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In all seriousness I think this is a pretty good idea, or at least I thought it was after I spent more than a minute thinking about it.

 About Comics the comics specialty publisher responsible for the script anthologies Panel One and Panel Two (as well as many other services) are launching a brand new product aimed at budding amateur comic book artists. Just picture a comic book, 24 pages long, with a cardstock cover but… utterly blank.

Called The Blank Comic Book, it is funnily enough, exactly what it says it is. Its a great way to draw your own comic book story or even sketch out that script you’ve been slaving over for months. To celebrate its launch About Comics are running a competition and they want you to send in your ideas of what you’d use it for:

… We’re bringing The Blank Comic Book to stores in February. So we’re having a contest! Email your best idea to blankcontest@aboutcomics.com and include your name, address (U.S. and Canada addresses only, sorry!), and the name of your favorite comic shop.

• GRAND PRIZE FOR THE BEST IDEA: roughly $100 worth of About Comics product - your choice of our “comics creation celebration pack” (Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers, Panel Two: More Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers, 24 Hour Comics,24 Hour Comics All-Stars, 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2004, and 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2006 - note, some of these contain nudity and sexual material), our “comics fun pack” (Charles M. Schulz’s It’s Only a Game and Schulz’s Youth, Kurt Busiek’s The Liberty Project, Lela Dowling’s Alice, Evanier & Spiegle’s Crossfire volume 1, Evanier & Meugniot’s DNAgents volume 1, The Licensable BearTM Big Book of Officially Licensed Fun, and Comics Jam War), or our “blank comics pack” (50 copies of The Blank Comic Book.)
• RUNNER-UP PRIZES (4): Any one title from the above list

Enries must arrive by November 20, 2008. Entry into the contest grants About Comics the right to use your name and concept for promotional purposes.

Head over to About Comics for more details.

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