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Lee Norling: What It Takes To Sell Your Comic Strip
For the unsyndicated comic strip aspirant, there’s a good thead over at Toontalk posted by Lee Nordling on how to increase your chances at getting syndicated (see thread “A pop quiz: ‘What It Takes To Sell Your Comic Strip’”). It’s worth your time.
Lee Nordling:
The following quiz was used as the structure for a workshop at the 2002 Pro/Con that ran during the San Diego Comic-Con. I was joined by panelists, Gordon Kent (writer of the “Rugrats” comic strip, and co-creator of the “Pink Panther” comic strip) and Stuart Rees (cartoonist and legal counsel specializing in the comic strip medium), and we discussed how a cartoonist can put him-or-herself into that upper echelon of comic strip creators who actually get considered for newspaper syndication. The version you’re about to read distills the general consensus of answers that were arrived at by the panel, but by no means represents the opinions of all the panelists.
BTW, Lee Nordling is the author of “Your Career In The Comics” a book I highly recommend if you’re considering getting into the comic strip business. Lee was also planning on creating a comic strip syndication seminar to help the unsyndicated masses learn more about the business.
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December/11/2008
@ 4:32 pm
I needed information, in regards to the comic strip business. I “doodle” drawings in
my spare time, and the employees at work, think they are great. I had comments that
they are good enough to get published. These
are “single” comic strips with a daily theme.
For example, one drawing could be about the
holiday, another one I call “TIME CAPSULE”
that illustrates something from the past, like characters from a 50’s or 60’s tv show,
or music group.The themes change, it can
be about anything, such as a “inmate” or
“kids” or animals, all with a humorous
saying added to it. Some people say I should try to put then in a book format, then ship them off to a publisher. I needed some information from you, as to how to get started and who to contact.
November/6/2009
@ 3:16 pm
Ive been making comic strips for a while now and its been a challenge to get them syndicated. I know people have different humor but some of these comic strips that are in the papers now days are terrible, of course the classics are always a priority but it seems to me that we need to bring these classics back. there the only ones that give me a luagh. The other day I walked in to a starbucks got my daily capuccino and I noticed a lady reading the funnies, not one time did she laugh! I conversated with her talking to her about my comics and later gave her some samples. I tell you, this lady could not stop laughing!! and it has always been this way with my cartoons. Now do these sydicators not see the humor… I dont know??
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