Hey all, life got pretty crazy in 2016/most of 2017, huh? Well, this is definitely happening now, with a hard submission deadline of March 5, 2018. BUT!
We still aim to make WARLOCK WASTELAND #2! BIGGER! CRAZIER! SLEAZIER! More ooze-dripping, more anachronistic, more non-functional machinery/tubes/buttons/diodes/screens-bedecked! And the world has been so screwed up, we all have plenty of material for hard sci-fi now, ammirite? AMMIRITE?
For new followers of WARLOCK WASTELAND: WARLOCK WASTELAND is an homage to the sci-fi/fantasy magazine HEAVY METAL/METAL HURLANT and the artists contained therein. I like to consider it "ethically sleazy," meaning it has the gross and sexy feeling of Heavy Metal without representing elements of rape culture, racism, homophobia, and transphobia (except critically). WARLOCK WASTELAND is edited by LGBTs and POC. That being said, WARLOCK WASTELAND is a solid piece of sci-fi and fantasy that aims to include without claiming to speak for a group as a whole. WARLOCK WASTELAND is for everyone! If you're a weirdo freak and love sci-fi and fantasy with every fibre of your being, WARLOCK WASTELAND wants YOU.
The magazine is full color, 11x17 (so, a single page is 8.5x11) unfolded. glossy, professionally printed. Submissions are 300 dpi tiff or jpg scans. Black and white work is accepted. We also encourage old and unpublished work, as long as it's thematically appropriate. WARLOCKWASTELAND began as a means of publishing our friends' old sci-fi comics in progress that have just been laying around with the idea of treating the unfinished stories as serials. In fact, we encourage serials (think of Den or Arzach) .
Content-wise, we're looking for:
comics (multiple pages and one pagers are equally acceptable),
pinups (portrait or landscape)
rogues-gallery style character pages
reviews of film/tv/books/comics/games/music that are relevant to science fiction and fantasy
short stories
theory/essays
Also, this magazine strives for the anachronistic. Obviously, that can't apply to work pertaining to contemporary media- for instance, if you wanted to write an analysis of the symbolism in the "Blackstar" music video or something like that. However, keep the spirit of vintage Heavy Metal in mind when submitting a piece.
I handpick all contributors, but thought I would post this, because I always want to learn about contemporary sci-fi and fantasy artists! If you don’t make it into this issue, there’s always issue #3!