Mailing Address to Marvel/DC Editors

[urbannerd]

If I use the Marvel or DC address and send something to an editor, will they get it? I'm guessing they all don't live in NYC.

[Thomas Mauer]

I bet they have a mail room where stuff gets sorted.

[Thommy Melanson]

If you address it to a specific editor, it will be forwarded to them.

If what you intend to send is a submission, however, DO NOT send it to, say, Joe Q or Axel Alonso. It'll be trashed faster than Tara Reid at an open bar.

DC doesn't accept unsolicited submissions AT ALL - so don't waste your time and postage.

Address the Marvel package to SUBMISSIONS EDITOR, and that person will take a gander at it, and you'll receive some variation on a form letter.

Remember though to enclose a signed copy of Marvel's submission release form from their website, otherwise the subs ed cannot look at it and it'll be tossed.

If they don't like it at all, you'll receive a form letter signed by Joe Q that basically says keep plugging away, all creators get rejected, and so forth.

If they see some spark of promise, you'll receive a differently worded form letter from the actual subs editor, with a more detailed reasoning as to why you're not quite up to Marvel snuff yet.

If they do really like what you sent, though, you'll receive an email telling you to fax a two-page proposal that more fully outlines what you'd like to do.

Hope this helps, and good luck! :thumb:

[Mxy]

I always that sending a submission is pretty worthless, you would have a better shot of having your work looked at if you put your pages in a bottle and threw in the ocean.

[Thommy Melanson]

I always that sending a submission is pretty worthless, you would have a better shot of having your work looked at if you put your pages in a bottle and threw in the ocean.

Well, basically, yeah - you pretty much have to make some name and buzz for yourself, then they'll contact you.

But it never ever hurts to begin building a relationship with editors.

Networking is everything.

Even if it just means you're sending in monthly submissions, it'll show that you're capable of pounding out decent material at a reliable pace, which means the world in a deadline-driven industry such as comics.

As long as you're respectful and don't make a nuisance out of yourself, you may find that editors will be more receptive to giving you a shot someday.

[innocentboy]

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