Comments on: Non Sequitur caption contest announced

By: Richard Cross

Richard Cross — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:05:23 +0000

No, audience voting is good if you want to gauge actual interest by fans, but I agree with you that the final decision should be cast by Wiley. (We don’t want the let down associated with American Idol no do we?) :O) In some respects he is making the selection, because he picks the four he likes the most and the audience only gets to vote on those, so he really is controlling the direction of the caption contest.

PS. Not sure what “John” is going on about, but I’m going to re-read his comment a few more times to see if I can decipher the hidden meaning. He’s a real “Dan Brown” that guy! :O)

By: stephen wilgocki

stephen wilgocki — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:30 +0000

food for thought

By: John Medeiros

John Medeiros — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:39:19 +0000

Just Maybe someone isn’t really watching
but is looking within
but should be looking out

ME, I really do not perceive
anyone winning, but
instead
LOSING ONES IDENTITY
(: + :)
ON THIS SANDWICH BOARD

SO, HEREFORE IS MY IDEA
OF THE ULTIMATE ANSWER;

is there any life within
these pages for these reading
lines of quip, who might
just give a crap why they are written?

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:20:53 +0000

Richard, I think that’s right on the mark. Tundra does that very well! That’s why this is really a different issue than voting on a strip (for the most part). Still, I think it would be better for Wiley to just pick the winner … but I guess the other way gets more folks involved and less pointing the finger back at you. ;)

By: Richard Cross

Richard Cross — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:35:05 +0000

Anything that can connect you with Comics Fans and create a “Buzz” about your strip should be looked at as a positive. TUNDRA creator Chad Carpenter has been doing this for a long time. He sprinkles in a ‘toon every so often from submissions he gets from fans and makes them famous for a day. Using audience participation to develop a bigger Fan base…now that’s radical thinking! :O)

By: Stacy Curtis

Stacy Curtis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:27:25 +0000

I’m wondering if the phrase ” … and win prizes, fame and glory BELOW your wildest dreams …” was intended?

By: Mike Cope

Mike Cope — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:23:06 +0000

After re-reading my initial comment, it sounds a little more malicious than originally intended.

I have nothing but the upmost respect for what syndicated cartoonists like Wiley do on a daily basis to produce a marketable comic strip.

What I should have done is simply congratulated Wiley for EMBRACING Web 2.0, instead of suggesting that he contracted something from too much exposure to the webcomics community :)

By: Tom Wood

Tom Wood — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:20:43 +0000

If you hung the sandwich board on the living room wall it would be a great conversation-starter.

“But what does it MEAN?”

“Two kittens walk into a deli…”

By: Alec Fritz

Alec Fritz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:35:27 +0000

I agree with Garey, why would you need the sandwich board? Would you try to recreate the rest of the scene on your own. The punchline out of context makes no sense as a prize.

By: Scott Kurtz

Scott Kurtz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:20:15 +0000

Wiley and I have actually made peace and talk quite politely to each other via email from time to time. I have to admit that the cartoon above actually made me chuckle. There are kittens in the window and a bear with a meat cleaver in the doorway. That’s pretty dark for a syndicated strip. I approve.