This one goes out to any young or beginning cartoonists who are wondering what to expect as they enter the world of promoting their work and making a living at this comics stuff!

We’re joined by Christopher Hastings, artist/writer of Dr. McNinja and writer of the new Fear Itself: Deadpool mini-series, who shares some terrific thoughts based on his experiences in comics publishing, including:

* Starting a webcomic while holding down a day job

* Deciding whether or not art school is for you

* Incentivizing page views with layered humor

* Letting old work stand

* Pacing your pages when doing long-form comics on the web

* Staying in touch with your kid-self in order to write

* Handling trolls and reviews

We’re also joined by Lauren Houser, who shares some of her own thoughts on art school and preparing for a long slog on a graphic novel she plans to serialize online.

Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting them!):

* Get your Dr. McNinja books here!

* More Dr. McNinja merchandise can be found here

* Carly Monardo, who is currently working on some great Mad Men portraits!

* Frank Miller

* Sam & Max: Freelance Police

* Homestar Runner

* The Dc Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics

* The School of Visual Arts

* XKCD

* The Oatmeal

* Hyperbole and a Half

* Something Awful

* Axe Cop

* Commissioner Gordon

* Drizzt Do’Urden

* Jean-Claude Van Damme

* Fear Itself: Deadpool

* Internet Trolls and the Troll Face

* The Honda Accord, Dr. McNinja’s car

* The Honda Accord 360-degree viewer

* Manga Studio

* Lauren Houser’s Tumblr

Here’s the video from this episode’s live stream (audio player at the bottom of this post):

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