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Posted by Steve Guidry on 03/14/07 17:06
Do this :
Make a sign that says "dumbass" and paste it to your forehead.
You have no one to blame but yourself. You shouldn't have sent them
anything but the one they contracted for.
"funnypolack" <funnypolack@mac.com> wrote in message
news:1173845780.546179.259590@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> My angry letter about spike and mike....
>
> I saw online and ad from the spike and mike animation fest that they
> were seeking submissions for their fest
>
> I emailed them a 10 second joke cartoon I did. I get an email back
> saying " we like it, we're gonna use it in our fest!" I was so
> excited! I wrote them back "For real? My cartoon is in Spike and
> Mike?!?!" They emailed back "yes its in."
>
> I couldn't believe it! I called them up and asked when I could see
> the fest. The woman on the phone said it was definitely in and that
> they were going to email me a contract.
>
> A contract! My dreams come true. It took a while for me to realize
> the contract was in my BULK email folder- not my regular inbox- so I
> didn't return it right away. As I read the contract I had some
> issues, I definitely WANTED my film in their fest BUT I also wanted to
> be able to use it in a larger project. I called them up and they
> agreed to let me change certain portions of the contract. They also
> said they needed to the contract ASAP and could I "next day mail" it.
> I did- it cost me- I don't remember- just under 40 bucks to mail off
> the contract and DVD. The DVD was my "best of" animation reel- the
> cartoon they said they wanted was on it. I assumed they'd "rip" the
> dvd and take that short out for their show.
>
> They recommended I come to comic- con for its premiere. I asked
> (email) that since I had a film in would I get any special rates on
> admission or hotels. They said they didn't know but would get back to
> me. I got an email right before comic con saying "see you there, Are
> you ready for the Gauntlet?"
>
> I thought, "the Gauntlet? What's that?"
>
> I took time off from work- bought a plane ticket and booked a hotel
> room. I'd been more into filmmaking and corporate animation than
> comicbooks for over a decade (gotta live don't I?) BUT I loved comic
> books until college and had heard of comic con for a long time, so I
> was very very excited to have an excuse to go.
>
> Once in San Diego at the con the first thing I did was go to the
> Spike and Mike booth and say hi to the folks I'd been conversing
> with. After I told them who I was one dude looked spooked and looked
> down in a mixture of guilt and suspicion. He turned away and picked up
> a book and pretended to be too busy to talk to me.
>
> "WHAT the heck is going on here?" I thought.
>
> Saturday night- I am jittery in anticipation. The room that was
> showing the spike and mike cartoons was showing an "Avengers" cartoon
> before S&M so I went to that and stayed in my seat to make sure I got
> a spot at the show (the booklet said "arrive early to Spike and
> Mike... it usually gets full early"
>
> They played the standard spike and mike shorts (the ones I've seen to
> dozens of times before, Dr Tran.... No neck Joe.... ) then... they
> announced the gauntlet... the announcer said the audience should boo
> or cheer to see which films would get into next years actual spike and
> mike show.
>
> I was dumbfounded, noone told me about this! I was told repeatedly
> that i was definitely IN the spike and mike show, not in some
> gauntlet!
>
> They played mine first... and guess what
>
> they played the WRONG ONE!!!! The one I sent was kinda gross and
> definitely geared towards the spike and mike crowd. The one they
> played was NOT "spike and mike" material at all- it just happened to
> be on the DVD I mailed them.
>
> I got booed.... and I stormed out of the screening room.
>
>
> I confronted them the next day and when they saw me they walked away-
> wouldn't talk to me. The lying mother f- ers set me up to have someone
> to be laughed at!
>
> I've thought about suing- after all they emailed me a contract
> (promising me $500) and their lies cost em plane fare and hotel costs.
>
> Take it from me, do NOT Trust Spike and Mike!
>
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