I know we've had a couple of people here on FNet who have worked on comic strips (some fencing related, likely some not).
Think you have what it takes to do it "for real?"
Amazon is hosting a contest:
http://www.amazon.com/books-used-boo...ode=2128878011
Make it through to the top-10 finalists and see if the fencing community can pull together enough votes to get you the rest of the way.
-B