Follow-Up

Driving Without Pants · Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:24 pm

A few months back (as I announced in this thread) I tried out to be the editorial cartoonist for The State News at Michigan State University. And...

...I made it! What's more, they said I blew the competition away. I'm ecstatic. Thanks for the kind words a few months ago.

I'll be starting in mid-May, doing 3 panels a week, which will be bumped up to 5 in the fall. I get paid $25 for each panel. Hopefully this won't affect my Sidwood schedule; I'll probably end up doing it weekly or something, which is better than my current average anyway.

In summation: wooo!!!

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:53 pm

Wooo indeed!

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:56 pm

Woot!

(what is woot?)

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:00 pm

WOO HOO!

(woot is like a train whistle...chuggah chuggah chuggah woot woot chuggah chuggah)

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:10 pm

Smight wrote: (woot is like a train whistle...chuggah chuggah chuggah woot woot chuggah chuggah)

Actually, Woot originated as a hacker term for root (or administrative) access to a computer. However, with the term as coincides with the gamer term, "woot".

"woot" was originally an expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons for "Wow, loot!" Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement.
And stuff. Yeah.

Anyway, DWP, congrats!

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:13 pm

it'd be so cool to get $ for drawing comics =O

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:21 pm

Kirb wrote:
Smight wrote: (woot is like a train whistle...chuggah chuggah chuggah woot woot chuggah chuggah)
Actually, Woot originated as a hacker term for root (or administrative) access to a computer. However, with the term as coincides with the gamer term, "woot".

"woot" was originally an expression common among players of Dungeons and Dragons for "Wow, loot!" Thus the term passed into the net-culture where it thrived in video game communities and lost its original meaning and is used simply as a term of excitement.
And stuff. Yeah.

...

W00t!

Isukiyomi · Post by **Isukiyomi** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:02 pm

Congratulations!

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:15 pm

Woot is also an Eternal Sweeper.

Nice going, DWP

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:24 pm

Congrats! You're getting paid to be funny!

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:54 pm

Congrats!

I was my college's editorial cartoonist once upon a time. I got the job because I wandered into the newspaper office..

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:00 pm

Cool...

...I did a few comics for my University newspaper myself.

Carlin · Post by **Carlin** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:01 am

Congrats to ya! Now update your comi-oh wait you did.

I always thought woot was "We owned the other team". This is why I never use these abbreviations... To much backstory to these words. I just want to frag someone, not give them a history lesson.

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 1:32 am

Isukiyomi wrote:Congratulations!

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:43 am

W00t! Gratz! Well done!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:47 am

Congratulations!

And Kirb, thanks, I was wondering that myself.

I have a comic and illustrations in college papers as well. Last one about a student who studied for exam, then aliens came and sucked all knowledge out of his head. They need it to fix their ship.

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 5:57 am

Paid?? That's awesome! Congratulations!

Rianeva · Post by **Rianeva** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:52 am

Congratulations!

Corgan_dane · Post by **Corgan_dane** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:43 am

Nanda wrote:Paid?? That's awesome! Congratulations!

Off topic, but Nanda, dear, your signature rocks.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:44 am

Humbug wrote:
Isukiyomi wrote:Congratulations!