
