Just Make It

036: Starting Your Studio | Creating Infrastructure (Part 2 of 6)

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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!

Disclaimer: Please be advised, some of the information, advice, and practices may be outdated and no longer be in use by Mayke Entertainment.

Key Takeaways

  • If you ignore infrastructure, you’re ignoring the foundation and success of your company.
  • Building infrastructure gives everything a foundation. It’s the framework of the entire operation that everything else will depend on.
  • There’s an 80/20 rule here. 80% of the infrastructure is cultural infrastructure. 20% is the comic universe infrastructure.
  • There are two playgrounds: 1) The playground the team has to play in and 2) The playground your characters and stories have to play in. Both playgrounds and their rules are of the utmost importance.
  • Your need and vision are connected to the infrastructure you build. In fact, it should be inspired by those two things.
  • Comic universe infrastructure builds the model for the kinds of stories you’re going to tell and the kinds of characters needed to tell them. Arclight’s infrastructure requires we fold realism into our IP, therefore, the universal model invites political and social commentary into our stories.
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