My dear hubby has been trying desperately to get his cartoons syndicated. You see, he draws cartoons (mostly one panel, much like the far side - his website is in my signature - please check it out!). Every month he sends out a packet of his cartoons to syndicates in hopes of getting picked up in a newspaper. Well, we decided to give our local college (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo) and their newspaper (the Mustang Daily) a chance at running his cartoons. We thought he'd have a good shot being an alum. They accepted his cartoons! He's not getting paid the "big bucks" or anything for this, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
Here's a link to the article.
ps. I thought the picture of him was quite nice.