I'd Like To Be A REAL B****** For A Minute

Firstly, I need to point out that contacting me and saying how you have a "hot new 28 page graphic novel" will only make me call you a "dumb-ass" a "moron" and "You have not got the slightest clue what the **** you are doing, do you?"

A 28 pager is NOT a "graphic novel".  It is a one off comic.  Do not try to sell me the idea because you are just so going to piss me off that I will name and shame you to many thousands of CBO visitors.

"Drawn by professional comic book artist -----(insert name)---"  is a line I read 5-6 times a week.  What pro comic work have they done?  Internet search....nothing.  Oh -the book YOU are promoting.  The book this 'pro' ain't getting paid for unless it really sells.  ***** off.

A comic can be up to 48 pp in length but it's then a matter of how you package it. If you put it in a good quality stock card cover (as per Black Tower) then it is a comic album.  Regular comic cover its just a double-size issue.  With comic albums A4 is the standard size.

A trade paperback and graphic novel have a similarity.  Usually over a 100 pages and format being US comic size with a quality card cover.  Black Tower takes the A4 format for all its comic albums and graphic novels.

There is something else I've noticed.  The use of a publishing name very similar if not the same as a big, professional publishing house.  No, I will not touch those books because there is always secondary fallout in CBOs direction when the big company lawyers threaten the legal actions for copyright infringement.

Label what you are publishing properly.  Comic.  Comic Album.  Graphic Novel/TPB

Do at least the bare minimum of research -even if you are sat in front of a computer.  Type the name you want to publish under and if there is a big publishing house or any business with the same or a very similar name then change yours.

Seriously, it's no good when the lawyers move in to shrug and say "Maybe I should have listened!"  Big companies have people who do regular internet searches just to catch this type of thing and they DO NOT accept "Oh, I never heard of your company (founded 1901) before!"  Tell that to the judge.

No apology but I'll not "friend" you if you do any of the above.  Comic dilettantes really really piss me off.  If you ARE serious then act seriously.