Brad Guigar

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(He/Him) ’Ringo Award-winning cartoonist of Evil Inc and its spicy counterpart Evil Inc After Dark. Co-host of the ComicLab podcast, and author of The Webcomics Handbook

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Wanna be a better writer? Be a better reader. We’ll talk about it while I draw this cartoon about mimes! open.substack.com/pub/evilinc/...

How to do a reader survey open.substack.com/pub/bradguig...

How to do a reader surveyopen.substack.com Reader surveys are an excellent way to get a better feel for your audience. Does your comic skew toward female readers? Do they tend to be younger or older? What are their other interests? Would they ...

Would you want to work in the same office as someone with mind-control powers? If you don’t know what’s happening, you’ve been missing updates! Sign up to get each new comic emailed to you, and I'll send you two free eComics! evilinc.substack.com

Dr. Muskiday has something for Dr. Whoosh! If you don’t know what’s happening, you’ve been missing updates! Sign up to get each new comic emailed to you, and I'll send you two free eComics to help you catch up! evilinc.substack.com

Watch me draw a cartoon about frogs with dating problems... the audio is from a ComicLab episode in which Dave and I shared stories about #Fatherhood. open.substack.com/pub/evilinc/...

Once you’ve made the commitment to presenting your comics as a panel-by-panel scroll, you now have a new product to offer your readers — a scrolling eComic that’s optimized for their phones! Here’s how to make one… open.substack.com/pub/bradguig...

Tutorial: Vertical-Scroll eComicsopen.substack.com It's time to take your self-publishing game to the next level

Introducing the new manager of Evil Inc! If you don’t know what’s happening, you’ve been missing updates! Sign up to get each new comic emailed to you, and I'll send you two free eComics to help you catch up! evilinc.substack.com

Today's Webcomics Confidential: How to get your creative motor started. open.substack.com/pub/bradguig...

Webcomics Confidential — How to get your creative motor startedopen.substack.com Writing is like a magic trick you play on yourself — but sometimes you look under the cup and there's no ball

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This photo is pure 2024.

This week, we're thrilled to talk to Marvel/Scholastic illustrator Asia Simone, who shares her experience illustrating "Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur!" comiclab.simplecast.com/episodes/spe...

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We're at the halfway mark for 2024... what's one goal that you would like to accomplish before December?

If you don’t know what’s happening, you’ve been missing updates! Sign up to get each new comic emailed to you — free! — plus I'll send you two eComics to help you catch up! Better reading experience, no story gaps, free swag... treat yourself! evilinc.substack.com

If you're considering selling your original art on eBay, today's Pro Tips podcast is for you! www.patreon.com/posts/pro-ti...

Pro Tips #339 — Selling original art on eBay | ComicLabwww.patreon.com Get more from ComicLab on Patreon

If you're considering joining us on Patreon, this is the perfect time. I've got a jaw-dropping lineup for July. You'll get instant access to an archive of 1,400 of my hottest hits, and I'm sending out my 4-gigabyte LEWDcrate reward in a couple of days. www.evil-inc.com/heres-what-y...

Here’s what you get when you join us on Patreon - Evil Incwww.evil-inc.com Evil Inc, by Brad Guigar, is a corporation run for supervillains by supervillains.

Here's everything we covered in ComicLab, Pro Tips, and Discord this month... WHEW! That's a lot of actionable advice! www.patreon.com/posts/june-w...

June wrap-up | ComicLabwww.patreon.com Get more from ComicLab on Patreon

With social media in a death spiral, Substack is actually delivering results. On today’s ComicLab podcast, we’ll talk about how to build an audience for comics on this new platform! comiclab.simplecast.com/episodes/how...

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If you don’t know what’s happening, you’ve been missing updates! Sign up to get each new comic emailed to you, and I'll send you a free eComic! evilinc.substack.com

What to post on social media when you don’t know what to post on social media. open.substack.com/pub/bradguig...

What to post between updatesopen.substack.com Posting your comic is only one of the Four Cs of Social Media

A new chapter of Evil Inc starts today! The Fairmount Branch of Evil Inc is getting a new manager — and he's a tentacled terror! The branch has been losing money ever since Thea left to fight for her homeworld, and the Evil Inc CEO is bringing in Krakenos to try to rescue it!

On today’s Webcomics Confidential, I talk about the importance of putting pencil to paper — even if the rest of your process is digital! open.substack.com/pub/bradguig...

Webcomics Confidential: Putting Ideas on Paperopen.substack.com Many of us work digitally, but think in a tactile manner

Our ComicLab Patreon backers have next week's show right now! A new father asks if his baby will change how he writes. "Hey, Comics Dads, I'm worried," he says. "Hey, Worried, we're Comics Dads," we reply. And then Dave invites Brad to pull his finger. www.patreon.com/posts/105359...

Are dad jokes ~bad~ jokes? | ComicLabwww.patreon.com Get more from ComicLab on Patreon

Updated my Patreon explainer to include the original art available at the Nemesis level! www.evil-inc.com/heres-what-y...

Here’s what you get when you join us on Patreon - Evil Incwww.evil-inc.com Evil Inc, by Brad Guigar, is a corporation run for supervillains by supervillains.

To celebrate Father's Day, we have two big shows lined up. Tomorrow, Patreon backers get early access to next week's show: "Are Dad Jokes BAD Jokes?" On Tuesday, we have a special hourlong Pro Tips episode where we offer fatherly advice on life, love, happiness, and comfy shoes.

Do you have an alter ego? I'm an extreme introvert but put me in front of a classroom or behind a comic convention booth, and I can be downright gregarious.

Every day, someone is reading your comic for the first time. These two things in every update can help you retain them. bradguigar.substack.com/p/two-things...

Two things every longform comic update needsbradguigar.substack.com If you're trying to build an audience on the Web, you need both

Who's a person you'd LOVE to be able to do a collaboration with? I teamed up with Danielle Corsetto on an upcoming 'Tales of the Drive' story for Dave Kellett. It was a thrilling experience to see how she interpreted my writing! www.drivecomic.com/comic/taneel...

Taneel Pg 01 - DRIVE™www.drivecomic.com

Some of my Patreon backers get original art every three months as part of their pledge. One member sent me on a deep dive for some original art from "Greystone Inn." I found a few gems that brought back happy memories. www.evil-inc.com#:~:text=%E2%...

For the complete intro to Evil Inc —> evilinc.substack.com/p/the-story-...

Substack shows the most promise of all of the social-media newcomers. Here's how you can start building your audience there. open.substack.com/pub/bradguig...

How to build an audience on Substackopen.substack.com Cartoonists using the platform have some unique challenges — and advantages

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Evil Inc: Annual Report 8 and 9 are now available from @guigar.bsky.social Get 'em here: tinyurl.com/3y2vbrs6 As with all Evil Inc graphic novels, the individual panels of the daily comic strip are combined with extra original content and then redesigned into a continuous narrative. #comics