When Lightning Lady says she’s thinking about “In and Out,” she’s definitely not talking about burgers. Unfortunately, Angus the Minotaur is still stuck on the food angle — and it’s making for one very awkward (and unintentionally revealing) conversation about what she really wants tonight.
Transcript
Panel 1: Angus (off-panel, shouting): “Hamburgers?! You want to go out for HAMBURGERS?!?”
Panel 2: Lightning Lady: “HEY! You just said I don’t have to hide my feelings from you!” Angus: “Tell me what you wanna do tonight, and I promise not to judge.” Lightning Lady: “Ok… ok…”
Panel 3: (Emotion bubble above Lightning Lady shows a Big Boy mascot holding burgers.) Angus looks concerned.
Panel 4: (Emotion bubble changes to a Steak ’n Shake logo.) Angus facepalms.
Panel 5: Angus: “Gods. You are NOT making this easy.” Angus: “I don’t like the food at any of those places.”
Panel 6: Lightning Lady: “I, um… stopped thinking about food three clouds ago.” (Emotion bubble shows an In-N-Out sign.) Angus is taken aback.
Alt Text
A six-panel comic featuring Lightning Lady, a blonde superhero in a blue-and-yellow costume, and her boyfriend Angus, a muscular minotaur wearing a white apron. Angus reacts loudly when she suggests hamburgers. She reminds him he said she could be honest, and he encourages her to share what she wants without judgment. As she hesitates, thought bubbles show fast food options like Jack in the Box, Steak ’n Shake, and In-N-Out. Angus grows increasingly stressed, facepalming and admitting he dislikes those places. In the final panel, Lightning Lady claims she stopped thinking about food while still gesturing, with a thought bubble indicating otherwise, as Angus is taken aback.
In this livestream, I’m diving into the real talk every comics creator needs to hear — no fluff, no marketing buzzwords, just honest advice from the trenches.
Contents
00:00 Episode 400 of the ComicLab podcast
05:01 Social media rewards consistency more than creativity
26:28 Cameos in comics
30:27 How to handle criticism
42:46 Book a comics consultation
43:49 Why I stopped exhibiting at comic cons
49:01 Look for solutions — not excuses
51:09 Closing comments
We talk about…
Why asking for reviews isn’t promotion
Why “I’m bad at social media” isn’t an excuse
The truth about creativity vs consistency
Why I don’t listen to critics — only peers
How I treat my social feed like a TV channel
And the year I stopped doing comic cons… and finally made a profit
If you’re trying to grow your audience, build your brand, or turn your comics into a business, this is the one to watch.
