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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 Great rewards when you support ComicLab $2 — support the show $5 — submit a question f