Hi all, I'm a new member to this tribe and thank you for setting it up! :)
In the past week I've been feverishly putting together a portfolio with the intent of getting myself syndicated into local newspapers hopefully through UPS who carry Close to Home, Non-Sequitur and a few others of similar ilk. My intent is to create a surreal series with no central theme and no running story lines (Non-Sequitur has something like 3 of them). I'm really modeling it conceptually on Gary Larson's old Far Side series with some distinctions in well, obviously style of illustration. :) Larson intentionally created a world where there were no attractive people heh... which while it's funny I'm not really interested in emulating that particular gag. :) But I was a big fan of the series and I think I have a similar sense of humor. So I've got a collection of panels that I'm getting ready to submit to UPS and would be interested in any critique, etc. you might have.
For now I've got all my illustrations on a cafe press store really just for the immediate income potential because I've been programming computers since '98 and I'm trying to quit... and in the past couple months I'm discovering it's about as difficult as quitting smoking. :) I'd also be really interested in hearing any suggestions people might have of places that I can post info about my cafe press store to get it in front of people, get it blogged, etc.
So all my comic panels are up on the store here: www.cafepress.com/anupwardspiral/2705826
Thanks,
ike
In the past week I've been feverishly putting together a portfolio with the intent of getting myself syndicated into local newspapers hopefully through UPS who carry Close to Home, Non-Sequitur and a few others of similar ilk. My intent is to create a surreal series with no central theme and no running story lines (Non-Sequitur has something like 3 of them). I'm really modeling it conceptually on Gary Larson's old Far Side series with some distinctions in well, obviously style of illustration. :) Larson intentionally created a world where there were no attractive people heh... which while it's funny I'm not really interested in emulating that particular gag. :) But I was a big fan of the series and I think I have a similar sense of humor. So I've got a collection of panels that I'm getting ready to submit to UPS and would be interested in any critique, etc. you might have.
For now I've got all my illustrations on a cafe press store really just for the immediate income potential because I've been programming computers since '98 and I'm trying to quit... and in the past couple months I'm discovering it's about as difficult as quitting smoking. :) I'd also be really interested in hearing any suggestions people might have of places that I can post info about my cafe press store to get it in front of people, get it blogged, etc.
So all my comic panels are up on the store here: www.cafepress.com/anupwardspiral/2705826
Thanks,
ike
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