{"id":428,"date":"2010-10-06T01:36:21","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T01:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/?page_id=428"},"modified":"2012-04-12T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T21:36:11","slug":"about-americas-next-great-cartoonist-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/?page_id=428","title":{"rendered":"The Washington Post Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010, Hoxwinder Hall was selected as a Top 10 Finalist in the Washington Post's \"America's Next Great Cartoonist\" contest. A week later, the public voted the strip a Top 5 Finalist. These are some of the judge's comments about the strip:<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/views.washingtonpost.com\/cartoonist\/contestants\/DanielB\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HoxwinderHall_Contest_Logo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"HoxwinderHall_Contest_Logo\" width=\"229\" height=\"288\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-462\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Stan Lee<\/strong>: \"The gags are good and the concept of a kid and his big brother living with a wise-cracking baby alligator is a unique angle. I'm guessing that the alligator will be the mainstay of the strip. It should be, because that's what makes the strip unique.\"<br \/>\n<strong>Michael Cavna<\/strong>: \"This strip bristles with promise. I'm particularly impressed with the pacing: The tight writing is sly and amusing without showing much strain. That alligator is immediately provocative, its look smartly rendered.\"<br \/>\n<strong>Amy Lago<\/strong>: \"I love that the art is simple. The drawing style is attractive, if a tad nondescript. Good use of shading to direct the eye. Nice gag construction.\"<br \/>\n<strong>Richard Thompson<\/strong>: \"The Sunday gag is well set up and drawn; I like the looseness of Byron's face and hair. The Silent Penultimate Panel is used nicely too, with the slight roll of Dozi's eyes and who can't warm to a tiny pet with a potential taste for kids?\"<br \/>\n<strong>Gene Weingarten<\/strong>: \"Some good gags, and I like the alligator with attitude.\"<\/p>\n<p>Click this link to view the Washington Post's official contest site: <a href='http:\/\/views.washingtonpost.com\/cartoonist\/contestants\/DanielB\/' ><br \/>\nAmerica's Next Great Cartoonist Contest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010, Hoxwinder Hall was selected as a Top 10 Finalist in the Washington Post&#8217;s &#8220;America&#8217;s Next Great Cartoonist&#8221; contest. A week later, the public voted the strip a Top 5 Finalist. These are some of the judge&#8217;s comments about the strip: Stan Lee: &#8220;The gags are good and the concept of a kid and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/428\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoxwinderhall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}