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Posted at 12:01 PM ET, 09/17/2010

'NEXT GREAT CARTOONIST': The five-strip process behind today's 'IMOGEN QUEST' comic

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Here are five versions of today's "IMOGEN QUEST" comic from Olivia Walch, the 21-year-old winner of The Post's "America's Next Great Cartoonist Contest." So, what's the story: Why was today's cartoon a five-step process -- from sketch to edit to final submission?

"I think the five versions of the cartoon before it was accepted [by The Post] tell this story far better than I could," Walch tells Comic Riffs. So taking her cue, without further ado, here are the five iterations of today's toon:

THE PUBLISHED "IMOGEN QUEST":

THE PATH TO A FINISHED STRIP:




If you have feedback about "Imogen Quest's" monthlong run in Style and on Comic Riffs, feel free to share your impressions.

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Categories:  America's Next Great Cartoonist, America's Next Great Cartoonist | Tags:  America's Next Great Cartoonist Contest, Imogen Quest, Olivia Walch

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