Writing The Pitch

[MilesGX]

When you are going to send a pitch to a comic book publishing company, what are the important basic requirements you need to write in a pitch?

[wordmonkey]

The most important thing you can include in your pitch bundle?

Previously published work.

Seriously.

Why should I (as a metaphorical publisher/editor) risk money on you if you've never done anything? Even if your pitch rocks, you're still a nobody.

Assuming this is a straight pitch with no talent attached, I have to pay for art, pay for printing and marketing, possibly even distribution. Why should I do that on your work, when in all likelihood, no one will buy it because no one knows you?

Beyond that, I wanna see that you can write (I don't mean specifically in script format either). I wanna know you can follow the instructions I gave for submissions. I wanna know what makes YOUR story so special. I wanna know that you can actually lay out a story from start to finish (and I DO want to know how it all ends, because if you try and sell me a teaser, I'm sliding it in the round file beside the desk).

Most of all, be fast. I don't have time for this, so make the time I set aside to look at this worth it or I'm just gonna be irked.

[MilesGX]

This will give me a lot to think about for my pitch.