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Nobody believes I'm a cartoonist

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Your content is not your community

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103

Let's talk about your bits and pieces

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New ways to make an old mistake

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Should your readers be your writers?

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"Help! I'm not funny anymore!"

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107

Innovation fascination

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108

Dave's New Bucket List

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109

Our Review of the National Cartoonists Society conference and Reuben Awards

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ComicLab LIVE at the National Cartoonists Society conference and Reuben Awards, Part Two

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ComicLab LIVE at the National Cartoonists Society conference and Reuben Awards, Part One

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Make it work, make it right, make it fast

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113

Patreon and the iOS app

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Kickstarter mistake — confusing rewards with add-ons

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Special Guest Co-Host Kevin McShane

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Special Guest Co-Host Scott Kurtz — How to make a graphic novel

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How to use a sketchbook

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118

How to get better faster and faster better

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119

How to get subscribers on Substack

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120

When to throw in the towel

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How to raise your rates on Patreon

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Special guest Asia Simone

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How to build an audience on Substack

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Are dad jokes ~bad~ jokes?

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125

It's Friday — am I famous yet?

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126

They can't all be winners

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127

Survivorship Bias

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128

Are we 'there' yet?

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129

How much story is too much story?

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Social media is dead... now what?

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131

Building traffic vs building audience

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132

Special guest Dave Blazek

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Special Guest Jason Chatfield

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134

How to maximize creativity

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135

Rebranding

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136

How to find the perfect pen name

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137

Stretching yourself thin

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138

Special Guest Scott Kurtz and "Tables Titans Club"

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139

Are you using the wrong tool for the job?

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140

Using animation to promote

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Can you make a living in comics?

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142

Shopping for Success

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143

Fifty is nifty

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144

How to Write a Short Story

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145

Rethinking Outreach in 2024

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146

How to get started in comics, 2024 edition

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Predictions and goals for 2024

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148

Brad learns to share

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149

2023 — The Year in Review

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150

Where do you get ideas? Recorded live at the NCS Rueben Weekend

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We hate Patreon's Free Membership Tier

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152

Declaring organizational bankrupcy

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Does your comic have an expiration date?

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154

"Critique my work for only a dollar!"

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Parasocial parables

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156

The New Patreon: The Good, The Bad, and That Logo

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A sexy, sexy defense of the Ninth Art

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Is syndication dead?

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Special guest Jamar Nicholas

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160

The NCS Reuben Awards Week

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LIVE from the Reuben Awards — with special guests Sarah Andersen and Jason Chatfield

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Are you too old to start in comics?

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How do I decide between writing and drawing?

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164

The Thanos Snap

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THe Wisdom of Small Mistakes

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166

Did manga win comics?

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167

San Diego Comic-Con recap

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"You talked me out of a mistake, and I'd like to get back to making it as soon as possible"

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169

Too may SHOULDs!

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170

Pulling at Threads

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A Comic-Con about... comics?!?

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Special Guest Phil Foglio

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Using the Patreon plug-in on your website

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How to learn storytelling

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"I have a website... now what do I DO with it??"

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When readers attack... each other!

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177

Surviving the churn

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178

How to Build an Audience

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Could OnlyFans be a Patreon alternative?

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Crushing a kid's dreams

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Publishing two versions of the same book?

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Let's talk "comics" — literally

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183

The novelty of Artificial Intelligence

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184

Losing confidence ... and leveling up

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Special guests Elizabeth Pich & Jonathan Kunz ("War and Peas")

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186

Practicing to be a pro... or a pro practicing?

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Special guest Karl Kerschl ("The Abominable Charles Christopher")

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188

Special guest Lar deSouza ("Least I Could Do" and "Looking for Group")

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189

Special guest Caitlin McGurk (The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum)

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190

Nobody does thumbnails

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191

Should I be embarrassed about my floppy?

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192

Special Guest Scott Kurtz ("PvP")

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193

Enshittification

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Special Guest Kevin McShane ("Kevin Comics")

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Special guest David Betancourt, comics-culture reporter with The Washington Post

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196

Special Guest Ellen Woodbury of "Pizza Cake Comics"

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197

How to turn OFF creativity

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Special Guest: Dr. Joe Sutliff Sanders

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LIVE at the Charles M. Schulz Museum

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Predictions for 2023

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