My Cage "Classic" 08/24/07
Added 2021-02-19 14:30:01 +0000 UTCThe strip's editor brought Melissa to my attention by showing me an elaborate, epic, battle scene she'd drawn for her Manga book 'Sokora Refugees' and asked if I thought she'd be a good artist for 'My Cage'. I told him yes, but that it was like showing me a Norman Rockwell painting and asking if he'd be good at drawing Beetle Bailey.
Originally run August 24th 2007.
-Ed
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cage
Merch: cafepress.com/mycagecomic
AT4W review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLNaownbvX0
TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/MyCage
Comments
Thanks for the question. When I researched submitting a comic strip, I noticed that most rejection letters people posted said basically, "Your artwork is good. You're writing needs work." So, I did a pitch where I drew the strips myself in MS Paint. My plan was to get rejection letters hopefully saying, "Your writing is good. You're art needs work." Which is what happened...except at King Features. The editor there, Jay Kennedy, liked the writing so much he decided to pair me with an artist.
My Cage
2021-02-22 14:51:20 +0000 UTCThis raises a question: how did you pitch My Cage to a comic syndicate before you were teamed up with Melissa? Did you draw samples yourself? Care to share them?
Bob Alexander
2021-02-19 14:35:40 +0000 UTC
