Comic Lab
331 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 290 ratingsThe podcast about making comics — and making a living from comics! It's half shop-talk, half how-to, and half friendship. WE SQUEEZED IN THREE HALVES. It's tips and tricks and all the joys of cartooning as a pro. So pull up your drawing chair, put on some headphones, and join us while you draw! And if you like what you hear, join our community at patreon.com/comiclab (For sponsorship inquiries: [email protected])
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Episodes
The novelty of Artificial Intelligence
May 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBToday's episode is sponsored by DreamHost — your first step in owning and controlling your own work! Artificial Intelligence continues to loom large in the comics world. New projects purportedly written and drawn entirely with bots are garnering mass attention. Is the breathless exaltation justified — or does it come down to novelty? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... AI novelty Does a certain level of success bring a sense of complacency? UPDATE: Commission scam to look out for UPDATE: Dave's Writ...
Losing confidence ... and leveling up
April 27, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWriter's Block often boils down to a crisis of confidence. How do you conquer that? Also, a listener asks for advice on a hybrid comic — half sequential art and half prose. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Writer's Block UPDATE: Joy-con mapping for your digital tablet Hybrid comics You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards. $...
Special guests Elizabeth Pich & Jonathan Kunz ("War and Peas")
April 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBThis week, we're joined by Elizabeth Pich & Jonathan Kunz ("War and Peas") to talk about their unique collaboration. Also, will a wordy title hurt your comic's chances of success? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Wordy titles Public-facing Patreon numbers UPDATE: Silicon Valley Bank crash UPDATE: A DIY digital-drawing tablet controller Interview with Elizabeth Pich & Jonathan Kunz ("War and Peas") You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episod...
Practicing to be a pro... or a pro practicing?
April 13, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBA listener asks about doing a practice project — and Kickstarting it later. Also — more than one hundred years of comics history tell everything we need to know about how comics companies treat creators. (And it ain't good.) ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Practicing to be pro Comic History - corporate comics UPDATE: Brad won the argument on ECCC UPDATE: when 250k viral moment tells you that this is a marathon not a sprint Marking an anniversary with a book You get great rewards when you join ...
Special guest Karl Kerschl ("The Abominable Charles Christopher")
April 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBWe're talking comics with our special guest Karl Kerschl, who talks about working in both corporate and independent comics, and prepping the Kickstarter campaign for "Death Transit Tanager." ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Working in both corporate and independent comics Prepping a Kickstarter Shipping from Canada Launching a Kickstarter on Patreon vs Kickstarter pre-launch notifications Social-media strategy for Kickstarter Juggling multiple projects Pitching a comic to Images Comics Colla...
Special guest Lar deSouza ("Least I Could Do" and "Looking for Group")
March 30, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBThis week, we're talking comics with Special guest Lar deSouza, the artist of "Least I Could Do" and "Looking for Group". Also: is it time to hire a marketing manager for your social media accounts? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Hiring a marketing manager for social media Lar deSouza ("Least I Could Do" and "Looking for Group") You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the ex...
Special guest Caitlin McGurk (The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum)
March 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThis week, we're talking comics with Caitlin McGurk! She's the curator of comics and cartoon art at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and she's got some terrific stories about her work there. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... The Marvel Method of Comics was bonkers! UPDATE: "The Mysteries" - Bill Watterson and John Kascht UPDATE: 50 minutes of book-printing advice in ProTips #270 UPDATE: Twitter's 2Fa isn't as bad as you're being told UPDATE: Reddit's IPO UPDATE: New YouTube CEO is p...
Nobody does thumbnails
March 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBThumbnailing is one of the most often-repeated pieces of comics advice — and yet almost everyone skips this step. We're gonna talk about it anyway. Also — is there a hidden problem with a "fake it 'til you make it" attitude? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Comments on Scott Adams Thumbnailing Drawing hands and feet UPDATE: Taxes Fake it 'til you make it? Continuity errors You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a questi...
Should I be embarrassed about my floppy?
March 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBShould an independent comics artist publish "floppies" — those 20-30 page stapled comics similar to those that Marvel and DC publish monthly? Also — will the occasional "wholesome" comic ruin your image? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Should I be embarrassed about my floppy? Wholesome comics UPDATE: Eisner Awards UPDATE: SDCC Panel Discussions Where to place house ads Inverted word balloon tails You will get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to ...
Special Guest Scott Kurtz ("PvP")
March 02, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBOur special guest Scott Kurtz (PvP, Table Titans, Mort) joins us to answer questions from the ComicLab community! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Studio layout How to create different personalities for characters What to do if your art doesn't match your writing You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards. $10 — Gain access to ...
Enshittification
February 23, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBCory Doctorow's theory of enshittification describes how platforms die: "First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die." We'll talk about that in detail and answer a ComicLab listener who wonders what webcartoonists can do to participate in Free Comic Book Day. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Cory Doctow's theory of Enshittific...
Special Guest Kevin McShane ("Kevin Comics")
February 16, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. Everything you need to launch a website... and own and control your own work. Transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee. Special guest Kevin McShane talks about his return to comics, his "boring" approach to creativity, dancing on TikTok, and A.I. comics. One quick show note: Our recording software failed to capture a clean recording of Kevin's microphone for the first 15 minutes of the show. Our audio engineer Matt made a tremendous effort...
Special guest David Betancourt, comics-culture reporter with The Washington Post
February 09, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. Everything you need to launch a website... and own and control your own work. Transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee. Is it "cheating" to use copy-and-paste in your comic? The answer may surprise you! Then we're joined by Special guest David Betancourt, the comics-culture reporter with The Washington Post. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Copy... Paste... Perfect! UPDATE: D&D using Creative Commons UPDATE: Getty Images is suing Stable Diffusion...
Special Guest Ellen Woodbury of "Pizza Cake Comics"
February 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. Everything you need to launch a website. Transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee. Everyone seems to be wondering where to post/publish their comics. So we'll talk about what it really means to "own and control your own work." Then we're joined by Ellen Woodbury of "Pizza Cake Comics." ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Where should I post my comic? UPDATE: D&D OGL 1.1 UPDATE: class action lawsuit vs AI art After a pause — retool? Interview with ...
How to turn OFF creativity
January 26, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. Everything you need to launch a website. Transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee. It's often hard to get creativity started, but how do you turn OFF creativity when it's distracting you from your main project?? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Turning OFF creativity Stories from quitting your day job UPDATE: I have *tried* to incorporate a.i. into my sketch ideation phase. It. Is. Useless. For. Me. My partner is more successful than me You get...
Special Guest: Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders
January 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBToday's show is sponsored by the Lucy Cavendish College, the fastest growing constituent college of the University of Cambridge. We'll be talking to Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders, an American scholar of the genre, launching the first world-class collection of graphic novels at Cambridge’s Lucy Cavendish College. Make a donation to the graphic-novel library. Get in touch with Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders ALSO ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Finding a good writing class Working for a company that asserts co...
LIVE at the Charles M. Schulz Museum
January 12, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBTo celebrate what would have been the legendary cartoonist's 100th birthday, the Charles M. Schulz Museum invited Dave and Brad to come to Santa Rosa, California, to talk about the influence Sparky still holds over today's comics artists. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... The influence of Charles Schulz Q&A from the audience You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ...
Predictions for 2023
January 05, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIt's the first show of our SIXTH YEAR of podcasts! As we head into 2023, we're going to make some bold predictions of what the next 365 days have in store. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Patreon will use new features to slowly entice people away from the Founder's level TikTok will be banned in the US Clip Studio will unveil such amazing features that no one will complain about the paltry subscription price Webtoons will become a major player in print publishing Twitter will complete its fade...
2022 - Nailed it or Failed it?
December 29, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBAt the beginning of the year, Dave and Brad made some bold predictions — involving Kickstarter, Substack, NFTs, blockchain, and more! As they bid a fond farewell to 2022, they take a moment to see how many they nailed... and how many they failed. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... NAILED IT: Kickstarter will back off blockchain FAILED IT: Patreon will launch a Kickstarter competitor NAILED IT: Cryptocurrency and NFTs will recede... for different reasons! NAILED IT: Substack creators who took the si...
What if I succeed...?
December 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBToday's show is being brought to you by Comicraft. Mark your calendars — their New Year's Day Sale is right around the corner. Each font will be priced to ring in the new year — $20.23! We often talk about achieving success, but this week, we tackle another question — What if it actually happens?? Success rarely shows up looking like we thought it would. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Comicraft New Year's Day Sale What if I succeed? Different fonts for different voices How to simplify one’s ar...
Webcomics nostalgia
December 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBToday's show is being brought to you by Comicraft. Mark your calendars — their New Year's Day Sale is right around the corner. Each font will be priced to ring in the new year — $20.23! Is this the perfect time for nostalgia over old-school webcomics? Also... when Dave attends a sci-fi convention, and kind lady walks up to his booth with some helpful advice. AND THEN SHE APPEARS IN BRAD'S STUDIO TO SING ABOUT IT! (For those of you who are new to the show, allow us to whisk you back to 2019...
Special Guest Bill Barnes talks about A.I. comics
December 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. If the implosion of Twitter has you wondering if you should finally build your own website, Dreamhost is there for you. With transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee, they'll get you started on owning and controlling your work on the Web. As an OG webcartoonist, Bill Barnes has deep roots in the comics community. As the person in charge of the team that developed Microsoft Lobe and other A.I. solutions, he has an inside-industry view of ar...
Does this joke have the legs to become a running gag?
December 01, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. If the implosion of Twitter has you wondering if you should finally build your own website, Dreamhost is there for you. With transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee, they'll get you started on owning and controlling your work on the Web. Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar talk to a pro-am cartoonist who wants to build a running gag into their comic. But does the concept have legs? Also: Why does 3D art get dismissed as lazy? ON THIS...
Print on Demand
November 24, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. If the implosion of Twitter has you wondering if you should finally build your own website, Dreamhost is there for you. With transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee, they'll get you started on owning and controlling your work on the Web. Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar do a deep dive on Print-on-Demand! Then, because it's a train wreck we can't stop watching, we talk about the ongoing Twitter meltdown and what it means for indepen...
The Social Contract between Comics Creators and Readers
November 17, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBThis week's show is sponsored by Dreamhost. Everything you need to launch a website. Transparent pricing and a 100% uptime guarantee. Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the social contract between comics creators and readers. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Does a comics creator have a social contract with their readers? UPDATE: Bono regrets his "Magic Wand" Moment UPDATE: The new ComicLab goal is to be invited as guests of to Angoulême Repeatedly ending on cliffhangers How to br...
Twitter comes Tumblr-ing Down
November 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the impending demise of Twitter — and how comics creators can prepare for the changes this will bring. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Elon Musk looks primed to destroy Twitter — how can comics creators prepare for this massive change? Verification will soon cost $8/month — this will destroy the intent behind "verification" $1 billion in annual interest means Twitter will change — drastically — very quickly. And not for the better. Posting on a Re...
Stop me before I post again!
November 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar try to help a ten-year dopamine addict stop themself from posting his comics before they're ready! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Help a dopamine addict! How can someone stop themself from posting their comics too soon. UPDATE: Day 366 of another Substack deal UPDATE: Charles Schulz Museum UPDATE: CSP subscription - $30/year Professional jealousy Our early comics Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backe...
Battling Impostor Syndrome
October 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss Impostor Syndrome and how to fight it. But first, Dave needs recommendations on building a D&D starter kit for one of his kids, and Brad has thoughts! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Building a D&D starter kit Impostor Syndrome vs the need for improvement UPDATE: BeReal — we're real over it UPDATE: Dave gets retweeted from a 2.5-million-follower Twitter account Magic Numbers for Kickstarter Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membersh...
BeReal... will it change social media?
October 20, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the new social-media app BeReal. Will it have any usefulness for cartoonists? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... BeReal Spending less time on the art to increase posting rate How to indicate continuity in an anthology project How to add value to a giveaway Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previ...
Everything old is new again
October 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss how websites and email newsletters have made a remarkable comeback in the past few years — and how you should be using them to publish now. Also: What is a squircle, and why is it the best word balloon?! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Websites and email newsletters Patreon's new billing option Tumblr did NOT bring back NSFW comics Word balloons: Elliptical or rounded-corner rectangle? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to ...
Looking forward to flashbacks
October 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThe cartoonist uncles have a disagreement! Dave Kellett hates flashbacks, and Brad Guigar can't get enough! They'll talk about the right way to handle a flashback in your comic, when you should use one — and whether you shouldn't reconsider the whole approach in the first place! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... How to present a flashback scene in your comic Should you brand your Patreon on the comic — or on the creator? Making time to write when you're busy drawing — Brad shares his writing proces...
Feeling a little Ziggy
September 29, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBBeing lonely in a large city has a listener feeling a little Ziggy — and cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar have some advice. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Feeling a little Ziggy Making money while on government assistance The secret success is... failure Making a board game or card game based on your comic Sheldon... the movie? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sess...
Has Publishing Become Vanity Press?
September 22, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBA recent statistic about the print publishing industry have cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar thankful they self-publish. Also... the NFT comics company that reached out to Dave at San Diego Comic Con folded eight days later. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Publishing statistics report 90% of published books sell under 2,000 copies What are the disadvantages to self-publishing? UPDATE: NFT company dies in 10 days Audiobook versions of comics Creating videos of comics Today is a great t...
The Butso Method of writing
September 15, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the fabulously underrated Butso Method for writing. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... The Butso Method When should you launch a side project? UPDATE: Dave shares his Kickstarter stats How many pages on launch day of longform? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous livestreams! You get gre...
Marketing with feeling
September 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBPeople make decisions based on emotions first, and then they back it up with logic afterwards. So cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss effectively marketing your comic with feelings over facts. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Using emotions to promote your comic (based on this Reddit thread) Growing Patreon 10% with Brad's advice Clip Studio Paint goes to the subscription model Offering help to someone who may not want it Contractual obligations for using another person's character...
Have we become the people we fought?
September 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBCartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett start a discussion about trying to avoid becoming the people they used to fight, only to slowly realize... it had already happened. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Don't become your heroes What is the dominant publishing format? How much life experience goes into writing? How do you keep the sex fresh in NSFW comics? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to live...
When a Passive Revenue Stream is "Set it and regret it"
August 25, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBCartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett get a case of déjà vu when a new crowdfunding service reminds them of an old scheme that crashed and burned. Then, a listener writes in to complain "It's Friday and I'm not famous!" ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Subless — A new crowdfunding service based on an old idea "It's Friday and I'm not famous!" Weekend Web traffic Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to...
"I made a plagiarism — but I LIKE it... can I KEEP it??"
August 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBCartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett give advice to a comics artist who realizes that they'd accidentally plagiarized a character from someone else... but they like their character so much they just don't want to change it! Is there a plagiarism loophole? But FIRST... there's a lot of news and updates to cover! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Oni Press lays off senior staff, faces allegations of unpaid labor TokyoPop is back — but they have a long (and contentious) history with creators. Subs...
San Diego Comic Con review
August 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 76 MBCartoonist Dave Kellett has returned from Comic-Con International in San Diego, and talks about his first convention since the pandemic began. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Dave Kellett reviews Comic-Con International in San Diego Live show at the Schulz Museum Nov. 12 Sacrificing aesthetics for time Re-thinking vertical scroll? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — ...
"My friends won't buy my comics!"
August 04, 2022 10:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar give some advice to a cartoonist whose friends want his comics for free. Is this an entitlement issue? It is... but not in the way he thinks. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... My friends won't buy my comics! UPDATE: dinokickstarter.com UPDATE: A rolling stone does NOT gather moss UPDATE: "Brad Guigar Stole My Woman" Presenting an archive of older work Dream goals. Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers ...
The Decoy Effect
July 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the Decoy Effect and wonder how this economic phenomenon could be applied to crowdfunding. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Using the Decoy Effect on Patreon and Kickstarter Should you pay a collaborator MORE than they ask for? Comics-Prose hybrid Identifying success so you know how to look for it Messaging new patrons Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive acce...
What if practice DOESN'T make progress?
July 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar field a question from a listener who is worried that they'll lose readers as they improve their skills! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Raising prices to match inflation Desigining background "sets" for comics What if practice *doesn't* make progress? How to keep from going stir-crazy while working from home. Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream re...
We need to talk about Webtoons
July 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar field a question from a listener who is worried that they'll lose readers as they improve their skills! ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... We need to talk about Webtoons UPDATE: SDCC reached out saying I can't use the ™ "Comic-Con" on packaging UPDATE: Backerkit launches a crowdfunding platform How page design effects the layout of a book. Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclu...
Word balloon aesthetics
July 07, 2022 10:00 - 50 minutes - 58.1 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss word balloons! How do you find the look that suits your comic best? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Word balloon aesthetics Kickstarter stretch goals UPDATE: Free ComicLab pins at SDCC UPDATE: Gannett slashes op-ed pages Do Patreon milestone rewards still work? Is Ziggy the best comic of all time? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream reco...
"Why won't the world let me be awesome?"
June 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBCartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss the importance of mindset in building a career. If you search for excuses, you'll find excuses. If you search for solutions, you'll find solutions. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Choosing to find solutions instead of wallowing on failure Great How-to books for comics Releasing a longform comic one panel a day?? Participating in a critique as a novice Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at th...
NFTs ... They keep stepping on the same landmine!
June 23, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes - 61.7 MBToronto Comics Arts Festival has become the latest comics organization to step on the NFT landmine! When will they learn?! Also, how do you rebuild after a social-media hijacking? ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... TCAF and NFTs Rebuilding after a social-media hijacking Are long stories or short stories better for improving your writing? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions...
Hostage-holding for fun and profit
June 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBDave accidentally held his website hostage for 7 days... and gained 30 new Patreon backers! Also, we'll discuss landing-page strategies and much more ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Dave accidentally held his site hostage for 7 days... and gained thirty new Patreon backers! Landing page strategies UPDATE: Comic Con International UPDATE: Comic shops aren't dead... yet Frequent/Consistent/Significant Patreon posts Dad is living vicariously through a creative kid Today is a great time to bump up...
Ending a comic after 25 years
June 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBCartoonist Dave Kellett asks if it's time to end his comic after 25 years. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Ending a comic after 25 years Writing dialogue Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous livestreams! You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a question for poss...
"Help! I used a digital brush and now I'm not an artist anymore!"
June 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBCartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett share a little Truth about digital art. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... "Help! I used a digital brush and now I'm not an artist anymore!" Best news websites for comics creators How do I find longform comics One-tier Kickstarter? Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous livestreams! You get great r...
Haunted by Impostor Syndrome
May 26, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 67.5 MBCartoonists Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett talk about what to do when you just can't avoid Impostor Syndrome. ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW... Impostor Syndrome Support-based Patreon vs Exclusive-reward Patreon UPDATE: Brandon Sanderson's $41m Kickstarter Where to get feedback on your comics Zoop Today is a great time to bump up your ComicLab membership to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an archive of previous liv...