UPDATE: I’m in the processing of contacting people with offers. Thanks!
Are you a college student? Would you like to illustrate a comic book (and get paid)? We are hiring 1 student illustrator (and seeking volunteer professionals to help!) Applicants are asked to submit a PDF portfolio with webcomic style illustrations of 1) Hanny using a laptop (photos of Hanny here) and astronomers using a telescope (see flickr feed); 2) the Voorwerp (images here); 3) one ground-based telescope like Gemini North or the VLA and one space-based telescope like Hubble or GALEX (follow links here); and members of the science team Chris Lintott (image here) and Bill Keel (image here) doing something at a computer. We hope to fill this position by June 15, 2010. Preference given to students in the St Louis, USA area (Must be living in US and legal to work and planning to be enrolled in college in the fall semester). To apply, email pgay at siue dot edu. This project pays a flat rate (email for amount).
