Cathy Guisewhite apparently fell into being a cartoonist. She made doodles to deal with her own issues as a professional woman in the '70s trying to figure out the rules in the post-feminist era. Should she be girly or worry about rights?
Her mother pushed her and pushed her to send in the doodles, and so she finally did so to get her mother off her back. And it sold on the first try. Shortly thereafter she was in 150 newspapers making $50,000 per year.
I have a love/hate relationship with the Cathy strip. But I suspect she was accepted because her viewpoint was new and she was making comics about situations that were unique to her generation at a time that women of her generation needed a voice. I do respect that.
So, you can try that route, but that kind of chance doesn't happen often.
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Date: 2014-07-30 12:44 am (UTC)Her mother pushed her and pushed her to send in the doodles, and so she finally did so to get her mother off her back. And it sold on the first try. Shortly thereafter she was in 150 newspapers making $50,000 per year.
I have a love/hate relationship with the Cathy strip. But I suspect she was accepted because her viewpoint was new and she was making comics about situations that were unique to her generation at a time that women of her generation needed a voice. I do respect that.
So, you can try that route, but that kind of chance doesn't happen often.