Comments on: News Briefs for June 23, 2009

By: mike crachiolo

mike crachiolo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:08 +0000

hang onto your stroh’s

By: BOB QUICK

BOB QUICK — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:25:00 +0000

It sounds like it was an “Adventure” strip…which were
quite popular in the 1950′s. I apologize for giving a dig to
Mr. Gilburt…and thank him for bringing us PEANUTS.

By: Rick Stromoski

Rick Stromoski — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:06:41 +0000

Mort Drucker, Arnie Roth, Jack Davis, Jerry Robinson all phenominal cartoonists amnd illustrators all had syndicated features that went nowhere

By: Jason Nocera

Jason Nocera — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:24:40 +0000

The ironic part of this story, though, is that the writing was accepted. It was the illustration that resulted in the constant rejection. You don’t hear about that too often.

By: Wiley Miller

Wiley Miller — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:24:20 +0000

Being talented and successful in one field doesn’t necessarily mean it will work in another. For instance, a good columnist doesn’t mean they’d be a good novelist… and vice versa. There have been several terrific and very successful comic illustrators, writers and cartoonists from another field who tried their hand at comic strips and failed miserably. You just never know what will hit… and what won’t. If we did, then every strip a syndicate picks up would be successful. It’s all a big crap-shoot.

By: BOB QUICK

BOB QUICK — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:19:00 +0000

Amby Dexter …illustrated by Jack Davis and written by Ernie Harwell…Wow! It would have been something good.
Our loss. I admire them both. Er..who was that salesman
at United Media?