Making Comics

This week, Scott (back from San Diego Comic Con) and Keith (back from a Scotland trip) recap our weeks and discuss journaling (3:55), getting creative with your vendors to get product on time (14:25), how inhabiting a place can bring a story together (25:00), mishaps in hiring an inker (31:05), changing comic artists at full speed (47:40), and the crowd at SDCC (57:55). 

This week, we discuss finishing a short-deadline cover (3:30), taking stock of your projects (16:15), choosing the right ending for your story (23:30), the value of doing as much 'extra' art as possible (32:05), and large-picture story thinking (40:30). 

SPOILER WARNING for Thor Love and Thunder at 53:10, that ends at 55:15.

This week, we discuss working ahead to ramp down on a vacation (5:25), work on a one-page comic (8:10), reworking a comic so an issue ends on a good note (17:20), working on a panel until it works and quick production turnarounds (20:10), and packaging conversations (27:00) before this week's topic: part two of ten guidelines for drawing a comic book page (34:35). 

This week, we discuss late-stage edits for both a comic and a novel (4:20), editing the lettering (and art) in a book (15:30), and graphic design and Kickstarter design (21:45) before this week's topic: part one of ten guidelines for drawing a comic book page (26:50).

This week, we discuss how being under the weather can create a different kind of productivity (10:25), putting the finishing touches on a comic script (21:00), making sure the most visually interesting things are on the page (26:05), delivering work for clients (32:30), and accepting those days where you need to power down (34:30) before this week's topic (41:40): what's your comic about?

This week, Scott and Keith welcome Tim Radecki (Super-bud, Grave Brigade). We discuss the continuation of zipatones (5:45), image choices for a one-page strip (11:00), and working on writing projects in various stages and balancing time between them (13:20) before we discuss comic writing versus writing for other media and how sometimes you learn as you go (35:15), and working through writer's block (44:50).

This week, we discuss the right amount of Kickstarter promotion and the right art to use (5:40), modifying writing goals (18:45), and balancing page word with client work (25:50) before we discuss basic visual concepts (34:55) and how knowing them can help you break them.

This week, we discuss a frantic day of Kickstarter prep (4:50), a recap of Monsterpalooza (11:30), a flurry of comic work and commissions (21:00), the return of an inner perfectionist (27:20), and finishing a cover (32:00) before the main topic: the three components of comic writing (35:20). 

This week, we discuss final-stage prep for both of our Kickstarters (9:25), and some additional Phoenix Fan Fusion recap (23:50) before we discuss balancing time (36:40) and being the right kind of original (43:35).

This week, we welcome (artist) Gary Hodges back to the show! We begin with a Phoenix Fan Fusion first two days' recap (3:00), then discuss progress on the 'page per week' goal of D versus M and different ways to attack that goal (11:45), getting back up to speed on zipatones and cel shading (18:05), and finishing up a comic cover (20:50) before this week's topic: a discussion on the page-drawing process (28:30).