Comments on: The future of syndication: online “stores”

By: dominique wilson

dominique wilson — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:55:51 +0000

i think the cartoon needs alittle work.. my cartoon is about a girl and she can’t make friends becouse she always tryed to buy friends but one day she meets this girl named sam and sam comes up to the girl and says hi and how was your day? the girl says hi and my day was good.. and sam says whats your name? my name is jenna whats your’s? my name is sam and sam says would you like to be friends? oh i see you want my daddys money! no i just want to be friends with you. jenna says i don’t know what a friend is. sam says oh well i can show you and tell you they help each other when they need help and they always help you and when your hurt they help you and care for you.. jenna says oh i will love to do that. 1 year later.. they are still friends and the best friends of life.

By: Jim Lavery

Jim Lavery — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:17:30 +0000

Hey man, Al Gore = Seriously!

By: Brad Britton

Brad Britton — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:40:36 +0000

@jim lavery seriously?

By: Jim Lavery

Jim Lavery — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:58:23 +0000

Sure you can. Al Gore invented the internet.

By: Patric Lewandowski

Patric Lewandowski — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:38:54 +0000

syndicates and papers were failing the minute the internet became a feasible way to get images.

you can’t blame the woes of this stuff on anyone political.

By: P.S. Mueller

P.S. Mueller — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:03:59 +0000

I can’t find any fault with Cagle’s advice. That said, it is pretty obvious to many of us that the sand is shifting beneath our feet as markets and venues shrink. Quite simply, these are rotten times.

I do however, think it’s rather glib and premature to somehow blame the Obama administration for the current state of affairs. After all, his is a young administration and one should keep in mind that it took eight long years of hard work for the Bush administration to successfully rob the middle class blind and wreck the economy.

We owe Mr. Obama at least until the middle of July before we hold him singularly responsible for the end of free enterprise, I think.

By: Mike Lester

Mike Lester — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:01:34 +0000

P.S. Go to Daryl’s site and take the time to read entire piece.

By: Mike Lester

Mike Lester — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:59:44 +0000

I’m not sure why, because he certainly didn’t have to be so revealing, but Daryl has done a tremendous favor to cartooning in this piece. Actually, I do know why: he’s a nice guy. Kudos to him.

Like Randy, I’ve been using a similar biz model long before the internet in the illustration field. Suffice to say, if ebbs and flows make you seasick, it’s not for you.

Quick word re: agents: it’s as hard if not harder to find someone willing to put “skin in the game” as it is clients. They’re a tool but no substitute for biz acumen. -And you hold THEIR hand, not the other way round.

I haven’t been able to see the end of my workload in 20 years. Until today. I’ve never seen it this bad. But the elephant in the room is we have one of the most anti-biz administrations evah making it all the more difficult on successful small businessmen like Daryl, Randy and others.

And finally, I can’t help but find it ironic and immensely entertaining to read liberals discussing cold hard capitalism. Warms my heart.

By: Jason Nocera

Jason Nocera — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:40:23 +0000

I don’t agree with you, Zach. If a static cartoon is good it’ll stand on it’s own with no problem. There’s no need to add bells and whistles just because you can.

By: Rick Stromoski

Rick Stromoski — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:35:33 +0000

I’ve been doing this since 1983. At any given time I will be working on my syndicated strip, greeting card designs, surface and fabric design, childrens books, educational publishing, magazine illustration, advertising illustration, …….this isn’t anything new.