Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
From: [s--ru--y] at [cbnewsk.cb.att.com] (sylvia.a.rudy)
Subject: Submission Guidelines: Fantagraphics [3 of 12]
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1993 00:14:34 GMT

Company: Fantagraphics Books
 
Address: 7563 Lake City Way NE
         Seattle, WA 98115
 
Phone:   (206)524-1967
Fax:     (206)524-2104
 
Text of Letter:
 
_On_submitting_work_to_Fantagraphics_:
 
Please remember that we are not responsible for unsolicited
submissions, therefore we request that only photocopies (or
some other cheap reproductions) be submitted.  DO NOT SEND
ORIGINALS!  For our won convenience, please use standard 
letter size (8.5" x 11") paper for all copies sent.  Please 
address all submissions to "Submission Editor" and include a
self-addressd, stamped envelope (or an international reply
coupon) to insure a speedy response.
 
Please do not send portfolios or other expensive packages. 
Likewise it is unnecessary to send submissions by overnight
mail, Federal Express, or courier.  We judge your work 
according to its aesthetic merits and our current needs, not 
according to attractive packaging that costs yoou money.
 
We primarily publish black and white comics in standard
comic format (6.5" x 10.25").  Submissions should be
proportioned to this format.  We publish 24 to 32 page 
"one-shots" as well as series.
 
We prefer to see submissions from creators who can supply us
with a finished product.  We don't have the time or the
facilities to match up writers, pencilers, inkers, 
letterers, etc.  Please send a script or rough synopsis of
you idea, along with 3 to 5 finished pages from the story.
This will give us a more accurate idea of your story-
telling, drawing, inking, and page layout skills than will
unrelated drawings or sketches.
 
Please include a cover letter with your submission.  We do
not need to see a resume.
 
It is quite difficult to generalize about the content of our
comics.  Briefly, I will say that we look for comics that 
are the product of a unique vision.  We are not particularly
interested in super heros, swords & sorcery, or other well-
worn genres.  We look for art that is, to a large extent,
self-defined or highly stylistic.
 
 
Tom Verre
Submissions Editor

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