It was 1991. I was contacted about comics and the Prague Euro Comics Book Expo for 1992. Could I help out?
Well, heck yes. Especially as I was promised space to do my own thing at the Expo. You'll note the Expo was organised by people based in London. Never ever got a name.
So I went into automatic -publicising, putting material together. Got the below event promo flyer and a thank you (of sorts). Then silence.
Phone calls went to answer phone. No return calls. Faxes -no responses. Letters -no replies.
Did it actually go ahead? No idea.
Work in comics this sort of thing is quite common.
Going over the notes with this recent "find" cemented what I proposed the other day. All these comic events get all the publicity and promise this and that but has one ever followed up with a post event PR/photos or even a "thanks for the promotion work"?
No. Only photos are if I went to an event and took them.
So, no, without a written and signed promise to send post event PRs, photos or event booklets/catalogues (I'm a comic historian after all) NO MORE EVENT PUBLICITY.
Since the 1980s I have actually gotten NOTHING out of promoting events (with Mike Allwood's Bristol Expo I did get a free press pass) but put in work that amounts to many hours -all unpaid and 99.9% of the time not even a "thank you".
Don't take me for a dool any more. Pretend you didn't know? Your emails get marked as spam.
"Take advantage of Terry" is over.
Well, heck yes. Especially as I was promised space to do my own thing at the Expo. You'll note the Expo was organised by people based in London. Never ever got a name.
So I went into automatic -publicising, putting material together. Got the below event promo flyer and a thank you (of sorts). Then silence.
Phone calls went to answer phone. No return calls. Faxes -no responses. Letters -no replies.
Did it actually go ahead? No idea.
Work in comics this sort of thing is quite common.
Going over the notes with this recent "find" cemented what I proposed the other day. All these comic events get all the publicity and promise this and that but has one ever followed up with a post event PR/photos or even a "thanks for the promotion work"?
No. Only photos are if I went to an event and took them.
So, no, without a written and signed promise to send post event PRs, photos or event booklets/catalogues (I'm a comic historian after all) NO MORE EVENT PUBLICITY.
Since the 1980s I have actually gotten NOTHING out of promoting events (with Mike Allwood's Bristol Expo I did get a free press pass) but put in work that amounts to many hours -all unpaid and 99.9% of the time not even a "thank you".
Don't take me for a dool any more. Pretend you didn't know? Your emails get marked as spam.
"Take advantage of Terry" is over.
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