Number of sample pages for submission?

C.bronco · Aug 25, 2008

I was planning on four or five. How many do most publishers/agents want to see?

Joe Calabrese · Aug 25, 2008

Here's what Image says...

Send photocopies of fully INKED and LETTERED pages (any size). DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL ART! We'd like to see AT LEAST five pages that are fully inked and lettered. If you have MORE than five finished pages, swell! Bring 'em on! Five is the MINIMUM we want to see - not a maximum. We want to READ it. If the lettering sucks we may suggest a different letterer for the final comic book. The important thing here is that we can SEE that you know what you're doing, that you understand where to place copy and how to tell a story.

Bagoth · Aug 25, 2008

C.bronco said:
I was planning on four or five. How many do most publishers/agents want to see?

From what I've heard and read, it all depends on the publisher and how much you can afford to make. So read the submission guidelines and go from there.

dwrite · Aug 26, 2008

Hi, All:

I've often heard that five pages is the least you should do. Many publishers also want to see a cover. You should take a look at your project, though, and decide how many pages it will take to give publishers a good feel for what your comic offers. That may be more than five pages in some cases.

Dan
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C.bronco · Aug 26, 2008

Ten it is!

shawkins · Aug 26, 2008

Let's say it's 10-15 pages. Is that actually true even if you've never published in the medium before? They don't want to see a completed work?

Number of sample pages for submission?

C.bronco

I have plans...

Joe Calabrese

Bagoth

dwrite

C.bronco

I have plans...

shawkins

Ahhh. Sweet.