Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are joined by the wonderful Alex Heberling to talk shop! They talk about handling discouragement and burn-out, staying motivated, and taking time for self-care. Then Alex shares the harrowing story of the trepidatious phone call Brad made when he approached her to work on Evil Inc After Dark. BUT FIRST… Brad questions his own judgement when get gets into a Twitter fight over typography.
 Show notes

00:00 — Brad gets into a Twitter fight over typography
07:44 — Introducing Alex Heberling
10:43 — Dave is color blind
14:12 — Handling discouragement
17:19 — The beauty of a quiet readership
23:23 — How to keep motivated
31:03 — Handling burn-out
42:57 — The creative cocoon
44:00 — How to find a good therapist
46:17 — Promoting a new comic with a “Coming Soon” announcement
55:49 — Alex talks about the trepidatious phone call Brad made when he approached her to work on Evil Inc After Dark

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.