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Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN YEARS PAST!
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![Panel 1:
[SHELDON, a young boy, and ARTHUR, a duck, are lying on their backs in the grass, looking up at a bright star in the night sky. Trees can be seen in the background.]
SHELDON: See the light from that star? It’s special.
Panel 2:
[SHELDON and ARTHUR continue to gaze up at the star.]
SHELDON: 10,000 years ago, that light left its star. And it’s been traveling all those years just for this moment, just to be seen by you.
ARTHUR: Whoa.
Panel 3:
[SHELDON sits up slightly, looking at ARTHUR.]
SHELDON: Now, imagine if it had traveled all that way, and you weren’t here to see it.
SHELDON: It’d be thousands of years of travel… wasted.
Panel 4:
[ARTHUR has an unimpressed look.]
ARTHUR: Dang. Stars is needy.
SHELDON: All a star asks of us is that we never ever go to sleep.
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Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN YEARS PAST!
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Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN YEARS PAST!
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![Title: "Dogs Play Monopoly"
[Panel 1: Three dogs – a beagle, a pug with big eyes, and a gray, scruffy dog, and a yellow dog – sit around a Monopoly board, staring at it silently.]
[Panel 2: The dogs continue to sit in silence, looking at the board. The beagle considers his cards.]
[Panel 3: Still no movement; the dogs are quiet and focused on the board.]
[Panel 4: Silence continues; the dogs look slightly more tired or bored. The beagle continues to think.]
[Panel 5: The beagle is still thinking.]
[Panel 6: Finally, the beagle speaks.]
BEAGLE: “Yeah, ok. I’ll buy Baltic.”
[The yellow dog, who has been silent, suddenly looks angry and shouts.]
YELLOW DOG: “THIS GAME IS THE WORST.”
End of comic.
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Pals! Every week my cartooning pal Brad Guigar and I fire up the mics to talk about comics. It’s half shop talk, half how-to, and half friendship. That’s right: WE SQUEEZED IN THREE HALVES. It’s tips and tricks and all the joys of cartooning as a pro!
And here’s a summary of this week’s show, which just went live!
LINK: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-talk-about-114747356
TITLE: “Let’s talk about your bits and pieces”
When a listener asks about Kickstarter strategy, the ComicLab guys are divided! Dave favors the traditional webcomics approach. Build your audience by posting the comic online, then monetize that engagement with a Kickstarter. Brad likes this, but he could also see using Kickstarter’s strengths in Discovery to build the audience through a series of smaller campaigns that lead to a big one.
Summary
In this conversation, Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett explore various aspects of creating and promoting comics, including the importance of audience engagement, the role of webcomics, and practical strategies for using platforms like Patreon and Kickstarter. They discuss the significance of consistent content release versus binge releases, emphasizing the emotional connection built through regular engagement with readers. The conversation also touches on personal anecdotes and humorous references, making it both informative and entertaining for aspiring comic creators.
In the second half of the show, Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett discuss various topics related to comic creation, including the joys of attending the Alaska Comics Camp, the potential of drawing Q&A sessions for Patreon, the nuances of live streaming for community versus audience building, and strategies for overcoming comic paralysis. They emphasize the importance of community engagement, the legal considerations of using names in drawings, and the creative processes involved in writing and drawing comics.
Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN YEARS PAST!
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Pals! You can see me interviewed live on the PENCIL-TO-PENCIL live show at 5PM PT/8PM ET. I’ll be there with my friend-in-cartooning, Brad Guigar!
Here’s the YouTube stream:
And if you’re 75 or over, here’s the Facebook stream:
https://facebook.com/events/1928686360940021
See you there!
Drive pals! I’m so excited! DRIVE ACT 4 IS NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! You can snag your copy now, along with new Jinyiwei Blueprints, new Travelogue Prints, new Ship Prints, aaaaaand super rad, new Enamel Ship Pins! There’s even a chance to get one of the last twelve ink-on-paper DRIVE pages in Dave’s archives! I’m so excited, gang: JUMP IN NOW, AND HELP BRING THE BOOK TO LIFE!
Hi Pals! I just put up this original art on eBay – starting at just one penny! What does a pug say? HYPE HYPE HYPE!
Go check it out here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/296572828584
Alaska pals!
I’m signing this Saturday in downtown Juneau with 40+ other amazing cartoonists! Free admission, 10AM-5PM, at the big, gorgeous ALASKA STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES & MUSEUM!
E-mail me if there are particular books you want me to bring/reserve for you! Hope to see you there!
