THIS is how it all began. "JOSEPH! Origins" is a four part serial to give new readers some perspective on how it all started. For the readers who have been with us since the beginning you will now be brought in on a little secret.
Each installment of this series features six original black and white JOSEPH! strips, for a total of 24. If that number seems familiar it should. That is the total number of strips for a weekly cartoon strip syndicated in newspapers all across America per month. Accept for those extra long months.
These first 24 strips were part of a submission kit to King Features in the hopes Gary and I would be picked up. Needless to say that did not happen. In fact it was rejected. We attempted submissions to all known strip syndicates (of which there are now very few) and these were also met with rejections. The only thing I really learned from the experience is that the submission process to newspaper syndicates is incredibly outdated.
Coming up in part 2: learn how JOSEPH! found a home at InvestComics.
