One child, anyway. A little girl named Katy, in Massachussetts. She wrote a letter to her local paper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, asking them to please pick up ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn.’ Not only did they, but they let her ask me some interview questions. And she really nailed it. Read about it here! Read more →
Tag: newspapers
On Sunday repeats
So longtime readers will have noticed that some of the current Sundays are repeats (usually in edited form) from the days when the strip was online-only. I suppose I feel I should explain myself. My editor told me I could do it. I’m going to hide behind that, I think. It won’t go on forever–it can’t–but some of the Sundays… Read more →
Old men yell at cloud; young(ish) female cartoonist responds
I got this from Laura Tew at the Greensboro News and Record: I am sure you are accustomed to getting critiqued by mostly male readers of daily newspapers who gripe about Phoebe and Her Unicorn based on reading one strip and expecting Andy Capp or Beetle Bailey. I don’t even read the comics, but I am enraged by these guys who are writing letters to… Read more →
We have liftoff
After three years of running online (and a name change), “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” launched in 110 publications yesterday. My work is, at long last, internationally syndicated. It’s a lot to take in! I’ve been chasing this particular whale my entire adult life. I feel lightheaded. In a good way. So have some links! Such as the official press release!… Read more →
The unicorn media conspiracy
I’ve been doing a bunch of interviews with newspapers that will be carrying the strip, when it launches on Monday. I think most of them are running next week, but the Daily Mail in Charleston, WV, got out ahead of the game. You know you want to know why I compared Marigold to Jesse Pinkman. Read more →
The final countdown
By the way, you’re welcome for getting that song stuck in your head. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ahem. Anyhow, my editor says I can tell you this: MARCH 30! That is the date that “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” hits newspapers. (If a paper has only bought the Sunday strips, as some do, the date is April 5.) The last number I… Read more →
Okay, I can FINALLY talk about this!
Newspaper launch. Heavenly Nostrils. Spring 2015. Whew! I’ve been sitting on that information for months. Read more →