But there are lots of comic conventions out there that are less fantastic, but could be a good way for you to get your feet wet. Attend one first, and the next time it comes around, maybe you could attend as an exhibitor? The difference between Comic-con and your local comic convention is the difference between World Soccer and your local school’s soccer. Same game, only one bigger and arguably more important to your career.

I’ve asked two people this year about the whole agent thing…I asked Markus Manninen about it, of which I got nothing…and I asked Pascal Campion who seemed to reckon that going to Comic-Con would be highly advisable and that a lot of good things came from his visit to it….Do you go to / have been to Comic-Con?…it is course a tad far away for me…lol….but maybe one day Og…maybe one day. But what does one do when one gets there?

Honestly, I’m changing my stance on whether or not I want an agent at the moment. As you might gather, I’ve had a run-in with a few. I’ve dealt with one incompetent wannabe agent, and one IP farm masquerading as an agency. Fortunately the IP farm was being too cool to deal with me. They called ME out of the blue, and then they wanted me to convince them why they ought to represent me. They were being all David Spade on me – “And you are…?” but… they called ME! What did they want to convince them they should stoop to represent a nobody like me? They wanted me to send them a bunch of pitches with an agreement releasing them from all liability should they wind up, say, making something eerily similar to one of my pitches.

The problem is that from a publishing standpoint, I’m not well-known. Long story short, I’ve decided to go it alone for a bit, until I’ve finished a few things. I am reasonably sure I can get my work published, and then we’ll see if things improve.

At the moment I’m using my mum too!…she’s great on the telephone, I’m terrified of the telephone and so this works very well…she’s been emergency producing for me.

Are you on the look out for a agent Og?…I really hope that all our dreams come true and that we end up making the films we want to make…The Rescue sure isn’t coming out the way I see it in my head.

~L~