Chapter 17 | Page 3a: Meet-Cute

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Brad Guigar

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Panel 1
 Caption: Meanwhile, at Evil Inc…
 Miss Match (walking in foreground)
 Lightning Lady (in background): Psst. Come here…

Panel 2
Lightning Lady: You’re gonna hear about this today…
Lightning Lady: It’s better it’s from me.

Panel 3
Miss Match (holding phone): So what? A waitress spilled soup on Cap…
Lightning Lady: Read the comments.

Panel 4
 Miss Match (angrily, as the phone in her hands erupts into flames): Meet-cute?! What the fuck is a “meet-cute”?!
Iron Dragon is walking by and sees this happening.

Panel 5
 Iron Dragon: A meet-cute is when two characters in a romantic movie meet for the first time in a charming or embarrassing way.
 Iron Dragon: Surgat loves rom-coms.

Panel 6
 Miss Match (annoyed): I guess you think you’re pretty smart, huh?

Panel 7
  Iron Dragon: No.

Panel 8
 Iron Dragon (looking at phone, smoldering in Miss Match’s hands):
If I were smart, I wouldn’t have let Lightning Lady borrow my phone this morning.

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One-on-one comics consultation

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Brad Guigar
Part of my Kickstarter campaign for the Webcomics Handbook was to offer one-on-one consultations with creators via Skype. I would research their comic and their Web site and prepare a PDF dossier on what I saw, including elements like their social media presence, merchandise, etc. It would be a comprehensive look at what they were doing as a webcartoonist. Participants received this dossier, and then we’d schedule a one-on-one Skype meeting to discuss my findings. I offered constructive criticism as well as advice, ideas for improvement and workshopped strategy. Finally, the sessions ended with the cartoonist directing the discussion, asking questions, follow-ups and sharing concerns. These consultations have been overwhelmingly positive experiences, so I decided to continue beyond the Kickstarter. If you would like to do a one-on-one consultation with me, the breakdown is as follows:

Analysis and one-on-one Skype consultation

The analysis itself is $100. And then the consultation is $100 per hour, with the first 0-60 minutes charged at a flat $100. For every 15 minutes after the first hour, time is accrued at $25. You’d pay upfront for the analysis plus the first hour. And then I would bill you for any time we went over that hour.

Skype consultation only

If you would like to skip the analysis and go right for the one-on-one conversation, the time is charged the same: $100 upfront, plus $25 for every 15 minutes after the first hour (billed afterwards). However, I will be coming into the conversation without having completed research on your comic. It will be up to you to direct the conversation. Click here to order/schedule your consultation.