Comments on: I lost a big sale today.

By: Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:08:51 +0000

Thanks so much, Mark! Your comment goes straight in Compliment Corner.

The part that amused me with the editor is when he happened to find my book, and find that cartoon in the book, when he happened to be doing some housecleaning. That happens to me all the time…

By: mark heath

mark heath — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:50:23 +0000

Thanks to finding you on facebook, I’ve found your blog, so I get to compliment you twice: your cartoon work is superb, and your writing is frank, thoughtful, and entertaining. I love your comparison of a cartoon to a kiss. It’s perfect. Also, it makes me feel more worldly.

I don’t know why the editor rejected the cartoon. If it had appeared in a competing magazine, that would be one thing. But a book, from several years ago, that only a few of his readers might have seen…? A puzzle.

By: Donna Barstow

Donna Barstow — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:21:32 +0000

Thanks, Kevin.

Yes, I wonder about the cartoon editors, the cartoons, AND the cartoonists!

Of course, he’s allowed to have any policy he wants – he is the editor. But consistency is helpful.

By: Kevin Rains

Kevin Rains — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:00:12 +0000

Sorry to hear about the sale. Editors can be funny that way. Many times It’s hard to know what’s going on in their head. Sometimes I really wonder about the cartoons editors purchase and use.