Thursday, July 19, 2001

Hey, Paige! Lay off the paramedics!

(tee hee) Or maybe the chick with the paddles was one of those scary folks with the scanner, who show up and haunt you at (it seems like) every scene. Wouldn't it be funny if the real paramedics showed up and hauled Jane off to the hospital to treat her for electrical burns.....and if Ms Wannabe the fake medic showed up at every emergency call henceforth. (Fake firefighter, fake cop, fake hazardous material handler in the silver suit...)

I dunno. Just suggesting an alternative to offending all the beautiful dyke medics out there.

Peace,
Kirsten
(recovering paramedic)

Monday, June 16, 2001

Hi Paige,

I'm pretty sure I haven't actually emailed you since
Janesworld moved to comics.com, although I've thought about
it numerous times. Just wanted to say that its fantastic
you're getting more exposure and hopefully this will lead to
bigger and better things!

Re the story line, I just got back from a few weeks away
from a computer (will wonders never cease) and read the
latest strips with great interest - I do love Alexa, and
especially the way today's ended - "who's natalie?" heh
heh heh.

Of course I'm looking forward to seeing Sarah back
again. You haven't cut her out have you?! Must be
difficult giving all the characters a run though. Having
never attempted _anything_ like a comic, I'm just guessing
here :)

All the best,
leigh

Friday, June 22, 2001

Hi Paige, I just stumbled onto your strip as a result of an e-mail from comics.com.
Wonderful strip. I wish our paper would carry it. Until then I'll read the e-version. Thanks. Pat

- Pat T (Grandma Pat)

Monday, June 18, 2001

Saw the blurb about this in the FoL newsletter, thought I'd check it out. Love the art, characters seem cool, although having not witnessed the chimp conversion, possibly a bit bizarre, but in a good way. 

best of luck.

- Michelle

(Note to readers: FoL stands for Friends of Lulu, an organization to support women and girls in comics.)

Saturday, June 16, 2001

I just discovered Jane's World - and i love it! Thanks for bringing an alternate view of the world to light.

- Karen

Tuesday, June 12, 2001

Hi Paige:
I love how you humourously accentuate the irritating pretense of society that has contributed to the downfall of REAL coffeehouses. In the early 80's those coffeehouses in Cambridge were a haven for lesbians, foreign students and artists who were not accepted by the norm. Fifteen years later those irritating fucks (who were once content to drink Maxwell House) started to frequent those places wanting their decaf latte whippucinos. One of these days I am going to ask one of them if they remember eating Chef Boyardee and Mrs Pauls fishsticks. It's annoying to be Italian and when these yuppies try to tell me what Polenta is. I love correcting them when I reveal to that it's the Italian-American form of gravy and grits!

-- Liz

Monday, June 11, 2001

Great Strip, wish it were in the regular papers.

-- Dan

Wed, 6 Jun 2001

LOVE the strip today. I can totally relate. I keep meeting decaf soy chai
lattes, and all I want is a cup of Maxwell House, cream and sugar totally
optional.

Jay

Tuesday, May 22, 2001

Paige,

I enjoy your comic. Is there any possibility that we'll see  women kissing
in the future?

What about less clothes for the cuter women?

- Sergio

Sat, 19 May 2001

Hi,

Serendipity led me to "Jane's World" for the first time yesterday on the
comics.com site -- I was scrolling the list of strip titles and was
intrigued because Jane is my girlfriend's name. I've enjoyed all of the
strips that are posted.

Your bio says that "Jane's World" runs on the web. Is it web-only, or is
it syndicated to print outlets as well? What sites is it on in addition
to comics.com?

I am a writer/illustrator/graphic designer (the design work is presently
paying the rent), and have been developing strip ideas. I was very
heartened and impressed to find a syndicated strip featuring lesbian
characters (that is, in addition to Alison Bechdel's work, which I
greatly admire). Has it been hard to syndicate the strip?

Now that I've found "Jane's World", I'm looking forward to keeping up
with her escapades.

Cheers,
Wesla

Sun, 20 May 2001 11:12:12 -0400 (EDT)

Congratulations,

As a fellow artist, with a day job, I realize what a wonderful
opportunity this is for you I hope things go well for you and the strip.
You have a wicked sense of humor and keep up the great work:)

- Jami

Fri, 11 May 2001


Best regards, Paige Braddock.
Thank you for the reply. It is very interesting
that your father was a Forestry Service man. My
father, a MSG in WWII went to work for the
forestry service after the War. He than moved
laterally to the Department of Agriculture, where
he worked until he was medically retired many
years later. I have great respect for the
environment, and I agree that some areas should
be protected. But that does not mean leaving them
untouched by human hands. Drilling an oil well
through the tundra (which my father had intimate
knowledge of) will not destroy the arctic. In
fact, it would disturb only a very small area.
With modern drilling methods, very little damage
will be done, and it may even be possible to
drill at an angle from outside the protected
region.
And to top everything else off, much old growth
timber has been destroyed by wildfires which were
far worse than they should have been because the
Forestry Service had overprotected woodlands from
the fires that nurned shrub and new growth but
left the old growth healthy and with more growing
room. It is a great branch of the government, but
like all the other branches, they can really mess
things up. As a retired military man, I can tell
you, there was a saying, "There is a right way
and a wrong way for everything, or even worse,
the Army way." And it would often have
"government" substituted for "army".
We live in what may very well be the greatest and
most free country in the world, but I despise the
rich, 2-faced "liberals" like Rosie and Ted
Turner, who make more in a day than I have made
in my entire life and who want the "downtrodden"
to be aided while trampling on my rights.
Streissan even wants to start a broadcast company
that will exclude conservatives. Talk about
trampling freedom of speech. Especially since
they already have ABC, NBC, and CBS.
Sorry. I am getting a little worked up, but I
wanted you to know where I was coming from.
Best of luck, and God be with you,
Bruce

Tuesday, May 8, 2001 7:13 AM
Subject: congratulations

hi, i just wanted to say congratulations on being syndicated, i love jane's
world and i have even gotten my girlfriend looking forward to looking at the
strip everyday. keep up the good work.

peace and love 
tara 

Monday, May 7, 2001 1:41 PM

Great article, Paige. I emailed Jay and told him so too. I have my fingers
crossed that Jane will gain rapid steady readership in the United Media way.

Hope you're doing fine. I'm very busy on deadline works. Catch ya later.

Oh, Happy Belated Birthday! and Congrats on the new launch! and I love
little weiner dogs!!!
Terry

Note to Jane readers: If you haven1t seen Terry Moore1s work you should
definitely check it out. Terry writes and illustrated beautiful, complicated
female characters in his monthly installments of Strangers in Paradise.

http://www.strangersinparadise.com

Monday, May 7, 2001
Subject: Just heard!

I just popped in to Jane's World and saw the announcement about the
strip being picked up by United Media! That's so awesome! Much congrats!

YOU ROCK! :-).

I'm really happy for you sweetie, hopefully some of your luck, not to
mention pluck, will rub off on me! :-)

Take care,

Irene

Monday, May 7, 2001
Subject: Waiting for the Big Move

Hey Paige! I've been so busy I haven't had time to let you know how much
I'm looking forward to Jane's World moving in on the Big Time (it won't
actually fully arrive til you get syndicated in print -- OK, I'm a
traditionalist -- but comics.con isn't shabby at all!)
I'm just wondering why in the world they're starting the strip on a
TUESDAY instead of the traditional Monday or Sunday. Guess everything is
skewed in cyberspace.
I still wanna know more about the prospects for newspaper syndication.
Jay's column indicates they're going to see how newspaper editors respond
to it on the web -- but I don't know how they plan to measure that. No one
from the syndicate has even ever asked me if I look at comics.com. Oh well,
maybe they're waiting for a groundswell of public opinion -- which Jane is
fully capable of stirring up!
Have I told you how much I think the strip has improved in the past year?
Your pacing, your story-telling, your ability to make the most of ''quiet
moments'' or the little incidents of life and weave them into your
storyline. Your work has just gotten much better since you left the AJC.
(I'm sure there's no connection there! LOL)..
Anyway, hope everything ELSE is going as well as Jane is right now. Let
me know how you are.

Frank

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Saturday, May 5, 2001
Subject: YEA!

Punk-O-Matic!

You made the big time! I'm very proud of you! I've always said that you
would be a big deal. I have even saved everything you ever drew or signed
so that one day . . . I, too, can bargin on e-Bay.

Love,
Kelly

Friday, May 4, 2001
Subject: Jane1s World plug by Terry Moore

Hi, Paige, 

Just reading the message boards over at Strangers in Paradise.com, and Terry
Moore plugged your work very nicely. Made me want to stop over and check
out 
"Jane's World". 

I hope the Jane Mart has comics and collections of your work... definitely
interested when you re-open the store.

And, you went to the University of Tennessee?? Cool. I'm originally from
east Tennessee (Bristol, on the Virginia/Tennessee border), so I'm a bigger
fan of yours already.

Thanks!! 

Robbie

Thursday, May 3, 2001
Subject: !!!!!!

Hey there!

Wow, that's great. What a terrific article. And kudos to United Media for
having the guts to do it!

XOXOXOXO
Chip 

Note to Jane readers: Chip Kidd is an amazing designer with Pantheon Books.
If you love comics, you1ll love his work. He recently put together
collections of Batman, Wonder Woman and an amazing compilation on the work
of Chris Ware.
Due out this fall is an art book on Charles Schulz with never before
published drawings and early strips.

Thursday, May 3, 2001


Hey Paige! I went to UT Knoxville myself! (English)

Neato....anyhoo..the purpose of this email is to give you a big two thumbs
up on Jane's World and on your success with it. I really do enjoy reading
it. Ok..enough mail from strangers...thanks for a great read!

Nicole

Thursday, May 3, 2001
Subject: Jay Croft column

Yee Haw! Knock em dead girl!!!

Steve

Wednesday, May 2, 2001
Subject: Way to go!

I have followed the lives of Jane and her uh, friends since I stumbled
on the site by accident well over a year ago. As social commentary the
strip is good, as entertainment it is great, as both, it has become a
must read for me every day (at least at work, where I can get to the
computer).

I know that when people begin to see your strip in more newspapers they
will assume you are an "overnight" success thing. I for one
appreciate
the years of "overnight work".

ED

Tuesday, May 1, 2001

Paige!
I just discovered your website via Rhymes w/Orange.
What a trip! (I love the outfit in your photo......)
Congrats on your move up in the world - I will continue to check out your
strips now that I know you're out there.
Any chance the Boston Globe would carry Jane? I'll send them a letter if
you suggest.....

Kathy 

Note to Jane readers: Rhymes With Orange is a great, quirky strip drawn by
my pal Hilary Price. You should definitely check it out.
http://www.rhymeswithorange.com

Monday, April 30, 2001
Subject: Wishing all possible congratulations!

I read your note on joining United Features Syndicate! I'm very impressed
and amazed - I never thought that any of the mainstream syndicates would
take on a gay-centric strip. I may have missed something but I don't think
any of them have one yet. I do hope that they don't stick you with any
really odious restrictions of content.

I 'found' your strip recently on a random browsing trip, and promptly sat
down to spend the night reading all the archives - took almost two full days
(I had a weekend). I really enjoyed it and am adding you to my 'regularly
read' list. I'm very happy that you'll now (hopefully) be seeing some real
remuneration (sp?) for your work.

Again, all congradulations and kudos!

Scott

Subject: in appreciation
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999

i didn't really think there would be a comic out there about lesbians who like gen 13, star wars and wonder woman. i thought i was the only one out there. :) i just have to say that i wish i had heard about this strip when it was created. you do a wonder job...continue the good work.

peace,
ann

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999

Dear Paige:

I just wanted to express to you again how much I truly enjoy your Jane series. Your storyline is funny and relevent, and you are an incredibly talented artist. Your drawings are expressive and energetic - your strip actually seems alive.

I am a graphic artist who always wanted to be a cartoonist, so I appreciate the talent and hard work I know you dedicate to Jane. Is this something that is profitable to you? I hope it is so that you will continue to share your wonderful imagination and talent for a long time!

Your Fan,
Colleen

Wed, 08 Sep 1999