Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for January 18, 2014
January 17, 2014
January 19, 2014
Transcript:
Marigold: When I was a little filly, my school was behind a magical, shimmering waterfall! We could not use paper. It would become soaked and useless. And the moisture would take all the natural curl out f my mane. It was tragic in a way you could surely never comprehend. 8:41 a.m. Reminded myself how much MORE annoying it would be to have to ride the school bus.
See, this is what I don’t get. I thought the comics were submitted to the syndicate/website/whatever it is nowadays weeks in advance. In fact, one of the “pros” mentioned that in the comments of this strip (or maybe it was another — that stuff runs together for me) not long ago.
So if that’s the case, why does Dana being out of town or having computer trouble delay the strip? I can’t imagine she sends these in the day of publication and they run without advance approved by an editor of some sort.
Someone needs to explain the process to me, because I don’t get it. Seems like it would have to be some sort of problem with the website or the syndicate.
That said, I share Happy, happy, happy’s sentiment — I hope Dana’s OK.