As I post these strips it dawns on me that this was some of the best pieces of cartooning that I had ever done. I thought the story line was great, the drawing was on point and the expression on the faces of each character were priceless. When I sent these, along with a group of others, in for syndication and was still rejected it was the most disheartening thing that ever happened. These characters had been refined as much as they would ever be; objectively I thought the idea was both unique and funny and if the syndicates didn't except these than it was just not meant to be. I resolved myself to letting Quincy and the gang die. I mean, I started trying to get them syndicated when I was seventeen and here it is, ten decades later and still nothing. I decided to focus my attention on a new set of character; enter the cast of @home. Of course the same thing is going on with them, as it relates to syndication and I'm not getting any younger."What happens to a dream deferred?" Well, I can't speak about anyone else's, but I put my dream into a blog to hopefully share with a handful of readers. Hell, I always said that I loved cartooning so much that I would do it for free...Wow. that had nothing at all to do with this weeks posting.
In a nut shell....Isn't it amazing how the Calvary always manages to arrive right on time?
6 comments:
Good stuff, man. I enjoy them. I'm glad that you're posting it on the blog. I'd rather read this than the comics in my newspaper. I can't even remember the last time I read a comic that wasn't the Boondocks. And even that is read online. Our paper doesn't print it!
Thank you very much for your support, Maddypappy. You guys have no idea how much your support means to me.
Hey Forge! You shouldn't give up on your syndication dreams! It took Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes 10 years to get syndicated! Out of 3000 strips a syndicate receives a year only 2 get syndicated! That said, syndication, in my opinion, should DIE!!! Being syndicated limits your artistic freedom... Posting online is probably not going to make you rich, but if you stick it out and carry on doing what you're doing, your readership will grow! I'll be reading!
Thank you for the encouragement, schnozz. It makes me feel good to be appreciated. I just want to make people smile with my comics....Not trying to get rich....Riches does not bring forth happiness.
oh...this is goooood!
thanks for sharing.
Listen... Don't give up... send them again and again and again...Unitl you get a Yes.
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