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We’ve only got $1k left to go before we hit our goal! Back the Kickstarter now for this collection of essays, comics, and illustrations featuring work by Nadia Shammas, Clara Meath, Helen Robinson, Laura Neubert, Chip Zdarsky, and many other incredible creators! 

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Our Kickstarter is live! Check out the campaign and get your copy of the zine exploring our relationships to this landmark novel and the works it has inspired. This is a zine about Frankenstein, but it’s also about creativity, the act of creation, and the place where art and our lives intersect.

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A little preview of a piece by @clarameath for a story by Kayleigh Hearn in Called into Being: A Celebration of Frankenstein.

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Here’s a tiny preview tease of our cover by Richard Pace for Called Into Being: A Celebration of Frankenstein.

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Happy birthday to Mary Shelley, born on this day in 1797! We at Called into Being: A Celebration of Frankenstein are gearing up for our Kickstarter, launching next week. We can’t wait to share our collection of comics, essays, & illustrations, including this one by Lindsay Young.

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The Line-Up for Called Into Being

We had a wealth of fantastic pitches, but we’re ready to announce our line up for the zine! It will feature a mix of illustrated essays, comics, and essays with editorial illustrations. 

Anatomy of a Creature by Keith WTS Morris and Patrick Clausen 

Becoming Dr. Frankenstein by Christine Prevas and seren krakens

Bride of Frankenstein, Mother of Monsters by Kayleigh Hearn and Clara Meath

Confronting God by Nadia Shammas and Sam Beck 

Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Relatable by Véronique Emma Houxbois and Amy Spaulding

Frankenstein's Snowman by Billy Seguire and Saffron Aurora

From Among the Trees by Tess Eneli Reid 

Mary Shelley’s FrankenDNA: Science Responsibly by Maddy Beaupré

‘My Sweet Arabian’: Finding Clarity in Frankenstein as a Muslim by Safiyya Hosein and K. Guillory

Neighbours by Matthew McGrath and Jon Berg 

The Other Indugled by Laura Neubert

The Postmodern Prometheus by Sam Noir and Gwen Howarth

Reanimating Bones: Reading Frankenstein in Skeleton Park by Lindsay Young and Sara Julia Campbell

Son of Frankenstein by Miike and Sunny Go 

Home Body by Andrea Ayres and Cleopatria Peterson

Trash Mirror by Steven Andrews and Helen Robinson

(Un)Bury Your Gays by Nicholas Gambone and Quintin Dixon

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Last chance to pitch Called Into Being: A Celebration of Frankenstein

Submissions will be closing TONIGHT at 11:59 pm EST!

We’re looking for comics, essays, fiction, and illustration about your relationship with Frankenstein. Always wanted to retell the novel with a twist? Want to share how you first met Frankenstein and his Monster? Obsessed with the worst Frankenadaptations? Submit!

For more info on how to pitch, check out our submission guidelines.

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We've got a week left in our submissions period, so be sure to get your pitches in before June 29. 

Frankenstein has been many things over the years, and has permeated all corners of the cultural landscape, so we're not limiting this zine to the source text alone. If you have a personal relationship with, or a story inspired by adaptations of the novel, we're interested in hearing about it! Tell us about how you met Bride of Frankenstein, why you're obsessed with Boris Karloff's Monster, or pitch us the goth detective Mary Shelley story you've always wanted to write! 

For more info on pitching, visit our submissions page.

We can’t wait to see your pitches soon!

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Applications are now open for Called Into Being: A Celebration of Frankenstein!

Edited by Allison O’Toole and Megan Purdy, this zine will explore readers’ interactions with Shelley’s landmark novel and its legacy through comics, essays, and prose fiction.

For more information on what we’re looking for, how to pitch, and project timelines, please read our submission guidelines.

We’ll be open for submissions until June 29, 2018.