This is a Girl Talk cartoon.
This is a I did a page-a-day calendar for Barnes & Noble called What do Women Really Want? Cats, Chocolate, Shoes, and Love! (2003)
I sold it because of my title, that people laughed at, and the fact that I had been doing cartoons about women for many years, and even had a section on my website called Girl Talk Cartoons. Plus, I’m a woman.
This is all to say that I was the only one using that term Girl Talk, and I’ve been using it continuously online for over 14 years.
Complaint about Cartoonstock’s Copycat Cartoon Category, Girl Talk Cartoons
Now, it’s come to my attention that a cartoon syndicate, Cartoonstock, copied my category title, Girl Talk Cartoons, and is using it on their site!
Creepy. I’ve never worked with them, but of course I know the name – they’re the low-ballers of the syndicates, going for single buyers rather than newspapers, and they pay cartoonists accordingly (very badly).
I was surprised to see they’re totally based in the UK, even though the large majority of their cartoonists (more than 700) are American. Only a couple dozen of the cartoonists are professionals. Strange that copyright was started in England hundreds of years ago, and yet English publishers are such plagiarists…
Only about 3% of Cartoonstock’s cartoonists are women. Yet Cartoonstock built this large category called Girl Talk Cartoons?! (They also call it Girl Chat.) I guess they’ll throw all the keywords up there, and see what sticks!
Well, boys will be boys, especially in Merry Olde England, where publishing includes lots of thieves and ripoffs. Still, they’re copycats.
*UPDATE: I’ve since found many other captions of mine they have stolen.
About this New Shoes cartoon
A couple of my relatives worked in footwear, and that meant I was always well-shod growing up (and so were my happy best friends with different sized feet!) But I’m not obsessed with shoes, the way some women are. One friend notices what shoes a man wears before his face! (Now, ask me about handbags, and you’ll see me go wild.)
I like to have new shoes, and curious and interested in them, in a design sense. But comfort on my feet and feeling balanced is important to me, so I rarely buy the high heels Carrie Bradshaw (Sex and the City) is so wild about.
Still, new shoes are really really fun, and they fit even when you feel fat.
Did I made the bows big enough to make this joke work? 🙂
ID # 3011as Caption:Woman says to male friend: Oh, thanks. You don’t think they’re too pretentious?
Set painter in studio Art Depts. Member Scriptwriters Network, script analyst.
Author, 2 hardcopy books, Barnes & Noble Calendar.
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