Okay, I think it’s time Duckie got his own thread, so here it is for any of you that may have missed a couple. Brand new duckie at the bottom. And a new one every Thursday (New Zealand time )
yeah what rook said. The one legged duck took me a sec to read. Well written and illustrated stuff here man. i think what you can also do is put a title or even just a number somewhere on the strips so the viewers can better refer to them.
just wondering… have you seriously thought out the pros and cons of syndication, Cpt? I mean, there is a reason why BIll Watterson and Gary Larson avoided it like the plague…
This is a really good point Rook and something I’ve been debating with myself. Bill Watterson (Probably my most biggest influnece) got REALLY burnt by Syndication, mainly because they syndicate wanted Calvin and Hobbes on T-Shirts, coffee mugs etc… Also Calvin and Hobbes was very popular with bootleggers and this really upset him. Gary Larson even has a letter on his Syndicates site asking people to stop ripping off his work.
Syndicates average cut is 50%… OUCH! But they also have the ALL the contacts. It costs a newspaper something stupid like $30 US to run a strip per week so you can see how making a living from self syndication is pretty much impossible.
My other option is to self syndicate to weekly publications and charge more. Or get an exclusive deal with one publication but thet means no duckie for anyone else (i.e. you guys) which would suck.
I’m going to throw a package together and send it to the all the big syndicates and see if I get a bite. They get on average 3000 submissions a year and on take 3 titles on board each year so I’ll just try my luck. If I’m really lucky and a few show interest the syndicate that lets me retains the most rights will probably get Duckie.
Thanks for your concern Rook Good to know the SRK posse hve got Duckies back
And GunFlameburi, cheers for tuning in. It’s only gonna get more bizzare each week.
I also miss numbered them. Who knows, Maybe I’ll put an 11 in soon. Also updating Duckie and Angry One legged Duck gag (“Hoppy”?) to make it more clear.
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Good to know the SRK posse hve got Duckies back 