How to pitch a comic to Dark Horse Comics
Reads unsolicited work
Dark Horse accepts art samples and story or series proposals from writer-artists or writer and artist teams. A proposal without a signed agreement is deleted unread. It has licensed Godzilla, Aliens, Star Wars and Hellboy for comics.
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In its own words
“Dark Horse accepts two types of unsolicited submissions -- Art Samples or Story/Series Proposals from writer-artists or writer and artist teams.”
“Story proposals arriving without a signed agreement will be deleted without review.”
What you agree to by sending something
“This agreement protects Dark Horse from any liabilities involving coincidental similarities to works-in-progress or other submissions.”
What it says it looks for
“All unsolicited story/series proposals must have a full creative team on board.”
“Proposals without samples of completed pages will not be reviewed.”
“Please note that Dark Horse does not review unsolicited scripts, story ideas, or proposals pertaining to properties currently published by Dark Horse or any property not owned by the submitter.”
What it has bought from outside
- 1991
Comics rights to Godzilla (1987), Aliens and Predator (1989), Star Wars (1991)
“After his success, Richardson began buying the rights to several titles including: Godzilla in 1987, Aliens, Predator in 1989, and Star Wars in 1991 (owned by Marvel prior to the Dark Horse Comics acquisition).” en.wikipedia.org
- 1994
Hellboy (creator-owned, Mike Mignola) via the Legend imprint from Mike Mignola
“In 1994, Mignola's character Hellboy first appeared in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction the beginning of several limited and miniseries with crossovers that included Batman of DC Comics.” en.wikipedia.org
- 2017
The Umbrella Academy (Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá) adapted as a Netflix series from Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá
“It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in 2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017.” en.wikipedia.org
