In August, 2009, Universal/UClick, Andrews McMeel and Amazon announced the Comic Strip Superstar contest. And one year ago today, they named Webcomics veteran Dana Simpson as the winner for her comic, “Girl.” As the winner of the competition, Simspon has a development contract with Universal/Uclick and along with a $5,000 advance on a book to be published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. As part of that development deal, she must submit 20 samples of her comic every month in exchange for a $300 stipend.

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