This week, we talk about evaluating your pages through the process (4:00), fighting through a unique problem on a cover treatment (13:00), knocking out a commission (26:05), writing a bit in multiple stories (28:50), and creating a new villain (46:15).

This week, we talk about taking time for story ideas and warm-up writing (4:00), finding a reason to draw every day (19:30), improving your speed drawing pages (24:45), firming up a revised scene that changes action after it in a story (31:00), and getting convention-ready (37:00) before this week's main topic: listener feedback on drawing, characters, and much more (43:00)!

This week, we welcome Gary Hodges (D vs. M: The Solider) and discuss a big week of panel work (4:00), and thinking your way through a story problem (14:30), before we talk process about D vs. M: The Soldier (34:00), putting yourself in your comic (46:15), thinking about the finish line for a lengthy story (54:00), and big finishes versus small finishes (1:01:15).

This week, we talk about making non-comic art for conventions (6:00), trying to time out your key reveals (15:15), fighting over-analysis for your scenes (28:00), and putting ideas together to form a story (39:30).

This week, we talk about finding the weak spots in a story (3:30), finding inspiration for layouts (14:00), outsourcing PDF creation (22:50), continuing page work (31:30), the benefit of working at half-speed (36:45), and experimenting with effects (43:30).

This week, we talk about settling into a new process for comic pages (2:45), understanding creative limitations and when to outsource (9:20), color flatting issues (15:45), inking your first page (19:50), and the cloud-gathering phase for a story (30:00) before we share our 2026 creative goals (38:00).

It's part two of the 2025 Year-end Episode! As is tradition, we welcome Gary Hodges (D vs M) to discuss the second part of our year-end favorites including dark horse / pleasant surprise (1:15), purchase of the year (7:30), comic of the year (24:50), comic artist of the year (37:40), and comic writer of the year (52:30).

It's the 2025 Year-end Episode! As is tradition, we welcome Gary Hodges (D vs M) to discuss part one of our year-end favorites including favorite beer (3:00), YouTube show (10:30), TV Show of the year (37:00), movie of the year (44:00), and many more.

It's the 2025 Holiday Episode! As is tradition, we welcome Gary Hodges (Dinosaurs vs. Marsbots) and discuss nice - our proudest achievement for the year (5:00) and naughty - our greatest learning for the year (28:10), before we present a "fresh for '25" holiday hot take extravaganza (42:30)!

This week, we recap our creative retreat and discuss focused inking for three pages (3:50), keeping your curiosity through the learning process (13:40), the unspoken language of comics (20:00), drawing versus writing when it comes to thinking (33:00), and things to think about when you thumbnail (40:30), before we revisit talking heads pages (51:40).