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How to raise your rates on Patreon
Episode 343
Dave and Brad each realize they must raise their rates on their individual Patreon campaigns. This results in a surprising bout of Impostor Syndrome …
1 year, 11 months ago
Special guest Asia Simone
Episode 342
Marvel/Scholastic illustrator Asia Simone (Instagram, Twitter)shares her experience of illustrating a "Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur" book, navigating t…
1 year, 11 months ago
How to build an audience on Substack
Episode 341
Substack is one of the few social-media newcomers that actually produces visible results. It delivers audience-building, reader retention, advanced m…
1 year, 11 months ago
Are dad jokes ~bad~ jokes?
Episode 340
A new father asks if his baby will change how he writes. "Hey, Comics Dads, I'm worried," he says. "Hey, Worried, we're Comics Dads," we reply. And t…
1 year, 11 months ago
It's Friday — am I famous yet?
Episode 338
After six weeks of working on their comic, a listener asks how soon they can expect to make a living doing this — and gets an earful from Brad and Da…
1 year, 11 months ago
They can't all be winners
Episode 339
How much of your work would you consider "top tier?" Fifty percent? Twenty percent? And speaking of the top tier, Brad and Dave share a partial list …
2 years ago
Survivorship Bias
Episode 337
We've all heard successful creators complain that younger hopefuls "just don't want to do the hard work." They disregard the complicated nature of ac…
2 years ago
Are we 'there' yet?
Episode 336
How did Brad and Dave know when they'd "made it"? ALSO: Now that you have a website with a blog... what do you write??
Brad shares a heartwarming stor…
2 years ago
How much story is too much story?
Episode 335
How do you know when you're giving your readers too many details? — or not enough? Where's the sweet spot between action and exposition? We're going …
2 years ago
Social media is dead... now what?
Episode 334
Having completed their Kickstarters, Dave and Brad review the promotional outreach that delivered the biggest results and make a shocking discovery. …
2 years, 1 month ago