Modern Tales, the leading publisher of subscription-based webcomics, announced today that the comic strip "The Bizarre Life of Charlie Red Eye," by Perth, Western Australia's Edward J. Grug III and Matthew William Boyd Langfield, Esq., will be joining the line-up of its flagship online anthology ModernTales.com. Joey Manley, Editor and Publisher of Modern Tales, selected this strip after sifting through more than 200 entries submitted as part of a rare open call for new comics on the site. "We usually recruit by private solicitation," said Manley.
"But every now and then, it's important to open the doors to new faces and voices." Manley said that submissions of new comics are not currently being accepted at Modern Tales. "We'll make an announcement on our homepage any time we're looking for something, and we'll give a very specific date range during which we're willing to look at submissions, just like we did this time. Once the decision has been made, it's final."