YOUR CAREER IN THE COMICS by...

YOUR CAREER IN THE COMICS by Lee Nordling (Andrews & McMeel: $9.95; 278 pp., illustrated, paperback original). Every year, each of the eight major newspaper syndicates in America receives about 6,000 submissions. Each buys two or three. Although production costs are rising and space in newspapers is shrinking, the potential rewards of a successful strip have skyrocketed because of product licensing. Drawing on interviews with editors, syndicate executives, artists’ representatives and cartoonists, Nordling examines the state of the newspaper strip and offers solid advice on how to prepare an idea for submission. The first work of its kind, “Your Career” is must reading for aspiring cartoonists.