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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Who:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></B>Interns and other illustrators <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>willing <SPAN
style="COLOR: purple">and</SPAN> able</U></I></B> to work on a pro bono basis
for the time being. When I get paid, you get paid. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">I get it if this isn’t a satisfactory
arrangement for you, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>but if that’s
the case, don’t reply.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"
class=MsoNormal align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Why:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: red">Atrocity
Parade</SPAN></I></B>, a magazine I’m developing. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Set in a re-imagined Lakewood,
in a noirish town called Hatchetnap.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Content is original fiction,
halfway between slipstream and bizarro.</FONT></P>
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align=justify><o:p><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
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align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Slipstream:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipstream_(genre)"><FONT color=#0000ff
size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipstream_(genre)</FONT></A></P>
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align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bizarro: <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://en.-wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_fiction"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://en.-wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_fiction</FONT></A></P>
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align=justify><o:p><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
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align=justify><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Styles:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Sketch: A hybrid of
penny dreadful-style/Edward Gorey/Children’s illustration gone terribly wrong
(like something that was meant to be cute but turned out
creepy)</FONT></DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">17<SUP>th</SUP> Century
Woodcut</FONT></DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Sideshow
poster:</FONT></DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Nieman
Eisman</FONT></DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Snap
Wyatt</FONT></DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Fred G.
Johnson</FONT></DIV></LI></UL></UL>
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align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Objective:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></B>Go public with the
prototype issue I’ve uploaded to WordPress.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -1.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in"
class=MsoNormal align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Gain exposure.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Fund through Kickstarter and
other initiatives.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Publish a print edition of the
prototype.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Shop the prototype around to
fund a year or two’s worth of bimonthly issues, or a couple of compilation
editions.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Score a print deal while
shopping the prototype around.</FONT></P>
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align=justify><o:p><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Perks:</B><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Illustrators get in on the ground floor of a likely breakout
product.</FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></B>Art from the online edition will illustrate the print
edition.</FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>I’ll place a link to your online portfolio on my WordPress
site.</FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=justify><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>We can stay in touch so I can find you <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><U>IF</U></I></B> I make any money on this
project. No guarantee of payment for the time being, though.</FONT></FONT></P>
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align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Reply by e’mail to <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">msrg-publications@cox.net</B>, or call <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">216.389.6784</B>. The best time to call is
usually after 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and anytime on weekends. I’m also
off all day on Friday, 31 December.</FONT></P>
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align=justify><o:p><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=justify><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Attach a resume’ if you have
one, and a link to an online portfolio. Let me know if you have a portfolio
that’s not online.</FONT></P>
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align=justify><FONT size=3></FONT> </P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=left><o:p>Cheers,</o:p></P>
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align=left><o:p></o:p> </P>
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align=left><o:p>Michael A. Miller</o:p><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT
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