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Being the young, hip and with it cartoonist that I am (ahem),  I’ve been playing around with Facebook for a while. It’s lots of fun - and a bit addictive - but more importantly, a good way to keep in touch with a network of friends and collegues.
So if you’re on it, add me as […]

Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion…
The Bloggers Choice Awards are on again where we can all vote for our favourite blogs in the blogosphere. Here’s what the site has to say about the awards:
Welcome to the Blogger’s Choice Awards! Here you’ll see which blogs are currently making an impact in the blogosphere. All of the […]

The nominations are now open for the “Bloggies”, an honour awarded to the best blogs in the blogosphere over the last twelve months. Check through your blogroll and nominate some of your favourites.
Let’s see if we can get some of our cartooning community eligible for some prizes!
Visit the Bloggies site by clicking here.

Method 7:- Whatever you can think of…!
During this series I’ve covered numerous ways to sell your cartoon and illustration work. Most of these methods fall at least a ‘little’ into the traditional category, but as our culture changes, new media takes hold and technology goes beyond what we could have ever imagined, new markets and new […]

Method 6:- Syndication
Syndication could quite possibly be the ‘holy grail’ of cartooning.
The basic concept is simple - sell the same cartoon at a reduced rate to a large number of publications to increase your total revenue. For instance, a single panel might sell for $150 to a single newspaper. But using syndication, you might sell […]

Method 5:- Online Selling
The internet has given rise to all sorts of markets for cartoonists to exploit. In addition, it has also seen a number of ways for cartoonists to sell work directly to the general public without having to go through a publisher, editor or advertising firm.
For example, some of the more unusual things […]

Method 4:- Unsolicited Submissions
This is one of those strange methods of selling cartoons that seems to be a gold mine for some artists but a constant source of frustration for others. Basically, it entails sending off a bunch of your cartoons to an editor or publisher in the hope that they will like what […]

Method 3:- Advertising
This method of getting your work sold is perhaps more about promoting yourself rather than your actual work. Nevertheless, advertising your services is one or the tried and tested methods to get yourself some paying cartoon work.
Where you advertise will depend on the sort of work you do. For instance, if one of […]

Method 2:- Using an Agent
Contrary to what you might hear, there are still plenty of people looking for cartoonists to produce work for them. One of the biggest hurdles they often face though, is actually finding one they like. Some clients don’t have either the time or the inclination to put the effort into ringing […]

Method 1:- The Mock Up
Nobody can give you a rock solid, water tight, 100% guaranteed method to sell your cartoons. Don’t believe anybody who says they can.
Probably nine times out of ten you will be unsuccessful with your submissions. That’s the reality of the business. But there are some things you can do to give […]