Episode

Surviving Your Own Success

Podcast: Comic Lab
Published: Jun 25, 2026
Duration seconds: 3744
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Summary

Brad and Dave discuss what happens after a cartoonist achieves the dream: Making a living from comics. They explain why success can create its own time-management problems, how to protect the thing that’s already working, and why adding books, Kickstarter campaigns, merch, newsletters, or conventions should happen gradually.