The podcast about making comics — and making a living from comics! It's half shop talk, half how-to, and half friendship. WE SQUEEZED IN THREE HALVES. It's tips and tricks and all the joys of cartooning as a pro. So pull up your drawing chair, put on some headphones, and join us while you draw! And if you like what you hear, join our community at patreon.com/comiclab (For sponsorship inquiries: comiclabpodcast@gmail.com)
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An interview with Mr. Lovenstein (J.L. Westover) about webcomics, Kickstarter, and FEELINGS
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Webcomics superstar, Justin Westover (J.L. Westover) joins the show this week to talk about his new book: Mr. Lovenstein Presents: FEELINGS (in stores everywhere now), the official sequel to 2022's Eisner-nominated OGN: Mr. Lovenstein Presents: Failure. Justin and I talk about making webcomics, tips for running a successful Kickstarter campaign, fi…
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Quackcast 706 - wrong
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Being right on the internet is Sooo important… Being right in life and at all times is essential too! At least that's how a lot of us tend to think. Being told we're wrong, especially on the internet, can be so embarrassing and shameful that we try and avoid it at all costs. But realising you're wrong and being able to admit it and to learn from yo…
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ComicLab LIVE at the National Cartoonists Society conference and Reuben Awards, Part One
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Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar take their podcast on the road, recording this episode live at the Comic-Con Museum in San Diego as part of the National Cartoonists Society conference and Reuben Awards celebration! They were joined on stage by Maria Scrivan, Hector Cantu, and Dana Simpson to discuss the pressing issues facing cartoonists in the years …
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Patreon Preview: Marvel vs Capcom: Fighting Collection Review
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Here's a preview of the latest Patreon bonus episode! Badr and Drew are celebrating the release of the Marvel vs Capcom: Fighting Collection, by talking about the updates and new features, what the franchise means to longtime comic fans, and the Bengus MvC variant covers coming out later this year. Listen to the rest of this episode, and a ton of o…
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Quackcast 705 - Choreocast
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Today we're talking about setting the scene and communication through the art on the panel. It's a simple yet complex subject- how do you compose the scene to better communicate all the stuff like which character is more important, who's to be feared, if a person is coming or going, fight scenes etc. How do you compose stuff? Movie directors are a …
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Make it work, make it right, make it fast
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Dave Kellett discusses the three phases of art. First, you're just trying to make it work. Then, you try to make it right. And after you've mastered those, you can begin to make it fast. On today's show: Make it work, make it right, make it fast UPDATE: Danielle Corsetto's lettering tips UPDATE: Substack Notes advice UPDATE: KDP and Global Comix Su…
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From the Vault: Wolf 359
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Jax and Kansas talk about Wolf 359, a great scifi fiction podcast! Wolf 359 Music by Domi Domi's Soundcloud Domi's Ko-Fi Website Newsletter Ko-fi Discord Twitter Youtube Tiktok The Unofficial Homestuck Collection ★ Support this podcast ★Kirjoittanut Jax, Kansas
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Talking with Tom Scioli! An interview about Godzilla, Jack Kirby, and lasting legacies
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We talked about his forthcoming IDW comic: Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater (in shops 10/23, with FOC being Monday, Sept. 6th. Get your orders in with your LCS, NOW!). He shares a few details about his artistic process, takes me through his career, and of course, we bring up the King (Jack Kirby talk!). LINKS!: MERCH SALE! Get 20% off your next purcha…
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Quackcast 704 - The Cultcast
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The topic we're talking about today was inspired by my ruminations on Bullshido martial arts promo demonstration videos. These are the videos where a martial arts master shows off their skill in a patently fake demonstration, usually starting with breaking concrete slabs or wood and then progressing to a performance where they show how easily they …
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Patreon and the iOS app
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Apple has initiated a plan to take 30% of all transactions made through the Patreon iOS app. That has caused creators to panic, spreading misinformation and making poorly thought-out claims. Many people trying to explain the situation to their backers got their facts wrong, hurting their own revenue. Dave and Brad sit down and sort out the facts fr…
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Quackcast 703 - Cross Cultural Influence
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Cross cultural influence is a marvellous thing and very enriching to creativity! It's lovely when you can see multiple cultural influences in things, whether comics, movies, art, fashion, music or anything else. It's inspiring and leads to new and more interesting things. I picked promo images from some recent Pixar movies Turning Red, Encanto, Coc…
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Moosestuck Act 6 Intermission 5
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Moosie on itch Moosie's personal website Music and edited by Domi Domi's Soundcloud Domi's Ko-Fi Website Newsletter Ko-fi Discord Twitter Youtube Tiktok The Unofficial Homestuck Collection Fanstuck/Problematic Faves Submission Form E110 ★ Support this podcast ★Kirjoittanut Jax, Moosie
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Kickstarter mistake — confusing rewards with add-ons
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Brad and Dave discuss using rewards and add-ons in a Kickstarter campaign. Then, they tackle the problem of whether your dialogue should feature proper English or your character's "natural" speech. Today's show Kickstarter mistake — confusing rewards with add-ons Check out Dave's Kickstarter at Newdrivebook.com Should you write in proper English? U…
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Short Box Classic: An Interview with Thomas Tenney about Marvel Force Works, Gene Colan, and Creepshow
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Veteran comic artist: Thomas Tenney (Marvel, DC, Creepshow) needs our help! Thomas and his family are at risk of homelessness, and he’s relying on family and friends for help. A GoFundMe page has been created to help Thomas at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-artist-tom-tenney-and-family. Please, consider donating if you can. In honor of …
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Quackcast 702 - Expression-cast
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Following on from last week with our Quackcast on faces, this week we're chatting about expressions, which is a very natural progression! expressions are a great way to enhance communication in comics. they can be fun to play with but tricky to master. Though when you get them right they really help lift your game. Exaggerated expressions are seen …
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Special Guest Co-Host Kevin McShane
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As Brad Guigar travels to Bad Axe, Michigan, to spend a fun-filled week with his family, Kevin McShane steps in to talk comics with Dave Kellett. In this conversation, David and Kevin discuss various topics related to comics, including their experiences with "Love Is" comics at their weddings, the potential future advancements in comic-making techn…
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Quackcast 701 - Faces come out in the rain...
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Drawing faces is one of the most natural things for us to do, and they're very easy for people to see that they're faces because animals are evolved especially to be able to see faces- people mistakenly think this is just a human thing but it's clearly something that happened much earlier. We're so good at seeing faces we see them where they don't …
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Special Guest Co-Host Scott Kurtz — How to make a graphic novel
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Show note: Unfortunately, we had some daunting technical difficulties during this recording session, so we had to switch to Zoom to record half of the show. As Dave Kellett recovers from a successful San Diego Comic-Con, Scott Kurtz steps in to help Brad talk about making a graphic novel. In the second half, the two spill some tea over early webcom…
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Rating Over 400 Homestuck Ship Names FINALE
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Join me, Justin, and Domi for the finale of our rating ship names series with the perfect final ship! The Youtube video List of Homestuck ship names Tensei's Bsky Bard Rock Cafe Music by Domi Domi's Soundcloud Domi's Ko-Fi Website Newsletter Ko-fi Discord Twitter Youtube Tiktok The Unofficial Homestuck Collection Fanstuck/Problematic Faves Submissi…
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Catching-up with Chris Pt. 1: The Olympics for comics, Collector talk, and September 2024 comic picks
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Chris Hacker (The Oblivion Bar) joins me this week for Ep. 436 to catch up on life, podcasting, the Olympics (and what an Olympics for comic collectors would look like), and the hurdles of buying original comic art. We also look ahead to September's previews, and with Ben's help, pick three of the must-buy comics! Watch the unedited/ extended video…
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Quackcast 700 - Mythcast part 2
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We chatted about Greek Myths last week and found the subject so interesting that we thought we'd do a part two! So even MORE Greek myth stuff for Quackcast 700. There are just so many great stories like the myth of the Hydra and how it was so hard to kill because when one of its many heads were cut off it would just grow another one. Or the Minotau…
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How to use a sketchbook
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SHOW NOTE: Brad's microphone had some technical difficulties this week. Please excuse the momentary dip in sound quality. This week, we're talking about the right way to use a sketchbook. Also, is it a good idea to abandon social media completely and replace it with blogging? SUMMARY The hosts discuss the different ways they use sketchbooks and emp…
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Short Box Classic: Game of Thrones Interviews with Tom Wlaschiha, Luke Barnes, and Richard Brake
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To celebrate the end of House of The Dragon S2, let's take a trip back through time to Collective Con 2019, and revisit a trio of interviews with past Game of Thrones actors and stars, including Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen H'ghar, 06:53), Luke Barnes (Rast, 12:53), and the OG Night King: Richard Brake (19:34)! Enjoy the blast from the past, and come back …
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Quackcast 699 - Greek Myths!
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We're chatting about our fave Greek myths! Greek myths are foundational to a lot of Western culture, they're what superheroes are based on as well as all sorts of epic stories. Lots of scientific concepts and ideas are based on things from mythology. The stories resonate down through the millennia because they're so relatable and human- rather than…
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Moosestuck Act 6 Act 4 - 5 Pt 2
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Part two of Act 6 Acts 4-5 and it's time for TRICKSTER MODE The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo Moosie on itch Moosie's personal website Music and edited by Domi Domi's Soundcloud Domi's Ko-Fi Website Newsletter Ko-fi Discord Twitter Youtube Tiktok The Unofficial Homestuck Collection Fanstuck/Problematic Faves Submission Form E108 ★ Support th…
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How to get better faster and faster better
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Sometimes, it seems as if the more your skills improve, the longer it takes to get something done! Shouldn't it be the other way around?! Also... what's the most polite way to tell a comic-con shopper to just stop reading and BUY the danged comic? ON TODAY'S SHOW How to get better faster and faster better Sites with links to webcomics Stop reading …
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Patreon Preview: Deadpool & Wolverine Movie Review
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Here's a preview of our latest Patreon bonus episode! Badr and Drew talk about Deadpool & Wolverine, and discuss their reaction to the movie, favorite cameos, and thoughts on where the MCU goes from here Listen to the rest of this episode, and a TON of other bonus episodes, over on our Patreon Channel. Try a FREE seven-day membership: Here! SUPPORT…
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Quackcast 698 - the Haircast
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Hair is a weird thing isn't it? It's just a bunch of thin filaments that stand out and hang from the body, most visibly from the head. Everyone is bald as an egg underneath this coating of head-fur, but the floof on top takes on a life, body, and shape of its own even though the truth is that it's just thin threads all buffed up with a lot of air. …
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Earlier this summer I visited Columbus Ohio to visit my friends Anne and Jerzy Drozd. Part of the plan for our visit was to make some creative experiments together, one of them is this very recording with Jerzy. For the first time I can think of both he and I are launching products at the same time. Both projects took years of development. Both we …
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How to get subscribers on Substack
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Dave and Brad share proven strategies for building your audience on Substack. Also: What are the best approaches for dummy lettering — lettering that's supposed to be unreadable? TODAY'S SHOW How to get new sign-ups on Substack UPDATE: Get your exclusive ComicLab pin at Dave Kellett's booth (#1228) during Comic-Con International UPDATE: The Nationa…
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The Best Comics of 2024 (So Far): A Mid-Year Check-In with Ben Kingsbury of Gotham City Limit Comic Shop
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This episode (Ep.435) was recorded at Gotham City Limit comic shop with Ben Kingsbury (the owner!). Ben and Badr chop it up about their predictions for SDCC 2024, and discuss Marvel's big events (Blood Hunt & The Ultimate Universe) vs DC's big events (Absolute Universe & All-In initiative). They also talk about what it takes to run a successful com…
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Quackcast 697 - The DD Anthology comic
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We present to you our latest Drunk Duck anthology comic: A Flock Of Dreams! This is an amazing collection of high quality comics by the members of our site, all connected by the theme theme of dreams. *It has a mature rating and is definitely not for kids! There is some nudity, violence and dark subjects. A Flock of Dreams features 166 pages and 13…
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When to throw in the towel
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Have you ever wanted to just quit? When all seems lost... when you're all out of hope... when you're about to give up, just remember... it can always get worse. Dave and Brad talk about surviving those dark nights of the soul and finding a little light. ON TODAY'S SHOW When to throw in the towel UPDATE: Get your exclusive ComicLab pin at Comic-Con …
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Here's the live show we did 6/12! We had a lot of fun and definitely look forward to doing something like this again in the future! The full video version is available on youtube. Moosie on itch Moosie's personal website Domi's Soundcloud Domi's Ko-Fi Tensei's Bsky Bard Rock Cafe Music by Domi. Website Newsletter Ko-fi Discord Twitter Youtube Tikto…
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An interview with Kelly Thompson about the Powerpuff Girls, Eisner Awards, and Scarlett vs Black Widow
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Powerpuff Girls is making its return to comics with a brand-new series from Dynamite Entertainment (issue one in shops now!), and Eisner-award winning writer: Kelly Thompson (Birds of Prey, Scarlett, Black Widow) is writing it!. Kelly joins Badr in Ep. 434 for a conversation about sugar, spice, and everything that's nice, and talks about what fans …
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Quackcast 696 - Tropes
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We're talking about tropes that we like hate. Some we brought up were conspiracy theories, especially the ones that involve a whiteboard where all the info and photos stuck on there are connected by red string and the ones in anime where at the end of the episode a mysterious character looks at the action from a distance and says cryptically “ah, t…
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Episode 166 - JJ Killeen Sugar Tree Golf Club
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The one and only JJ Killeen joined us to discuss the Ryder Cup and his new role as co-owner and GM at Sugar Tree Golf Club. It's a great conversation and there may be a #SugarTree x #Sub70 event in the future...if you're in the DFW area go say what's up to JJ at sugartreegolf.com!Kirjoittanut Sub 70 Golf
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How to raise your rates on Patreon
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Dave and Brad each realize they must raise their rates on their individual Patreon campaigns. This results in a surprising bout of Impostor Syndrome for Brad that nearly immobilizes him — if not for a meaningful intervention from a trusted friend. SHOW NOTES Raising rates on Patreon UPDATE: Get your exclusive ComicLab enamel pin at Comic-Con Intern…
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Live from DCAZ 2024: An Interview with Nate Powell about Graphic Novels, John Lewis, and Fall Through
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This episode (Ep. 433) was recorded LIVE at this year's Duval Comic & Zine Fest. Badr sat down with award-winning cartoonist: Nate Powell, to talk about several of his highly acclaimed graphic novels like March, Fall Through, and Lies My Teacher Told Me. Nate also shares what it was like working with civil-rights icon: John Lewis, his creative proc…
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