Why has my draft been rejected?

[_Nonoko-chan_]

I believe I am doing something wrong, however, I fail to undesrtand what exactly.

The draft is for the title "NINE STONES" from the author "Samuel Spano". It's an Italian comic so I thought that might be the problem, but I've seen other Italian comics on the website.

Before submitting the draft, the "Your draft must have at least one cover matching its original language." warning popped up, but I have read it's just a bug. I submitted it anyway but it was rejected.

(I cannot contact support via Discord for a number of reasons, so I came here instead.)

I checked everything was as it should be (since I don't want to get banned for submitting an invalid draft twice) but I still couldn't find the error, so I'll quote the guidelines below.

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Do not create entries for:

• Western comics (e.g. Marvel), I interprete the comic is not a "western" since it's similar to others published with the original language being Italian, Spanish, etc., but I may be wrong.
• Comics you made yourself without first getting permission from a staff member (on Discord), I am not the author.
• Duplicates of an already existing title (Search for it first), I looked it up but I couldn't find it.

General:

• At least 1 cover must be in the language of origin of the title. This is the bug I mentioned earlier. Both are marked as Italian, though the original cover is in English (the title is in english and there's nothing else other than the author's name).
• If your role allows you to pick the main cover, use that of the latest volume, unless it either doesn't fit the overall art style or theme of the title or has major spoilers. I only added one cover, the latest from the third and last book, though I can add all of the covers if necessary (three main ones, the alternate versions and the "issue number x" ones).
• You may only create a duplicate entry for the official and fan colored version of a series. Not a duplicate entry.
• Attempting to create troll/spam entries will result in permissions being revoked. Zero intention to create a troll entrie.

Cover file(s) requirements and limits:

• A cover can be at most (10000 x 10000) pixels.
• Portrait orientation covers are preferred whenever possible.
• Max file size per image is 20 MB.
• Supported image formats are JPEG, PNG, and GIF.

Everything in order here.

Furthermore:

• Added a retail site (Amazon, though it only allows to add ".com" and most of the comics are on ".it" from Italy) band the Official English site (tapas).
• There's only one title (that I know of) so no alternate titles.
• The English synopsis is copied from the tapas official publication, and the Italian and Spanish ones have been translated by me. (https://tapas.io/series/NINE-STONES/info)

I can't think of anything else I might have missed out but I'd be glad if someone could point it out to me so I could correct it right away.
Thank you very much in advance.

 

[_Nonoko-chan_]

From what I can see, this comic appears to be more western inspired, purely based on the paneling and how the speech bubbles are stylized in each page.

Yes, after considering it, as you said, the main reason for it being rejected is probably the stylistic issue, more than any mistake on the draft. So the main question for the thread is solved. (Thank you all who informed me of this as well.)

[...] these usually come from the authors themselves, so it'll probably get turned down as, apparently, you're not the author.

Indeed, I'm just a fan of this work. The author released all the comic for free except the ending. Since I had already purchased the volumes, I figured I might as well post it online for everyone to enjoy.

If you still want to try, DM any moderator via Discord (for convenience and faster communication) with a detailed explanation of why you want to add this title to the site.

I really appreciate the help but I sadly can't use Discord for a number of reasons. However, it will probably get turned down again anyway (for the mentioned reasons), so I'll just leave it like that. I'll look for other websites where this kind of style fits better and stick to manga/anime style when uploading here.

Thank you very much once again, it's good to be informed of everything.

 

[Angry_Panda]

I'll look for other websites where this kind of style fits better and stick to manga/anime style when uploading here.

I wish for your success in finding a home for this - come back and hang out when you have the chance!

 

[_Nonoko-chan_]

I wish for your success in finding a home for this - come back and hang out when you have the chance!

I sure will! I'm currently translating some other mangas, so I'll see you around for sure.