Dear All, we have arrived to the sixth edition of the OHOHOzine that we publish as part of the “OHOHO comic and street art festival”!

💥The theme of OHOHO zin#666 is HORROR MANGA!

This means we’re looking for comics inspired by the visual and narrative style of Japanese manga, but within the horror genre. It is also necessary to adapt the "Western" comic book language to the authentic Japanese reading of comics "from right to left", as in the attached schematic representation (bellow this text). OHOHO zin#666 will be printed like Japanese comic magazines, and will be read starting from the "back page"! Speech bobbles needs to be read (as usual) from top to bottom. If you get stuck, mirroring the comic in Photoshop is also a possible solution, but be mindful of text bubbles and how you place them.:).

Please read the rules of this open call very carefully:

💀Number of pages: 1-8

💀We are ok with more pages if you feel so inspired, but you will need to really impress the editorial team for it to pass!

💀Color: black and white or grayscale. (We strongly suggest you do black and white (b/w)! In case you do go grey scale please be mindful of differences in tones. We have had problems in past issues of print being darker than expected.)

💀Format: Comic MUST be readable in a B5 format and the text (if used) must be legible.

💀Send the comic in JPG format, minimal resolution should be 300dpi. DON’T SEND PDF-s.

💀In case you are drawing the comic by hand, the pages have to be scanned in properly. Not photographed by phone.

💀Language: primarily Croatian or any regional language such as Serbian or Bosnian etc. You can send english version if you are not from regions mentioned above.

💀In case the comic is written in some other alphabet, such as Cyrillic, please send us the translation in an editable text document.

💀The DEADLINE for sending comic is 1st march 2024.

💀After the deadline you will be contacted by the editorial team about whether your work has made the cut.

💀Selected works will be published in OHOHO zin #6 and will also be part of an exhibition in the OHOHO festival (Siva gallery, Medika)

💀OHOHOzin is a magazine that showcases alternative and indie comics, so that kind of style will be given priority during the selection process. You can find samples of this our past issues.

💀If your comic will be published you will be asked to supply us with an English translation since the zine is published in both Croatian and English.

💀In case of any change to the rules, you will be notified on our socials.

👉The editorial work at OHOHO zine, as well as designing and prepping each issue for print is voluntary. Money made from the purchase or donation of the zine goes directly into print, be it for the current issue or the next one.

👉Authors whose work gets selected for publication receive:

💥one authors copy of OHOHO zine

💥get to participate in group exhibitions that consist of a selection of comic pages from the current issue.

💥can participate in OHOHO zine promotions

💥promotion by OHOHO on the social networks of the festival

Author of the visual for this call, OHOHOzine #666 cover and the whole visual identity of the festival in 2024 is Lea Kralj Jager

The OHOHO festival is a space-time (dis)continuum for the creation, discussion and exchange of contemporary comics and street art by artists who create underground art according to DIY poetics. The focus of the festival is on recent street art and independent comics, and the festival events - drawing events, workshops, residency, exhibition, and flea market - are aimed at everyone interested in the medium of independent posters, graphics, illustrations, and comics. OHOHO is organized by Attack and artistic directors: Marko Dješka, Lea Kralj Jager, Mario Miličić and Agata Lučić.

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