Marie-Louise Gay honoured by Canada Post

Bernie Goedhart in The Gazette.

Marie-Louise Gay admits she shares certain traits with her best-known creation, the exuberant Stella. That tousled head of hair, for example — although Stella’s curls are long and red, while Gay’s sport blond streaks and are cut shorter these days.

The Tough Road to Comic Stip Syndication

Rob Tornoe in Editor & Publisher.

For aspiring comic strip artists, columnists, and other content producers, newspaper syndication has always been a tough mountain to climb. With only a handful of new features picked up each year out of hundreds submitted, the odds are stacked against those cartoonists and writers who diligently compile the required six weeks’ worth of completed work, only to receive form letters informing them their skills aren’t up to snuff. And that was before economic recession struck.

Now it’s tougher than ever to make the jump to syndication.