Brandon landed a development contract with Universal Press Syndicate to take her comic strip to a national audience. In 1991, Where I’m Coming From started to appear in newspapers across the country. Her strip received a warm welcome from many. In an interview with Editor & Publisher, she said, “I’ve received letters from people who say the characters kind of remind them of themselves. That’s the best compliment you can get.”
In the drawing of Where I’m Coming From, Brandon chose to focus only on the characters’ heads and hands. This was a conscious decision by Brandon. As she explained to Editor & Publisher, “I’m a little tired of how women are portrayed in videos, car ads and elsewhere. We’re always summed up by our bodies. I just want to give us a little more dignity.”
By 2005, however, interest in Where I’m Coming From had waned. It was only being carried by seven newspapers when Brandon decided to end the strip. After 14 years, in March 2005, she published her last Where I’m Coming From strip.
Brandon and her father’s work are both represented in the Library of Congress and in editions of Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.