Comic Lab

Cartooning advice for beginners, DRM-free PDF strategy, and storyline-driven comic strips


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Great news! We have a DISCOUNT CODE for Bonjoro — exclusively for our $5+ Patreon backers! NEXT: Dave and Brad drill deep on the ubiquitous DRM-free PDF. We discuss what it is, why we use it, and how to best implement it. THEN: We grapple with one of the great mysteries of life — If we could time-travel back to talk to ourselves in our 20s, what advice would we give? FINALLY: If you're doing a comic strip that incorporates a storyline, you should be doing a longform comic instead.

BUT FIRST... As the rest of his family is waiting for him to come home to start a camping trip in the Poconos, Brad makes a mistake that has him sitting in his bank's branch office for several hours, sweating bullets.

Show notes

  • 00:00 — Brad gets phished, but good.
  • 19:05 — Bonjoro DISCOUNT CODE
  • 23:40 — DRM-free PDFs
  • 37:27 — What advice would you give to 20-year-old you?
  • 50:55 — If you're doing a comic strip that incorporates a storyline, you should be doing a longform comic instead.
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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.

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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.

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