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"Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:18 pm
by The MAZZTer
"Andrews McMeel Universal and Amazon.com are thrilled to announce that Girl by Dana Simpson is the Grand Prize winner of the Comic Strip Superstar contest. Dana's prizes include a publishing contract with Andrews McMeel Publishing, a development contract with Universal Uclick and syndication on Gocomics.com. Thank you to everyone who voted and to all of the talented creators who submitted their work in the competition!"

http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Strip-Super ... 2128878011

I personally wish DCS luck with her syndicated strips.

Oh, and which one of you jerks is responsible for this? That's just mean.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:45 pm
by MuffinSticks
OZY AND MILLIE IS BETTARRRRRRRRRRRRR

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:27 am
by IceDragon
"Andrews McMeel Universal and Amazon.com are thrilled to announce that Girl by Dana Simpson is the Grand Prize winner of the Comic Strip Superstar contest. Dana's prizes include a publishing contract with Andrews McMeel Publishing, a development contract with Universal Uclick and syndication on Gocomics.com. Thank you to everyone who voted and to all of the talented creators who submitted their work in the competition!"

http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Strip-Super ... 2128878011

I personally wish DCS luck with her syndicated strips.

Oh, and which one of you jerks is responsible for this? That's just mean.
I noticed it, and wrote a Post in the thread about it. People, there is a time and place for trolling

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:31 am
by MuffinSticks
You mean when and where it makes people the maddest?

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:41 am
by IceDragon
You mean when and where it makes people the maddest?
No, I mean the "Raine Dog" sub-forum when that comic is updated...

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:22 am
by Arloest
That was probably an ED troll and not one of us, as I don't know who'd say that here. Then again I could be horribly wrong.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:27 am
by MuffinSticks
You mean when and where it makes people the maddest?
No, I mean the "Raine Dog" sub-forum when that comic is updated...
It isn't really trolling to make fun of her on our own website.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:20 am
by datherman
OZY AND MILLIE IS BETTARRRRRRRRRRRRR
Hate to jump on the "IT'S NEW SO NOW IT SUCKS" bandwagon, but this really is true. I was showing someone the link for the O&M strip print I ordered a few years ago, and started clicking the Next button just for the sake of it. I re-realized that back then, the jokes were actually enjoyable and funny most of the time. Sure there were some wall-of-text political discussions that weren't really needed, but on average, the comic was just that--a comic, and a relatively good one at that.

And then I look at RD and wonder how DCS could have fallen to his/her current state. On the other hand, I look at Girl and note with some satisfaction that all of the strips that were ripped off of O&M were from the earlier years, again back from when it was actually funny.

Dunno where I was going with this, to be honest. That tends to happen all too often nowadays =/

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:31 am
by MuffinSticks
OZY AND MILLIE IS BETTARRRRRRRRRRRRR
Hate to jump on the "IT'S NEW SO NOW IT SUCKS" bandwagon, but this really is true. I was showing someone the link for the O&M strip print I ordered a few years ago, and started clicking the Next button just for the sake of it. I re-realized that back then, the jokes were actually enjoyable and funny most of the time. Sure there were some wall-of-text political discussions that weren't really needed, but on average, the comic was just that--a comic, and a relatively good one at that.

And then I look at RD and wonder how DCS could have fallen to his/her current state. On the other hand, I look at Girl and note with some satisfaction that all of the strips that were ripped off of O&M were from the earlier years, again back from when it was actually funny.

Dunno where I was going with this, to be honest. That tends to happen all too often nowadays =/
I enjoyed reading it. GIRL pains me because O&M is twice as funny and a million times furrier (and therefore cuter) and I'm glad you agree.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:37 am
by The MAZZTer
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Yeah I have to admit it was a pity that O&M or some variation thereof wasn't syndicated, but I guess DCS wanted to avoid furry stigma.

I guess this is close. I just hope Girl has mostly original content... thankfully the sample strips do have a mini story arc that I found enjoyable.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:38 am
by Chris
God, i hate the look of that bunny...KILL IT WITH FIRE ! :shock:

Also...OZY AND MILLIE IS FAR BETTARRRRRRRRRRRRR

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:41 pm
by Doc Sigma
Holy crap that's the bunny that Raine Dog was too chicken shit to kill

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:21 pm
by Foxchild
Really? God, how awful. Just what we need, another comic I don't want to read in the papers.

Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll drop the syndication when the newspaper industry collapses because everything is going online. The irony then would be that the comics would be hosted online. We've come full circle.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:21 pm
by Trance
Is it going into the papers? I thought it was grabbed by a book publisher. I looked up Andrews McMeel and it looked to me like they only made book collections of comic strips but didn't actually contribute to the newspapers' comic section. So it is probably going to be online anyway.

Anyway, I think it's great that DCS won that contest. We probably won't see any more O&M updates, or Raine Dog updates for that matter, but the contracts sound like a steady job that DCS will consistently stick with. I'm looking forward to seeing how Girl plays out.

Re: "Comic Strip Superstar--We Have a Winner!"

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:45 pm
by Doc Sigma
If this makes DCS go back to the way she was back when we liked her, then this is a Good Thing.