by Pinot on Sat Aug 11, 2001 3:01 am
Glad that's all cleaned up, Jeff! Lucky for him, my son doesn't come home for another week. If he had been here when I learned he infected my computer, I would have really ripped into him.<P>Thanks for the suggestions, Johnny! Guess I'll have to go do some shopping later today. It's only 3:45 am now. One of those night when I just can't sleep. After lying in bed for 2 hours, I finally decided I may as well just get up. <sigh><P>Jeff, I'm curious, too, about the time that's going to be required once the panel starts printing everyday. It's a rather scary thing when you think about it. I mean, here you're expected to be funny every single day for endless years. That's an awesome responsibility. I cranked out the first 6 weeks of Cloud 8 in days, but after a while, after all the "obvious" gags are gone, I'm sure it's going to get much harder.<P>My plan is to quit working next spring or summer, so I won't as much distraction and pull on my time. By the time Cloud 8 launches it will be 6 years I've invested in this effort of getting syndicated! I don't want to blow it now, by not devoting the time it deserves.<P>Speaking of which, Brian Bassett, who does Adam@home, once told me that when he first got syndicated he was still the editorial cartoonist for the Seattle paper and so he gave his strip step-child treatment. Based on his repuation he had a terrific launch, but papers started cancelling him when the strip did live up to expectations. Then he got fired from the editorial gig, lost that income and had to devote a more concentrated effort on his strip. By then, it was too late. He said after all the years that have passed, those editors who dropped him won't pick him back up again. "Newspaper editors have long memories," he said. Adam is only in about 200 papers. Revamping it, giving it a new spin by making it Adam@home didn't even help.<P>I don't want that to happen to me! <P>