Comments on: Quick Tip: Generating Ideas http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/09/01/quick-tip-generating-ideas/ Helping to turn a drawing hobby into a cartooning profession Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Matt Glover http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/09/01/quick-tip-generating-ideas/#comment-84 Matt Glover Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:50:20 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/09/01/quick-tip-generating-ideas/#comment-84 I think it's a plus?! Did you try it in any other markets? I think it’s a plus?!

Did you try it in any other markets?

]]> By: Gerry Mooney http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/09/01/quick-tip-generating-ideas/#comment-80 Gerry Mooney Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:18:46 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/09/01/quick-tip-generating-ideas/#comment-80 Matt - good article. In one of my abortive attempts to create gag panels I made a practice of keeping a small sketch book and noodled picture ideas, tying visual non-sequiturs together to, hopefully, humorous effect. I found that by focusing my attention, I could sketch ten good ideas in an hour or so. I thought this was a pretty good average and had seventy or eighty solid ideas after a couple of weeks. What I had were cartoons that were funny but not topical, nor tied to a specific theme, so they had no logical market as far as magazines or greeting cards (or any other gag cartoon markets) go. I put a nice package together and sent them around to the syndicates, and in due time they all came back. So I know I'm not a gag guy, but on the plus side I put in several months of concentrated effort to be able to find that out! ...That's a plus, right? Gerry Matt - good article. In one of my abortive attempts to create gag panels I made a practice of keeping a small sketch book and noodled picture ideas, tying visual non-sequiturs together to, hopefully, humorous effect.

I found that by focusing my attention, I could sketch ten good ideas in an hour or so. I thought this was a pretty good average and had seventy or eighty solid ideas after a couple of weeks.

What I had were cartoons that were funny but not topical, nor tied to a specific theme, so they had no logical market as far as magazines or greeting cards (or any other gag cartoon markets) go. I put a nice package together and sent them around to the syndicates, and in due time they all came back.

So I know I’m not a gag guy, but on the plus side I put in several months of concentrated effort to be able to find that out!

…That’s a plus, right?

Gerry

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