Surviving Creativity

We floated the idea of not attending cons which immediately flooded our feed with questions about attending cons... because, of course it did. So we're diving deep into conventioneering from pre-show orders, to your post show P&L. Plus, a whole a slew of con stories and some good networking & etiquette advice for creators and attendees.

You don't need predictions, you're a creator who makes your own future, what you need are some Near Year Recommendations! Practical advice like: Which social media platform to ditch? Who to follow & unfollow? How about a new income stream? Does this water taste funny? Are you getting enough sleep? How many X's in Triple X? It's only the first week of the New Year and we've already answered the most pressing questions of 2018!

We make an attempt at Surviving someone else's Creativity with another Listener Questions episode! How can you tell when to end a project? How do you differentiate yourself in art? Is there no diversity at the Eisners? What are good resources for new artists? And how to you deal with Fan coopting of your characters?

If you've got a question for the show let us know on Twitter @SurvivingShow or with #SurvivingCreativity

Last week Patreon announced some questionable changes to their fee structure. The user response involved dropped pledges, misinformation, and collectively losing their $h!t on social media. Patreon called it off and Surviving Creativity is here to give both sides an earful.

Oni Press VP of Creative, Charlie Chu, joins us this week to help dig deeper into the controversy surrounding Marvel's new EIC. Which leads us straight down the diversity rabbit hole, so buckle up creatives and let's get uncomfortable!

The Surviving Creativity crew has returned, and we're here to save the Interwebs! We know, we know, the Marvel thing is weird. We'll dive-in deep next week... assuming the internet is still here and we're not blocked by your local ISP. Yeah, let's deal with that net neutrality problem first.

What could be better than a candid conversation about comic porn, coupled with an extremely uncomfortable Brad Guigar? All of that plus an earful of this week's guest, that's what. Surviving Creativity is pleased to welcome to the show our favorite Erotic Artist and the purveyor of all things sex-positive, from ohjoysextoy.com, Erika Moen!

WARNING: NSFW

Unless you're some sort of independent contractor or self-employed entrepreneur who makes your own rules, works wherever you want, and can listen to whatever you please. NOBODY IS THE BOSS OF YOU!

It's the official start of Surviving Creativity Season 2, and for the first episode of the new year the SC crew comes out swinging! France is on the chopping block (or a least a small town in France), there's women in comics too(who knew?!), publishers don't pay enough (or maybe they do), Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars (spoilers), and our predictions for the future of media & tech in 2016 (take notes)!

All your ads are blocked by us! The "free" internet isn't really free, users have been paying for it by viewing ads since the inception of the world wide web. But ads have gotten aggressive & users are fed up! We've blocked them all and now the web is clean. But how exactly are content creators going to pay the bills without their sweet precious ad monies?!

The Surviving Creativity crew is back from another long convention run, and we've brought Steve Hamaker with us to talk about a brand new show we attended in Columbus, OH. This of course leads us into the curation of conventions, artists getting pumped, and collecting AOL discs. All in all, another thrilling episode of Surviving Creativity!