Episode Details

Webcomics wranglers Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking shop with  Lex Fajardo. He's an Eisner Award winner, Senior Editor of Charles Schulz Studios, and the creator of his own comic series Kid Beowulf. When he asks if Patreon is right for him, he gets an earful... and a top-down restructuring of his entire approach (whether he wanted it or not)!

BUT FIRST, Brad refuses to give that lady at SmartCuts his phone number.

Show notes

• 00:00 — Brad refuses to give SmartCuts his phone number
• 04:40 — Introducing Lex Fajardo, Eisner Award winner, Senior Editor of Charles Schulz Studios, and cartoonist of Kid Beowulf.
• 10:33 — When a cartoonist's day job is... cartooning
• 30:13 — "Is Patreon right for me?"
• 01:05:28 — Should you redraw old comics if your new stuff is significantly better?
• 01:13:30 — The joys of a two-week buffer
• 01:14:46 — Longform: Don't post pages... post significant plot chunks

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com

Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.

Lex Fajardo's comic is Kid Beowulf.

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. He is available for personal consultations. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive. He is the co-director of the comics documentary, Stripped.