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Advice for Beginners

Don't miss the sites that are marked with a pencil!
The Cartoonist's Fountain of Knowledge - the best resource for beginners by brilliant Australian cartoonist Pat Campbell
Cartooning 101 - How to be a cartoonist by Chris Browne with advice from Rick Stromoski
The Incredible Art Department, Ken Rohrer's guide to careers in art
Finnish Comics Society -- "b a l l o o n" an excellent site, well worth a visit
Italian Cartoonists Society, Anonima Fumetti a wonderful and deep site
National Cartoonists Society's Wisenheimer Bulletin Board - a great professional chat forum, requires a password, e-mail Wisenheimermaster, Ted Goff to request the secret word
Cartoons Forum - Peter Oakley's popular site features lots of aspiring cartoonists who are not listed in the Professional Cartoonists Index
How to be a Cartoonist - by Sebastian Conley
Scott Adams, The Untold Story - how mega-success Dilbert got syndicated
Laugh Traxx, excellent E-zine resource for magazine gag cartoonists, subscription fee
The Cartoonists Almanac - excellent resource from the Cartoonists at Large site
The How-To Guide to Comics -- another excellent resource for beginners by "Ampersand"
So, You Want to be a Cartoonist? -- TRUE's worldly-wise editor, Mark Mathes, explains how to submit new features to Tribune Media Services
Encouraging Rejection - Cartoonist Mark Heath' great motivational site for cartoonists
WittyWorld Magazine -- Lots of info here, international news and "whos who"
Comics Newsgroups and Mailing Lists Index - from Anonima Fumetti, the Italian cartoonists society.
Nose Online Charicature Artist Index- a networking lisitng for caracature artists with an active listserve
FAQ about the Newsgroup: rec.arts.comics.strips by Art Comic's Bebe Williams
The Palace/Cartoon Bar, Hosted by Pete Oakley - great place for cartoonists to chat over a virtual beer



For Kids:

Cartoon Corner - How-to cartoon for kids from Emmet Scott
Draw and Color with Uncle Fred - Beloved cartoonist Fred Lasswell, who draws Snuffy Smith, teaches kids to draw cartoonies; from his popular videotape series



Here are the snail mail addresses for the major newspaper syndicates:

Richard Newcombe
Creators Syndicate
5777 W. Century Boulevard, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(Momma, B.C., The Wizard of Id, One Big Happy ...)
Submission instructions

Jay Kennedy
King Features Syndicate
235 East 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
(Blondie, Hagar the Horrible, Baby Blues, Family Circus, Beetle Bailey ...)

Anita Tobias
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
218 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(Dr. Katz, Love Is ...)

Tribune Media Services
435 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60611
(Mother Goose and Grimm, Shoe, Mixed Media, Dick Tracy ...)
Submission instructions

Amy Lago
United Media
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(Peanuts, Dilbert, Jumpstart, Drabble, Marmaduke ...)

Lee Salem
Universal Press Syndicate
4520 Main Street
Kansas City, Mo. 64111
(Garfield, Cathy, Doonesbury, For Better or for Worse ...)
Submission instructions

Alan Shearer
Washington Post Writers Group
1150 15th Street NW
Washington D.C. 20071
(Non-Sequitur ...)

Glenda Winders
Editorial Director
Copley News Service
123 Camino de la Reina
Suite E-250
San Diego, CA 92108
619-293-1818

Bryce Miller
President and General Manager
ParadigmTSA
P.O. Box 111372
Stamford, CT 06911-1372
877-888-7872

The contact names are the editors who will consider submissions.
Fans can write to any syndicated cartoonist c/o their syndicate and the mail is forwarded. It really is.


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