For fans of original art, I just put up this charming portrait of Richard C. Chewbacca, Attorney-at-Law on eBay, starting at just 1 penny! Go snag it!

CARTOONISTS!

This spring, the National Cartoonist Society is holding an amazing, European-style comics fest in gorgeous Huntington Beach, CA. It's going to be so unique and wonderful a festival, right there next to the beach.

There are still artist alley tables available for the next two weeks: Check out who’s coming, then submit your application! ncsfest.com/guests

For the cartoonists and comics lovers among us, I have something new and fun: A weekly podcast called ComicLab, with my friend and fellow cartoonist, Brad Guigar. It's half cartooning shop-talk, half pro tips, and half friendship. WE SQUEEZED IN THREE HALVES.

...have a listen below, or on iTunes, Stitcher, Libsyn, or anywhere podcasts can be heard! Or even on our dedicated Patreon page: Patreon.com/ComicLab!

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking shop! Brad flew out to Los Angeles to attend PatreCon with his podcastin' pal Dave. Today, they talk about what they thought of the conference in general, what they learned, and most importantly how their approach to Patreon is going to change in the immediate future. BUT FIRST... Brad took delivery of the print run of his new book, and everything went wrong.

Show notes

• 00:00 — Brad took delivery of his new book, and everything went wrong
• 12:48 — Flying Spirit Airlines
• 19:53 — PatreCon… first impressions
• 24:10 — PatreCon… good food!
• 28:38 — SimpleCast has ComicLab considering changing podcast hosts
• 29:55 — Eyeing the Reddit/Patreon integration
• 30:44 — The ComicLab Discord server is bustling with activity
• 31:49 — Backerkit is pushing physical rewards… hard. Good luck with that.
• 34:43 — PatreCon’s Main Stage… inspirational vs pragmatic
• 41:03 — Brad’s major complaint… too many people on stage with no skin in the game
• 45:08 — Dave’s note-taking is pretty amazing
• 48:14 — The biggest A-ha! moments of the conference
• 54:16 — Re-connecting with old friends
• 55:40 — The Patreon 3-Month Itch is a concept you NEED to be aware of
• 58:27 — Three ways to expand your Patreon
• 59:20 — Dave’s to-do list… THIRTY actionable items from PatreCon

Great rewards when you support ComicLab

$2— support the show

$5— submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast

$10— record an audio question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast

$50— Sponsor the show! We’ll read a brief promo for your comic/product and read it twice during the show AND you get the exclusive ProTips podcast

Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com

Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.