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Aaron Johnson writes in to share a unique way of waiting and watching to see how the major six syndicates will respond to his submission of his feature What the Duck. He’s created a bingo board (as seen above) and as results come in. He’s also posted his submission letter. Submission went out December 21. Some syndicates, from what I hear, are notoriously slow to respond, so the resolution of this game may not be fully known for several months.
Best of luck to Aaron.
My prediction:
Creator’s: Form Letter
King Features: Love it… BUT, Try again
Universal Press: Form Letter (from the Uxpress division even though you sent it to Lee Salem)
Washington Post: Form Letter
Tribune Media: No response at all
United Media: Hate it… BUT, Try again, because we get off on rejection due to our mother’s not loving us enough. Also, learn to draw better, because we have a reputation to uphold with our fine art lineup of Dilbert, Unfit (now Defunct) and most recently, Diesel Sweeties!
Sorry, this has been my experience, personal results may vary.
My prediction:
Creators: Nice, but not interested.
King: Good start. Can you make the duck a martian? And a plumber? And give him a wife who’s made of algae. Send us 100 strips when you’ve finished.
Universal: Form letter
Washington Post: If you just work it for a year, we might look at it again.
Tribune: Not commercial enough
United: Make the duck a black latino arab who raps in Farsi and has a Jewish girlfriend. No don’t bother, we’ll still reject you.
Aaron – best wishes … I like the scorecard approach, it’s a hoot!
When you fill it in, put the dates!
BTW – what happens if you get a Bingo? I guess there would be some consolation in getting a form letter from ever syndicate that way … but not much of one!
Since comic strips are both visual AND verbal, don’t you think you might have had a better chance if your cover letter had been grammatically correct? (Hint: What’s the definition of “it’s”?)
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