This week, we discuss brainstorming a special cover (3:00), when multi-issue storylines mess with trade paperback continuity (12:30), when a craft lesson resonates with you (30:30), finalizing a cover (36:00), tackling a story idea that's been on the backburner (43:40), and getting in the right headspace to give feedback (46:30).

This week, we talk about finishing the art for a comic project full of twists and turns (3:00), getting the creativity you can out of feeling under the weather (20:40), Free Comic Book Day (29:15), finalizing a cover for a future project (37:00), and how the details matter (51:30).

This week, we recap the LA Times Festival of Books (3:30), rethinking a key splash page (13:40), when the "pantser" method of writing goes wrong (24:20), and thinking ahead for a 2026 project (35:30).

This week, we talk about regaining your artistic rhythm (4:40), expanding your craft through study and mimicry (10:45), understanding the essence of your influences (21:00), writing to understand what you're writing (35:40), and formatting nightmares (49:15).

This week, Jim Lujan (The Full Fungus) joins us (Go watch the Full Fungus)! We talk about repurposing archived material (4:20), working with a printer to meet key dates (11:30), the excitement of starting a new project (21:45), the role music plays in projects (28:30), how improvisation connects different creative forms (54:30), and the feeling when you finish an ambitious project (59:20).

This week, we talk about finishing production work on an anthology title (4:15), a record week of reading (19:40), using the SLAC method to finish a story (28:45), designing the mystery in your story (37:30), and a discussion on creation and commerce (50:20)

This week, we begin with a recap of WonderCon (5:20) and discuss convention do's and don'ts (20:25), then talk about coloring pages (42:00) and when subgenres break formula (45:10).

This week, we sit down with Scott Serkland (The Young and the Dead) to give big picture thoughts on AZCAF (3:15), the right amount of information to share on upcoming projects (17:00), and craft versus promotion (37:15), among other topics.

This week, we talk about found footage when it comes to comics (3:20), knowing the right amount of work and detail for talk-heavy pages (21:50), getting a book back from the printer (28:50), when crowdfunding campaigns offer pleasant surprises (34:45), when the universe does strange things (45:45), and stages of cover assembly (53:20).

This week, we discuss the framing of an unorthodox story (3:10), the challenges some background elements provide (13:30), how changing POV can make a story smoother (25:00), and managing your crowdfunding campaign mid-stream (33:15).