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Good luck, man. No, I don't know anybody with the syndies. All my juice is in Vegas. I sent a package to Creators on the 15th, to the Editorial Review Board, or some such. 'Twas in a regular, old Priority Mail envelope. I try to approach the submission process with much the same tongue-in-cheek atti...

Oh, yeah...this board comes up three times faster than the old one. And I think it looks better, too.

'Course, it never remembers me from visit to visit, so I have to introduce myself each time. I thought I had my cookies turn on.

Looks cool to me, Scott. Seems to load faster, too. I just bookmarked you here.

Well, I hope it's painless for you, Scott. If not, you want Scotch or bourbon? <P>Thanks for the pep talk.<P>------------------
Ronski
<A HREF="http://public-eyes.com" TARGET=_blank>Public Eyes</A>
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I think the 1/25 gag works fine, no matter the source, Scott. I'm <I>assuming</I> you're both talking about the 1/25 Home Fries.<P>Hey, I get some of my best ideas during my weekly shower, but I think they come from struggling beforehand. You prime your little brainy cells with lots of related thoug...

George Carlin is funny.<P>Yeah, I liked Stevo, too.<P>Richard Pryor was funny back in the old Long Beach Concert days.<P>These guys were great stand-up comedians. And Steve was great in The Jerk. But sometimes stand-up comedians don't fly in other formats.<P>I liked the first couple of years of Sein...

The <I>Public Eyes</I> site is about due for a makeover anyway--I'm thinking of Flashizing it--so maybe I'll put some alternate WebTV versions of the strip up when I do. "Click here for WebTV version." I don't think I'll go back and redo all 59 of the strips. Maybe just start with #60 or so.<P>I did...

The "rear-end of the truck" strip is great, Scatman! Nice third-panel beat, then whammo!<P>Yupyop: Thanks. I posted a new thread about the WebTV thing.
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Ronski
<A HREF="http://public-eyes.com" TARGET=_blank>Public Eyes</A>
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In another post, you mentioned WebTV squishes my strips down and makes them unreadable. Shucks! I didn't know that, so thanks for telling me.<P>I wonder what I could do to make them viewable to WebTV'ers? They're simple GIF files. 604x190 pixels at 72dpi. About 20k in size, on average. The HTML is s...

Well, I dug up the information myself, Yupyop. Found a site that explained what the problem is. WebTV has a screen resolution of only 420x560, and can only scroll vertically. Images that are too wide just get scrunched to fit the format.<P>I've got 59 strips that are 604 pixels wide. If I went back ...

Yeah, Scott. You showed great restraint with the punch. That made it stronger. Sometimes the whisper is louder than the shout.<P>------------------
Ronski
<A HREF="http://public-eyes.com" TARGET=_blank>Public Eyes</A>
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Yeah, Yup. I read in some book that if you're lucky enough to get your daily syndicated by a major player, and if they start you off in 100 papers or so, you'll only make about $200 a week. So three-a-week would cut that down to about $85, and that's assuming they can get 100 papers to take you 3-a-...

Well, I know it's <I>possible</I> because Ted Rall did it, but it ain't too likely, is it?<P>------------------
Ronski
<A HREF="http://public-eyes.com" TARGET=_blank>Public Eyes</A>
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Yes, Melly Klismus to all. And a happy & prosperous palindromatic 2002!<P>------------------
Ronski
<A HREF="http://public-eyes.com" TARGET=_blank>Public Eyes</A>
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I got something free you might like. It's a computer program I wrote, called Gag Store. It doesn't write gags for you, of course, but I find it helps me get the creative juices flowing sometimes. It's a free download at my site...on the Prods page.<P>Runs under Windows 95, 98, ME, and I guess those ...

Yeah...the ones I think are borderline so-so generally get better responses than the ones I feel best about. What I dread are the DGI's (don't get it's).<P>I had one about a used parachute with a money-back guarantee, and I had to explain to one person that if the parachute failed to open, the guy w...

I kind of live or die with each new strip, something I need to get over. If nobody seems to like one, I get a little down and start with, "Who am I kidding? I'm not a cartoonist!" Maybe you're familiar with that feeling, too. But then I just do another one.<P>Yeah, I was surprised at the response on...

Hey, nice forum, Scott! And I just read through a few of your strips. Very good gags and artwork. The writing sounds natural.<P>Like Yupyop said--in so many words--it's not too good to overanalyze a strip and agonize over every word. Yeah, sometimes a word change or two will help, but if you've got ...