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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!
If you’re a Patreon Pal, you can log in and check out 5,000 more comics in the archives!
And if you’re not yet a pal on Patreon…JOIN US! You’ll get immediate access to:
– Over 5,000 comics!
– Plus all the themed collections! (Including “Dave’s Faves”, “Pugs”, “Coffee”, and more!)
– Plus weekly giveaways of original art!
– It’s so dang cool: JOIN US!
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!
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!
Pals!There’s just THREE DAYS LEFT to get my new comics collection! It’s gonna be a dang delight: 240 page, all-color collection of my bestest comics from recent years. (And we’ve already unlocked two stretch goals to make it even better at no extra cost to you!) I’m super proud of this book — I know you’re gonna love it!
BUT! I’m not going to be printing a huge amount over and above the Kickstarter, so please don’t sleep on it! Get your book during the Kickstarter, pals!
HERE’S THE LINK:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smallfish/get-it-together-pickles?ref=3weulk
Look what the FedEx fairies dropped off this morning! Our new pins! The “I’m Fime” Pickles pin has glitter and looks AWESOME. The new colors of the pug pins are bright and delightful!
Head over to the Kickstarter and jump in on the “New Stuff” tier to get the new Pickles pin, and the Power Pack tier to get all the pins! So fun!
ALSO: did you see we’re ALMOST TO THE FUNDING GOAL!? Stretch goals comin’ in hot!
Pals! We’re halfway through the Sheldon book Kickstarter and almost at our goal! Thank you for jumping in, and thanks for spreading the word! At 240 color pages, with every Pickles comic, it’s gonna be a DANG DELIGHT!
Get the new Sheldon collection now!
Friends!
And I’m making the largest Sheldon comics collection yet: GET IT TOGETHER, PICKLES!
And it’s gonna be awesome! Over 240 pages of strips never-before-in-print, brought together for the 11th Sheldon Collection! It’s full-color, and it even has a section devoted to everyone’s favorite bird, Pickles! And because it’s a collection of comic strips, this book is the perfect pick-up for everyone: Whether you’re a new fan, or have collected all ten Sheldon books! So GET IT TOGETHER PICKLES…and get this book!
This book is gonna be CLASSY AS HECK. Check out the specs!
This book is full of your favorite Sheldon strips: Nerdy pop culture jokes, heartfelt poems, Gramp’s coffee addiction, sassy ducks, and, of course…a whole lotta Pickles!
With lots of neat additional rewards and add-ons, there’s lots to see over at PicklesBook.com! Jump in now to make sure you don’t pull a Pickles and miss out!
