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The Publisher’s Marketplace tracks sales of manuscripts in different categories–one of the many advantages of their paid services. These sales are self-reported, which may or may not skew the results. These are the top literary agents for picture books for the last year. I have provided links to the agency’s websites when available. Please consult each agency’s policies on submission and follow them carefully.
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- Erin Murphy (Erin Murphy Literary Agency)
19 deals in the last 12 months
- Holly McGhee (Pippin Properties)
15 deals in the last 12 months
- Kelly Sonnack (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
12 deals in the last 12 months
- Paul Rodeen (Rodeen Literary Management)
11 deals in the last 12 months
- Jennifer Laughran (Andrea Brown Literary Agency) 11 deals in the last 12 months
- Teresa Kietlinski (Prospect Agency)
11 deals in the last 12 months
- Ammi-Joan Paquette (Erin Murphy Literary Agency) 10 deals in the last 12 months
- Karen Grencik (Red Fox Literary)
10 deals in the last 12 months
- Brenda Bowen (Sanford J. Greenburger Associates)
9 deals in the last 12 months
- Isabel Atherton (Creative Authors)
9 deals in the last 12 months
- Jamie Weiss Chilton (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)8 deals in the last 12 months
- Lori Nowicki (Painted Words)
8 deals in the last 12 months
- Emily van Beek (Folio Literary Management)
7 deals in the last 12 months
- Stephen Barr (Writers House)
7 deals in the last 12 months
- Elena Mechlin (Pippin Properties)
6 deals in the last 12 months
- Elizabeth Harding (Curtis Brown)
6 deals in the last 12 months
- Steven Malk (Writers House)
5 deals in the last 12 months
- Edward Necarsulmer IV (McIntosh & Otis)
5 deals in the last 12 months
- Anna Olswanger (Liza Dawson Associates)
5 deals in the last 12 months
- Jennifer Rofe (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
5 deals in the last 12 months
Happy Tuesday! How was your weekend? I spent the better part of mine sewing…I haven’t felt this productive sewing-wise in a long, long time. I’m pleased as punch with my new summer clothes; for many years (and even now) I’ll sew something that I never end up wearing either because of fit, comfort or that my homemade creation really looks “home sewn”–and not in a good way.
Most of the blouses I have I think of as work clothes and I rarely wear them on other occasions besides going to the office. So I thought it was high time I made some casual blouses that I could wear to work but would also want to throw one on with jeans or a skirt in lieu of a t-shirt. I used voile for all three which is perfect for warm weather.
Two of the tops use the above pattern, McCall’s M5977. I chose this pattern because it has no closure and I liked the ruffles around the neck (reminded me of 1920s and ’30s styles). I made the first view minus the armhole ruffles (which I think look weird dropping down like that).
I made this one as fitted as I could and still get it over my head. I reduced the ruffle by almost 40% and edged it with black to mimic the design in the fabric.
The other one I made has a slightly looser fit and fuller ruff. I also added a ribbon belt and gather under the bust just a little to give it shape. (Because of the eyelet border this blouse would be worn untucked unlike the one above).
The last top is from New Look pattern 6022:
I really liked the top part of the dress (particularly View B) and while I had my misgivings about the boxiness of it I went ahead and started to make it, thinking it would look better with some adjustments. Nope. Once I sewed up the side seams and tried it on it became clear this it was going to hang off of my like an insubstantial rectangle and even a belt around the waist wouldn’t be enough to make this wearable in public.
So I cut my losses and chopped off the bottom and kept going with the neckline and sleeves. Thankfully I really love it as a blouse (and wore it yesterday!).
I may try to make this again as a dress but would combine the top with a different dres
2011 is going to be a tumultuous year for comics. Heck, it’s already tumultuous. There’s going to be consolidation and retrenchment. So over the next few weeks we’ll be checking in at a few companies to see what’s going on — some of it’s great and some of it is not so great. We will start with Top Cow which announced last week
that they were consolidating many of their functions at Image Central, including production, marketing and sales efforts. As we reported last week, publicity manager
Christine Dinh was let go. Others downsized in the reorganization include director of sales and marketing
Atom Freeman, and editor/designer
Phil Smith, as well as some office staff. When asked about the changes, publisher
Filip Sablik sent us a statement:
As announced last Monday, Image Comics is expanding its publishing operations to include Top Cow and moving forward will be Image will be handling Top Cow’s design, production, marketing and sales among other tasks much in the same way they have done for all the other Image partner studios. While this did mean consolidating some of our staff down where we had redundancies, it’s overall an incredibly positive move that will strengthen both Top Cow and Image. There are no additional layoffs planned, Top Cow will maintain its offices in Los Angeles and we will continue to have complete editorial control over the titles we put out. As I mentioned in the press release, this is largely an operational change and fans, retailers, and creators shouldn’t even notice any change. If anything it will help us become more efficient and unified. Marc, Matt, and I are incredibly excited by the future of Top Cow and Image!
We also contacted Top Cow President
Matt Hawkins who told us:
I think it means that we’ll have more time to focus on creative issues and developing the characters and the storylines and less time on production and fulfillment and those headaches. It frees us up quite a bit to do what we really want to do. It also is a proactive move to ensure that we’ll be around in 5 years. The publishing business is not easy and anyone banking on their film getting made as part of their strategy for getting out of the red is a fool.
We also asked Hawkins what he felt was the biggest challenge facing comics this year, and he had a typically blunt response:
Survival. There’s going to be more consolidation (like Image and Top Cow) and some people won’t be around in a couple years. I have my theories on who but I’ll keep those to myself. People are harping on Wizard right now, but they are doing what they need to do. Like everyone, you look at where you’re making money and what the potential growth is and you invest your time and energies in that.
Top Cow, which was founded by artist
Marc Silvestri as one of the original Image Studios, has always been a survivor, and they will survive this as well — and going with Image Central, which has been hot of late, was a smart move. On a more positive side, Top Cow just announced an exclusive with artist
Jeremy Haun and is promoting a new series called
Netherworld
I knew I was going to check out the Liberty of London stuff at Target this past Sunday. I also knew I was not going to wake up at 6am (ON A SUNDAY) to get there before the store opened, especially with the time change (side note: Yahoooo!!!). I wanted to avoid the mad rush and figured if there was nothing left for me when I got there at 11, then it wasn’t meant to be.
When I arrived, I first headed to the women’s section. Not unexpectedly it was a bit of a mess and I could tell my size was virtually sold out. There was one dress left and while it fit, I put it back because it was polyester. I’m not a fabric snob but I was hoping for cotton.
Then I went to the girls’ section: score! Cute and cotton dresses aplenty and this was one of those times that I was glad to be petite. The smock dress above is my favorite. The color is not something I would normally pick out for myself but it goes well with my skin tone and the length is just right.
I also snagged these darling gardening gloves (the ones on the right). I actually needed a pair:
OK, here’s where the decision-making comes in. I don’t know if I should keep the following:
I love the sweet pea print of this top, but is it too juvenile for me?
Same question goes for this sundress (called a cover up on the tag; I guess it supposed to go with the swimsuits). I love the almost psychedelic print. I don’t normally wear such loose styles and do I really need these? But wouldn’t these be great for late summer when the weather is really warm? Could these transition into mommy-to-be wear? (I’m not a mommy-to-be, by the way!)
I don’t know, any thoughts? Did you pick up anything Liberty at Target?
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A great idea for a senior prank is to fill an office, classroom, gym, or car full of balloons, popcorn, packing peanuts, or any other item that consumes up space. This is a hilarious prank that is pretty harmless.
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This classic prank will also create problems within the school. Buy 700-1000 Dixie cups or how many you find appropriate. Fill them up with a little bit of water, but not to much. And place them all next to each other but very close so that you cannot step between the cups without knocking them down. Make sure you start on the opposite side of the room and make your way backwards toward the exit!
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Order and Buy thousands of bouncy balls, most likely online. Get a good group of friends and distribute them amongst each other. Plan out a certain time in the day where everyone is spread out throughout the school and then just make it rain bouncy balls! This prank would definitely cause chaos and confusion, but would be hilarious.
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An easy prank would be to saran wrap other student’s cars. Juniors would be the primary target seeing they are the other grade that can drive. Faculty may be a risky idea, but they would be an option. This may be one of the more expensive pranks, but it deserves to be on the list.
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Forking the school yard would be another senior prank. Students would go to a store and buy hundreds of forks, and during the middle of the night they would stick them into the school’s courtyard, lobby, or football field. This prank would be a risky one seeing that it could be considered vandalism. A vulgar message may cross the line.
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This classic prank is known all over. I don’t think I need to explain, but I will. Buy a bunch of toilet paper rolls and just go crazy. You can never buy too much toilet paper. Throw them all over the school’s building, trees, and anything else that works.
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This prank involves getting as many seniors as possible and camping out for a night in the parking lot or any other good area. This would be a fun prank that seems pretty harmless if everything goes right. Grilling out, chilling, and playing some sports would make this a fun night.
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This prank involves putting as many for sale signs as possible in the front lawn of your school. This would be a pretty humorous prank not to mention harmless. Another option is to put a real estate ad in the local newspaper.
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For this prank you need to get a group of seniors, and while class is in session this group needs to run around with numerous jars of Vaseline and rub it all over door handles and lockers. This will definitely cause students to be mad and will leave a mark in your school’s history.
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This final prank is pretty self-explanatory. You need to get a whole group of seniors and buy a bunch of post-it note packages. Then during school sometime or after when no one is in the hallways cover everything with post-it notes. Completely yellow-out the school hallway and it will look flawless.
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Definition-not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
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Definition-an utterly foolish or senseless person.
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The First most Common word used in the world is Incompetent
Definition-not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
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Definition-an utterly foolish or senseless person.
The Third Most Common Used Word In The World is ignorant
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Definition-devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
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- Eat a pickle
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Want to get someone’s attention subconciously, want to get on someone’s nerves? You need to annoy them, and here is how you can do it.
1) Crack your knuckles/toes. Cracking your knuckles is easier and more common, but if you can crack your toes, that really gets their spine tingling. Not only is it not common, it sounds louder and more painful.
2) Bite your nails. Just the sound of that can drive some people insane.
3) Keep staring at a certain part of someone’s body. For instance, pretend you see a giant zit on someone’s cheek and keep staring at it to the point where they need to move away.
4) Be sloppy. Untuck your shirt halfway, have a milk mustache, and have long fingernails (if you’re a guy) all at the same time.
5) Last but not least, Talk! Talk about anything and everything. See an ant, talk about it. It must be touch for ants, huh? Is that a tree? What a nice tree. You’re nice; why are you so nice, it’s amazing! You know what’s amazing? Magicians. It’s not real magic though. It looks like it though, but it’s just tricks. Like in the song, you know, sing with me. “It’s tricky! It’s tricky!”. What you don’t like singing? It’s good for the heart….and so on.
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Want to get someone’s attention subconciously, want to get on someone’s nerves? You need to annoy them, and here is how you can do it.
1) Crack your knuckles/toes. Cracking your knuckles is easier and more common, but if you can crack your toes, that really gets their spine tingling. Not only is it not common, it sounds louder and more painful.
2) Bite your nails. Just the sound of that can drive some people insane.
3) Keep staring at a certain part of someone’s body. For instance, pretend you see a giant zit on someone’s cheek and keep staring at it to the point where they need to move away.
4) Be sloppy. Untuck your shirt halfway, have a milk mustache, and have long fingernails (if you’re a guy) all at the same time.
5) Last but not least, Talk! Talk about anything and everything. See an ant, talk about it. It must be touch for ants, huh? Is that a tree? What a nice tree. You’re nice; why are you so nice, it’s amazing! You know what’s amazing? Magicians. It’s not real magic though. It looks like it though, but it’s just tricks. Like in the song, you know, sing with me. “It’s tricky! It’s tricky!”. What you don’t like singing? It’s good for the heart….and so on.
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- Do you know what is the most beautiful thing in my eyes… the reflection of yours.
- NEVER say NEVER, but say that you love me FOREVER and EVER.
- I hope you think of me each night before you fall asleep.
- My heart beats to the rhythm of our love.
- Love is what I feel when I see you beside me.
- If you were ice cream, I would melt you with the heat of my love.
- When you gaze at the stars remember me, for in each one is a kiss for thee.
- I would ride a rocket to the stars, to be with you when you are far.
- I was looking for an angel, but I suddenly stopped when you flew into my life.
- If heaven is full of angels like you, I would ride an air balloon to meet you.
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- Do you know what is the most beautiful thing in my eyes… the reflection of yours.
- NEVER say NEVER, but say that you love me FOREVER and EVER.
- I hope you think of me each night before you fall asleep.
- My heart beats to the rhythm of our love.
- Love is what I feel when I see you beside me.
- If you were ice cream, I would melt you with the heat of my love.
- When you gaze at the stars remember me, for in each one is a kiss for thee.
- I would ride a rocket to the stars, to be with you when you are far.
- I was looking for an angel, but I suddenly stopped when you flew into my life.
- If heaven is full of angels like you, I would ride an air balloon to meet you.
- Play World of War Craft. If you play WOW then your life is basically screwed up for even playing this!
- Play Runescape. Playing this game just to think you’ll get new friends, and people on your friend list are actually your friends which they’re not.
- Playing Maple Story. Playing this for hours a day just rots your brain and Maple Story is all you can think of.
- Hack. Think that you’re the world’s greatest hacker when you’re not!
- Magic. Thinking that you can cast spells, and also that you’re a powerful wizard that is five-thousand years old, when you are only thirty-three still living in your mom’s basement.
- Chuck Norris jokes. Telling Chuck Norris jokes that suck!
- Watch anime. Watching anime shows, and thinking that they’re the greatest ever when it sucks!
- Own a segway. Ride a segway every where you go just to show off you wheels.
- Collecting trading cards. Carrying your Pokémon and yu-gi-oh cards to duel other losers for entertainment!
- MySpace. Going on MySpace 24/7 and thinking you’re actually friends with the person on your friends list.
- Play World of War Craft. If you play WOW then your life is basically screwed up for even playing this!
- Play Runescape. Playing this game just to think you’ll get new friends, and people on your friend list are actually your friends which they’re not.
- Playing Maple Story. Playing this for hours a day just rots your brain and Maple Story is all you can think of.
- Hack. Think that you’re the world’s greatest hacker when you’re not!
- Magic. Thinking that you can cast spells, and also that you’re a powerful wizard that is five-thousand years old, when you are only thirty-three still living in your mom’s basement.
- Chuck Norris jokes. Telling Chuck Norris jokes that suck!
- Watch anime. Watching anime shows, and thinking that they’re the greatest ever when it sucks!
- Own a segway. Ride a segway every where you go just to show off you wheels.
- Collecting trading cards. Carrying your Pokémon and yu-gi-oh cards to duel other losers for entertainment!
- MySpace. Going on MySpace 24/7 and thinking you’re actually friends with the person on your friends list.
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Today I received my rejection letter from zuda comics regarding my webcomic submission. It was your basic "thanks for submitting" sort of thing. If I hadn't already received about ten million of them in my somewhat short illustration career I would be upset, luckily at this point in my career rejection letters are about as "fresh and new" as the high top fade.
Because I am completely incapable of simply leaving the story hanging I've decided to go ahead and update it and continue the story when I get the time.
Click the link above if you're interested or possibly just bored and give it a read.
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Is it any wonder that one of Top Cow’s head honchos is justifying Wizard’s douchebaggery?
Wow, they laid off Atom Freeman, too? They just hired him in August, and promoted him in October. That certainly makes this consolidation look a lot less like a long-planned development.
Top Cow can now further focus on their sporadic release schedule and uninteresting properties.
Or maybe Silvestri can do some more work for Marvel and ignore the company he founded, you know, to get away from Marvel?!?
As both Christine and Atom! were people I’d been in contact with at Top Cow and helped me to a great degree, I disagree with Filip saying we won’t notice any change. That being said, I am more than happy to be proven wrong.
As for some of the comments preceding mine…
I don’t think Matt Hawkins was justifying Wizard’s behavior as much as their focus of operations.
As for their sporadic release schedule, Top Cow can’t be blamed for having that than any other publisher out there. Uninteresting properties? The same could be said of the rest of the industry, otherwise maybe we’d have higher sales numbers each month.
“As for their sporadic release schedule, Top Cow can’t be blamed for having that than any other publisher out there.”
Given that the Image founders not named Erik Larsen have been the poster boys for late books, yes, Top Cow *can* be blamed for having one of the most sporadic (read: undependable, fanciful, delusional) release schedules out there.
And besides, ‘Everybody does it’ is no excuse. Being routinely late getting your book out is inherently unprofessional and inexcusable regardless of who the publisher is.