About this episode
Veteran cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar look back on their predictions for 2023. They nailed a few and failed a few! PREDICTION SCORECARD Patreon will slowly entice people away from the Founder's level -- WRONG TikTok will be banned in the US -- WRONG CSP will unveil amazing features / Webtoons publishing -- RIGHT Webtoons publishing -- RIGHT Twitter fade -- RIGHT DC Comics implosion -- RIGHT No one will be using Mastodon (in large enough numbers to replace Twitter) -- RIGHT GPT 3.5 will be used for brainstorming and co-writing scripts using AI writing -- RIGHT? We'll see the first AI writing-art webcomic... and it will be good --WRONG Copyright law will catch up to AI art -- WRONG Blockchain is coming back -- WRONG Original art will become more valuable. What we DIDN'T predict! Patreon's switch to social media Comic-Con loses its Hall H guests — and it was a big win for comics artists No replacement for Twitter... not BlueSky, not Threads (and definitely not Mastodon!) You get great rewards when you join the ComicLab Community on Patreon $2 — Early access to episodes $5 — Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards. If you'd like a one-on-one consultation about your comic, book it now ! 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 .