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Mon 17 Dec 2007

San Francisco Chronicle - I hear they have a new cartoonist

Posted by stormbear under Politics, San Francisco, Town Called Dobson, webcomics
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Well, I was shocked but the Chronicle called and sent me a freelance contract to run one of my strips. It was as simple as that. Well, actually it wasn’t so simple. It took three years of cartooning and getting good at it. But let me tell ya, having “freelance editorial cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle” on ye olde resume is way past cool.

Yeah, it was ONLY one strip and it ran on a Saturday, but it was in the Chronicle and they put on the editorial page. THE Editorial page. Maybe I should frame the contract? ;-)

But, you never know. The idea is to see how it was received and go from there. I sent them another half dozen strips today for them to review.

This is how Gary Larson of The Far Side fame started out. He sent a few strips to the Chronicle, they ran them, then the Chronicle syndicated his strip and the rest is history.

I am hoping history will repeat itself.

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Mon 11 Jun 2007

Town Called Dobson in Second Life

Posted by stormbear under Politics, Second Life, Town Called Dobson, webcomics
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I am planning a Second Life presence for TCD during Yearly Kos, the convention for Daily Kos users and fans. This year at Yearly Kos, they will be streaming video of the panels and speeches into a special area set up in Second Life for those of us who can’t get to the in-person meeting in Chicago.

Inside the TCD booth will be all sorts of TCD branded Second Life goodies like avatars, clothing and other crazy nonsense like your very own inflatable sheep!