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Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025

This week’s ComicLab Podcast is live!

November 14, 2025

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!

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TITLE: Wobbly Legs

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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 others can keep the business aloft. So it’s important, from time to time, to check for wobbly legs! What are the sources of comics income that are currently vulnerable? ALSO: What’s the difference between Design and Style?

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November 14, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2014! 

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PANEL 1: ARTHUR, a yellow duck, lays against a rock under a tree. A red bird flies in, about to land on his head. ARTHUR: hey. PANEL 2: Several more birds have joined the scene. One stands on ARTHUR’s beak, one on his head, two near his feet, and one peaking in from each edge. ARTHUR: Hey. PANEL 3: The scene has flooded with birds. ARTHUR’s eyes bulge as he yells. ARTHUR: HEY. —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

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November 13, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2020! 

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PANEL 1: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, sits at a table eating from a cup of yogurt. A few music notes are above his head. No text. PANEL 2: GRAMP continues eating his yogurt. No text. PANEL 3: In a burst of sparkles and color, ARTHUR comes flying in, butt-first, above GRAMP’s shoulder. GRAMP looks shocked, eyes bulging, yogurt flying from his spoon. ARTHUR: UNEXPECTED YOGURT CANNONBALL! PANEL 4: GRAMP flinches, as ARTHUR lands in the cup of yogurt, a stream of color and sparkles behind him. SOUND EFFECT: THOONK PANEL 5: GRAMP looks horrified as to what just happened as ARTHUR as exited the scene. SOUND EFFECT, following ARTHUR’s trajectory: sliiiiiiiiide PANEL 6: GRAMP looks at ARTHUR annoyed, as ARTHUR returns to the scene, eyes dilated in delight, yogurt cup stuck to his butt. Color and sparkles return to the scene behind ARTHUR. ARTHUR: GOTTA MAKE YOUR OWN MAGIC IN THIS LIFE —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

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November 12, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2014! 

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November 11, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2020! 

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This single-panel comic shows GANDALF THE GREY, holding his staff up, with one arm outstretched. He hears a grey wizard’s hat and grey robe. Next to him stands a similar looking wizard, holding a gold club up. His tongue is sticking out of his mouth in concentration. His robe has a slight plaid texture, and his shoes are white and tan wing-tipped golf shoes. TITLE: GANDALF! Text under art: …and his lesser-known twin DANGOLF ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

The Wrong Way Show draws Shrek!

November 10, 2025

Gang, there are now 7 episodes of our new drawing-n-friendship show *THE WRONG WAY*! Check out the episode where we try to draw SHREK…the wrong way!

All Episodes available at wrongwayshow.com!

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November 10, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2022! 

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PANEL 1: TITLE: Growing Up in the 1890’s America In sepia colors, a man in a bowler hat and a large white mustache talks to a child in a hat and coat. MAN: Chester, did you finish your chores? CHESTER: Yes, Pa-pa PANEL 2: The man continues talking to the bow. MAN: And ddi you feed the horse? CHESTER: Yes, Pa-pa. PANEL 3: The man points as he continues. The boy covers his eyes as he cries. MAN: And did you establish any new rail lines today? CHESTER: N…no, Pa-pa. PANEL 4: The man points at another boy, wearing suspenders. MAN: WHAT?? Little Emmett has already FINISHED his Kansas City line! ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

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November 6, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2020! 

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This single panel comic is a poem, that fades in to a blue sky with a settings sun. In front of the sun walk ARTHUR, a yellow duck, and FLACO, a green lizard, holding hands, walking down a path toward the sun. POEM: The past is bleak the present, too but here’s me standing here with you we do not speak not i, not you as roads unfurl before we two and blinking there at brighter days i tae your hand and here i stay the steps are slow this halting way yet on we go to future days. ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

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November 5, 2025

Pals! Here’s my favorite Sheldon comic from THIS DAY IN 2015! 

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PANEL 1: OSO, the fawn pug, stands with one ear sticking up in a weird way. He looks up at it. TEXT: Ears don’t work PANEL 2: OSO sits on his butt with his back legs sticking straight up. TEXT: Butt looks broken PANEL 3: OSO runs with his legs going weird directions. TEXT: Running don’t seem right PANEL 4: OSO sits with his back legs facing the wrong way. TEXT: This sitting seems off, too PANEL 5: OSO stands turning in a way that he can look at his butt. TEXT: Should the ends face each other like that? PANEL 6: OSO lays on the ground, his face barely visible, tummy out, legs pointing in all different directions. TEXT: Should it be tricky to…stand? SFX: THUNK OSO: hurm… TEXT: …PUGS IS BROKEN ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller