Eligibility
You confirm that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal authority to submit the work and enter into this agreement.
Ownership and Rights
You retain ownership of your work. You confirm that you control all rights necessary to submit, publish, distribute, market, promote, and sell the work as requested through Comics Authority.
Non-Exclusive License
For work you authorize for publication and Comics Authority accepts, you grant Comics Authority a non-exclusive, worldwide license to host, reproduce, display, distribute, publish, and promote only that authorized material, within the scope you approve. You may continue publishing, distributing, or licensing your work elsewhere. This license is subject to the removal and termination provisions below.
Scope of Publication Permission
Permission applies only to the specific files, editions, text, images, and promotional materials you authorize for the agreed publication. Authorizing a preview does not authorize publication of the full issue, other issues, or other material from your characters, series, or fictional universe. A website or purchase link is a link only; it does not authorize Comics Authority to copy or publish the material at that destination.
For a preview-only collaboration, permission covers only the agreed preview, such as a six-page preview, and the interview text, images, and promotional materials you specifically approve. Comics Authority will obtain your approval of the final interview and any separately prepared promotional materials, including a homepage banner, before publishing them. Any expansion of this scope requires your separate, explicit authorization.
Questions, clarification requests, discussions, and files provided solely for review do not constitute acceptance of this agreement or authorization to publish. Publication requires your affirmative authorization for the agreed materials.
Free Preview and Editorial Features
Hosting an accepted free preview, publishing an agreed The Creative Process interview, and creating and displaying an offered rotating homepage banner are free of charge to the creator. No purchase, paid promotion, or sale of full issues through Comics Authority is required to receive these services. Free previews may include links to the creator's website and external stores for paid issues.
These terms describe the cost of the services when offered and agreed; they do not guarantee acceptance, featured placement, banner duration, readership, or sales. Fees for paid digital or print sales through Comics Authority remain governed by the separate Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement.
Editorial Review
Comics Authority may accept or reject any submission and is not required to provide an explanation. Submission does not guarantee publication, promotion, payment, sales, downloads, or future opportunities.
Weekly Release Schedule
New comics are added to Comics Authority every Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Approval does not make a comic immediately available to the public. Once a comic is approved and all required files, listing details, and any applicable verification are complete, it is queued for the next Tuesday release. Comics approved after the Tuesday release time are scheduled for the following Tuesday. Eastern Time follows daylight saving time where applicable.
Digital Editions
Creators may request that approved digital editions be offered as free downloads, paid downloads, or both, where supported by the Comics Authority platform.
Paid digital downloads are governed by the separate Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement, which covers pricing, platform fees, payment processing, refunds, chargebacks, taxes, and creator payouts.
Print Editions
Print editions may only be offered by creators who can fulfill orders to United States shipping addresses. Customers pay the shipping amount shown at checkout. Creators must ship print orders within three business days unless Comics Authority approves another arrangement in writing.
Comics Authority may establish listing requirements, fulfillment standards, shipping procedures, and customer-service expectations for print editions. Financial terms relating to print sales are governed by the Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement.
AI Disclosure
You agree to accurately indicate whether the work is AI-assisted, combines AI and traditional art, or is traditionally created. Naming individual software tools or providing a detailed production workflow is optional. You remain responsible for compliance with copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy, contract, and other applicable laws.
Submitted Work and AI Training
Comics Authority does not use submitted comics, pages, artwork, or other creative files to train or fine-tune AI models, and does not sell, license, or supply those files to others for that purpose. The publishing license in this agreement does not authorize AI training. Any future proposal to use your work for AI training would require your separate, explicit permission; submission or continued participation alone is not consent.
This commitment applies to Comics Authority and the uses it authorizes. Publicly displayed or downloadable work may be copied by third parties outside our control; Comics Authority cannot guarantee that public material will never be scraped or misused.
Physical Print Verification
If a creator requests a print edition listing, Comics Authority may require a physical review copy before the print edition is made available for sale. The review copy is used to confirm that the printed comic exists and reasonably matches the submitted cover, description, page count, and edition information.
Comics Authority will provide shipping instructions after approval. A print edition will not be listed until the requested review copy has been received and verified. The creator is responsible for the cost of sending the review copy.
Promotion Responsibilities
Comics Authority provides a publishing and discovery platform for creator-owned comics but is not a marketing agency. Comics Authority may feature accepted work on its website, newsletters, social media channels, YouTube channels, promotional videos, livestreams, or publications such as 5084 Magazine, but no level of promotion is guaranteed.
Creators remain primarily responsible for marketing and promoting their own work. Acceptance does not guarantee homepage placement, featured status, social media promotion, newsletter inclusion, YouTube coverage, magazine publication, or any minimum number of downloads, sales, or revenue.
Prohibited Material
You may not submit stolen, unlawful, infringing, hateful, deceptive, malicious, or otherwise prohibited material. All submissions must comply with the Acceptable Content Policy.
Creator-Requested Removal and License Termination
You may request removal of any title and end its publishing license at any time by using the contact page or emailing christopher.english@outlook.com. Identify the title and contact us from the email associated with your creator account. If ownership or identity needs verification, we will request it.
We will stop new sales and downloads, remove the public listing, and stop new promotional use of the work within 10 business days after receiving a verified request. The publishing license ends when removal is completed, and no later than that deadline, except for the limited purposes described below.
We may retain and use necessary records and copies only to fulfill orders placed before removal, resolve refunds or disputes, meet legal and accounting obligations, and maintain non-public backups until they are replaced in the normal backup cycle. These limited permissions do not authorize new sales, new promotion, or AI training. Valid financial and fulfillment obligations survive removal, and cleared eligible earnings remain payable under the Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement.
Removal cannot recall copies already lawfully downloaded or purchased. We will remove promotional material from channels we control where removal is possible, but cannot recall distributed print materials, third-party shares, or copies outside our control.
Removal and Suspension
Comics Authority may remove, suspend, restrict, or decline to publish work when credible legal, ownership, fulfillment, payment, safety, fraud, quality-control, or policy concerns arise.
Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement
Creators who enable paid digital downloads or print sales must also accept the Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement before those products may be offered for sale.
If any provision of the Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement conflicts with this agreement regarding commissions, fees, refunds, chargebacks, taxes, payment processing, or payouts, the Creator Sales & Earnings Agreement controls for those financial matters.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Comics Authority, its owner, operators, contractors, and service providers harmless from third-party claims and related losses, liabilities, damages, and reasonable costs, including reasonable legal fees, only to the extent caused by your breach of this agreement or your wrongful conduct. This obligation excludes claims and costs to the extent caused by the actions or omissions of Comics Authority or those other protected parties, including their unauthorized use of your material. Submitting work alone does not create an indemnification obligation for claims unrelated to your breach or wrongful conduct.
Changes to This Agreement
Comics Authority may update this agreement. Material changes will apply prospectively and will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued participation after the effective date of an updated agreement may require renewed electronic acceptance.
Governing Law
This agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and applicable United States law, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Effective date: November 2, 2026
Version: 1.3