HELP PLEASE

OK, OK, I lied!!!! I'm back again, even though I said I wouldn't be. I need some suggestions from people and I don't want to wait till May to hear what people think.

I wanna make a cartoon art book...I have piles and piles of drawings that I haven't shown anyone and I keep seeing these gorgeous cartoon art books coming out and I want in!

SO

I want to ask people- what are some reliable publishing companies that work with cartoonists? I know there are sites like lulu that allow you to do everything yourself but I'm not sure I have the brain capacity to do it myself. Plus I'd like the advantage of having someone who knows what they're doing to help me out.

Looking at the art books I own, I saw lots of names that I could contact, but I'm not even sure whether it's OK or not to contact people and "pitch" your idea of a book to them. Is it? Is it not? I have no idea. Does anyone out there know?

AND since this is a doodle blog, here are some, which are a mix of me trying to draw how I did 5 years ago, plus Kurtzman poses, plus Moyoco Anno design elements. A weird combination!