ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Dave and Brad return from the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Awards with stories, anecdotes, and reflections.
ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...
- What is the NCS?
- The Reuben Awards week
- Phil Foglio wins the award for Best Online Longform Comic
- Meeting Mike Peters ("Mother Goose & Grim")
- Brunch with the NCS — "Ya wanna hear about MY heart attack?"
- Outgoing NCS president Jason Chatfield
- NCS is reaching out to younger cartoonists
- Regional chapters of NCS
- Jamar Nicholas' "NCS Studio Chats" series on YouTube
- The original art auction
- Publishing on Amazon / KDP: a phenomenal panel by Colin Shields, Vice President at Simon & Schuster, alongside Brent Bartram, Chief Strategy Officer of Andrews McMeel Syndication
- Eliminate "online" categories of the Reuben Awards?
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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.
You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon
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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. He is available for personal consultations. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive. He is the co-director of the comics documentary, Stripped.
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