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Tuesday Mar 29, 2005

Mar 29, 2005
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So I FINALLY got something back from Diamond Comics Distribution...and I got REJECTED! What in the holy hell?

I got this checklisted rejected form, and the items they checked were a.) "The artwork is too rough" and b.) "Our market is slow for this type of product at this time".

For those who are in the dark here - Diamond comics is a comic book distribution company. They don't print comics, they don't publish comics, they sell them for you by putting an ad in a catalog sent to all comic book stores in the continental US, where the retail shops buy all their comics wholesale from. They are basically the necessary middle man for any publisher. Diamond Comics is the big, big distribution company that has the lion's share of the comic book distribution market. Over two months ago I sent in a solicitation for my comic to Diamond as well as two other distribution companies. Up until just now, I haven't got anything back from them. But now I have a rejection letter, which - of all things - tell me that one of the reasons why they won't sell my comic is because of the fucking art. Seriously, if you compare the other things that company distributes, you can tell that's a bullshit reason. There are PLENTY of comics with poor art that sell well and profitably; things that Diamond distributes. I would expect that reason of rejection to come from a publishing company or a magazine, but not from a distribution company. But hey that's fine, their loss.

So should I frame the rejection letter, or burn it? I'm not going to let this get me down, as there is one more avenue not yet explored and I'm investigating it - it's First Wave Printing, which both prints AND distributes my book to not just comic book stores but also mom-and-pop shops and other knick knack stores. We've been emailing each other back and forth, and it sounds very promising. We'll see.

Since we're on the topic of comics, here's page 70 of School: A Ghost Story. Hope you like it!

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gish:
cutting is a physical response to emotional pain. people do it because they are hurting so much on the inside, and cutting allows them to externalize the pain, and acts to calm them down. Certain chemicals get released in the body when a person cuts that make them feel better. when I was really fucked up in hig school I used to cut a lot.
and yeah, most people would probably agree with the statement you made about it being icky, and its hard for anyone who never went through it to really understand.

personally I like blood and find knifeplay sexy, so cutting can be either a bad or a good thing for me wink
Mar 30, 2005
gish:
oh man, after I posted I read your journal, and that really sucks. good for you not letting it get you down. and good luck kiss
Mar 30, 2005

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