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What's the Best Platform for Audience Building?
Episode 416
Where should you post if you want to build an audience? Substack delivers unbeatable audience-building tools... but it has some drawbacks. Bluesky is…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Color Commentary — Can You Succeed with a Black-and-White Comic?
Episode 415
Today's show is sponsored by Huion, makers of the Kamvas 22 Plus ! In today's show, Brad and Dave tackle an old question — does your comic HAVE to be…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Love it... Hate it... Reddit
Episode 414
Cartoonist Brad Guigar talks about his love/hate relationship with Reddit — and the publishing strategy that's currently delivering Patreon backers t…
5 months ago
Wobbly Legs
Episode 413
We always advise having "many legs under your table." In other words, comic creators should have many sources of revenue. If one is threatened, the o…
5 months, 1 week ago
Kickstarter: What's Working and What's Not
Episode 412
This week, we're sharing the real numbers from Brad Guigar's recent Kickstarter. The show is brought to you by Hogan's Alley! Enter the code COMICLAB…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Special Guest Cathy Guisewite
Episode 411
In this engaging conversation, Cathy Guisewite, the creator of the iconic syndicated comic strip 'Cathy', shares her journey through the world of car…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Lost in Translation
Episode 410
Brad thinks Kickstarter is the right place to go for a Brazilian cartoonist who wants to have his work re-published in English, but Dave thinks his c…
6 months ago
How to Get Your Comic Started
Episode 409
While you're stuck trying to find the RIGHT way to start your comic, someone else is starting a comic THEIR way. That's because the only RIGHT way to…
6 months, 1 week ago
Special Guest Chuck Dillon
Episode 408
Chuck Dillon joins us this week to talk about his work for Highlights magazine, designing the Costco Monopoly board, and his delightful children's bo…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Our List of "Must-Read" Comics
Episode 407
A listener asks if there are any comics that the comics dads think are essential reading for being a comic creator. They sure do... and it's not what…
6 months, 3 weeks ago