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Webcomics wizards Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talkin’ shop! Some fan mail revives the topic of the “punch word” in writing humor. THEN, Brad has some bad news for you. You’re not talented. And, actually, that’s good news. NEXT, a listener asks what we listen to while we work. AND FINALLY, Dave and Brad talk about the people who most inspire their work today (as opposed to childhood heroes).

BUT FIRST… Dave gets called for jury duty on the same week as Comic Con International, and he had to scramble to get out of it.

Show notes

00:00 — Jury duty during Comic Con
03:30 — The SyFy cafe — Imagine Greater
07:26 — Fan mail!
08:14 — Collaboration follow-up — “Working with an editor improved my humor writing”
11:47 — The concept of the “punch word”
13:43 — Savannah College of Art and Design
16:31 — We want to be invited to a Tokyo comic con
22:06 — Video ComicLab — let’s make it happen
22:57 — You’re not talented… and that’s good news
32:53 — What do you listen to while you’re drawing?
41:36 — Five-Year-Plan Challenge update
48:20 — Which cartoonist most inspires your work *today*

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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.

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