Showcase

How the showcase works

What you'll find in a creative's space, and how to get one of your own.

Made by people

Looking around

Every space belongs to one creative. Here's what you can do on one.

  • Their work and their linksEach space has their work, a short bio and links to wherever you can find them. If we carry their work, it links to our shelves too.
  • Commissions and buyingA badge says if they're open for commissions. Anything you buy or commission happens directly with them, and we don't take a cut.
  • FollowWe'll email you when they open commissions, have new work up or have a show coming up.
  • Leave a noteIt goes straight to them by email. Keep it kind. They can choose to add it to their Kind words.
  • Pin it to your wallYour wall keeps the spaces and books you pin in this browser, so you can find them again. No account needed.

Getting a space

Spaces are for creatives in and around comics, from the artist sketching at the next table to someone putting out their first book.

  1. Fill in the formSend us your work and your links on the join page. Your space is built from what you send, so there's nothing else to set up.
  2. We look it over firstEvery new space comes to us before anyone else sees it. That usually takes a day or two.
  3. You finish it and publish itWe email you a link to your space in My space. Change anything you like, then press Publish and it goes live with its own short link.

It costs nothing and we take no cut of anything you sell. You don't need to be taking commissions to join.

Looking after your space

Everything happens in My space, before you publish and after.

  • Sign in with an emailed linkThere's no password. Enter your email on My space and we send you a link that opens your space, ready to edit. It works for 14 days. When it runs out, ask for a new one on My space any time.
  • Change it yourselfAdd new work or update your links and bio. Before you publish, changes show on your private preview. After that, they go live when you save. We get a note either way, in case you need a hand.
  • Check-ins every 90 daysWe email you one question about commissions. Tap Open, Closed or Ask me and your page updates straight away. If two weeks pass without an answer, your page says 'Ask about commissions' until you reply. You can pick a different interval in My space, from 30 days to 180.
  • Notes and kind wordsVisitors can leave you a note. It comes to your email, and you choose which ones show on your page as Kind words.
  • FollowersPeople can follow your space. We email them when you have news, like commissions opening.
  • Take it down any timeOne button in My space takes your space off the showcase. Nothing gets deleted, so we can put it back if you ask.

How signing in stays safe

  • There's no password to guess, reuse or leak.
  • Each sign-in link holds a random 32-character code made for your space alone.
  • Links go only to the email you signed up with, and stop working after 14 days.
  • Everything travels over an encrypted connection (HTTPS).
  • A Cloudflare check keeps bots from signing up or asking for links.
  • Asking for a link gets the same reply for any email, so nobody can use it to find out who has a space.
  • Opening a link never changes anything by itself. Publishing or taking a space down takes a button press.
  • Your email stays private. It isn't on your page, and we don't share it.
  • We get a note for every change, so we can step in if something looks off.
  • The link signs you in, so treat it like a key and don't forward the email.

Blank covers

We keep a shelf of blank sketch covers, ready for an artist's custom creation. When somebody buys one and wants it customized, we introduce them to an artist from the showcase who fits their style or budget.

Everything here belongs to the artist who created it. Share it with their name and a link back. Anything else, ask them first. Showcase rules

Showcase rules

Everything in the showcase belongs to the person who created it. We show it here with their permission.

Made by people: We don't show or share AI-generated art or writing excerpts.

Go ahead and share: Post a piece or a gallery with the artist's name and a link back to them or to their gallery here (getting creatives noticed is the whole point).

Please don't take: Don't copy, print, sell, trace or edit their work, use it in your own products or listings, or feed it to an AI. Any use beyond sharing with credit needs the artist's permission. Their links are on their page, and we're happy to pass a message along.

Seen their work used without credit? Tell us at hello@monsterarc.com and we'll let the artist know.

Artists: You can change or remove anything in your space at any time. If you find your work here without your okay, email us and we'll take it down right away.

Join the showcase

Fill in the form and your space is built for you, ready for you to finish and publish.

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