Comments on: Ted Rall laid off from United Media http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/ The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:54:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jeff Mahon http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82540 Jeff Mahon Mon, 04 May 2009 23:33:44 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82540 Sorry to hear Ted. I was hoping you'd get my hands on my submission I was sending off soon :( In regards to the topic of faltering papers: There is no changing the impact the internet has on the news. It is immediate and by the time my Sunday paper comes, almost everything in it is old news, sometimes DAYS old. I consider the Sunday a week in review. But...the reason I still get the Sunday paper is for the Funnies. Yes, I still love to get the funnies (as boring as they almost are) and if some forward thinking comics editor would expand the funnies section, I would dare to wager that readership would either maintain or even increase. But the funnies section would have to break new ground. Bring back strips that are half pages, with wonderfully drawn and well written. Yes, I read some comics online, but I still like to hold them in my hands. Nothing will take the place of the smell of fresh ink on paper and having it rub off on your fingers and I am 45! Now I believe that would save the newspaper industry. Sorry to hear Ted. I was hoping you’d get my hands on my submission I was sending off soon :(

In regards to the topic of faltering papers:

There is no changing the impact the internet has on the news. It is immediate and by the time my Sunday paper comes, almost everything in it is old news, sometimes DAYS old. I consider the Sunday a week in review.

But…the reason I still get the Sunday paper is for the Funnies. Yes, I still love to get the funnies (as boring as they almost are) and if some forward thinking comics editor would expand the funnies section, I would dare to wager that readership would either maintain or even increase. But the funnies section would have to break new ground. Bring back strips that are half pages, with wonderfully drawn and well written.

Yes, I read some comics online, but I still like to hold them in my hands. Nothing will take the place of the smell of fresh ink on paper and having it rub off on your fingers and I am 45!

Now I believe that would save the newspaper industry.

]]> By: John Lotshaw http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82315 John Lotshaw Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:29:14 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82315 Ted not only helped me track down a missing submission to United, he also helped me find my way back to the Golden Gate Bridge when I took a wrong turn in San Francisco and ended up somewhere in San Diego (or so it seemed... I love that city, but dadgum, you need a GPS to get around it!). Thanks for the help, Ted. I did eventually make it to the Schulz Museum that day... and good luck in the future. Ted not only helped me track down a missing submission to United, he also helped me find my way back to the Golden Gate Bridge when I took a wrong turn in San Francisco and ended up somewhere in San Diego (or so it seemed… I love that city, but dadgum, you need a GPS to get around it!).

Thanks for the help, Ted. I did eventually make it to the Schulz Museum that day… and good luck in the future.

]]> By: Mike Lester http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82314 Mike Lester Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:25:46 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82314 Money = gravy. The naive never fail to amaze. Money = gravy.

The naive never fail to amaze.

]]> By: steve skelton http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82312 steve skelton Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:48:02 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82312 >>>As for the money angle, if you’re in it just for that you are already screwed. You’d better do it because you love it. The money should be gravy. Beth your website says you are a cartoonist/illustrator, just like me. This is my CAREER. I have been at it for 25 years. If I can't make money at it, then I am hosed. First thing, collectively, we need to erase it from our mindset that this is and can be nothing more than a hobby. To me, it has always been my profession. Somedays are better than others. >>>As for the money angle, if you’re in it just for that you are already screwed. You’d better do it because you love it. The money should be gravy.

Beth your website says you are a cartoonist/illustrator, just like me. This is my CAREER. I have been at it for 25 years. If I can’t make money at it, then I am hosed.

First thing, collectively, we need to erase it from our mindset that this is and can be nothing more than a hobby. To me, it has always been my profession. Somedays are better than others.

]]> By: Guy Gilchrist http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82310 Guy Gilchrist Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:32:07 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82310 I wish Ted all the best in everything he does. Our love of comics, and also vinyl recording over cds, etc,bridged any differences we had in politics. We became friends. Ted, you were great to work with, and I'll miss you at United. Thanks for your help in guiding one young cartoonist I brought to you. Your help there shows me that you did the same, I'm sure, for so many others during your time overseeing new talent. Guy Gilchrist I wish Ted all the best in everything he does. Our love of comics, and also vinyl recording over cds, etc,bridged any differences we had in politics. We became friends.
Ted, you were great to work with, and I’ll miss you at United. Thanks for your help in guiding one young cartoonist I brought to you. Your help there shows me that you did the same, I’m sure, for so many others during your time overseeing new talent.

Guy Gilchrist

]]> By: Rick Stromoski http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82304 Rick Stromoski Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:13:23 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82304 >>>As for the money angle, if you’re in it just for that you are already screwed. You’d better do it because you love it. The money should be gravy. Whaaaaaaat????? >>>As for the money angle, if you’re in it just for that you are already screwed. You’d better do it because you love it. The money should be gravy.

Whaaaaaaat?????

]]> By: P.S. Mueller http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82298 P.S. Mueller Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:12:01 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82298 Hey Ted, now that you have a more flexible schedule, let's you and me dig up Nixon and kick him around all over again. If ever there were a canny survivor in this game it's you, mister. Hey Ted, now that you have a more flexible schedule, let’s you and me dig up Nixon and kick him around all over again.

If ever there were a canny survivor in this game it’s you, mister.

]]> By: RS Davis http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82295 RS Davis Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:24:43 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82295 “My vote’s for Kirk” “That’s all very well, Peter, but you’re just closing your eyes to Picard’s superior business model.” “Janeway! Janeway! Janeway! *grins, ducks and runs like the wind*” “Clearly this Kirk, Picard, and, uh, Janeway argument is ridiculous… everyone knows Sisko was the dude!” “Yeah, well I challenge Picard to show us his tax returns. The Borg don’t buy that many T-shirts.” “Kirk got more ladies than Picard did. Maybe if Picard wasn’t so closed-minded, he could have picked up some tips from Kirk.” My God Bones...what have I done? “My vote’s for Kirk”

“That’s all very well, Peter, but you’re just closing your eyes to Picard’s superior business model.”

“Janeway! Janeway! Janeway! *grins, ducks and runs like the wind*”

“Clearly this Kirk, Picard, and, uh, Janeway argument is ridiculous… everyone knows Sisko was the dude!”

“Yeah, well I challenge Picard to show us his tax returns. The Borg don’t buy that many T-shirts.”

“Kirk got more ladies than Picard did. Maybe if Picard wasn’t so closed-minded, he could have picked up some tips from Kirk.”

My God Bones…what have I done?

]]> By: danmccartist http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82289 danmccartist Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:14:58 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82289 oops my avatar didn't show up. oops my avatar didn’t show up.

]]> By: Dan McConnell http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/22/ted-rall-laid-off-from-united-media/#comment-82288 Dan McConnell Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:13:29 +0000 http://dailycartoonist.com/?p=4491#comment-82288 Personally speaking, it's a crushing blow. Ted was in the midst of getting my cartoon strip in front of the editorial review board. We're losing Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists, Ted and here in Washington, the state, Dave Horsey and new goofs like me. Personally speaking, it’s a crushing blow. Ted was in the midst of getting my cartoon strip in front of the editorial review board. We’re losing Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonists, Ted and here in Washington, the state, Dave Horsey and new goofs like me.

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