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Anyone Seen "Coraline" Yet?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Norm Feuti Feb 16.

A Question About Commissioned Work
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Josh McDonald Feb 6.

Another reason to appreciate our new president-elect?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Duncan Biscotti Jan 11.

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Josh McDonald replied to Joshua Skurtu's discussion 'Congratulations from Comic Strip Super Star!'

That's great! Congratulations!! I didn't enter either. I thought about it, but it happened to come in the middle of moving out-of-state and securing a new job and I knew I wouldn't be able to put the right kind of effort into it. But I'll defini...

September 28

Josh McDonald replied to Lee Nordling's discussion 'How much sense does it make to try to syndicate a new feature?'

I agree with Mike; it makes sense, to me, to have a professional marketing and sales team handling those aspects of the business. I'm just not sure I have the skills or the temperament for the one-man web-cartoonist gig. And I still have a deep l...

June 15

Josh McDonald replied to Lee Nordling's discussion 'What do you find confusing?'

Yeah, I'm curious about that too. I'd love to start shopping my strip to various newspapers, but I have no idea what would be a reasonable asking price. I don't want to ask $50 if they're getting, say, Doonesbury for $15; but I wouldn't want to as...

June 11

Josh McDonald replied to Lee Nordling's discussion 'Who's on this forum?'

Okay. I'm an aspiring cartoonist, still trying to figure out how to maybe try and make a living at it. Wanted to be a cartoonist for as long as I can remember; got sidetracked in college by well-meaning advisors steering me toward a more practica...

June 6

Josh McDonald replied to Lee Nordling's discussion 'What do you find confusing?'

Here's something I've sometimes wondered about: what's the going protocol for re-submitting a re-working or re-development of a previous idea? I'm not talking about just re-sending the same stuff over and over again, but a re-working of a promisin...

June 4

Josh McDonald replied to roy phelps's discussion 'live caricaturing'

One thing I like to do, as often as I'm able, is take a few hours out of a weekend afternoon or something and go sit in a coffee shop, and draw the people there. Just quick sketches, to practice getting the features right. If you don't get it righ...

June 4

Josh McDonald replied to Leann Webb's discussion 'Challenges?'

Several people have mentioned that writing is the stronger aspect of my work; I'm not disagreeing with that, but it's also the part that I seem to work the hardest at. So just know that the "perfect caption" or "the right words" don't come easily....

May 31

Josh McDonald replied to Lee Nordling's discussion 'What's your next rung on the cartoonist ladder?'

Yeah, and there's where I'm still wrestling with that particular bit of advice. I can offer up plenty of vague and esoteric qualities that set my strip apart from others, but I can't really boil it down to "this one is better than that one because...

May 30