Well, this is interesting. The day after I got an email from Universal, I received one from the editor at Washington Post Writers Group. She asked me to work up some new material on His & Hers and resubmit in a few months (actually a year). WPWG is working on new launches and won't have an open spot for awhile. So this is pretty good. But I'm not sure how to classify the response for Syndicate Roulette. Is it a "Maybe"?
Here's the tally. Just waiting to hear from UM.
United Media
Universal Press -- email from editor: NO
Creators Syndicate -- form letter: NO
Washington Post Writers Group -- email from editor: work up more and resubmit
Tribune Media -- form letter: NO
King Features -- call from editor: NO
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Just want to say this is an interesting thing you're doing on your blog. As an aspiring cartoonist hoping to get into syndication someday, it's nice to see a behind the scene look at comic strip submission process.
Hope you get better luck from Post Writer's Group.
I think that this is a very positive response from WPWG to your new strip. I think that you have a good chance of getting syndicated with WPWG based one that. Good luck!
But, if you do, wouldn't that mean you are being syndicated by two different syndicates simultaneously, what will happen? I suppose that this is fairly unusual. The only example I can think of is J.C. Duffy, whose "Fusco Brothers" is syndicated by Universal and whose "Go Fish" is syndicated by United Media.
Anyway, "His and Hers" is some pretty cool work from the four samples you've posted on this site, Scott. This isn't a knock on any of the other syndicates, but I've noticed that WPWG, while it only syndicates a few strips, has very high quality work. I love "Candorville," "Opus," "Bo Nanas," "Out of the Gene Pool," "Red and Rover," and the samples for the soon-to-be-launched "Little Dog Lost." So good luck once again, Scott!
Charles,
The syndication process is still a mystery to me, and I'm syndicated! It's a really tough business and getting tougher each year. Still, there's just something about having a syndicated comic strip that helps you ignore the endless rejection and keeps you plugging along.
As for the submission process, form letter rejections don't tell you anything. It's editor's comments that help you improve your work. Sadly, most cartoonists don't get much editorial feedback. That's why Jay Kennedy was so special. He took the time to comment and helped a lot of people, myself included.
Scott
Chris,
Thanks for the well wishes.
In the event that WPWG does syndicated me, I don't think it will be a problem. As I've said, Todd Clark, my TT partner, is syndicated by both United media and King. I did offer HIS & HERS to King first, and they passed.
Scott
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