"Jeremy And Tim" Has Advanced!

I received notification that the "Jeremy And Tim" comic strip has been qualified as one of the 250 quarter-finalists (of an original 5,000) in Amazon.com's "Comic Strip Superstar" contest.

The official language I received was:

"Your comic feature has qualified you as one of the 250 entrants in the Comic Strip Superstar contest who will advance to the second round!"

So, what this tells me is a few things:

1. I uploaded the comics/info correctly to the site before the due date back in Aug.
2. I used the right guidelines in creating the strips.
3. The real "competition" has started, and I know I am a part of it.

I'd love to say that this tells me the strip is definately the type that they were looking for, or that I am overjoyed at receiving the email today. I am certainly happy, but at the same time, there is no way of knowing how many original applicants there actually were (they said that there was a max of 5,000, but how many there actually were hasn't been publicized yet).

This probably makes me seem cynical, but I am actually just trying to be realistic about the situation (likely so that I don't get my hopes up as the contest graduates to the next levels of competition). "Jeremy And Tim" is a solid comic strip - and I am very proud of it - but I can't imagine that it is internationally superior to what might have also been submitted in this contest. I suppose only time will tell. The next round of "reviews" ends Oct.11. I'll keep you posted!

For now, though, I can and always will be able to say this:

"The 'Jeremy And Tim' comic strip was a quarter-finalist in Amazon.com's international 'Comic Strip Superstar' contest"

This is and always will be true, so regardless of how the contest goes from here, I feel blessed to say that nobody can take that away from me!