tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post4470661341271819897..comments2023-10-23T00:04:35.356-04:00Comments on The Vault of Buncheness: THE MOST DISTURBING SUBMISSION LETTER EVERBunche (pop culture ronin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-37069183546431280602010-04-02T08:07:25.975-04:002010-04-02T08:07:25.975-04:00So... this sub letter is bad and wrong and on and ...So... this sub letter is bad and wrong and on and on and so forth... but softcore porn covers, bland sameness and utter unoriginality at DC and Marvel is wonderful?<br /><br />Which is why the whole audience has left. <br /><br />That guy was, as others have said, straight up honest and a real writer, no idea if he had art chops to match.#6https://www.blogger.com/profile/16911822188530150206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-48036843852226177082010-03-02T06:17:57.957-05:002010-03-02T06:17:57.957-05:00I want to know what happened to the guy.I want to know what happened to the guy.Matt Timsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570421892566486398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-86316995112659717462010-02-25T12:26:17.522-05:002010-02-25T12:26:17.522-05:00Yeah, surely he just needs a bit of mentoring - th...Yeah, surely he just needs a bit of mentoring - there has to be a Vertigo mini in there: Sandman: Tales from the Backwoods or Lynch Mob Angel, say.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-52283656277768288302010-02-25T09:43:07.239-05:002010-02-25T09:43:07.239-05:00There is a certain authenticity in his voice that ...There is a certain authenticity in his voice that is lacking in today's comics authors. I hope someone had the good sense to keep his address on record. He's a real 21st Century thinker- too bad he was ahead of his time.Christopher Stansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327295402840389721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-25471248577299228912010-02-24T17:49:47.888-05:002010-02-24T17:49:47.888-05:00Felipe-
At the end of the post I stated that I ne...Felipe-<br /><br />At the end of the post I stated that I never saw the artwork in question. I was just handed the letter by an appalled editor, so I have no idea what it was.Bunche (pop culture ronin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-42170541514204165882010-02-24T12:07:27.836-05:002010-02-24T12:07:27.836-05:00I like to think that this is actually someone we k...I like to think that this is actually someone we know and love today. Even better if it was an artist/writer that was seen as having a good head on their shoulders.<br /><br />I never stopped to think what type of submission letters editors received. It's funny to find out my preconceived notions were incorrect.JM Stumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189619779413221933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-40759095216264855932010-02-24T11:11:28.843-05:002010-02-24T11:11:28.843-05:00PLEASE show the artwork that came with this letter...PLEASE show the artwork that came with this letter, man! The world deserves to see it.Felipe Sobreirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286699847916559131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-30500072883530649382010-02-23T17:40:34.493-05:002010-02-23T17:40:34.493-05:00That submission letter seemed normal to me... I re...That submission letter seemed normal to me... I really think editorials at publishers need more of this sort of thing. It would do them goo. They're too prissy and just want middle-class, chattering class, college grad stuff. But I guess with the internet and the death of copyright (which is coming fast), then there'll be whole books like that submission letter...and "literature" will be a better place for it...finally it will enter the REAL world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-88280735630045679452010-02-23T16:45:48.244-05:002010-02-23T16:45:48.244-05:00that has got to be the most disturbed want to be i...that has got to be the most disturbed want to be in comics submission letter ever for the guy has serious issues . not to metion saying if you do not hear from me it means he got lynched talk about disturbing. though he sounds like he would be perfect for horror comicsdemoncatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-3659622518099206112010-02-23T14:13:18.547-05:002010-02-23T14:13:18.547-05:00This is the "Dear Mr. Henshaw" of the co...This is the "Dear Mr. Henshaw" of the comics industry.Shaenonhttp://www.shaenon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-88845617903700165222010-02-23T13:10:57.222-05:002010-02-23T13:10:57.222-05:00I just hope the guy that wrote that wasn't lyn...I just hope the guy that wrote that wasn't lynched by tomahawk hellbillies in the end.David Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561127611004920764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-9571873366563463962010-02-23T12:43:21.993-05:002010-02-23T12:43:21.993-05:00I like him. He's sunny.I like him. He's sunny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-17532841111227046752010-02-23T11:25:10.227-05:002010-02-23T11:25:10.227-05:00Wait... you mean he DIDN'T get the job?!Wait... you mean he DIDN'T get the job?!Dwight L. MacPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036464400503027260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-37943615285231251572010-02-23T11:20:47.813-05:002010-02-23T11:20:47.813-05:00So what's it like working at the New Frontiers...So what's it like working at the New Frontiersman, Seymour?Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225639908824865271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-43324710239685546662010-02-23T03:44:03.181-05:002010-02-23T03:44:03.181-05:00Damn...Damn...Chris Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064988977152302364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-55558098978030325262010-02-22T16:47:38.691-05:002010-02-22T16:47:38.691-05:00Apparently, Preacher was a documentary.Apparently, <i>Preacher</i> was a documentary.Satyrbladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015786983800102480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-5465699664356859442010-02-22T13:03:56.938-05:002010-02-22T13:03:56.938-05:00Jaaaaaaaaayyyyyysis.Jaaaaaaaaayyyyyysis.Declan Shalveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629128268774530529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-25490782798599487542010-02-22T11:37:52.173-05:002010-02-22T11:37:52.173-05:00Long Live The Batman.Long Live The Batman.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947233996077734991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-92225690431694953152010-02-22T09:50:43.628-05:002010-02-22T09:50:43.628-05:00Its honest. I like that.Its honest. I like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-53691313674337876752010-02-22T09:35:55.406-05:002010-02-22T09:35:55.406-05:00Bloody hell. It makes you feel sorry for editors. ...Bloody hell. It makes you feel sorry for editors. I just hope this guy didn't know what the editor he submitted to looked like...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843813459666056521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-53036382773574433162010-02-22T09:12:45.849-05:002010-02-22T09:12:45.849-05:00Wisconsin: Undisputed leader in serial killers per...Wisconsin: Undisputed leader in serial killers per-capita.Rajuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201604693344750329noreply@blogger.com