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How Not to Submit a Story Proposal May 30, 2003 How about all this hubbub about Marvel’s Epic line, and its throwing open the House of Ideas to the regular joe? On CBR alone Augie recently tack led the subject, as well as has noted raker of muck Rich Johnston who has pondered whether or not non-Marvel publishers can "survive the mountain that’s about to fall on them" … a mountain undoubtedly comprised of rejected Epic proposals.

Well, that one’s an easy one to answer for my company since we don’t make a secret of the fact that we don’t accept proposals.

And on the off chance you want to submit your completed graphic novel to Submissions Czar Ryan Yount, well, he’s not a hard guy to track down, either. So no deluge to avoid for us.

Anyway.

Here’s the story of how not to submit a proposal.

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