Karrie Fransman talks to Brit indy comics site Bugpowder about her work with the Girly Comic, her self-published comics, selling at the London Underground Comics stall and having her strip, My Peculiar World, in the Guardian (which has increasingly proven to be a very comics-friendly paper):
“Bugpowder: How did you get your stuff in the Guardian? Did it take a long time? Did you submit your strip to any other papers?
Karrie: Ha ha! Everyone wants to know this. Well, firstly, I found out the address of Steve Bell’s grandmother and then found a length of rope, a large sack and…nah, just kidding. I simply sent off ten samples of my comic strips to the editors of thirty-five newspapers and magazines. I’d set myself a goal of writing and uploading one comic strip a week since January 2008, so I had about twenty to choose from. I was just lucky that my favourite paper got back to me rather than the Daily Mail! But I’m a firm believer in upping your number of submissions and thus upping your chances. Art is so subjective.”
(a recent episode from My Peculiar World, borrowed from Karrie’s site where you can see much, much more; by and (c) Karrie Fransman, first published in the Guardian)Thanks to Matthew Badham for the link/
Wed, Dec 3, 2008
Comics and cartoons, Interviews