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The Writing Submission

A good writing submission should include the following things:

1. A one page plot synopsis of your story. This needs to be professionally typed (Double Spaced) and needs to convey the entire message you are trying to get across. Sometimes you can send two pages if your story idea is really complex, but they usually frown on that unless you have already spoken with them about it and gotten them to agree to look at your work(I usually bug the crap out of them online)…

2. You need to send two pages of script from your synopsis. This way they can see if you have the ability to write in comic format, and if you understand panels and sequential setup.

3. A check made to the editor for a good sum of money is always good. Hey! You might not get your story published, but bribery never hurts!

4. Just kidding about point C.

5. Target your script for the specific editor. If you have a strange script that doesn't fit the status quo, but is not material for the Vertogo or Helix lines, you might send your stuff to Dan Thorsland or Dan Raspler (Editor and writer of Challengers of the Unknown and Young Heroes in Love, respectively). Be sure to pick out the editor of a title which closely matches your own.

6. Cover sheet. The cover sheet is basically your way of introducing yourself. Without one the editor might wonder what kind of person is sending the work. You should put your past experience (if any) on this page and sound confidant without sounding like a poster child for egotism. The cover sheet is the first impression the editor will get of you, so make it a good one.

7. Artwork. If you are an artist as well as a writer, you may wish to enclose samples of your art as well. Artists typically send in 3 - 5 pages of sequential samples, but if you are sending art that goes along with your written story, you only want to send two pages. These pages should match your two pages of script that you have prepared (see B above).

8. DC Comics Submission Guidelines is a link that can come in quite handy. It's pretty self explanatory….Hee hee.