rstevens: Syndication and the Single Robot

rstevens (

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@ 2006-12-06 22:21:00

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Syndication and the Single Robot

Hey, LiveGerbils- It's time to play "Newspaper Syndication Update Bingo!"

Lots of info and a request for you to lend a hand in exchange for a small bribe! If you were ever going to do me a favor or link something for me, this would be the one. (Pretty please)

Long story short: We're totally set for a viable launch of DS in papers. There's a chance to take viable and make it AWESOME with a little word of mouth and some surprising vacancies happening in the paper comics world.

I'm posting this link here first for your thoughts and later to the front of my site.

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	cyaan 2006-12-07 03:38 am UTC (link)
	I have a good question! Who at the paper would one write to? I'll write one to whoever I must at the Montreal Gazette. The new comics they've added are complete shit, and I'd like to see something good! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sixsecondfiesta 2006-12-07 03:49 am UTC (link)
	Concur. I'm still reading them out of habit, but it'd be nice to have something in there that actually makes me laugh once in a while. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dipster 2006-12-07 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Wondertwin Powers Activate?? (Reply to this)

	blogofchampions 2006-12-07 03:49 am UTC (link)
	I also have a good question! Are emails as valid as letters? Coz I'm bad at the whole snail mail thing, but I'll do it if I gotta. I will write to the Contra Costa Times AND the San Jose Mercury News (hometown newspaper, collegetown newspaper). They both run Foxtrot and FBOFW, so perhaps there is hope despite the fact that they are both subpar newspapers! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cyaan 2006-12-07 04:01 am UTC (link)
	Ooo that's a good question too! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aijoskobi 2006-12-07 03:50 am UTC (link)
	I totally emailed you. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 04:08 am UTC (link)
	i totally replied. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	theonlykow 2006-12-07 04:32 am UTC (link)
	I'm on vacation, so I can't do anything right this instant, but I plan on writing to the San Jose Mercury News (my current paper) and the Rocky Mountain News (my old paper) to sing your praises. You will surely get copies of said letters. I'm so psyched for DS in papers! (Reply to this)

	lymang 2006-12-07 04:35 am UTC (link)
	yeah so I got an update from Comics.com today and it said you were coming soon. Which is good, since I don't get a paper but have a paid sub to comics.com. Looking forward to more (or will it be the same?) DS. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 04:37 am UTC (link)
	You better believe it'll be more. Batman willing, I'm doing my regular web comic AND newspaper strips with these characters. (the latter available on comics.com, then later on my site) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	cellophanedeity 2006-12-07 04:40 am UTC (link)
	I will totally petition the Toronto Star for your strip to be included. I will also get a whole bunch of other Torontonian DS fans to help out. <3 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: rstevens 2006-12-07 04:41 am UTC (link)
	You know, TO is second only to Seattle, WA in percentage of DS readers. New York is only like #3 or 4! (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Twin Cities elgarcia 2006-12-07 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	I've emailed both, and I'm sure some more prodding would be helpful. I have received very nice responses from both papers. Star Trib contact- Kate Parry, Readers' Representative readerrep@startribune.com Pioneer Press contact- readers@pioneerpress.com (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mackenzie 2006-12-07 05:30 am UTC (link)
	Paper letter to my local paper prepared to be mailed in the morning, e-mails to my regional papers sent. Trees have died so your pixels can kill more trees. Woo! (Reply to this)

	eronanke 2006-12-07 05:52 am UTC (link)
	ZOMG CONGRATS you=famous 4tru. (Reply to this)

	raivictis 2006-12-07 07:27 am UTC (link)
	I've just sent an email to the Features and Entertainment editors for the Calgary Herald. They carry For Better Or Worse and Foxtrot, so they'll definitely have some vacancies pretty soon. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	melbell237 2006-12-07 05:06 am UTC (link)
	What about Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN? I'd be happy to write both the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press, if that would help. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	it's a little less likely in a paper that runs no comics, but i won't turn down a nice letter from a proper lady. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	There is reason to be optimistic in that neck of the woods. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	herekittykitty 2006-12-07 07:30 am UTC (link)
	For Better or For Worse is heading out? My mom's totally going to cry :/ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	She ain't alone, scamp. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	eroomba 2006-12-07 07:41 am UTC (link)
	I'd be happy to hit the AJC in Atlanta, but it'd help me to have an example of someone else's letter just to get an idea of what this thing should look like. I'm positive someone has already put this online somewhere, so please just let me know where. Thank ye! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 03:27 pm UTC (link)
	I really shouldn't give out form letters, but... "Dear X, I am X an X from X. DS is available from United Feature in January. I've read for X(time) on the web and think you should/should not add it to your line up because of X, especially in light of the loss of X. Yours, X" (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	charlesv 2006-12-07 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	before i read the article, the first image is trying to call locally: file:///Users/rstevens/Desktop/selfportrait99x99.gif FIX THAT SHIT (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-07 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	DARN THESE COMPUTERS (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	whirringblender 2006-12-07 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	Congratulations! Guess I'd better remember how to read things offa paper again! (Reply to this)

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	rivenwanderer 2006-12-07 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	My school's paper runs foxtrot, so I suggested that they run DS when foxtrot stops. By email, because I am lazy. (Reply to this)

	ducttapeavenger 2006-12-07 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	I've mailed the News & Observer in Raleigh, NC, and the Stars & Stripes. Real life artifact copies will be forthcoming. (Reply to this)

	cliffz0rz 2006-12-08 12:51 am UTC (link)
	You have many loyal readers here in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) and I will be writing to both the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Sun as soon as I can find the time to write up a letter and send it off. I will, of course, send you copies of both! Though I suspect both letters would be very similar... ;) PS. You're my hero, Mr. Stevens. :D (Reply to this)

	blogofchampions 2006-12-08 03:00 am UTC (link)
	As far as I can tell, Technorati is ignoring the existence of my Secret Satan post. Probably I overloaded the system with awesome. That's how it goes sometimes. (Reply to this)

	rstevens 2006-12-08 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	electrolyte9 2006-12-08 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Sorry I think that happened twice by accident. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	belette 2006-12-13 06:58 am UTC (link)
	I'm not so good at asking for stuff in letters, but I sent an email to the Features Editor at my local paper (Las Vegas Review-Journal). Hopefully, he'll ignore my dippy prose and check out the comic, because no one can resist the pixellated goodness! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rstevens 2006-12-13 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	SUPERB I need more reasons to visit Vegas again. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	i_am_clairebear 2006-12-13 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	That is one hot punch. (Reply to this)

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