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March 22, 2020

003: Finding the Soul Of a Character (Part 2 of 2): Superheroes, Villains, and Support Characters

1 hour 2 minutes

Before Mayke Entertainment, we were Arclight Comics! Tune into the re-release of The Arclight Podcast and get insightful tips, info and advice on how we make comics. We shared everything we learned from 2009 to 2016. Learn how we branded our company, handled legal issues, character design, story development, and more!

Inside Episode 003: We explain why you can’t just invest all of your time and resources in developing your superheroes. Your villains and support characters have a much bigger role in how your universe works more than you know.

Key Takeaways

Your hero is only as great as his or her villain.

You won’t always be able to tell hero v. villain stories. It’s in those ordinary moments we learn about your character. Your supporting cast gives that character an ordinary world to live in. They help challenge that character and take us down avenues your character or their villain may not.

Your villains have the potential to be iconic if you give them the time and resources to be developed properly.

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