May 2nd, 2012

Rejected Roughs of the Fortnight

by Alex Hallatt

This Sunday was rejected because

 This isn’t really an ARCTIC CIRCLE comic — it’s just a comic about the absurdity of Shakespearian actors, and you’ve used AC as the vehicle to tell the joke. If you’re going to do this, I don’t think you should use the Sunday stage. Do you object?

I don’t – he’s right – I wrote this after watching Hamlet.

And this daily has to go because it’s

Too suggestive of male enhancement. I think some newspaper editors/readers will object to you trying to sneak in something too “adult” for their taste.

I had to agree with Brendan on this, but editors have filthy minds…