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To be able to use a picture of one of our licensed characters and not worry about possible copyright infringement, you need to contact the company that owns the property. For instance, if you want to put a picture of Buffy on your site, head to the 20th Century Fox website and ask them for permission. If you want to use Star Wars artwork you created as an artisthired by Dark Horse, you must ask for permission. If you don't secure written permission from the owner, you may be subject to legal action.
There are several ways to do this.

First, check the letters column in the back of the book. Somewhere on there should be the e-mail address of the editor of the comic. That's where you want to send it.

Second, if you don't want to open up your comic, send it to dhcomics@darkhorse.com and we'll make sure it gets routed to the editor of the book.

Third, you can send it out to us here at:

"Name of comic book"
c/o Dark Horse Comics
10956 SE Main Street
Milwaukie, OR
97222

We no longer sell directly to the public. Our mail order inquiries are now handled by Things From Another World, an online comic book retailer. They carry our entire product line, have excellent customer service and also offer subscriptions to our comics and books. You may also find other retail stores near you by visiting our Retailer Listing section.
Dark Horse doesn't keep track of the secondary market value of our comics. Your best bet would be to check out the price guide located in the back of Wizard magazine (a monthly magazine devoted to comics) or, better yet, the Overstreet Price Guide (a yearly publication with prices on just about every single comic book ever published). You should be able to pick up both Wizard and Overstreet at any comic book shop.In fact, your local comic book shop could realistically tell you what your comics are worth because they deal with that every day!
I'm sorry but we can't give out personal information for any of the creators we have worked with or are currently working with. I'd recommend doing a search on the internet because many of them have personal homepages with contact information.
No but please check their respective websites for pertinent contact information.

Lucas Film
20th Century Fox

Many colleges around the United States have great art programs that can help you develop your skills. The Savannah College of Art and Design offers great classes on sequential art. Another good school is the Joe Kubert School. The Kubert School is located in Dover, New Jersey, but also offers classes via mail.
FC - Full Color. Refers to comics that have colored interior pages.

  B&W - Black and White. Refers to comics that have black and white interior pages.

  HC - Hard Cover book.

  SC - Soft Cover book.

  TPB - Trade PaperBack. In the comic industry, a TPB is a reprint collection of a comic series bound together as one volume. For example, "Star Wars: Crimson Empire" numbers 1-6 were collected into a single volume called "Star Wars: Crimson Empire TPB." Example: Star Wars: Crimson Empire TPB.

  GN - Graphic Novel. These are original works, not reprints like most trade paperbacks. Example: Fax From Sarajevo.

  GSA - Graphic Story Album. Basically this is much like a traditional book, but with dozens of full page illustrations. Example: Dark Forces: Jedi Knight.

  Ltd. Ed. - Limited Edition. Limited editions are usually signed and numbered by one or more of the creators. They are limited to a specific print run. There will be no reprint with a signature. Example: Sin City: The Big Fat Kill Ltd. Ed. HC.

  Annual: Published once a year.

  Quarterly: Published four times a year (every three months).

  One-Shot: A self-contained, one-issue series.

  Gold foil: Sections of the cover are embossed with gold-colored leaf.

  Holofoil: Sections of the cover are embossed with holographic leaf.

ISBN: The International Standard Book Number system is a worldwide standard identification system for publications.

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