PatreCon

Comic Lab

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking shop! Brad flew out to Los Angeles to attend PatreCon with his podcastin' pal Dave. Today, they talk about what they thought of the conference in general, what they learned, and most importantly how their approach to Patreon is going to change in the immediate future. BUT FIRST... Brad took delivery of the print run of his new book, and everything went wrong.

Show notes

• 00:00 — Brad took delivery of his new book, and everything went wrong

• 12:48 — Flying Spirit Airlines

• 19:53 — PatreCon… first impressions

• 24:10 — PatreCon… good food!

• 28:38 — SimpleCast has ComicLab considering changing podcast hosts

• 29:55 — Eyeing the Reddit/Patreon
  integration

• 30:44 — The ComicLab Discord server is bustling with
  activity

• 31:49 — Backerkit is pushing physical rewards… hard. Good
  luck with that.

• 34:43 — PatreCon’s Main Stage… inspirational vs
  pragmatic

• 41:03 — Brad’s major complaint… too many people on stage
  with no skin in the game

• 45:08 — Dave’s note-taking is pretty amazing

• 48:14 — The biggest A-ha! moments of the conference

• 54:16 — Re-connecting with old friends

• 55:40 — The Patreon 3-Month Itch is a
  concept you NEED to be aware of

• 58:27 — Three ways to expand your
  Patreon

• 59:20 — Dave’s to-do list… THIRTY actionable items from PatreCon

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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.

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.