Manga Question for all manga artists who have or haven't sent their mangas into a company.

[goldengriffin]

[COLOR=Purple][B]My question is simply simle.

If anyone has ever sent in their manga to a company or who is going to, please tell me if you have heard of anyone you know or perhaps even yourself whoes talented manga has been chosen to be apart of a manga company like TokyoPOP or maybe another. Please if you or someone you know has, then please tell me who they were, what their manga was, and how exactly they created it.

I need a bit of help on submiting my manga to TokyoPOP, not for a contest, but a normal submition. I need to know a lot about what their looking for in a submission. If you can help me in any way, besides telling me stuff I already know of the TokyoPOP site, then please post here. :eek:
Thanks to those who reply.[/B][/COLOR]

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[Masked Princess]

I planing on sending one as soon as i finish writing it

[kitsunekami]

well, it matters. how good is your artwork and story line?

[You Don't Care]

THIS REPLY IS NOT BULL! READ THOROUGHLY!

First of all, what I got from TokyoPops manga line is that when you submit it (living in the Western Hemisphere) they want a great majority of the profit. Sure your comic will be out there (if it is the quality they are looking for) but sending it in will give them the power to own it and take away rights from you. This is their quota and in the fine print for submitting.

If you feel confident in going public your own way, however, try getting in on something else like Black Horse or some other Publishing line that you are most familiar with. If you are unsure of that, go to a comic store and look at comic series that are less famous. I found this out from reading "Conan" (newer comic series from Dark Horse) and the writer/artist lives in town. He just submitted and they wanted it.

I am sure you can have a more worthwhile career as a comicker by going through the publishing chain than straight to TokyoPop.

You can submit a copy of your work to TokyoPop as an option along with other publishers to give yourself a range and more to work with. Making yourself as a target for competition among these people is also a good way to go about things.

Of course it all comes to how good you are! I wish you luck.