Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 01:14:07 -0800
From: Tony <[t--ef--x] at [ix.netcom.com]>
Organization: South Jersey Rebellion Productions
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Subject: COMICS-PRO: REJECTIONS
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Reply-To: Tony <[t--ef--x] at [ix.netcom.com]>

Dear Rejection Poseurs:

You known not rejection.  I know rejection for I am Rejection King, hear
me roar.

You can tell absolutely NOTHING about your work from a rejection. 
NOTHING, NADA, ZIP.  They are but idle curiousities to be pulled out
later to show to your fellow creators and bitch about online.  There are
just WAY too many variables to account for.

Submission reviewers are just like you.  (And like me, since I review
them too.)  They don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, especially really
untalented wackos that send them submissions in crayon on paper bags,
because the next submission might explode when opened.

And who has the heart to crush the hopes, dreams and apirations of
another struggling fan boy.  Not me.  I'm too damn nice.

Editors are just too damn busy to deal with rejections, that's why they
created the form letter.  And you can jabber all you want about personal
notes and phone calls, but if they didn't send you a check, I don't want
to hear about it.  We just had a posting last week about a guy who was
kept on the hook for months at a major comic book company and he had a
track record and solid repor with the contacts.  (Even a face to face
meeting.)

The only thing you learn from a rejection is that the editors don't need
you NOW.  Right this second.  Five minutes later, someone could walk
into their office with a project that's perfect for your art and it'll
just pass you buy because your envelope wasn't on the desk at THAT exact
moment.  It's a fucking lottery and the losing stubs don't mean jack.

Besides, these days, you're competing with 20 year comic book veterans
who were fired by Marvel, Broadway or any of the other companies that
cutback or went out of business.  These guys have comic books in the
silver age rack and they can't get ARRESTED.  

Stop your bellyachin' and self publish you babies!

-Rejection King
aka  Tony D.
aka  Fix
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