12. Huglekiur Dagsson - Offensive Stick Figures, Stand-up Comedy and Figuring Out Your Audience

On this episode of The Labrador Energy podcast - I talk to Hugleikur Dagsson. Hugleikur is an Icelanding Cartoonist and Comedian who has been drawing since 2001. He is published around the world and has an impression portfolio of cartoons some of which are world know with famous comedians such Daniel Sloss buying one of his originals. He recently completed a stand-up tour around Europe and is now in Berlin working on some new material for the coming year. We did a couple of shows together and also got catch up. In this episode we talk comedy, East Europe and a bunch of other stuff, including: - Drawing over 2000 stick figures and cartoons - Formal education vs natural inclination - super hero comics - Self publishing and selling books outside on the streets of Iceland - The advantages of living in a small country and trying standup - Touring around Europe and improving the comedy - Different styles of humour around Europe - not Sweden's Sweetheart - Berlin Comedy scene - Figuring out your audience in comedy and style - Comedy and cartoons time management - Topical comedy and Daniel Sloss original piece acquisition - Cartoonist to follow: Johnny Ryan @outlawscumfudge and @cyannideandhappiness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison - @sarahandersencomics on Instagram - Sarah Scribbles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Titan - Plans going forward and favourite comedians - "Work hard and be kind and don't be an asshole" You can find Hugleikur on his instagram here: https://dagsson.com/ and Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandachshund/ Let me know if you have any feedback or questions! Dragos