Contacting Someone In The Industry

Go to their website and look for phone numbers and then call.

If you are seriously considering a job in the industry, don't bother looking for an "in" so to speak. Simply look at employment opportunities on their website, send in your resume if one of the openings fits you, and work your way up.

 

Also, you may want to consider dropping Dew a PM. She has a few industry sources, I think.

 

He's not looking for an "in." It's for his senior seminar class. I'm in a similar class and we have to do the same thing.

 

My suggestion, go to various websites and find their personal emails. Lesser known guys are obviously better. Do it well in advance, because they're busy guys. And contact a lot, don't put your eggs in one basket.

And how about that, my sister goes to UNC-W. I'm at NCSU myself.

 

You could send one of the creators who post here on the Hype a PM, too. I know Dan Slott, Jon Malin, Kevin Grevioux, and now J. Torres all have accounts here.

 

Just for fun? That doesn't seem like a class that'd relate to your major.

 

Senior seminars are common to most majors. They're designed to give seniors in whatever field a jump start at networking and finding jobs. Building interview skills, resume writing, stuff like that.

 

Oh, so yours isn't for comics, it's just a similar sort of seminar?

 

Mine is for geology in general, but each student's requirements are tailored for his or her program. Mine is geared towards paleontology.

 

Paleontology falls under geology?

 

Haha, I have to do the same project for one of my classes. That idea of PMing Slott is a good idea except I rip on him every time he posts.

 

Although NCSU has two of the top paleontologists in the world, we don't have a separate paleo program. Few universities do. So we major in geology, which gives us an essential context for paleo, and then take a bunch of paleo classes designed and taught by said paleontologists.

 

Still, I would've thought paleontology falls under zoology or something. You're studying the lifeforms, not the stuff their bones are embedded in, right?

Maybe he'll be the bigger man. It shouldn't be too hard.

 

A longer answer would be, it depends on what kind of paleontologist you are, but the short answer is, no. Good paleontology depends on every piece of information it's possible to attain. That includes studying both the rock in which the bone is found, and the rock the bone has turned into via fossilization, either of which could ideally tell you about the environment in which the animal lived and died and what happened to it since. Which is why most paleontologists actually do come from a geological background.

 

Hahaha, turns out that through some fluke, some perverse twist of fate, I'm lab partners with a dude who knows Steven T. Seagle personally. So personally that I'm sure he calls him Steve and not Steven T. Seagle.


suck it, Slott! I don't need you anymore! Hahaha. I traded up, son.

 

erik larsen (of image comics) is always active on the image forums.
he often replies on various threads etc, its well-worth trying to contact him through that.