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HELP SAVE MULLETS!
Today I'm asking for
your help to save a comic strip that may die a quick and untimely
death.
 To have any chance of success, any new
comic strip needs a little bit of luck. Unfortunately, that's
the one thing that seems to be in short supply where "Mullets,"
the new daily strip by Rick Stromoski and Steve McGarry, is concerned.
"No sooner had our press
kits and promotional material been printed" groans Steve
"than the UPN network launched the most awful, critically-panned,
universally-derided sitcom in TV history, which just happened
to have an uncomfortably similar premise and an almost identical
title. It was that bad, it was canned within a month, but the
stench of death has inevitably wafted in our direction. And then
Berkeley Breathed decided to rise from the grave ... by launching
"Opus" the day before "Mullets." Rather than
buying new features, editors have been canning or shrinking existing
strips to make room for his space demands. In the middle of one
of the most atrocious syndication markets in recent memory, when
newspapers are actually cancelling existing features to make
room for the one thing (Opus) that is actually selling, with
the grim specter of that short-lived, hideous sitcom still looming
ominously over us, we unveiled our new baby."
The adventures of likeable losers
Kevin and Scab, "Mullets" is centered around Mildew's
Hardware Store (where the hapless duo work for Kevin's dad
) and the Yewtopia Trailer Park (home to Scab's dilapidated
Airstream.) It's wonderfully drawn, laugh-out-loud funny
and we think it deserves to succeed. If you agree, drop your
local paper a line telling them that you love "Mullets"
and want to see it in your newspaper each day. If we lobby newspaper
editors strongly enough, hopefully "Mullets" will pick
up enough client newspapers to survive!
Please e-mail your comments
to the "Mullets" crew here (don't forget to
include the name of the city where you live) and they will
make sure that your message reaches your local newspaper editor.
Let's Save Mullets! --Daryl Cagle
Steve and Rick are desperate victims of circumstace! Take advantage
of them! They are offering the chance to win signed posters,
press kits ... even original artwork! Readers
who send us an email, noting their city and asking their
local paper to run "Mullets" will be entered into a
random draw to win free goodies. Steve and Rick will forward
a copy of your email
to the comics editor of your local paper.
Steve and Rick also promise that when a newspaper chooses to
run Mullets, any readers who have written to that newspaper (and
sent us an email) are guaranteed to receive free goodies!
For further info and the contact details for your local newspaper,
click here to visit: www.mulletin.com
or e-mail:deb@stevemcgarry.com
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