Drama Proof Pigeon Club

WOW! Drama Proof Pigeon Club Issue 3 has landed! The theme - Myth and Monsters (and Dinosaurs, too…)

We were totally blown away by the number and quality of submissions, which came in from far and wide, including across the USA and Europe, as well as further afield. THANKS SO MUCH to everyone who sent in their work.

The wonderful Manchester based sisters and creative duo of 2B or not 2B join us for AT HOME AT THE BIRD HOUSE and we had so many COLOUR ME PIGEON submissions that we decided to make this the first Drama Proof Pigeon Club with an accompanying booklet, to include as many as possible.

Oh! We also introduced a new regular feature for Issue 3 - CRUMBS - and each instalment will share an illustrated recipe guide!

Full details and pick up a copy here.

Read below for a little more info on Drama Proof Pigeon.

Thanks for taking a look!

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Drama Proof Pigeon Club is an independent illustration zine produced by Beastly Worlds and @now.a.magpie to feature the work of other illustrators.

The zine is submission based and small(ish) format, aiming to celebrate printed images, drawings and comics (and not looking at screens), as well as to help build a meaningful illustration community (beyond Instagram).

There are 3(ish) issues per year and each has a different theme. 

Zines are available online as well as at the lovely SPARKS Ethical Gift Shop in Bristol and the fabulous illustration shop Art Hole in Cardiff. We’re also in discussion with other stockists, too.

Drama Proof Pigeon Club is priced to be as accessible as possible with the zines available for just £5 each, including UK postage! This is to cover the cost of zine production, a stamp and an envelope, plus an extra £1, which goes to the artists featured.

Fancy being a Drama Proof Pigeon? Stay tuned for announcements around Issue 4 later in the year.

Thanks for reading, coo.

SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 4

Submissions for Drama Proof Pigeon Club are currently closed.

We’ll be opening submissions for Issue 4 later in the year. Keep up to date with Drama Proof Pigeon Club social media and subscribe to the BeastlyWorlds newsletter for updates.

PIGEON ARTICLES OF NOTE

We have four regular Drama Proof Pigeon Club features! We’d love to see any work that fits into one of the following.

COLOUR ME PIGEON
Sometimes, pigeons struggle to stay within the lines, feathers aren't built for holding a crayon. But if you’re happy with that, we'd love to see your line drawings as we're looking to include one COLOUR ME PIGEON per issue, for all the Drama Proof Pigeons out there to colour in. Bonus points if it fits the theme.

CRUMBS 
We're looking to include an illustrated recipe in each issue! Comfort food, sweet treats, your favourite sandwich, elaborate dinners… Anything you would like to share with your fellow Drama Proof Pigeons is welcome. (Please note, this is not expected to fit the issue’s theme! Two to four pages are ideal, although we’re open to fewer or more!)

PIGEON OF THE WEEK
Fancy drawing a Drama Proof Pigeon? We'll highlight one of our favourite pigeons each issue as Pigeon of the Week!

We’re also on the lookout for a pigeon pic that relates to each issue’s theme to go on the cover!

Each contributor to the zine gets 2 free copies. £1 from each zine sale also goes to the artists involved. (This doesn’t add up to a huge amount, but all being well should be enough for a slice of cake or a beer or packet of bird feed for each Drama Proof Pigeon involved… Who knows, maybe it’ll be more in the future? Perhaps enough to cover a shiny new bird feeder even!? Maybe one day!)

How to Submit

Email your image(s) with the information outlined below to dramaproofpigeonclub@gmail.com,

Please include the following information in the body of your email -

1. Name

2. Instagram handle

3. City

4. A line or two about the work

5. Year the work was made

Please either attach the image files to the email, send as a Google drive link, or via WeTransfer. See below for the image specification requirements.

Single illustrations / please send through a high resolution image in either JPEG, TIFF or PNG format

Small series of drawings / please send through up to 5 high resolution images in either JPEG, TIFF or PNG format

Comic Short / please send through panels as high resolution images in either JPEG, TIFF or PNG format. (Please note, the longer the comic, the more tricky it may be for us to fit it into the zine! Up to 10 panels should be good, although we’re open to longer pieces.)

Files will preferably be 300dpi, although that is not essential.