Category: About Brad

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The Evil Inc Kickstarter campaign has begun! I’m really excited to announce the launch of the ninth Evil Inc graphic novel!  If you already know the drill, head over to the Kickstarter page and check out the rewards. There are a
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As you might have guessed, Evil Inc is reaching the end — kind of. Starting in late December / early January, the Evil Inc comic strip will end. And in 2016, the Evil Inc graphic novel will launch. Backstory To
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I’m really excited to be part of the inaugural New Year’s Partycon — at Allentown, Pa this Dec. 31. / Jan. 1. It’s an excellent idea — a New Year’s Eve party just for us geeks — with comics, steampunk,
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I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on the changing role of, and attitude towards, comics in our society to kick off the 24-Hour Comics Day event at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design in Lancaster, Pa. It will
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If you’re in the Columbus (Ohio) area this weekend, be sure to come out to Ohio Comic Con to help me celebrate my last comic convention of the year! I’ll have Evil Inc books on hand, along with other favorites like Phables
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Here’s my comic convention schedule for the rest of the year. I’m super-thrilled to announce that I’ll be exhibiting next-door to the mighty Alex Heberling (who does the beautiful color-work on Evil Inc) for Wizard World Ohio in Columbus.  
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When Emerald City Comicon announced that it was merging with ReedPop, everyone who knows and loves the Seattle-based convention had the same question: “Will ReedPop change Emerald City Comicon?” I mean, after all, exhibitors and attendees alike have loved this
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Sometimes my 9yo son, Max, co-writes a cartoon that’s just a home run. The most recent bonus comic on Guigar.com is an example of that. In fact, I liked it so much, I uploaded it to the Evil Inc T-shirt
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be a guest at Special Edition: New York City (June 6-7)! This is an innovative kind of convention launched by ReedPop that focuses heavily on comics creators. I’ll be there with Evil Inc books, copies
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Hard to believe, but Wizard World Philadelphia (May 7-10) is upon us once again! This show has been outstanding in the past, and, having talked to some of the Wizard folks over the past few months, I have nothing but excitement and
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Wizard World Philadelphia is right around the corner (May 7-10), and I have a long list of great stuff scheduled for the weekend. Here’s a list of panel discussions that I’ll be hosting throughout the week. Webcomics 101 THURS., 5
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I was inspired by the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, so I did this bonus cartoon. I’ve already shared it with my Patreon backers, and now I get to share it with you. Just go to Guigar.com to
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With Emerald City Comicon just around the corner (March 27-29 in Seattle), I figured now would be a good time to post my list of scheduled comic convention appearances for this year. Here’s all the deets on that show. Wizard World
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I’m offering two 3-night workshops this spring — one in comics and one in arts entrepreneurship. Comics – March 10-12, 6-9 p.m. Entrepreneurship – April 7-9, 6-9 p.m. These will be offered through Hussian School of Art — in Philadelphia’s  historic Bourse
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Along with your daily dose of Evil, I wanted to make sure you’re keeping up with the two new sites I launched last month. Arch Bros There’s a new Arch Bros strip planned for every Tuesday. The latest on just
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Last Saturday, as with many February 14ths in the past, I got to celebrate two loves. The first, and more important by far, is my wife of 16 years (and partner for much longer), Caroline. To say that I’d be nowhere without her
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I’m happysad to announce that I’m looking for a new colorist for Evil Inc. I’m sad because Evil Inc’s original colourist, Ed Ryzowski, has been an integral part of my comic for seven years. His work has been nothing short of
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If you’re a regular reader of Evil Inc, then you’re already intimately familiar with the potent creative powers of Ed Ryzowski. He has been doing the colouring of my daily strip since waaaaay back in 2008, when he first approached
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As you may know, I’ve been teaching an Arts Entrepreneurship class at Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia. And starting next semester, I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a class in Sequential Arts / Comics! If you’re
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No roundup of Evil Inc Halloween comics would be complete without mentioning the Real Housewives of Transylvania. This was an oddball idea that struck me during a brainstorming session one afternoon — and it turned into so much fun, I’ve
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I love vampires. Always have; always will. So it’s no surprise that the bloodsuckers have turned up more-than-occasionally in the halls of Evil Inc. Here are a few of my favorites. The very first week of Evil Inc In a
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As usual, the Guigar family is hosting its annual Halloween bash for the boys and their/our friends.  I’ve been working on priming the Evil Inc Halloween Hits Pandora channel by thumbs-upping and thumbs-downing a bunch of Halloween songs. Here is
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Last night, I had the amazing experience of being a guest on the Black Tribbles podcast. If you’re familiar with the Philadelphia Geek Awards (and you should be) then you know these folks as the winners of the Streaming Project
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Last week, the hosting for two of my other comics went toes-up, and I had to do a quick down-n-dirty WordPress site for both of them. (Don’t judge the sites too harshly if you go… it’s a work in progress!)
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Once again, my boys (12 and 8) and I have decided to make a list of Halloween movies to watch together in October. We have a bunch of old stand-bys like “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” and some that I’ve
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Reposted from my Facebook page over the weekend: On sixteen years of Wedded Bliss… So, last night, my wonderful in-laws took the boys on a sleepover, and Caroline and I celebrated our anniversary with a date night. She found an
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First of all, thank you so much to everybody who supported the Kickstarter campaign for the eighth Evil Inc book! We unlocked some awesome Stretch Goals — including free Tales from The Con comics, Guigar Laugh ringtones and a 416-page
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Well, after my sophomore attempt at stand-up comedy (you can hear it detailed on this episode of Plus-Two Comedy), I finally steeled myself for another trip to the microphone. And since I didn’t stink too badly, I’m happy to share
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Today marks 14 years of my doing a daily comic strip on the Web — and the beginning of the second full year since I left my day job to fulfill my lifelong goal of being a full-time professional cartoonist.
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So, my younger son turns eight this week. He’s been after me for a while to help him make custom LEGO minifigures for the characters that are unavailable from LEGO (or hard to find). This is what I came up
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My wife and I are rarely “crafty” people, but when the mood hits us, we can really do some cool stuff. And the mood hit us last weekend. As I’ve shared in the past, a fellow geek-dad and me have
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A few weeks back,  I was invited to be a guest on the Plus-2 Comedy podcast. What made the invitation particularly attractive was the fact that Plus-2 is recorded in front of a live audience. Better yet, the live audience
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When I transitioned to full-time cartooning in April of 2012, I mentioned that one of the things I wanted to do that I didn’t previously have the time to pursue was teaching at the college level. Eighteen months later, I
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As some of you know, I recently launched a new how-to book, The Webcomics Handbook, which I released in digital edition through Gumroad. (The print edition will hit shelves early next year!) Recently, Gumroad’s Travis Nichols, on his way through
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Since the in-laws moved to Manayunk, I’ve kinda fallen in love with its Main Street district. With cool bars like Kildare’s Irish Pub and awesome eateries like Han Dynasty, Laxmi’s Indian Grille and (who am I kidding) Whirled Peace… there’s
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Here’s yet another reason why I freaking love Philadelphia: The Eakins Oval Pop-Up Drive-In Theater. So here’s the deal: Eakins Oval is a traffic circle on the northeast end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. And, usually, it’s a pretty busy
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No one — no one — is happier than I am to see our federal employees going back to work this week. As some of you know, my wife was one of those furloughed as our nation’s “leaders” whipped out
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My boys (11 and 7) and I have decided to make a list of Halloween-related movies to watch together in October. We have a bunch of old stand-bys like “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,” and some that I’ve been waiting
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