Your 2009 Comic Strip Superstar




Alan Gardner gives me the nudge of reminder that is Dana Simpson's win in the comic strip superstar contest run by Amazon.com, Andrews McMeel and Universal. She'll get a developmental contract, which used to be the syndicate's way of seeing if you'd crack up given an actual slot and deadlines or had no strips beyond those in your submission. Today, it's a slightly more active state, usually including exposure on-line. Anyway, I think it's a strong, direct-in-a-good-way submission and has a chance to do well -- there are no real popular, iconic, young female characters right now. It all comes down to execution, of course, but playing to a perceived weakness on the comics page has worked for cartoonists like Jim Davis for decades now. Samples here.
 
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