Joe Quesada Tweets Submission Tips

These are tweets from Twitter, folks. Start at the bottom of the page and work your way back up.

1. What form does that submission take and how long or short should it be? Therein lies your answer.about 2 hours ago from web
2. Put yourself in the position of the editor who is overworked and getting hundreds or subs.about 2 hours ago from web
3. If we like what we see, we'll ask you to show us the rest.about 2 hours ago from web
4. But even with that, keep it simple, 11-22 pages or so. We don't need six issues, we just need to see your best.about 2 hours ago from web
5. Artist and writers are coming together to show off their talents and printing their own mini comics. These make it much easier for Editors.about 2 hours ago from web
6. Brian Bendis is the master of this, produced his own stuff and worked it well. Got read and got in. Now he is king ;-)about 2 hours ago from web
7. Having something in comic form, an ashcan, what have you, is the easiest. Today with the global community, this is easier to do than beforeabout 2 hours ago from web
8. Now, all this said, sending in a writing submission like this is a very difficult way to get discovered. Having something in print is easierabout 2 hours ago from web
9. These don't have to be fleshed out but go a very long was as they show us just how creative and prolific you can be.about 2 hours ago from web
10. If you consider yourself someone who has great high concepts, you can also include several high concepts along with you initial pitches.about 2 hours ago from web
11. This will show us your range.about 2 hours ago from web
12. I'd recommend perhaps two or three samples like this. Pick a different character or team of characters. Add variety to the mix.about 2 hours ago from web
13. Then, give us a scene with panels, action and dialog so that we can get an idea of how you would handle scripting. About 3-5 pages of comicabout 2 hours ago from web
14. Follow this with a three-paragraph breakdown of the three acts in your story. If you can't do this rethink your story.about 2 hours ago from web
15. If you can't distill it down to one two sentences, then it's not going to work. Trust me, this is very tough to do, you'll be surprised.about 2 hours ago from web
16. Give us a one or two sentence pitch of your story. In other words, “The High Concept.”about 2 hours ago from web
17. Start by thinking of a 22 page, told in one story. This is much harder than you may think.about 2 hours ago from web
18. This is what our monthly writers have to do. Yes, they reinvent from time to time, but most often they're playing with the toys as they areabout 2 hours ago from web
19. This is what separates the men from the boys, women from girls. Work within the parameters, what can you do, can you make it interesting?about 3 hours ago from web
20. Pick a character, lets say Spidey, and show us a pitch for a Spidey story as he exists in current continuity and current cast.about 3 hours ago from web
21. If you get a gig at Marvel and steady work, then later we'll be interested in your higher concepts. But when breaking in, keep it simple.about 3 hours ago from web
22. What we want to see is how you handle our characters as they exist right now. Example: don't redefine Wolverine, just write Wolverine.about 3 hours ago from web
23. This is a waist of time. We don't want to see that from you at this stage in the game.about 3 hours ago from web
24. Too often writers want to send us an idea on how to reinvent or interpret an old character, or a concept for a big event.about 3 hours ago from web
25. In many cases it may never get read at all. My advice is the same as for artist, keep it short and sweet.about 3 hours ago from web
26. No matter how you look at it, a Brubaker script will always be at the top of the pile of stuff to read.about 3 hours ago from web
27. Editors are busy and have scripts that have to be published that take precedence over everything else, so your sub is going to have to wait.about 3 hours ago from web
28. Okay, now that that's out of the way - -about 3 hours ago from web
29. This is simply because a writer can produce more work in a given month than an artist can.about 3 hours ago from web
30. However, while it’s harder to break in as a writer, if and when you do, you have a better opportunity to make more money than an artist.about 3 hours ago from web
31. So, first and foremost, it's much harder for writers to get looked out. That''s the hard truth.about 3 hours ago from web
32. We're trying to get our house in order and come back with a better submissions system and hopefully be able to avoid backlog in the futureabout 3 hours ago from web
33. First let me make clear that because of a huge still unread stack of submissions, Marvel is currently not looking at new writer submissions.about 3 hours ago from web
34. I'm going to keep this as short as possible and pick it up on another day. Consider this installment #1about 3 hours ago from web
35. Okay kids it's time to give some tips for writers who want to break in. Get your pens and pads ready and call your pals, we're starting in 5about 3 hours ago from web